IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide

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Advanced Reporting I

In this chapter, you will learn how to use Report Studio to create several different styles of reports. While creating these reports, you should become familiar with commonly used toolbar items, menu options, and other features within Report Studio. As in many applications, Cognos 8 gives you multiple ways of accomplishing a task. This chapter details the most commonly used ways to accomplish a single task and references alternative ways to achieve the same goal.

Today’s decision-makers are looking for quicker, more efficient ways to view their business data for a competitive edge. Report Studio is a Web-based application that gives users the ability to create simple or complex reports that allow decision-makers ...