The Cognos Multi-Dimensional Reports class will focus entirely on creating Cube based reports by using multi-dimensional functions. Students will learn how to “crawl around a cube” to glean valuable insights from the cube data. Students will learn to use dimensional techniques such as filter, slicers and filter functions.

Cognos Multi-Dimensional Reports teaches you how to report on cube data as it changes. Examples of this would be seen with the implementation of YTD (Year to date) or Previous year same day. Dimensional functions can give you the functionality of reporting on data that would be difficult to do on relational data. 

Course is $1700.00

Reporting on cubes

  • Data Sources and Model Types
  • The OLAP Structure
  • The Dimensional Query
  • Dimensional Expressions

MDX Reporting

  • Member Structures
  • Working with MUNs
  • MDX Functions explained
  • Creating Tuples

Report Context

  • Default vs root
  • Default measure vs current measure

Cube sources

  • Relational vs Cube
  • Filtering techniques
  • Slicers
  • Prompting Dimensional Data

Creating Calculations with Member Functions

  • Top Bottom filters
  • Percent of Base Calculations
  • Dynamic Top percent
  • Using Members from different hierarchies of the same dimension
  • Variance Calculation
  • Coercion rules

Keeping it in the family (functions)

  • Scaling the dimensional family structure

Navigating Dimensional Structures with Relative Functions

  • Month and yearly functions
  • Functions in a Dashboard rep
  • Six month Running total report

Multi-Dimensional Drill Behavior

  • Drill up and Drill down
  • Member Set Structures
  • Advanced Drill Behavior
  • Independent Drilling
  • Preserve Sort Order when Drilling