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IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint

The IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint - Manage Dimensions and Data training course provides skills to manage dimensions across the enterprise. You will learn to import data and create dimensions, hierarchies, levels, and attributes. In addition, will create workflows, reconcile nominated data, and move fact data into a TM1 cube. You will also publish and distribute the dimensions and data to other applications or users.

The IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint - Administration training course combines lecture material and hands-on practice installing and administering the Business Viewpoint environment. The course also outlines how the architecture can be customized to fit into various infrastructures, and how to migrate the Business Viewpoint repository.

  • Basic knowledge of dimensional modeling
  • Basic knowledge of networking
  • Basic knowledge of the IBM Cognos modeling tools such as IBM Cognos Planning, IBM Cognos TM1, IBM Cognos Transformer, or IBM Cognos Framework Manager

The IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint - Manage Dimensions and Data workshop is meant for Modelers.

This IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint - Administration workshop is intended for Administrators.

COURSE AGENDA

IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint - Manage Dimensions and Data
(Duration : 2 Days)

1

Introduction to IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint

  • Identify some of the problems associated with managing dimensions
  • Identify three capability areas that enable IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint to address these problems
  • Identify tools that are used with IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint
  • Examine best practices to get started
2

Model Dimensional Objects

  • Identify Business Viewpoint components
  • Use systems
  • Create dimensions with lists and hierarchies
  • Create a dimension template
  • Create versions of dimensions
3

Enhance Dimensions

  • Modify members in a dimension using comments, views, filters and search
  • Modify static and dynamic hierarchies
  • Add attributes
  • Add validation rules to an attribute
  • Create calculated attributes
  • Work with sets
4

Use Business Viewpoint Client to Synchronize Data

  • Explain the purpose of Business Viewpoint Client adapters
  • Nominate data
  • Subscribe to data
  • Compare import with nominate and subscribe
  • Integrate with IBM Cognos modeling tools
5

Manage the Dimension Change Process

  • Explain the four steps in the workflow process
  • Use workflows to check the progress of tasks
  • Review data and reconcile data using merge
6

Move Fact Data Into IBM Cognos TM1

  • Describe fact data
  • Match dimensions in your source and target data store
  • Create and run links to move fact data from your source to your target
7

Integrate with IBM Cognos BI

  • Integrate with IBM Cognos reporting tools
  • Publish a dimension to an IBM Cognos package, to a Framework Manager model and to a CSV file
IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint - Administration
(Duration : 1 Day)

1

Architecture and Installation

  • Explore the Business Viewpoint architecture
  • Identify Business Viewpoint Server components
  • Discuss different ways Business Viewpoint can be installed
  • Examine the different components required to move fact data
  • Install Business Viewpoint Server
  • Create a data source connection that lets you publish to IBM Cognos Connection
2

Integrate with Other IBM Cognos Components

  • Install IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint Client
  • Configure adapters to let users work with IBM Cognos sources
  • Configure adapters to let users work with non-IBM Cognos sources
3

Administration and Security

  • Identify the purpose of systems and how to add them
  • Change the admin user password
  • Define an IBM Cognos system
  • Add users and roles
  • Set permissions on objects
4

Back Up and Restore Data

  • Back up data
  • Restore data
  • Upgrade from an earlier version of Business Viewpoint
5

Log Files and Resources

  • Examine where to look for log files in IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint
  • Identify which log file to consult depending on the problem
  • Identify useful IBM troubleshooting resources

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