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A. Overview of IBM Cognos Analytics (v11.0)- B6008G

1: IBM Cognos Anlaytics

• Describe IBM Cognos Analytics

• Describe IBM Cognos Analytics components

• Describe IBM Cognos architecture at a high level

• Describe IBM Cognos security at a high level

2: Consume content in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Where do consumers access BI content?

• Use published reports

• Drill through to related data

• Specify run report options

• Specify properties of an entry

• Alerts and Watch Items

3: Create reports in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Overview of reporting and report authoring

• Identify package types, uploaded files, and data modules available for reporting

• Examine IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting

• Examine the interface

• Explore different report types

• Create a simple, sorted, and formatted report

• Create a report view

• Create a subscription

• Create an Active Report

• Import and report on personal data

4: Create dashboards in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Describe IBM Cognos Dashboarding

• Identify the IBM Cognos Dashboarding user interface

• Add report content and tools to create dashboards

• Widget-to-widget communication

• Filter data in the dashboard

• Sort, group and ungroup, and calculate data

5: Create metadata models in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Define IBM Cognos Framework Manager and its purpose

• Describe the IBM Cognos Framework Manager environmen`t

• Describe IBM Cognos Cube Designer

• Get high-level content from Dynamic Cubes course and/or FM course

• Web-based Modeling

• Create Data Modules

6: Compare IBM Cognos Analytics and IBM Cognos BI (Optional)

• New features in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Changes from IBM Cognos BI to IBM Cognos Analytics

• Legacy option

• Examine Event Studio

• Examine the role of Event Studio in Performance Management

• List the benefits of Event Studio

 

B. IBM Cognos Analytics: Dashboard Essentials (11.1.7)- U5B6291G

1. Overview of dashboarding in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Overview / dashboarding purpose

• Best practices for starting a new dashboard project

• New addition in 11.1.7

o Dashboard

o Exploration

o Stories

2. Introduction to dashboards

• Dashboard interface

• Opening an existing dashboard

• Edit mode vs View mode

3. Basic dashboard

• Starting a new dashboard

• Layouts

• Data sources

• Different methods of creating visualizations

• Saving dashboard

4. Introduction to Pins

• What are Pins?

• How to use Pins

5. Introduction to Explorations

• Use dashboard to start an exploration

• Create a new exploration

• Explore relationships

• Suggested starting points

6. Introduction to Stories

• Assemble a new story

• Change timeline

• Add animation

• Highlighting key data points

C. Customized Training Topics 

1. Creating Data server connection with IIS Database

2. Creating Data modules using IIS Database

3. Creating Report using IIS Database

4. Creating Dashboards and stories using IIS Database

5. Need of Framework manager