Delivery Outline:

Suez have recently deployed IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.9 within their environment. There are a number
of users who will be developing and operating Cognos Analytics and will require relevant training and
enablement to ensure they have a clear understanding of this new environment and operation practices.

Scope

A. Cognos Analytics Overview Instructor Led Workshop

The workshops should provide the delivery of general Cognos Analytics Workshops to provide an
overview of the Cognos Analytics interface and walkthrough demonstrations of common BI activities
while providing an environment to allow users to interact with Cognos Analytics with instructor
supervision. These would be short tactical workshops to outline activities using the Cognos Analytics
UI rather than education of reporting operations. (It is expected that attendees would have a strong
understanding of Cognos BI, and as such would only need enablement on the new Cognos Analytics
UI)

Activity Details Duration

Cognos Analytics – Turning This would be a consultant led workshop to 1 Day
Data into Insight Workshop present, demonstrate the use of Cognos
Analytics with the following Agenda:

WORKSHOP 1 NAVIGATING COGNOS

ANALYTICS
 GETTING STARTED
 NAVIGATING THE COGNOS ANALYTICS
USER INTERFACE
o USER HOME PAGE
o NAVIGATION PANEL
o APPLICATION TOOLBAR
o USING SMART SEARCH
 WORKING WITH OBJECT PROPERTIES

WORKSHOP 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE DATA

MODULE
 CREATING A DATA MODULE WITH INTENT
DRIVEN MODELING
 ADDING AND REMOVING TABLES FROM A
DATA MODULE
 HIDING AND REMOVING DATA ITEMS
 UPLOADING EXTERNAL DATA FILES TO USE
IN DATA MODULES
 REFINING THE DATA PROPERTIES
o SETTING DATA ATTRIBUTES
o CHANGING DATA LABELS
 o SETTING DEFAULT SORT ORDER FOR
DATA
o FILTERING DATA
 WORKING WITH JOINS
 CREATING CALCULATIONS
 CREATING CUSTOM DATA GROUPS
 CREATING NAVIGATION PATHS
 TESTING THE DATA MODULE

WORKSHOP 3 DATA DISCOVERY WITH

DASHBOARDS
 WORKING WITH TEMPLATES
 ASSEMBLING A DASHBOARD
 ADDING CALCULATIONS
 SELF-SERVICE DATA DISCOVERY
 USING SORTING AND TOP/BOTTOM
ANALYSIS
 NESTING MULTIPLE COLUMNS IN DATA
SLOTS
 ADDING TABS TO DASHBOARDS
 WORKING WITH FILTERS
 WORKING WITH VISUALIZATIONS

During this workshop, it is expected that the

Suez trainees will have time to use Cognos
Analytics to replicate operations
demonstrated during the workshop to gain
hands on experience with Cognos Analytics.
If Suez trainees either use existing access to
their onsite Cognos Analytics instance (if
available), or can subscribe to an online trial
instance of Cognos Analytics if not available.

Cognos Analytics – This would be a consultant led workshop to 1 Day

Introduction to Modern Self- present, demonstrate the use of Cognos
Service BI Analytics with the following Agenda:

WORKSHOP 4 EXTENDED DATA DISCOVERY

WITH DASHBOARDS
 UPLOADING EXTERNAL DATA FILES
 USING SMART SEARCH TO FIND DATA FOR
ANALYSIS
 USING THE DATA TRAY TO VIEW DATA
VALUES
 ADDING FILTERS TO DASHBOARDS
 USING CROSSTABS ON DASHBOARDS
 USING CONDITIONAL FORMATTING
 WORKSHOP 5 EXTENDING THE DATA
MODULE
 CREATING A DATA MODULE
 CREATING JOINS
 REFINING THE DATA MODULE
 ADDING CONTENT TO THE DASHBOARD

During this workshop, it is expected that the

Suez trainees will have time to use Cognos
Analytics to replicate operations
demonstrated during the workshop to gain
hands on experience with Cognos Analytics.
If Suez trainees either use existing access to
their onsite Cognos Analytics instance (if
available), or can subscribe to an online trial
instance of Cognos Analytics if not available.

