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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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