IBM Cognos 8 Controller: Create BI with Consolidation Data (V8.5) SPVC

Overview of Cognos 8 BI

• Discuss IBM Cognos 8 and Performance Management
• Describe IBM Cognos 8 BI components
• Describe IBM Cognos 8 architecture at a high level
• Define IBM Cognos 8 groups and roles
• Explain how to extend IBM Cognos 8

Populate the Controller Data Store for Business Intelligence

• Describe Financial Analytics Publisher and its purpose
• Describe TM1 and its purpose
• Set up Financial Analytics Publisher
• Transfer data to TM1
• Describe Framework Manager and its purpose
• Create a Framework Manager project and publish a package

Create Reports in Report Studio

• Describe Report Studio and its purpose
• Distinguish between Express Authoring and Professional Authoring modes
• Identify how to add data and objects to a report
• Create "statement style" reports in Express Authoring mode

Customize Reports in Report Studio

• Identify ways in which you can customize reports
• Create page breaks with page layers
• Filter values in a report
• Define prompts
• Add calculations to a report
• Convert reports created in Express Authoring mode to Professional Authoring mode

Perform Dimensional Analysis in Analysis Studio

• Identify the benefits of using Analysis Studio
• Create an analysis that contains Controller data
• Modify an analysis

Perform Dimensional Analysis in CAFE

• Identify the benefits of using CAFE
• Create an analysis in CAFE that contains Controller data
• Modify an analysis
• Publish CAFE analyses to IBM Cognos Connection

Perform Business Activity Management (BAM) in Event Studio

• Identify the benefits of business activity management (BAM) and Event Studio
• Create agents in Event Studio
• Modify agents in Event Studio

Customize the Portal

• Identify the benefits of customizing IBM Cognos Connection
• Identify ways to customize IBM Cognos Connection