IBM Planning Analytics/Cognos TM1: Design and Develop Models in Performance Modeler (v10.2)
Audience
This intermediate course is for modelers.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of OLAP and TM1
- Significant experience with Excel spreadsheets (functions, macros, etc.)
- Understanding of the metrics and drivers of your business
Key Topics
- Review financial performance management
- Identify the TM1 position in a performance management system
- Describe the IBM Cognos TM1 components and architecture
- Explore IBM Cognos TM1 applications
- Explore the IBM Cognos TM1 environment
- Manage and organize a model
- Review cubes, dimensions, and elements
- Create dimensions manually
- Import dimensions
- Edit dimensions
- Create dimension calculations
- Use Guided Import to create a dimension
- Construct a new cube
- Discuss cube properties
- Edit a cube structure
- Review and use a pick list
- Create cube calculations
- Identify data sources
- Create processes to load data
- Create a process to delete data in a cube
- Create processes to update and maintain the model
- Discuss and list types of links
- Create and modify links
- Review rule- and process-based links
- Discuss the model development process
- Complete objects for the model
- Review tools to aid in model development
- Explain the application types
- Access an IBM Cognos TM1 application
- Create a new application
- Set the available clients
- Apply security in the application
- Activate and de-activate an application
- Create dynamic subsets
- Use dimension functions
- Implement business logic
- Improve cube performance
- Use TM1 utilities
- Discuss currency challenges
- Review control cubes
- Create rules for currency conversion
- Use TM1 techniques to reduce maintenance
- Describe IBM Cognos TM1 Architect
- Record MDX queries
- Customize drill-through paths
- Discuss time considerations
- Use discrete time dimensions
- Implement a continuous time dimension model
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