IBM Cognos 8 Framework Manager Training Course Outline

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Duration: 3 days

Audience: IT Administrators and Business Analysts

Brief:
This course is geared towards technical users who will be responsible for creating the development environment for both Business Authors and Professional Report Authors. This includes the development and management of the metadata layer, integration with other Cognos modules, and establishing connections to relevant data sources.

Course Notes:
This course is delivered using a general IBM Cognos 8 demo application as the basis for the workshops, examples, and class discussion.

If desired, custom courseware using client’s data may also be created. There is an additional fee for customization of the course materials.

Recommended Prerequisites:
IBM Cognos 8 – Query Studio and Report Studio, plus familiarity with SQL is desirable.

Topics:

Introduction
• Class objectives
• IBM Cognos 8 environment

Framework Manager Overview
• Framework Manager Architecture
• Cognos Configuration

Planning and Design
• Reporting requirements
• Data sources
• Logical and Physical models

Framework Manager Interface
• Working with Projects
• Views

Creating ReportNet Packages
• Create a project
• Create a Data Source
• Create New Query Subject
• Create Calculations
• Create Filters
• Create Relationships
• Create Business View
• Create Model based Query
• Merging Query Subjects
• Shortcuts
• Create Packages

Dimensional Models
• Determinants
• Regular Dimension
• Measure Dimension
• Scope

Advanced Topics
• Macros
• Session Parameters
• Parameter Maps
• Prompts

Security
• Object Security
• Query Subject Security
• Package Security
• Data Security

Multi User Development
• Repositories
• Branching and Merging
• Create Segments
• Create Links