IBM Cognos BI: Combined Administration, Architecture, and Logging (V10.2) SPVC

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

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

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

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

Manage Run Activities

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

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

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

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

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

Architecture Overview

Introduction and Service-Oriented Architecture

• Definition of components
• Service-Oriented Architecture in IBM Cognos

Explore the IBM Cognos Dispatcher

• Describe IBM Cognos Dispatcher
• Describe request routing
• Describe the routing process
• Describe Content Manager Cache Service

Examine IBM Cognos Services

• Identify IBM Cognos Services
• Review collaboration functionality
• Explore the architecture in IBM Cognos 10

Explore Java Memory Management

• Overview of Java
• Manage Java memory
• Explain tools to monitor Java

Logging

Examine Audit Logging and Indication Processing Facility Logging

• Overview of installation logs and configuration logs
• Explore audit logging
• Explore IPF logging

Perform Dye Tracing

• Determine requirements
• Perform dye tracing

Explore Dynamic Query Mode

• Explain Dynamic Query Mode (DQM) logging
• Explain IBM Cognos Dynamic Query Analyzer (DQA)

Explore Component Logging

• Explore component logging for Gateway, Dispatcher, Report Server, and Universal Data Access layer

Examine Additional Tools and Special Task Logging

• Examine diagnostic tools and utilities for special task logging