IBM Cognos Planning: Overview (V10.1) – p8106gpl
Course #: p8106gpl
Duration: 2 Days
IBM Cognos Planning: Overview (V10.1) is a two-day, instructor-led course designed to provide administrators and project managers a comprehensive overview of the IBM Cognos Planning solution. Participants will learn the purpose and benefits of each Planning component and understand what is involved in creating a Planning Analyst model, and creating a Planning Contributor application based on a model. Participants will perform hands-on demos and workshops while learning the essentials of building a Planning solution.
Objectives
Please refer to Course Overview for description information.
Audience
This intermediate course is intended for Administrators and Project Managers.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Topics
Introduction to IBM Cognos Planning Analyst
- Examine the components of the IBM Cognos Planning solution
- Discuss libraries, D Lists, D Cubes, and D Links
- Create libraries
Create D Lists and D Cubes
- Manually create D Lists
- Import D List items from external sources
- Modify D Lists
- Build D Cubes
Load Data
- Determine what can be used as source data
- Create file maps to assist in loading data
- Load data from an external source into a D Cube
- Load data from one D Cube to another
Introduction to IBM Cognos Planning Contributor Administration
- Review IBM Cognos Performance Management (PM) Solution
- Identify IBM Cognos Planning and its components
- Identify IBM Cognos BI and its components
- Examine the IBM Cognos Planning architecture
- Examine IBM Cognos Planning Contributor and its components
- Examine the development process for the Planning Contributor solution
Build an IBM Cognos Planning Contributor Application
- Examine best practices for building the underlying IBM Cognos Planning Analyst model
- Configure IBM Cognos Planning Administrator
- Create a Planning Contributor application using the Application wizardSpecify navigation, orientation, and application settings
- Import the e.List and rights
- Run Go to Production and preview a Planning Contributor application
Manage Workflow and Web Application Activities
- Access the application in IBM Cognos Connection
- Examine the user roles and workflow states
- Create annotations
- Attach documents to Planning Contributor application items
- View and delete commentary
- Bounce users from the application
- Work offline