Book description
Discover the practical approach to BI with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
- Learn how to better administer your IBM Cognos 10 environment in order to improve productivity and efficiency.
- Empower your business with the latest Business Intelligence (BI) tools.
- Discover advanced tools and knowledge that can greatly improve daily tasks and analysis.
- Explore the new interfaces of IBM Cognos 10.
In Detail
IBM Cognos is Business Intelligence software that enables businesses to fully utilize their maximum potential. It connects people with information from virtually any data source whenever and wherever they need it so that they can make better decisions, faster.
Take the practical, hands-on approach to managing your reporting environment with "IBM Cognos Business Intelligence" - packed with coverage of all the latest features to truly help you maximize your potential.
With this in-depth practical guide you will learn how to fully utilize IBM Cognos 10 so that your business can make smarter decisions, achieve better results and gain a deeper understanding of your company’s data. You will learn about critical topics like Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, Security and Administration as well as in-depth coverage of other features like Business Insight, Business Insight Advanced, and Active Reports, which were introduced with IBM Cognos 10.
Table of contents
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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
- Table of Contents
- IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
- Credits
- Foreword
- About the Author
- Acknowledgement
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. IBM Cognos Connection
- 2. Introducing IBM Cognos Workspace
- 3. IBM Cognos Active Reports
- 4. IBM Cognos Mobile
- 5. IBM Cognos Query Studio
- 6. IBM Cognos Analysis Studio
- 7. IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced
- 8. IBM Cognos Report Studio
- 9. IBM Cognos Framework Manager
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10. Administration and Performance Tuning
- Deciding who should be an administrator
- Navigating the administration interface
- Monitoring the system in the Status tab
- Performance tuning the system
- Designing your security model
- Adding data source connections
- Importing and exporting content
- Routing your requests using routing sets
- The business case for performance tuning
- The business case for administration
- Summary
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11. Streamlining Common Administrator Tasks
- Bulk updating Framework Manager models
- Validating report objects
- Bulk updating reports
- Applying screen tips to report outputs
- Managing security
- Distributing portal tabs
- Standardizing headers and footers
- Backing up, restoring, and deploying content
- Documenting content, security, and models
- Versioning content
- Archiving content outputs
- Retrieving deleted content
- The business case for add-on tools
- Summary
- 12. User Adoption
- Index
Product information
- Title: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2013
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781849683562
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