B. Cognos Analytics: Enterprise Administration Workshop (2 Days)

This enablement track provides enablement to new administrators on the fundamental tasks of
configuring and managing IBM Cognos Analytics, administering servers and content in the environment.
In the course, participants will have hands-on opportunity to configure the IBM Cognos Analytics
software, implement security, and manage the server components. Students will also monitor and
schedule tasks, create data sources, and manage and deploy content.

The details of the recommended agenda would be as outlined below:

IBM Cognos Analytics: Enterprise Administration

(v11.0)
1: Introduction to IBM Cognos Analytics 6: Manage content in IBM Cognos
administration Administration
• Identify and explain the: • Add a data source
• IBM Cognos Analytics enterprise components • Manage visualizations in the Library
• role of the Administrator in relation to the IBM • Plan and perform a deployment
Cognos Analytics administration workflow process • Identify how to maintain the IBM Cognos
• role of IBM Cognos Administration and IBM Analytics content store
Cognos Configuration • Identify other content management
considerations
2: Identify IBM Cognos Analytics architecture
• Identify and explain: 7: Additional configuration and
• the features of the IBM Cognos Analytics customization
architecture • Manage user profiles
• the three architectural tiers • Identify how to manage packages
• IBM Cognos Analytics servlets and services through the IBM Cognos Analytics portal
• the default servlet container and alternatives to its
use
• an example of IBM Cognos Analytics request
processing
• installation options
 • load balancing mechanisms
• configuration options
• the IBM Cognos Application Firewall

3: Secure the IBM Cognos Analytics environment

• Identify the IBM Cognos Analytics security model
• Define authentication in IBM Cognos Analytics
• Define authorization in IBM Cognos Analytics
• Identify security policies
• Secure the IBM Cognos Analytics environment

4: Administer the IBM Cognos Analytics server

environment
• Describe the tasks required to administer the IBM
Cognos Analytics server environment
• Perform administrative tasks using IBM Cognos
Administration
• Manage dispatchers and services
• Examine the log message facility
• Tune performance of servers
• Identify issues while troubleshooting the server
environment

C. Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Advanced Workshop (1 Day)

This enablement focusses on advanced report building techniques using relational data models, and
ways of enhancing, customizing, and managing professional reports. Attendees will participate in
interactive demonstrations and exercises that illustrate key concepts while learning how to use
advanced features in the product.

Based on Suez requirements, it is expected that the delivery of this content would be tailored to the
highlighted sections outlined below:

IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Advanced (v11.0)

1 Create query models 6: Unit 6 Examine the report specification
• build query models and then connect • examine the report specification structure
them to the report layout • save and edit reports locally
• edit an SQL statement to author custom • discuss considerations for modifying a report
queries specification
• add filters and prompts to a report using • discuss adding custom toolbox objects and custom
the query models template options

2: Unit 2 Create reports based on query 7: Unit 7 Distribute reports through bursting
relationships • distribute reports using bursting
• create reports by joining queries • create burst keys
• combine data containers based on • identify report recipients and data items using
relationships from different queries burst tables
• • distribute reports using email and the IBM Cognos
Analytics portal
 3: Unit 3 Create advanced dynamic
reports 8: Unit 8 Enhance user interaction with HTML
• filter reports on session parameter values • create tooltips that clarify report data
• navigate a briefing book using a table of • create a popup window that contains prompts
contents • send emails using links in a report
• create dynamic headers and titles that
reflect report data 9: Unit 9 - End-to-end exercise
• create a customer invoice report • Report 1: Burst a sales report by country
• Report 2: Create a report letting users choose top
4: Unit 4 Design effective prompts and bottom number of product types
• control report displays using prompts • Report 3: Let users choose a chart type to display
• specify conditional formatting values with a crosstab
using prompts
• specify conditional rendering of objects
based on prompt selection
• create sorted and filtered reports based
on prompt selection

5: Unit 5 Create additional advanced

reports
• create a report that displays summarized
data before detailed data
• highlight alternate rows in a list report
• create a report using an external data file
• use single data items to summarize report
information

Please note that the non-highlighted would not be covered during enablement