IBM Cognos Business Intelligence -- Table of Contents -- IBM Cognos Business Intelligence -- Credits -- Foreword -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. IBM Cognos Connection -- Web-based reporting -- The welcome page -- Folder structures -- My Area -- Searching -- Running reports -- Scheduling reports -- Cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting objects -- Creating URLs, jobs, and report views -- The business case for Cognos -- Summary -- 2. Introducing IBM Cognos Workspace -- The self-service dashboard -- Adding content and content types -- Filtering -- Changing the formatting -- Sharing the dashboard -- The business case for Cognos Workspace -- Summary -- 3. IBM Cognos Active Reports -- What MHT files are -- How MHT files can be read -- Pros and cons -- Pros -- Cons -- The business case for Cognos Active Reports -- Interacting with Cognos Active Reports -- Opening Cognos Active Reports -- Navigating through Cognos Active Reports -- Summary -- 4. IBM Cognos Mobile -- Cognos Mobile on BlackBerry phones -- New features of IBM Cognos Mobile -- Interacting with Cognos Active Reports on mobile devices -- The future of IBM Cognos Mobile -- The business case for IBM Cognos Mobile -- Summary -- 5. IBM Cognos Query Studio -- Who should use Cognos Query Studio? -- Accessing Cognos Query Studio -- An introduction to metadata -- The drag-and-drop interface and the right-click menu -- Inserting content in a report -- Adding filters -- Creating a calculation -- Formatting your report.

Incorporating charts -- Understanding your other buttons -- Saving and sharing reports -- The business case for Cognos Query Studio -- Summary -- 6. IBM Cognos Analysis Studio -- Who should use Cognos Analysis Studio? -- Accessing Cognos Analysis Studio -- An introduction to multidimensional data -- Exploring the drag-and-drop interface and the right-click menu -- Inserting dimensions and measures -- Adding context filters -- Drilling down and expanding data -- Replacing the existing dimension -- Nesting within the existing dimension -- Nesting below an existing dimension -- Creating calculations -- Incorporating charts -- Choosing a chart type -- Understanding the other buttons -- Saving and sharing Cognos Analysis Studio reports -- The business case for Cognos Analysis Studio -- Summary -- 7. IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced -- Who should use Cognos Workspace Advanced? -- Comparing to Cognos Query Studio and Cognos Analysis Studio -- Accessing Cognos Workspace Advanced -- Exploring the drag-and-drop interface and the right-click menu -- Adding objects to your report -- Adding data to your reports -- Drilling down -- Creating calculations -- Understanding the other buttons -- Using external data -- The business case for Cognos Workspace Advanced -- Summary -- 8. IBM Cognos Report Studio -- Who should use Cognos Report Studio -- Accessing Cognos Report Studio -- Cognos Report Studio report types -- The drag-and-drop interface and the right-click menu -- Understanding the different areas in Cognos Report Studio -- Adding objects to your report -- Adding data to your reports and formatting -- Exploring your queries with Query Explorer -- Setting up conditions -- Adding a prompt to filter results -- Understanding the other buttons -- Building Active Reports -- Designing your Active Report -- Choosing the Active Report component to use.

The business case for Cognos Report Studio -- Reporting inside of the organization -- Reporting outside of the organization -- Summary -- 9. IBM Cognos Framework Manager -- Introduction to metadata -- Managing the model design project -- Rule 1 - gather information -- Rule 2 - learn to dance -- Rule 3 - take baby steps -- Rule 4 - know your audience -- Rule 5 - get buy-in and sign off -- Three-tier approach to model design -- Designing a database view of your data -- Designing a business view of your data -- Designing an end user view of your data -- Publishing a package -- The business case for Cognos Framework Manager -- Understanding the problem -- Understanding the solution -- Summary -- 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 -- The CAF -- External security -- Cognos BI security -- Capabilities -- How it all works together -- What people can do -- What people can see -- 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 -- 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 -- Content Documentation -- Security Documentation -- Model documentation -- Versioning content -- Archiving content outputs -- Retrieving deleted content -- The business case for add-on tools -- Summary -- 12. User Adoption.

The beginning - executive sponsorship -- Building an internal user community -- The right development team matters -- How to partner with IBM and the partner community -- Feedback and its role in the development process -- Training is the key to success -- The business case user adoption -- Summary -- Index.