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It spends only a page or two on some very big topics.There seems to be a lack of Cognos BI books out there, but trust me, this book is not going to help you all that much. I cannot say I have read this book completely, but I am currently trying to learn how to use Cognos 8.4 and as I work with the product I find myself turning to this book to clarify something or teach me something. Otherwise, steer clear of this book, it's useless for in-depth details on how to use Cognos 8.4 BI. If you want a very high-level overview of some of the Cognos features, without going into too much detail on how to really work with the tool, and if your company is paying for the book, then by all means pick this up. Each time, I come up empty. This books appears to have only the most high level information, it goes into no detail whatsoever.
and where the pictures.simply => don't the buy the kindle versionI wasted my money on nothing. so i can at least follow up with the exercises. This is a joke on kindle. where are the samples.
Some of the book's sections are really good like Framework Manager. They call this book the official guide and I'm really surprised they did that. Another important example they should have included is using a drill through to details on the same report. Specifically the examples on pages 277, 259 and 329.
Like an idiot, I spent $75 on this book (Barns and Noble). To make matters worse, they have no online reference for the corrections like Wrox publications does. On some of these examples, you are better off using the "Try it yourself" sections in the Cognos help file. I would have got a better deal on Amazon here going thru one of the used book dealers.
Those pages deal with placing totals on subgroups when using a union query, editing a query on a singleton and inserting hierarchies into reports. Overall, shame on McGraw Hill for putting their name on such a rag of a book. Please don't buy this book new like I did - you'll be wasting your money. I had problems with several of the examples as they seemed to have left out important information.
Having been a user of Cognos products back to Impromptu version 4, this is the first comprehensive guide/manual that delivers what it promises.Well worth the price.
Administrators should stick to the Cognos documentation and resources. However, this book is not a good resource for Cognos Administrators. While I have not read this book completely. It is a good book for those who want more insight in Report Studio, Framework Manager, Analysis Studio and etc.
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