Focusing Your Analysis
You can explore your data to look for significant
comparisons and correlations.
- Drill Down and Drill Up
You can drill down and drill up to change the focus of your analysis by moving between levels of information. - Go to Another Report or Package
You can go to frequently used target reports to help you validate or understand the results of your analysis or report. You can go to the following targets: - Show Values as a Percentage
You can show values as a percentage or share of a crosstab total to quickly compare the contribution of an item to the whole. - Sort Values
By default, IBM® Cognos® Analysis Studio retrieves items in the order defined in the data source. You can sort items to quickly view the most important data. - Creating a Chart
Charts are a graphical way of presenting information. Use charts to reveal trends and relationships that are not evident in tabular reports. For example, you can create a chart to visualize how actual sales compare to projected sales, or to discover whether sales are falling or rising over quarterly periods. - Example - Look for a Trend in Order Method Revenues
You are a business analyst at the Sample Outdoors Company, which sells sporting equipment. You are asked to analyze the consequences of discontinuing the fax and mail order methods, which are expensive to process.