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1 Helping Companies Learn From the Past, Manage the Present and Shape the Future Report Studio V. 10 Advanced Techniques & Maps IBM Cognos 10: Under the Hood Webinar Series www.Senturus.com
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Helping Companies Learn From the Past, Manage the Present and Shape the Future
Report Studio V. 10 Advanced Techniques & Maps
IBM Cognos 10: Under the Hood Webinar Series
www.Senturus.com
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• Welcome and Introduction
• Report Studio Advanced Techniques Demonstration
• Dynamically define List rows per page based on report output
• Cognos 10 Licensing Tip of the Month
• Report Studio Advanced Techniques Demonstration
• Connect an existing package to an external data file
• Customize standard Cognos Maps to meet our needs
• How Can Senturus Help
• Senturus services offerings
• Upcoming Hands-on Training Options
• Q & A
Today’s Agenda
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Welcome and Introduction
• Who we are: – Jim Frazier, Vice President, Sales
• 20+ years as a services and software sales executive selling Oracle and IBM Products
– Albert Valdez, Director of Education Services • 12 years as a technical trainer, focused on business
intelligence and performance management • 5 years as a Senior Education Specialist at Cognos, Inc. • Lifetime CTT+ certification from CompTIA • IBM Cognos certified • Last 6+ Years as a Senior Consultant, Solutions
Architect, Education Director
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Who is Senturus ?
• Consulting and training firm specializing in Corporate Performance Management
– Office of Finance
• Close, consolidate, report and file (CCRF)
• Enterprise planning & budgeting
– Business Intelligence
– Training
– San Francisco Business Times Hall of Fame -- Four consecutive years in Fast 100 list of fastest-growing private companies in the Bay Area
• Experience
– 12-year focus on performance management
– More than 1,200 projects for 500+ clients
– IBM/Cognos Premier Partner
• People
– Business depth combined with technical expertise. Former CFOs, CIOs, Controllers, Directors...
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A few of our 500+ Clients
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IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio Advanced Techniques
Demonstrations
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• Demonstrations – Control layout based on Report Output (Excel vs. HTML)
– Manage External Data
– Create Custom Maps
IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio
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IBM Cognos Licensing Tip of the Month
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IBM Cognos 10 Licensing Matrix
BI
Consumer
($891)
BI Enhanced
Consumer
($1,110)
($400 add)
BI Business
Author
($1,450)
BI Business
Analyst
($1,450)
BI Business
Manager
($1,450)
BI Advanced
Business
Author
($1,680)
BI
Professional
Author
($2,790)
BI
Professional
($3,340)
Cognos BI Capability
Cognos Connection, Cognos Viewer, Prompting, Drill-
up/Down/Through
Business Insight
Biz Insight Advanced
Active Reports
Cognos Search
Cognos Collaboration
Query Studio
Analysis Studio
Report Studio
Metric Studio
Event Studio
Transformer
IBM Cognos Mobile *as of 10.1.1*
*10.1.1: No additional server charge for Mobile IBM Cognos Mobile Consumer and Active Report Recipient
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Cognos Licensing Tip
Business Insight Standard Mode vs. Business Insight Advanced
• Business Insight Standard Mode (included in the Cognos Enhanced Consumer License):
• Delivers a self-service dashboard assembly solution
• Allows users to leverage existing content (reports) and assemble them into their own personalized workspaces, or dashboards
• Provides personalization and basic analytical functionality directly within the workspace
• Is designed for consumers who want to enhance their experience with existing reports, allowing them to customize display types and palettes, perform basic calculations and filter data
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Cognos Licensing Tip
• Business Insight Advanced Mode (Included in the Cognos Advanced Business Author and above licensing) is:
• A Self-service Report Authoring solution
• Allows users to modify existing reports using the full functionality of a business authoring tool
• Allows users to author their own reports using intuitive interface features and gestures including advanced presentation, layout, formatting, complex calculations, and filtering
• Provides an ad-hoc user experience which allows the authors to interact with the data while they are developing reports using intuitive, integrated OLAP features such as drill-down, slice-and-dice, and top/bottom filtering
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Cognos Licensing Tip
• Business Insight Advanced Mode (Included in the Cognos Advanced Business Author and above licensing):
• Combines the best features of ad-hoc (Query Studio), multi-dimensional Analysis (Analysis Studio), and professional authoring (Report Studio)
• Reports built in BIA are consumable via the Cognos Viewer, which is part of the consumer (and enhanced consumer) license. Could also be delivered via PDF, HTML, XLS to recipients
• Provides a subset of the functionality of Report Studio – addresses business user’s needs without the complexity of full Report Studio
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Senturus Can Help You Understand IBM Cognos Licensing!
• Free Cognos License and Support Review: – 1 Hour Call with a Licensing Expert to Discuss:
– Upcoming Cognos Support Renewal • Review to make sure all licenses are needed and potential no-fee upgrade opportunities
• Help negotiating year over year Support increases
• Affects of new IBM licensing policies
• Discounts over and above IBM pricing
– Cognos 10 Upgrades and License Migrations • Options for migrating from C8 and previous to new C10 roles
• Discussion of what each role includes and value of migrating
• Options for starting a POC with existing license roles
• Affects of new IBM licensing policies
• PVU vs Authorized User license model options
• Opportunities for ongoing Support & Maintenance holds
• Other (because it changes constantly)
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IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio Advanced Techniques
Demonstrations (Continued)
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• Demonstrations – Control layout based on Report Output (Excel vs. HTML)
– Manage External Data
– Create Custom Maps
IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio
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• Demonstrations – Control layout based on Report Output (Excel vs. HTML)
– Manage External Data
– Create Custom Maps
IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio
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How Senturus can help you get to your next level of performance
Senturus Solutions and Training Services
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C O G N O S
Senturus Cognos 10 Upgrade Package
Senturus Upgrades
Cognos 8 to Cognos 10
In your Development environment
$3,495 Fixed Price
Senturus offers a full range of upgrade packages:
• Remote mentoring
• Full install, migration and validation
• Turnkey upgrades
For more information please contact [email protected]
or
Call Jim Frazier @ 650-949-2921
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Other Senturus Solution Offerings
• Cognos 10 Proof of Concept Engagements
– Active Reports
– Business Insight
– Cognos Mobile • 2-3 Day Proof of Concepts
• Identify how most value can be derived from the new capability
• Deploy capability for a defined use case
• Demonstrate high-impact solution
• $4,995
• For more information please click on the links above, and contact [email protected]
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Cognos Training Options
• Self-Service Authoring with Business Insight Advanced
– May 22 and July 10, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• Authoring Active Reports
– May 23 and June 21, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• IBM Cognos Planning: Analyst Model Building
– June 19-20, 2012 (9am-5pm*)
• Beginning & Intermediate Report Authoring with Report Studio
– May 29-30, 2012 and June 26-27, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• Advanced Report Authoring with Report Studio
– May 31, 2012 and June 28, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
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Cognos Training Options
• Dimensional Report Authoring with Report Studio
– June 1, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• IBM Cognos System Administration
– SATURDAY! June 9, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• Metadata Modeling with Framework Manager
– June 14-15, 2012 (9am-5pm*)
• Looking for training? - Let Us Know!!
• All courses can be attended from anywhere – all you need is a high-speed Internet connection!
• $595/day per student
• *ALL COURSES PACIFIC STANDARD TIME*
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• Thank you for attending!!
• We hope you have a better understanding of what IBM Cognos 10 can do for you
• Now – Q & A
Wrap-up
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