IBM Certified Designer – IBM Cognos Analytics Author V11

The IBM Certified Designer – IBM Cognos Analytics Author V11 is responsible for building advanced reports, active reports and dashboards using relational data and/or uploaded files, IBM said, as well as enhancing, customizing and managing professional reports.

Market adoption of IBM Cognos Analytics has been slow since it was released at the end of 2015, but Global Knowledge said it expects adoption to increase, resulting in higher demand for skills validation.

People seeking this certificate should have project-related experience authoring complex reports and dashboards, IBM said, and be able to participate in project implementations. They should also know database concepts and SQL, Javascript, how to visually present data, and how to use a modern web, according to IBM.