preparing for your cognos analytics upgrade april 2017 webinar - quebit
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Preparing for YourCognos Analytics Upgrade
April 2017
Today’s webinar is part of a monthly advanced webinar series offered by QueBIT. The next webinar is scheduled for May 11th where we will teach you how to Write TM1 Rules like a Pro! Register by accessing the events page on our website at quebit.com/news-events
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Please type all questions in the Question Pane located on the GTW toolbar. As time permits, the questions will be addressed and answered at the end of the demonstration.
Follow-up sessions for questions and answers are available, if needed.
Housekeeping
About QueBIT
Trusted Experts in Analytics 15+ years in business with managers on the team who
have been working in area of Analytics for 20+ years Full Offerings – Advisory, Implementation & Support
Services, Reseller of IBM Software and Developer of Solutions
900+ successful Analytics Projects 400+ analytics customers in all types of industries 100+ employees with HQ in New York Building an experienced team from the ground up Deep Expertise in Business Intelligence, Information
Management, Financial Analytics, Advanced Analytics 2016 Worldwide Overall Business Analytics Partner
Excellence Award
About the presenters…..
Erik Herman
Business Analytics Training & Development Specialist
15+ years technology training, instructional design, & content development
Christina Hasse BI Architect & Pre-Sales Consultant 20+ years Cognos Consulting, modeling
& implementation
Agenda
Options for installation– On-Premise– On-Cloud– Bridge to Cloud
New administrative capabilities for users
A new approach to the User Interface and interaction
Using Lifecycle Manager to facilitate the upgrade
What’s in the roadmap for Cognos Analytics?
What can QueBIT do for you?
Why Upgrade To Cognos Analytics?
Accelerated business modeling and performance
Redefined consumption experience for any device
Redefined report authoring and analysis
Completely re-designed experience Dramatically increase productivity for
departmental and enterprise reporting
Easy Install• Informix 12.10 installed/configured for Content Store
database• Apache Directory Server
Expand• E.g. Expand a distributed install• Initial install must be up and running to use the
Expand install…• Uses the same URL as the initial install…
http://<servername>:<port#>/bi
Custom• Pick and choose• Application Tier, Data Tier, Optional gateway
(Kerberos w/IIS, 3rd party portal integration, report/dashboard requirements for images/logos).
* The install of multiple components in the same folder has been disabled; such as FM, Cube Designer, Samples, etc.
On Premise - Many ways to install
Cognos Analytics on Cloud
What is it?A fully managed business intelligence platform, delivered as-a-serviceon a per user/per month subscription, that offers multiple options for price, and scale
Who would benefit? Mid Market, departmental or Enterprise Organizations with scarce IT resources looking for Flexible options Existing Cognos clients wishing to rapidly expand BI deployment using
Cloud Clients with a mixture of cloud born and on premises data sources
What does it come with? BI Capabilities from self-service analysis to advanced reporting authoring IBM experts manage infrastructure, patching and upgrades of capabilities Tiered, subscription as-a-service basis Support per standard product Test drive and Jumpstart services Back-up solution provided
VP
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Internally available
Cognos Analytics Implementation Overview
Bridge
On-Premise • DB2• Netezza• Oracle• Teradata
Cloud • dashDB• Google Cloud SQL• Microsoft Azure• Hadoop• …..
Internet accessible
VP
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Cloud
On-Premise
Phases to a successful upgrade
Assess:Define requirements and solution design
Key Activities
Assess:Define requirements and solution design
PROJECT TIMELINE
Go - Live
Cloud Upgrade
Test & FixMigrateInstall & ConfigureAssess
Manage – New Administrative Capabilities
Basic administrative capabilities
Targeted at the departmental admin
Links to Cognos Administration for admins
Perform many of the same tasks as in
Cognos Administration
MANAGE –Content to support business growth
Manage users, teams, departments
Enable departments to manage their users
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Manage schedules, content and data
Manage access to governed and external data
Access to functionality based on user roles
Administration Lite
(Departments)
Simplification of the Studios
Reduced the number of interfaces for simplicity:
ReportDashboardData Module
IBM recommends to create new content using the new tools
Where are the old Studios in Cognos Analytics?
Companion applications are still available for existing customers
Cognos 10 Studios
My Inbox
Drill-Through Definitions
My Watch Items
Portal Pages and Tabsin Cognos Analytics
Currently Portal pages open in a different browser tab Portal Tabs are no longer accessible
Recommendations Users can set a report or dashboard as their
home page (not portal pages) Recently Used list provides a quick way for
users to get to their content Search has been greatly enhanced to find
content they need
New Approach to UI and Interaction -Branding and Theming
How to make it your own
New Approach to UI and Interaction –Customization
Customizing your
Environment
LifeCycle Manager
A tool that can streamline the upgrade process by automating the validation of content between a source
and target Cognos environment
Compare Results
Cognos Analytics Releases
Continuous delivery for On-Prem and on the Cloud Contains defect fixes and enhancements Installs on top, it preserves your settings and config IBM is Planning a Release each Quarter
R1 – Feb 2016•Viewer enhancements
R3 – July 2016•Dashboard calculations and filters•Multiple packages in Reporting•Interactivity in modeling UI
R7, R8…
R4 – September 2016 •Dashboard conditional highlighting •Refresh timer for widgets•Portal theming and extensibility•Storytelling
R6 – March 2017 •OLAP support in Dashboards•Dashboard widget connectivity•Mapping enhancements•Storytelling enhancements•Shortcuts and report views
R2 – April 2016 •Accessibility•Authoring UI updates
R5 – November 2016 •FM packages in dashboards•Mapping and new visualizations•Infographics and nav model•Embed and share content•Portal customizations
Upgrade to Cognos Analytics
Time To Install/UpgradeQueBIT Can Help
Erik HermanBusiness Analytics Training & Development Specialistc: 617-413-1942e: [email protected]
Christina HasseBI Architect & Pre-Sales Consultantc: 867-269-1909e: [email protected]
Some Ways QueBIT Can Help
Upgrade & Environment Readiness Assessments
We are offering up to (1) day of free services to help you plan and define the steps to a successful upgrade to Cognos Analytics
Packaged Upgrade Offerings (many to choose from - ask us!)
Sign up by May 31, 2017 and receive a 20% discount on our upgrade services
Knowledge Transfer Workshops
Training
Be on the lookout for an email where you can sign up for any of these offerings.
* Cognos 10x will no longer be supported as of April 30, 2018 *
Implementation: QueBIT Training
QueBIT custom courses
Computer based training
Custom or generic dataOnline or on
location
Any IBM analytics course
Summary
Options for installation– On-Premise– On-Cloud– Bridge to Cloud
New administrative capabilities for users
A new approach to the User Interface and interaction
Using Lifecycle Manager to facilitate the upgrade
What’s in the roadmap for Cognos Analytics?
What can QueBIT do for you?
Please submit questions in the Question Pane and they will be answered in the order received as time permits
Follow-up sessions for questions and answers are available, if needed.
