IBM Cognos PowerPlay Studio: Web Exploration (V8.4/10.1) - eLearning

PowerPlay Studio Fundamentals

• Discuss fundamental terminology
• Describe the contents and use of cubes
• Identify the PowerPlay Studio components and describe their purpose
• Examine the PowerPlay Studio application development process
• Examine the dimension line, dimension viewer, PowerPlay Studio Explorer toolbar, and online help
• View a PowerPlay Studio report

Tools for Investigation

• Drill down and drill up to other levels of detail
• Change measure values
• Replace rows and columns
• Change display types
• Add value by altering the appearance of a report
• Change currency values

Basic Exploration and Reporting

• Filter data
• Use layers to move through different categories
• Sort and rank data
• Highlight exceptional data
• Suppress data
• Hide or show rows and columns
• Use multiline graphs

Add Value to your Exploration

• Show multiple dimensions in a stacked bar display
• Nest categories in rows and columns
• Change the layout of nested crosstabs
• Drill down in nested crosstabs

Data Analysis

• Compare multiple measures
• Use special categories
• Show values as percentages
• Differentiate between 3D bar and pie displays
• Create and use calculations

Custom Subsets

• Define custom subsets
• Create custom subsets for a dimension in a report
• Create custom subsets using category selection
• Create custom subsets using search criteria
• Create custom subsets using measure values
• Modify custom subsets

Distribute Reports

• Save reports in PowerPlay Studio
• Create Analysis Studio or Report Studio reports
• Export reports
• Explore bookmarks
• Examine the process to print a report