Introduction:

IBM Cognos Administration Training: Learn to Audit IBM Cognos BI, Maintain the Cognos BI content store, implement security, Manage packages in IBM Cognos Connection and configure IBM Cognos Map Manager, manage the server components., etc. You will also get an exposure to industry based Real-time projects in various verticals

Course Content:

1.Overview of IBM Cognos BI

• Discuss IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) and Financial Performance Management (FPM)
  Describe IBM Cognos BI components
  Describe IBM Cognos architecture at a high level
  Define IBM Cognos groups and roles
  Explain how to extend IBM Cognos BI

2.Introduction to IBM Cognos BI Administration

• Describe the role of the Administrator in relation to the IBM Cognos BI administration workflow process.
  Describe the role of IBM Cognos Administration and IBM Cognos Configuration user interface components

3.Identify IBM Cognos BI Architecture

• Identify features of the IBM Cognos BI architecture
• Examine Cognos BI servlets and services
• Identify an example of Cognos BI request processing
• Performance planning and installation options and configurations
• Examine the Cognos Application Firewall
• Perform a distributed installation and configuration of IBM Cognos BI on a single machine

4.Secure the IBM Cognos BI Environment

• Identify the IBM Cognos BI security model
• Define authentication and authorization in IBM Cognos BI.
• Identify security policies
• Secure administrative capabilities (access to functionality)
• Specify security settings after installation.
• Implement security in IBM Cognos Framework Manager and IBM Cognos Transformer

5.Administer the IBM Cognos BI Server Environment

• Overview of administrative tasks that can be performed in IBM Cognos Administration
• Monitor system metrics
• Manage dispatchers and services
• Tune server performance
• Audit IBM Cognos BI
• Identify issues while troubleshooting the server environment
• Formulate the IBM Cognos BI backup strategy

6.Manage Run Activities

• Manage current, past, and upcoming run activities
• Manage schedules

7.Manage Content in IBM Cognos Administration

• Add and manage a data source
• Distribute data and create a distribution list and contacts
• Deploy IBM Cognos BI content
• Maintain the IBM Cognos BI content store
• Customize the appearance of IBM Cognos BI

8.IBM Cognos BI for Consumers

• Identify where Consumers access IBM Cognos BI content
• Use published reports
• Drill through to related data
• Run reports with options
• Add Comments in saved output
• Personalize how content appears
• Manage human tasks
• Set alerts and watch rules

9.Drill-Through Definitions

• Enable users to navigate to related data in IBM Cognos BI
• Parameter-driven drill through vs. dynamic drill through
• Steps to enable drill-through access for a package
• Limit the items that users can drill through from (set scope)
• Set a measure as the scope
• Drill Through Assistant

10.Additional Configuration and Customization of the Environment

• Manage user profiles
• Add objects to the toolbox tab
• Create a custom template option
• Manage packages in IBM Cognos Connection

11.End-to-end Workshop

• Create roles
• Add members and define access permissions
• Set capabilities
• Create folders
• Define access to entries
• Create an export
• Create an import

12.IBM Cognos Map Manager

• configure IBM Cognos Map Manager
• create reports that leverage maps from IBM Cognos Map Manager

13.Monitoring Cassandra