Overview
| Course code | J2210 | Skill level | Intermediate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 1.0 days | Delivery type | Self-paced Virtual Class |
| Course type | Public only | ||
| Public price | USD $560.00 plus tax |
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT FOR THIS SELF PACED VIRTUAL COURSE (SPVC). ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL YOUR ENROLLMENT.
After you receive confirmation that you are enrolled, you will be sent further instructions to access your course material and remote labs. You will then have a 30 day window in which to complete your course. Within this 30 days, you will have 336 hours of elab time. The self-paced format gives you the opportunity to complete the course at your convenience, at any location, and at your own pace. The course is available 24 hours a day, but lab system access is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. When you are not using the elab system, ensure that you suspend your elab to maximize your hours available to use the elab system. Once you have accessed the course, help is available Monday through Friday; questions will be responded to within 24 hours.
NO EXTENSIONS FOR THIS COURSE WILL BE GRANTED.
IBM Cognos BI What's New (V10.2) is a one-day, self-paced training course that provides participants with knowledge of new features offered in IBM Cognos BI (V10.2). Through hands-on experience, participants will discover the high-value benefits of this release, including an enhanced user experience, improved integration between products, and improved performance.
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Audience
This course is intended for multiple roles (consumers, business authors, professional authors, administrators, modelers, project managers).
Prerequisites
This offering is intended for a multi-role audience who have experience using IBM Cognos 10, with a knowledge of their business requirements.
Course outline
Introduction to IBM Cognos Workspace
- IBM Cognos Business Insight is now IBM Cognos Workspace
- Control access to IBM Cognos Workspace functions and features
- Create tabbed workspaces
- Create global filters across multiple tabs
- Full-fidelity publishing from IBM Cognos Insight to IBM Cognos Workspace
- Select appropriate charts using automatic chart recommendations
- Interact directly with column charts
- Freeze column and row headings
- Print a workspace
Introduction to IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced
- IBM Cognos Business Insight Advanced is now IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced
- Identify enhancements to crosstab headers
- Apply automatic grouping and summary behavior to lists
- Copy data with number formatting
Report Studio Enhancements
- Identify and work with new features in Report Studio, including:
- The new interactive repeater tables
- Inherited styles in lists and crosstabs
- An easier way to access query macros using the expression editor
- Extending prompts using the Prompt API
- Global classes for accessible reports
Enhancements to IBM Cognos Mobile
- Identify enhancements in:
- Controlled access to IBM Cognos Mobile
- Apple push notifications
- Bursting reports to IBM Cognos Mobile
- Multi-page report trickle
- Performance and space-saving enhancements to charts in Active Reports
Introduction to Dynamic Cubes and IBM Cognos Cube Designer
- Identify Dynamic Cubes
- Navigate and identify general functionality of IBM Cognos Cube Designer
- Improve query performance with the Aggregate Advisor
Other Product/Environment Improvements
- Improved IBM Cognos Active Report integration with IBM Cognos Workspace
- Improved search with field-level search capability
- Save as Microsoft Excel 2007 data
- 64-bit IBM Cognos gateway
- 64-bit Data Manager engine
- Multiple-tenant environments
- Archive content to the file system
- Enhanced support for language and currency:
- Support for extended Japanese and Chinese characters
- Bidirectional (BiDi) support
- Enhanced handling and formatting options for data
- Enhancements to Lifecycle Manager
- Access to ERP data sources
- DQM server logging on a report basis
- Predefined LDAP configurations
- Enhancements to supported environments
Machine requirements
The minimum hardware and software are required to complete the course:
- Reliable HIGHSPEED INTERNET connection (min 200 kbps up and down)
- LAN connection preferred (wireless can be unstable, causing issues)
- Minimum of 256 MB of memory
- Windows '7' (32bit or 64 bit edition), Vista (32bit or 64 bit edition) or XP (Pro and Embedded)
- CITRIX, for the remote lab (instructions to install included with the SPVC)
- Internet Explorer 6 through 9, or Firefox 4.x or higher (lower versions of Firefox may work, but are not supported) (recommend using 32bit browser)
- Browser settings may include:
- Java Runtime Environment must be installed and enabled in the web browser
- Web browser must be set to enable/allow JavaScript
- Web browser Popup blocking mechanisms must be set to allow popups from elearn.ihost.com
- Cookies must be enabled
- Flashenabled, with minimum 10.x installed
- ActiveX enabled