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Implementing Cognos Mobile

Chris FramelSenior Consultant

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What We’ll Cover

Why Mobile?

IBM Cognos Mobile

Introduction

Installing Cognos Mobile

Questions

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Cognos Mobile Demo

Active Report Demo

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Senior Consultant with Infolink 15 Years experience with Cognos Managed deployment of 200

iPads and iPhones while CIO of ABQ Water

Enjoy fly fishing and holidays Wife says I dance like Bill Nye the

Science Guy (watch his DWTS YouTube performance!)

Who Am I?

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Why Mobile?

Proliferation of mobile devicesNeed to access data anywhereVPN capabilityOnline or offline needsSpread of wireless and #G connectionsManagement must havesEase of UseOther CUG 1

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What is IBM Cognos Mobile?

Tool for viewing Cognos content online or offline on mobile device

Apps Tablet Browser? - maybe IBM Cognos Mobile

Client IBM Cognos Mobile

Native App (iPad)

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Beginning 10.1 - the Big Changes

Enhancement History

iPad emphasis with iPad native app

Web browsing emphasis on various platforms

Active Reports on iPad native app

Improved prompting Importing from email Improved security

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10.2.x

Enhancement History

Audit logging Apple push notifications

(Badges and Texts) Pinch and zoom, more “touch

friendly” Improved mobile security and

configuration Bursting reports to mobile

recipients RAVE visualizations Performance, performance,

performance

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Components IBM Cognos Mobile Service

(Application tier) IBM Cognos Mobile Gateway IBM Cognos Mobile Client

• Mobile client for Blackberry• iPad native app (available via iTunes)• Web version (iPad, Android, iPhone)

Installing Cognos Mobile

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Remote Configuration

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Single Computer Install

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Installation Tidbits

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Many ways to deploy mobile clientsApple configurations (a few of them!) Push notifications Maximum login attempts Session timeouts and security codes Lease key

Caching credentials durationPass-through authentication

Installation Tidbits

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Demo

IBM Cognos Mobile – Let’s Take a Look!

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iPad Safari Browser - Tablet

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iPad Mobile Client

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iPad Native App

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iPad Native App

Let’s take a closer look!

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Highly interactive Exceptional performance Disconnected! Sophisticated deployment

options Now with visualizations

(RAVE) Active Reports serve as the

foundation

Understanding Capabilities

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Storyboarding and design

Naming conventions Active controls Drill-through

capabilities MHT file (careful of file

size!) RAVE, admin and

development Pixels, pixels, pixels

What’s an Active Report

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Create a simple Active Report Log into IBM Cognos Mobile Download the Report View the Report Examples

From Start to Finish - Demo

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Questions?

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A little pre-lunch trivia for a $10 Starbucks Card!

Ending on a Good Note

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In 1994, whose last name is the same as the 41st state, led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 38-34 victory over John Elway’s Denver Broncos in what was voted the 5th most exciting football game in Monday Night Football history?

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Screen Examples?

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