IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1 Handbook

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IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence (BI) helps organizations meet strategic objectives and provides real value for the business by delivering the information everyone needs while also reducing the burden on IT. This IBM Redbooks® publication addresses IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1. You can use this book to: Understand core features of IBM Cognos BI V10.1 Realize the full potential of IBM Cognos BI Learn by example with practical scenarios This book uses a fictional business scenario to demonstrate the power of IBM Cognos BI. The book is primarily focused on the roles of Advanced Business User, Professional Report Author, Modeler, Administrator, and IT Architect.

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Dean Browne is a Product Manager for IBM Software, Business Analytics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. As part of the IBM Business Analytics, Cognos Software team, Dean is responsible for IT value related features in IBM Cognos products. Before joining IBM Software Group 7 years ago, Dean worked as an IT infrastructure design and out-sourcing consultant. He designed global telecommunications and server infrastructures, standards, and out-sourced support processes for global chemical and pharmaceutical corporations. Brecht Desmeijter is a Proven Practice Advisor in Bedfont, U.K. He has 4 years of experience in the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence field. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Hogeschool Gent, Belgium. His areas of expertise include the IBM Cognos infrastructure and the Software Development Kit. Rodrigo Frealdo Dumont is an IT Specialist at the IBM Brazil Global Delivery Center. He has four years of experience in Business Analytics applications, including reporting, data integration and data modeling. Currently he acts as a Cognos development lead of Business Analytics projects at the Business Analytics Center of Competency. He writes extensively about Cognos business solutions development life cycle and Business Analytics requirements. He also acts as a technical lead and subject matter expert of IBM Cognos for the Information and Data Management Center of Competence of Application Services area in Brazil. Rodrigo is an IBM Certified Designer for Cognos 8 BI Reports and IBM Certified Developer for Cognos 8 BI Metadata Models. Rodrigo holds a bachelor degree in Systems Analysis from Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Campinas. Armin Kamal is an IBM Cognos Proven Practice Advisor for Business Analytics in Canada. He has 9 years of experience working with IBM Cognos products with a focus on metadata modeling and report design. He holds a degree in Communications and Psychology from The University of Ottawa and a diploma in Information Technology from ITI. His areas of expertise include course development, technical writing, consulting, and customer support. He has written extensively on IBM Cognos Framework Manager and IBM Cognos Report Studio. John Leahy is a Proven Practice Team Leader with the IBM Cognos Business Analytics iApps Team. He writes extensively about IBM Cognos Financial Performance Management products and has over 9 years experience working with IBM Cognos products in various roles. John is an IBM Cognos Planning Certified Expert and an IBM Cognos TM1® Certified Developer. John holds a bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics from Ursinus College. Scott Masson is an IBM Cognos Senior Product Manager, working in Ottawa, Canada. With over 11 years in business intelligence and information management, he has focused on the technology and infrastructure organizations need to drive better business performance. Author of the IBM Cognos System Management Methodology, he writes extensively around IBM Cognos products and how to optimize the administration of the Business Intelligence infrastructure. Ksenija Rusak is a Client Technical Professional in IBM Croatia. She is a member of the Community of Practice for Central and Eastern Europe responsible for the Cognos portfolio, working with local technical communities in providing technical sales support for major prospects and customers. She holds a degree in mathematical statistics and computer science. She has 9 years of IT experience, including technical sales, implementation of business intelligence solutions, end-user education and large-scale projects. Her areas of expertise include the IBM Cognos portfolio, reporting tools such as Microsoft® Reporting Services and Crystal Reports and data warehousing implementations (Microsoft SQL Server DTS, IBM InfoSphere™ Warehouse). Shinsuke Yamamoto is an IT Specialist joining IBM Japan in 2001. He implemented various IBM products, including AIX®, DB2®, WebSphere®, and Tivoli®. In 2007, he moved to IBM Systems Engineering inJapan and has experience in handling DB2 projects as a subject matter expert and publishing technical guides about DB2. He is currently the leader of the Cognos support team, focusing on Cognos architecture, design and administration. Martin Keen is a Consulting IT Specialist at the ITSO, Raleigh Center. He writes extensively about WebSphere products and service-oriented architecture (SOA). He also teaches IBM classes worldwide about WebSphere, SOA, and ESB. Before joining the ITSO, Martin worked in the EMEA WebSphere Lab Services team in Hursley, U.K. Martin holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Studies from Southampton Institute of Higher Education. Table Of Contents Part 1. IBM Business Analytics Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Chapter 2. Overview of the IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence architecture Chapter 3. Business scenario and personas used in this book Part 2. IBM Cognos metadata modelling Chapter 4. Create reporting packages with IBM Cognos Framework Manager Part 3. Business intelligence simplified Chapter 5. Business intelligence simplified: An overview Chapter 6. Individual and collaborative user experience Chapter 7. Self service interface for business users Chapter 8. Actionable analytics everywhere Part 4. Enterprise ready platform Chapter 9. Enterprise ready performance and scalability Chapter 10. IBM Cognos system administration Part 5. Complete IBM Business Analytics solution Chapter 11. Integrating IBM Cognos BI with IBM Cognos Business Analytics solutions Part 6. Appendixes Appendix A. Additional material