IBM Cognos Metric Studio v10 (2 days)

Course Description

IBM Cognos Metrics is a two day course and can be delivered onsite or in an instructor-led online format.  It is designed to teach developers how to design, model, and build Metrics applications and reports.

Using a combination of lectures, instructor led demos, hands-on exercises, workshops, and group exercises in a high quality learning environment participants will learn about understanding metrics modeling and extracts as well as how to  build Scorecards.

Pricing

$675 USD

Audience

This is a course intended for developers.

Prerequisites

  • Knowledge of your business requirements
  • Experience using Windows and Web functionality
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Course Topics

  • Module 1:  Introduction to IBM Cognos 10 BI
  • Module 2:  Configure the Metric Store
  • Module 3:  Metrics Extracts
  • Module 4:  Projects and Metrics Stores
  • Module 5:  Scorecards
  • Module 6:  Metric Types
  • Module 7:  Metric Studio

You will learn

  • Recognize various components of IBM Cognos BI

Configure SQL Metric Store

  • Create Metric Store Database in SQL Server
  • Create Metric Store User and Security
  • Metric package creation
  • Directory – setting up database connections
  • Metric database initialization

Metrics Extracts

  • Create a Metrics Extract from a Relational Datasource
  • Create a Metrics Extract from a Cognos Power Cube
  • Create a Metrics Extract from a flat file

Projects and Metrics Stores

  • Create Project and Metric Package Reference
  • Configure and Initialize Metric Store
  • Select Cube Import Source for Extract
  • Map Scorecards
  • Time Hierarchy and Currency Mapping
  • Create Metric Type and Map Metrics
  • Include/Exclude Metric Values
  • Execute Extract
  • Transfer Data from Staging Area to Metric Store
  • View Scorecard
  • Create a Metrics Extract from a Relational Package

Scorecards

  • Viewing Scorecards
  • Creating Scorecards

Metric Types

  • Value types (i.e., Revenues, Expenses)
  • Filters
  • Mouse Over Chart
  • Historical Data
  • Chart Types
  • Calendar
  • List
  • Editing Data (Metric Maintenance)
  • Comments
  • Actions

Metrics

  • Actual and Target individual values
  • Diagrams

Qualifiers

  • Re-use of a metric within one scorecard

Projects

  • Manual project tracking

External Reports

  • Report Studio

Watch Lists

  • Add to Watch Lists
  • Details
  • Alerts
  • Adding Shortcuts

Strategies

  • Creating Strategies

Creating Strategy Elements