Ten Six Consulting LLC | T: (703) 910-2600 F: (866) 780-8996 | 576 N. Birdneck Rd, #626 Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Deltek Cobra 5 Report Developer Training Class Deltek Cobra 5 Report Developer Duration: 1 Day Prerequisites: A basic understating of Deltek Cobra® 5 and Microsoft Excel is recommended. With Deltek’s release of Cobra 5 comes a powerful new capability; you can customize any of the standard reports. This is achieved by modifying the existing Microsoft Excel based templates, allowing you to change formatting, add data columns, and modify formulae, among other things. For example, have you ever wanted to add SPI and CPI data columns to a standard CPR, place your company logo in the header, add a status column to your work packages or brighten up the color scheme? These are just a few of the myriad customizing skills this course offers to those interested in enhancing the impact and aesthetics of their Cobra 5 management reporting package.

 Above: customized Cobra 5 CPR with logo and custom columns   During this course, you will learn how the Excel templates work, how they are configured, how to use the tag syntax and standard Excel formats and formulae to build unbeatable report layouts. You will learn how you can modify the reporting wizard to give you the options you need to run the templates correctly and produce great looking, accurate and informative reports. You will leave the class with a deep understanding of the reporting system, and, in addition, an invaluable manual that includes examples, syntax explanations and tag reference materials to use in all your future customization endeavors. This is truly a unique training opportunity in the industry. Ten Six is currently the only company offering a structured class on Cobra 5 report customization and development.

 

 

Ten Six Consulting LLC | T: (703) 910-2600 F: (866) 780-8996 | 576 N. Birdneck Rd, #626 Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Training Contents During this class you will…

• See an overview of the Cobra 5 report writer engine • Understand the Report Wizard settings and options • Work with Report Information and Report Definitions to control the report data • Learn how to create and modify powerful filters to minimize report clutter • Understand the relationship between sort criteria and report row headers • Create a new report using existing report criteria and templates • Learn reporting template fundamentals, their structures and the rules for modification, tag syntax

and formatting • Gain experience and expertise modifying report templates with practical exercises and examples • Learn the power of using Excel formulae in the templates to save your team hours of work each

month making manual modifications • Build your own custom report template to take with you, with a little guidance from your instructor

if needed