B6008 Overview of IBM Cognos Analytics (v11.0)

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

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

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

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

Define IBM Cognos Framework Manager and its purpose

Describe the IBM Cognos Framework Manager environment

Describe IBM Cognos Cube Designer

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

Web-based Modeling

Create Data Modules

Introduction to IBM Cognos Mobile

Key features

Examine Cognos Mobile architecture

Identify supported products

Introduction to IBM Cognos BI for Microsoft Office

Describe Cognos Analysis for Excel (CAF)

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

Examine Metric Studio

Identify scorecards, metrics, and metric types

Organize metrics with strategies

Track initiatives with projects