{"product_id":"9781849680356","title":"IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Cookbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCognos Report Studio is widely used for creating and managing business reports in medium to large companies. It is simple enough for any business analyst, power user, or developer to pick up and start developing basic reports. However, when it comes to developing more sophisticated, fully functional business reports for wider audiences, report authors will need guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book helps you understand and use all the features provided by Report Studio to generate impressive deliverables. It will take you from being a beginner to a professional report author. It bridges the gap between basic training provided by manuals or trainers and the practical techniques learned over years of practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book covers all the basic and advanced features of Report Authoring. It begins by bringing readers on the same platform and introducing the fundamental features useful across any level of reporting. Then it ascends to advanced techniques and tricks to overcome Studio limitations.Develop excellent reports using dimensional data sources by following best practices that development work requires in Report Studio. You will also learn about editing the report outside the Studio by directly editing the XML specifications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvide richness to the user interface by adding JavaScript and HTML tags. The main focus is on the practical use of various powerful features that Report Studio has to offer to suit your business requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn techniques and hacks to make the best out of your Cognos 8 Report Studio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApproach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in cookbook style, this book offers learning and techniques through recipes. It contains step-by-step instructions for Report Studio 8 users to author effective reports. The book is designed in such a way that you can refer to things chapter by chapter, and read them in no particular order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will see a new fictional business case in each recipe that will relate to a real-life problem and then you will learn how to crack it in Report Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are a Business Intelligence or MIS Developer (programmer) working on Cognos Report Studio who wants to author impressive reports by putting to use what this tool has to offer, this book is for you. You could also be a Business Analyst or Power User who authors his own reports and wants to look beyond the conventional features of Report Studio 8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book assumes that you can do basic authoring, are aware of the Cognos architecture, and are familiar with Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140247699696,"sku":"9781849680356","price":29.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849680356_p0.jpg?v=1763753489","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849680356","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}