Developing Reports with Deltek Cobra 5
Duration: 1 day
Prerequisites: Some understanding of Deltek Cobra® 5.0, perhaps from our Fundamentals course. An understanding of Microsoft Excel is also recommended.
Who this course is for: Project Support Officers, Tool Specialists, Systems Administrators.
Cobra 5.0 is a powerful tool, but if you can’t get the data out, you can’t act on it. This course looks at customising standard reports using Microsoft Excel templates. Once you know how, you can add your company logo to the report, add columns, modify formulae, and much more. Customised reports look better and are more useful for your project stakeholders.
The course will show you how the Excel templates function. We will look at configuration, and using tag syntax as well as standard Excel features and formulae. You’ll learn how to use the customisation features to create tailored report layouts, and how to modify the reporting wizard so that you can run your new reports correctly. Your course manual includes explanations of syntax, reference material and examples – and it’s yours to take away when the course ends.
Course summary
- The Cobra 5.0 report writer engine
- Report Wizard: settings and options
- Controlling data with Report Information and Report Definitions
- Keeping reports tidy with filters
- Understanding sort criteria and report row headers
- Using existing templates and criteria to create new reports
- Template fundamentals: structure, modification, tag syntax and formatting
- Saving time with formulae: using Excel to avoid manual modifications
The course includes the opportunity to experiment with report templates through practical exercises. You will even build your own custom report template to take away with you.
Call Kinley Consulting today to find out more or to book a place on this course.