Course Content

• INTRODUCTION TO IBM COGNOS PLANNING - ADMINISTRATOR
  • 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 CONTRIBUTOR SOLUTION
• BUILD A 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 WIZARD
  • SPECIFY 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 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
• APPLY SECURITY
  • EXAMINE COGNOS PLANNING SECURITY: AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION
  • EXAMINE COGNOS PLANNING ROLES
  • ASSIGN ACCESS RIGHTS TO END USERS
  • EXAMINE LEVELS OF USER RIGHTS
  • CREATE SAVED SELECTIONS
  • EXAMINE AND CREATE ACCESS TABLES
  • IDENTIFY NETWORK CONSIDERATIONS
• ADMINISTER APPLICATIONS
  • REVIEW WHAT HAPPENS DURING GO TO PRODUCTION
  • BACK UP THE DATASTORE
  • DISPLAY INVALID OWNERS AND EDITORS
  • CREATE A PLANNING PACKAGE
  • RESET WORKFLOW STATES
  • SET ADVANCED OPTIONS FOR SUBSEQUENT GO TO PRODUCTION PROCESSES
  • EXAMINE JOB MANAGEMENT AND THE TYPES OF JOBS THAT CAN BE PERFORMED
  • CREATE HELP TEXT FOR END USERS
  • VERIFY THAT DATA ENTERED IS VALID
• MANAGE DATA
  • SYNCHRONIZE THE COGNOS PLANNING - CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATION WITH THE COGNOS PLANNING - ANALYST MODEL
  • IMPORT DATA INTO THE PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATION AS A PLANNER, REVIEWER AND ADMINISTRATOR
  • PUBLISH PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR DATA
• USE EXTENSIONS
  • EXAMINE IBM COGNOS PLANNING - CONTRIBUTOR EXTENSIONS
  • REPORT FROM PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR DATA USING EXTENSIONS
  • CONFIGURE PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR EXTENSIONS
  • USE ADMINISTRATION EXTENSIONS
• AUTOMATE APPLICATIONS
  • EXAMINE AUTOMATION OF COMMON ADMINISTRATION TASKS USING MACROS
  • CREATE AND PUBLISH A MACRO
  • GROUP RELATED TASKS INTO ONE MACRO
  • EXAMINE HOW TO RUN MACROS
• CONSUME PLANNING DATA IN COGNOS BI
  • EXAMINE COGNOS CONNECTION
  • CREATE A PORTAL PAGE TO GROUP DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTENT INTO A SINGLE VIEW
  • EXAMINE HOW TO ACCESS LIVE DATA IN COGNOS STUDIOS
  • CREATE AND RUN AGENTS BASED ON PLANNING DATA IN EVENTS STUDIO
• CASE STUDY
  • CREATE A CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATION
  • ENSURE PLANNERS AND REVIEWERS HAVE THE REQUIRED ACCESS TO THE APPROPRIATE DATA
  • MODIFY THE APPLICATION TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITION OF NEW LOCATIONS
  • BRING TEST DATA INTO THE APPLICATION IN AN ADMINISTRATOR ROLE AND AN END USER ROLE
  • PUBLISH DATA FOR REPORTING AND AUTOMATE THIS TASK
• USE THE CONTRIBUTOR ADD-IN FOR EXCEL
  • EXAMINE THE COGNOS PLANNING - CONTRIBUTOR ADD-IN FOR EXCEL
  • ENTER, SAVE, AND SUBMIT PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR DATA USING THE EXCEL ADD-IN
  • MODIFY THE DISPLAY OF PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR DATA IN MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL
  • ANNOTATE DATA IN MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL
  • SAVE A WORKBOOK AS A TEMPLATE
• MOVE DATA BETWEEN PLANNING ANALYST AND PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR (OPTIONAL)
  • EXPORT DATA FROM PLANNING ANALYST FOR USE IN PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR
  • INTEGRATE PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR WITH PLANNING ANALYST
  • MOVE DATA FROM PLANNING ANALYST TO PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR USING A D-LINK
  • MOVE DATA FROM PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR TO PLANNING ANALYST USING A D-LINK
  • COMPARE D-LINKS TO IMPORTING DATA IN PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR
• TRANSLATE A CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATION (OPTIONAL)
  • EXAMINE THE TRANSLATION CYCLE
  • CREATE A TRANSLATION
  • TRANSLATE APPLICATIONS INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
  • EXPORT FILES FOR TRANSLATION