Základní info
IBM Cognos 8 Planning Contributor: Develop Applications (V8.4) is a four-day, instructor-led course in which you will learn to build, administer, and deploy Contributor applications through the Contributor Administration Console. In particular, learn how to develop the Contributor application (based on a Cognos 8 Planning - Analyst model), manage security using the Cognos 8 security model, perform administrative tasks, such as importing and publishing data, and deploy the application to the Cognos 8 portal. You will also learn how to create events using Cognos 8 Event Studio, which will monitor changes in published Planning data. This course also contains a case study that helps you further develop their skills as they create and administer a Contributor application.
Dostupnost tohoto kurzu v zahraničí
Kurz je určen pro:
This is an expert course for Modelers.
Předpokládané znalosti:
You should have:
- Completed the IBM Cognos 8 Planning Analyst: Build Models (V8.4) course
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of the business' data and structure
Obsah:
Introduction to IBM Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor Administration
- Review IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management (PM) Solution
- Identify IBM Cognos 8 Planning and its components
- Identify IBM Cognos 8 BI and its components
- Examine the IBM Cognos 8 Planning architecture
- Examine IBM Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor and its components
- Examine the development process for the Contributor solution
Build a Contributor Application
- Examine best practices for building the underlying IBM Cognos 8 Planning - Analyst model
- Configure the Contributor Administration Console
- Create a Contributor application using the Application wizard
- Specify navigation, orientation, and application settings
- Import the e.List and rights
- Run Go to Production and preview a Contributor application
Manage Workflow and Web Application Activities
- Access the application in Cognos Connection
- Examine the user roles and workflow states
- Create annotations
- Attach documents to Contributor application items
- View and delete commentary
- Bounce users from the application
- Work offline
Apply Security
- Examine Cognos 8 Planning security: authentication and authorization
- Examine Cognos 8 Planning roles
- Assign access rights to end users
- Examine levels of user rights
- Create saved selections
- Examine and create access tables
- Identify network considerations
Administer Applications
- Review what happens during Go to Production
- Back up the datastore
- Display Invalid Owners and Editors
- Create a planning package
- Reset workflow states
- Set advanced options for subsequent Go to Production processes
- Examine job management and the types of jobs that can be performed
- Create help text for end users
- Verify that data entered is valid
Administer Applications
- Review what happens during Go to Production
- Back up the datastore
- Display Invalid Owners and Editors
- Create a planning package
- Reset workflow states
- Set advanced options for subsequent Go to Production processes
- Examine job management and the types of jobs that can be performed
- Create help text for end users
- Verify that data entered is valid
Manage Data
- Synchronize the Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor application with the Cognos 8 Planning - Analyst model
- Import data into the Contributor application as a planner, reviewer and administrator
- Publish Contributor data
Use Extensions
- Examine Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor extensions
- Report from Contributor data using extensions
- Configure Contributor extensions
- Use administration extensions
Automate Applications
- Examine automation of common administration tasks using macros
- Create and publish a macro
- Group related tasks into one macro
- Examine how to run macros
Consume Planning Data in Cognos 8 BI
- Examine Cognos Connection
- Create a portal page to group different types of content into a single view
- Examine how to access live data in Cognos 8 Studios
- Create and run agents based on planning data in Events Studio
Case Study
- Create a Contributor application
- Ensure planners and reviewers have the required access to the appropriate data
- Modify the application to accommodate the addition of new locations
- Bring test data into the application in an administrator role and an end user role
- Publish data for reporting and automate this task
Use the Contributor Add-in for Excel (Optional)
- examine the Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor Add-in for Excel
- enter, save, and submit Contributor data using the Excel Add-in
- modify the display of Contributor data in Excel
- annotate data in Excel
- save a workbook as a template
Move Data Between Analyst and Contributor (Optional)
- Export data from Analyst for use in Contributor
- Integrate Contributor with Analyst
- Move data from Analyst to Contributor using a D-Link
- Move data from Contributor to Analyst using a D-Link
- Compare D-Links to importing data in the Administration Console
Translate a Contributor Application (Optional)
- Examine the translation cycle
- Create a translation
- Translate applications into different languages
- Export files for translation
