CDP Masterclass Series: Designing Dashboards training course (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch & all of New Zealand)

The CDP Masterclass series offers a selection of targeted, solution-based workshops for those wanting to take their Cognos BI expertise to the next level. Designing Dashboards is a one-day workshop focused on the fundamental principles of dashboard design, and the tools and techniques you will need to build meaningful dashboards.

Course details:

• Cost & Dates: Download course schedule & costs
• Bookings: Request training booking
• Locations: Auckland, Wellington or onsite at your location anywhere in New Zealand.

Course outline:

Key Principles

• What is a dashboard?
• What is a scorecard?
• What is the purpose of a dashboard?
• What makes a good dashboard?
• How will dashboards fit into your overall BI strategy?
• Key principles of dashboard design
• Dashboard styles

Analysis and design

• Gathering requirements
• Underlying data structures, scheduling, performance, data availability
• Meaningful dashboard presentation
• Dashboard structure
• Dynamic filtering
• Portal pages
• How do dashboards fit into your portal pages?
• Portal page layout
• Dashboard portlet
• Reporting capabilities in a portal page

Intended Audience

Experienced report writers wanting to gain specific skills in order to build meaningful dashboards.

Prerequisites

Cognos 8 BI Report Studio: Authoring Professional Reports (Fundamentals) and/or competence in the use of Report Studio.