Cognos
is an enterprise-wide solution designed for high
performance information access. It optimizes data
merging, extraction, transformation, and dimensional
management to deliver data warehouses ready for
business reporting and analysis
Included Labs
Labs to be provided by the trainer
What will you learn?
Data Warehousing Skills
• Data Warehouse Concepts, Tools
Overview, Business Intelligence Overview
Job Role
Definition
Administrator: Manages the deployment
of IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, including
installation, Configuration, maintenance, content
management, security
What will you learn?
Installation and Configuration
• Installing
• Upgrading
• Configuring
• Testing
Administration and Securities
• Managing servers
• Securities
• Reports
• Portal Services
• Setting up Cognos; Customizing Cognos
Job Role
Definition
Developer: Responsible for building
databases, models or applications for end users.
This can include data mart development, metadata
and OLAP models
What will you learn?
FrameWork Manager
• Introduction to Framework Manager
• Design and Create a Project
• Creating and publishing models using Framework
Manager
• Prepare the Metadata
• Prepare the Business View
• Manage Packages
• Set Security in Framework Manager
• Manage a Project
• Publish Packages
Power Play Transformer
• Concepts
• Create multidimensional Cubes
• Exploring and Analysing Cubes
• Security
Job Role
Definition
Professional Author: Builds
sophisticated reports and dashboards for a wide
range
Of heterogeneous consumers by gathering report
requirements and creating the reports for
Distribution. Involved in setting up business
events management activities.
What will you learn?
Cognos 8: Report Studio
• Authorizing reports that analyze corporate
data according to specific needs
• Developing Dash Board Reports
Cognos 8: Query Studio
• Creating ad hoc business intelligence
reports
Cognos 8: Analysis Studio
• Exploring, analyzing and comparing dimensional
data
Cognos 8: Event Studio
• Creating and managing agents that monitor
data and perform tasks when the data meets predefined
thresholds
Cognos 8: Cognos Connection
• Using Cognos Connection to publish, find,
managers, organize, and view Cognos content, such
as scorecards, reports, analyses and agents
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