Training offering

IBM Cognos 8 Planning: Administer the Technical Environment (v8.4)

Description

IBM Cognos 8 Planning: Administer the Technical Environment (v8.4) is a four-day, instructor-led course that combines lecture material and hands-on practice in installing, administering, and troubleshooting Analyst and Contributor. The course outlines how the architecture can be customized to fit into various infrastructures. Students will learn how to integrate Cognos Planning with other Cognos tools and how to implement security.

Participants

This advanced course is intended for Administrators.

Prerequisite(s)

You should have:
•    Basic knowledge of databases
•    Basic knowledge of networking
•    IBM Cognos 8 Planning: Overview (V8.4) (Recommended)

Programme

Analyst Architecture and Installation
•    Review the IBM Cognos Performance Management (PM) solution and the role of IBM Cognos 8 Planning in PM
•    Examine the architecture of IBM Cognos 8 Planning
•    Create a UNC connection point for Analyst
•    Install Analyst components
•    Configure the Analyst installation
•    Examine how to uninstall Analyst

Contributor Architecture and Installation
•    Review the role of Contributor in Performance Management (PM)
•    Learn about the architecture of Contributor and the recommended deployment process
•    Install Contributor
•    Configure Contributor
•    Examine how to uninstall Contributor

Implement Security for IBM Cognos 8 Planning
•    Identify authentication and authorization
•    Add namespaces in IBM Cognos Configuration that point to third-party authentication providers
•    Add users from third-party authentication providers to IBM Cognos 8 groups and roles
•    Implement security for Analyst
•    Implement security for Contributor

Advanced IBM Cognos 8 Planning Architecture and Implementation
•    Examine ways to modify the default configuration for a distributed installation of IBM Cognos 8 Planning
•    Create a new content store and planning store and connect to them
•    Examine alternative ways to install and configure the Planning Client
•    Move data between Contributor applications using links
•    Examine sizing considerations for

Contributor applications
•    Publish data from Analyst and Contributor
•    Identify network considerations

Use Databases with IBM Cognos 8 Planning
•    Examine the use of the following databases with Contributor:
  o    SQL Server
  o    Oracle
  o    DB2 UDB
•    Generate data definition language (DDL) scripts

Automate Functionality in IBM Cognos 8 Planning
•    Examine the role of automation in IBM Cognos 8 Planning
•    Automate common tasks in Analyst
•    Automate common tasks in Contributor

Troubleshoot IBM Cognos 8 Planning
•    Demonstrate useful troubleshooting tools and techniques for Analyst
•    Demonstrate useful troubleshooting tools and techniques for Contributor

Upgrade and Migrate IBM Cognos 8 Planning Applications
•    Examine how to upgrade to version 8.4 of Contributor
•    Examine how to upgrade to version 8.4 of Analyst
•    Identify how to migrate the Planning environment and data using the Contributor Administration Console

Integrate IBM Cognos 8 Planning with Other IBM Cognos Products
•    Use published Analyst and Contributor data in IBM Cognos 8 BI
•    Examine how to administer IBM Cognos Connection
•    Perform event-driven planning with Event Studio
•    Use published Analyst and Contributor data in PowerPlay
•    Use unpublished (real-time) Contributor data in IBM Cognos 8 BI
•    Use Controller data in IBM Cognos 8 Planning
•    Identify how to integrate Cognos 8 Planning with TM1

Perform Unattended Installations and Configurations (Optional)
•    Examine how to perform an unattended installation and configuration of IBM Cognos 8 Planning

Case Study

Install IBM Cognos 8 Planning on a Single Computer (Optional)

Options

Roadmaps that reference this course are:

IBM Cognos 8 Planning 8.4 – Administrator