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IBM Cognos Integration Server Extract Data from Oracle HFM (V10.2) – p8219gwpl

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Duration: 0.8 Hours

IBM Cognos Integration Server: Extract Data From Oracle HFM teaches consumers how to extract data and metadata from Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and make it available for use in standard relational and text format targets, including IBM Cognos TM1. The course is not intended to describe the detailed architecture, configuration, or administration of IBM Cognos Integration Server (ICIS). The vignette is taught in a web-based, eLearning format.

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Objectives

Please refer to Course Overview for description information.

Audience

This intermediate course is for:

  • Business Intelligence users needing immediate access to, and interaction with, HFM data in a timely, personalized and secure manner
  • Administrator who need to understand the basic features of ICIS

Prerequisites

You should have:

  • Basic knowledge of Oracle HFM©
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server©
  • Experience using basic Windows functionality

Topics

Introduction

  • Course overview
  • Intended audience
  • Course objectives
  • Prerequisites

What is Cognos Integration Server?

  • Key features
  • Key benefits
  • How does Integration Server work?
  • Provides a single window into:
    • Financial data
    • Metadata
    • User information
    • Supporting information

Basic Topics

  • What Is a Star Schema?
  • Creating Star Schema tables from a Cube
  • Common Hyperion Cube terminology
  • Parent/Child vs. Balanced Hierarchies
  • Overview of steps required to use Cognos Integration Server

The Connection Manager

  • Create a connection
  • Test a connection
  • Clone a connection
  • Delete a connection
  • Determine where a connection is used
  • Edit a connection
  • Export a connection
  • Import a connection
  • Sort the connection list
  • Demo
    • Create and test a source connection for HFM
    • Create and test a target connection for SQL Server

The Selection Manager

  • Choose a source and a target connection
  • Fill in column selection Information
  • Examine the outline construct
  • Create a Point of View
  • Star Schema options
  • Star Schema Dimension Table layout
  • Metadata extraction options
  • Data extraction options
  • Saving and running a selection
  • Other toolbar options
  • Search for outline members
  • Demo: Create a Saved Selection for HFM by
    • Choosing source and target connections
    • Selecting the dimensions to export
    • Creating a Point of View
    • Run the selection and observe the output in SQL Server
    • Change the Fact Table and Dimension Table layouts
    • Run the selection again and observe the changes in the SQL Server output

The Log Viewer

  • The display
  • The control bar
  • Filtering
  • Sample run detail

The Command Line Interface

  • List connections
  • List all Member of a Selection ID
  • Run a Selection by name
  • Run specific Selection IDs
  • Update Selection from previously-exported selection file

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