Complete IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.0 Cloud Training Course (Udemy.com)
Latest IBM Cognos Analytics for Beginners. Data science, Analytics, and Visualization . No Prior Knowledge Required
Created by: Dr. Mohammad Habibi
Last updated March 2026
What you will learn
- Create Free Cognos Analytics Cloud Account
- Upload and Prepare Different Types of Data
- Create Exploration Cards Automatically and Manually
- Create Interactive Dashboards
- Create Bar and Column Charts in Cognos
- Create Comparison Cards in Explorations and Dashboards in Cognos
- Learn How to Make Interactive Map From Location Data in Cognos
- Create Key Performance Indicator Cards and Performance Monitoring Dashboard
- Add Performance Monitoring to Different charts in Cognos
- Learn and Create Forecasts and Line Charts Cognos
- Create Interactive Stories to Find Problems and Suggest Solutions Backed-Up by Data
- Create Professional Printable Reports
- Adding Action to Dashboards and Reports (e.g., Filter, Sort, ...) in Cognos
- Create Data Group and Calculation in Cognos
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Overall Score : 92 / 100
Course Description
UPDATED IBM COGNOS ANALYTICS 12.0.1
New to Data Science and IBM Congnos Analytics? Do you want to learn to build amazing data visualizations, dashboards and reports on various files and data bases within short amount of time?
This course is designed for anyone who is interested in learning a powerful package for data analytics and visualization. At the end of this course you will feel confident about analyzing large amounts of data for yourself or key decision makers to discover data patterns such as customer purchase behavior, sales trends, KPIs, and performance monitoring. This course is designed for beginners and provide them a solid understanding of how the latest version of IBM Cognos Analytics works in reality in addition to principles of data analyses and visualization. At the end of this course, you will be able to:
· Connect and upload and dig deep in your data
· Create Explorations and Comparison Cards
· Create interactive dashboards that monitor key organizational indicators
· Create stories that point out to the pain points and offer solutions,
· Create well-designed reports
· And much more
You do not need anything to start the course. We will create everything together as we proceed through the course and by the end, you will have amazing charts, visualizations, and reports. We will create a free account and use the cloud-based version, which means you do not need to install anything on your computer and you will have access to Cognos any time anywhere. This course is up to date and you will have access to the latest version all the time. In addition to getting to know Cognos and being able to run it, I infuse critical thinking you need to ask the right question and use the right visualization, which is essential to become a great data analyst.
Why this course by Dr. Mohammad Habibi?
I am a data analytics veteran and have more than 10 years of experience in the IT industry. I have a Doctorate degree in Business Administration (DBA) and an award winning business professor at undergraduate, graduate, and MBA levels in one of the largest business schools in the USA. Being a professional teacher, I tend to simplify everything and make them straightforward and easy to understand. Therefore, during this course, you will not spend your time on obvious things or things you can easily discover yourself. We will spend our precious time on the important matters. So this course is very efficient and you will be able to easily finish it up.
Good Luck :)
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
4,453 Reviews
Dr. Mohammad Habibi
Dr. Habibi is an award winning marketing professor at one of the best and largest business schools in California, USA, as well as a best selling author and creator. He holds a Ph.D. in marketing and a Master’s degree in Management Information Technology. Habibi also has worked as a consultant to many local and international firms in order to help them strategize their marketing efforts, understand their customers, and improve their digital and marketing infrastructure. Habibi has a passion for education. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience in different institutions in various parts of the world including Iran, Malaysia, Canada, and the USA. Thanks to the online education he now has students in more than 140 countries in the world.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. – Benjamin Franklin
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Reviews
By Jim Touchtone on 5/15/2026
This course was pretty helpful. Easy to understand the instructor and it has been updated as the version of Cognos update. The sample data used in the demonstrations does not match what is available in Cognos (Sales Representative table for Great Outdoors data model), but otherwise well done.
By DAVID PINHASIK on 4/15/2026
This is is a very good course for beginners. It introduces the concepts of creating explorations, dashboards and reports. There are more topics that could be discussed but this is a good foundation. I have much experience with other tools of this genre and this was a good intro for me to see the parallel features and the terms used in Cognos. The instructor clearly presented the topics and has a good working knowledge of what was covered.
By Zoe Lauser on 3/3/2025
I really enjoyed this course, I liked that it's very practical, so you get to put your hands on what you're learning and it makes it easier to understand, especially for someone who has no knowledge in Cognos (like me, a beginner). I'd love to see more courses from this professor to dive deeper into reporting.
By Oluwole Akinwale on 9/21/2023
This course did a great job introducing and getting me familiar with IBM Cognos and the work thoughtflow without getting too detailed. I went through this course first before taking Cognos as a data analyst module and it really gave me a solid foundation to build on.
By Brigitte Maenhoudt on 2/6/2023
I really enjoyed the course. I have been using Cognos for a while, but when you don't have training, you keep making the same reports. the content was goodn dashboards, stories, and reports, the trainer was very good, and I look forward to the advanced training.
By Sammak Dutta on 7/10/2022
Dr Habibi! You were awesome in planning, executing and presenting. I learnt Oracle 8i n Dev 6i before 2001 and few other technologies in place then. Then in 2003 i started in BPO's and had nothing much to apply that i learnt in Data and its analytics as it was a voice based work all throughout. So, for someone like me this video came in as avatar and rescuer, and is certain to give me an edge. Thanks again Doctor! Much love!!
By Victoria M. Foskolos on 6/17/2022
I enjoyed the class and the instructor very much and would like to continue learning Cognos. I'd def recommend this class to anyone who wants to get the broad strokes of Cognos without paying an arm and a leg. Higher prices are warranted as the course work becomes more complex and can enhance one's skills. Some of the course work was slightly outdated as IBM updates Cognos very frequently thus there were instances where I was unable to duplicate the work on my own dashboard. I have learned from the instructor however he also updates this course frequently to stay up to date which is very helpful.
By Julio Santiago on 5/30/2022
Excellent course.! Grounded and practical. Dr. Habibi delivers on his initial promise to teach foundational operational knowledge of Cognos, while at the same time doing it with ease, wit, and humor. Five stars and hope he does a second course with more advanced techniques!
By Kirsten Adamson on 11/29/2020
Well pitched for absolute beginner in Cognos with reasonable prior competence as user of ERP systems and Excel. Sample data allowed me to play along with the demonstrations. The content was well selected and logically progressed to build my understanding and develop confidence to explore further. Dr Habibi projected a warm & professional personality, so even though it is a one-way course, it felt like having a private tutor. Thank you!
By Emmanuel Kekana on 4/4/2020
The course really takes a beginner into the world of IBM Cognos and explains the main aspects that one would need to use to get acquainted with the tool. It sets a very good foundation and base for future exploration of the toolset. From here, I can explore more and feel that I have a good foundation.


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