Overview

This course provides participants with a high-level overview of the IBM Cognos Analytics suite of products and their underlying architecture. They will examine each component as it relates to an Analytics solution. Participants will be shown a range of resources to provide additional information on each product.

Audience

Multi-role (consumers, business authors, professional authors, developers, administrators, modelers, project  managers)

Prerequisites

• An understanding of your organization’s business intelligence process and reporting needs
• Experience using basic Windows functionality

Objective

• Consume content in IBM Cognos Analytics
• Create reports in IBM Cognos Analytics
• Create dashboards in IBM Cognos Analytics
• Create metadata models in IBM Cognos Analytics
• What's new in Cognos V11.2
• Compare IBM Cognos Analytics and IBM Cognos BI (Optional)
• Explore IBM Cognos Analytics AI capabilities

Course Outline

Unit 1. Introduction to IBM Cognos Analytics

• Describe IBM Cognos Analytics offerings and its position within an Analytics solution
• Describe IBM Cognos Analytics components
• Describe IBM Cognos Analytics at a high level
• Describe IBM Cognos Analytics security at a high level
• Explain how to extend IBM Cognos Analytics

Unit 2. Consume content in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Identify where consumers access IBM Cognos Analytics content
• Use published reports
• Drill through to related data
• Run reports with options
• Specify properties of an entry

Unit 3. Create reports in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Create ad hoc reports and analyze data with IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
• Create professional reports in IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson
• Import personal data by using Upload Files and Data Modules

Unit 4. Create custom dashboards in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Describe IBM Cognos Analytics Dashboards
• Explore navigation and general functionality
• Create a dashboard from existing content
• Modify an existing dashboard

Unit 5. Create metadata models in IBM Cognos Analytics

• Describe the capabilities and role of IBM Cognos Framework Manager
• Describe Web-based modeling
• Create Data Modules

Unit 6. What's new in Cognos v11.2

• Describe new features in Cognos Analytics
• Describe support for mobile
• Describe new navigation paths
• Describe IBM Carbon user experience
• Describe expanded job options
• Describe enrichment enabled for OLAP
• Describe dashboard enhancements
• Describe home page and content navigator

Unit 7. Compare IBM Cognos Analytics to IBM Cognos BI (Optional)

• Describe new features in Cognos Analytics
• Describe Changes from Cognos BI to Cognos Analytics
• Examine the Legacy option
• Examine Event Studio and its role in Performance Management
• Track initiatives with projects

Unit 8. Explore IBM Cognos Analytics AI Capabilities

• Describe the AI capabilities in Cognos Analytics
• Define the benefits of the embedded AI capabilities in Cognos Analytics
• Explore the AI capabilities in Cognos Analytics