IBM Cognos 10: Under the Hood

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1 IBM Cognos 10: Under the Hood Webinar Series IBM Cognos Active Reports 1 Helping Companies Learn From the Past, Manage the Present and Shape the Future

2 Today s Agenda Welcome and introduction IBM Cognos 10 New Features Overview Features included at no charge Features requiring trade-up fees Active Reports Strategy Who is the Audience? When to use Active Reports vs. Standard Reports Demonstration: Creating an Active Report Using a Deck Data Iterators and Swipe Gestures Include an Active Report Output in a Business Insight Workspace Removing the risk of the Cognos 10 upgrade Senturus Services Offerings Active Reports Proof of Concept Upcoming Hands-on Training Options Q & A 2

3 Today s Format This is a continuation of our IBM Cognos 10: Under the Hood Webinar Series Demonstration will begin shortly Please submit questions via the GoToWebinar Question pane in the GoToWebinar control panel We will address questions LIVE at the conclusion of the presentation, so if you do not get an immediate response, please HOLD ON! Today s Slide Deck is already available on the Senturus Site and the Recorded webinar will be made available shortly 3

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5 Welcome and Introduction Who we are: Jim Frazier, Vice President, Sales Albert Valdez, Director of Education Services 12 years as a technical trainer, focused on business intelligence and performance management 5 years as a Senior Education Specialist at Cognos, Inc. Lifetime CTT+ certification from CompTIA IBM Cognos Certified Last 6+ Years as a Senior Consultant, Solutions Architect, Education Director 5

6 Who is Senturus? Consulting firm specializing in Corporate Performance Management Business Intelligence and Enterprise Planning Platform-independent IBM Premier Solutions Partner Cognos Platinum Partner Solution & Service Offerings Pre-built Solutions Complete project implementations Assessment and Roadmap consultations Training: Classroom, Onsite, Remote, Mentoring, Workshops & Webinars Led by professional trainers and seasoned consultants 6

7 A few of our 400+ Clients 7

8 Overview IBM Cognos New Features 8

9 9 Highlights for IBM Cognos 10 IBM Launch, October, Unified workspace with greater power, intuitive navigation and cleaner look 2. Breadth of analytics across historical, real-time and predictive information 3. Collaborative BI through built-in collaboration and social networking 4. Easy data inclusion by the business from one value, to entire data sets and external files 5. Analytics on the go for more devices and disconnected interaction 6. Faster performance with in-memory processing 7. Seamless upgrade and ease of ongoing management 8. Trusted expertise with built-in training videos, how-to books and user communities 9. Expanded deployment options include Cloud, System z, and Power 10.Cognos 10 Ready added value of TM1, Planning, Analytic Applications and SPSS Modeler

10 Highlights for IBM Cognos IBM Launch, September, Mobile Support for Active Reports, including Native Support for the ipad Tablet Computer 2. IBM Cognos Mobile now supports Active Reports on the Apple ipad with the native application of IBM Cognos Mobile installed. 3. Support for Active Reports in (ipad) a) IBM Cognos Mobile now supports importing active reports from 4. Include Active Reports in Business Insight Workspaces (dashboards) 10

11 IBM Cognos 10: Under the Hood 1. User Interface Improvements: Collaboration, Analysis Business Insight Active Reports Cognos Collaboration 2. Predictive analytics and advanced statistics 3. Real Time Monitoring 4. New Mobile Capabilities (*Free for Enhanced Consumers as of *) 5. Enhanced access to External Data 6. Easier upgrades with Lifecycle Manager Fee Free 7. Improved performance and scalability (Dynamic Query Mode) 8. Quicker Framework Manager development (Model Design Accelerator) 9. Major improvements in graphics and visual appeal 10. More flexible and robust server administration 11

12 IBM Cognos 10 Licensing Matrix BI Consumer ($891) BI Enhanced Consumer ($1,110) ($400 add) BI Business Author ($1,450) BI Business Analyst ($1,450) BI Business Manager ($1,450) BI Advanced Business Author ($1,680) BI Professional Author ($2,790) BI Professional ($3,340) Cognos BI Capability Cognos Connection, Cognos Viewer, Prompting, Drillup/Down/Through Business Insight Biz Insight Advanced Active Reports Cognos Search Cognos Collaboration Query Studio Analysis Studio Report Studio Metric Studio Event Studio Transformer IBM Cognos Mobile *as of * *10.1.1: No additional server charge for Mobile 12

13 New User Types with Cognos IBM Cognos Mobile Consumer ($550 per auth user) For Users Who require access to Cognos Business Intelligence Only Via Applications Developed for Mobile Devices Includes all the rights of Cognos BI Consumer Access Cognos BI via Applications developed for the mobile server Consume Cognos Active Report Outputs IBM Cognos Active Report Recipient ($400 per auth user) For Customers Who want to Distribute Active Report Outputs to users that will not log onto Cognos BI Directly These users may receive personalized report outputs other than active reports Receive and consume reports that have been customized or otherwise personalized for an Individual and distributed directly to them via a method outside the Cognos Connection Portal Receive Active reports distributed to an individual by a method outside the Cognos Connection Portal 13

14 Senturus Can Help You Understand IBM Cognos Licensing! Free Cognos License and Support Review: 1 Hour Call with a Licensing Expert to Discuss: Upcoming Cognos Support Renewal Review to make sure all licenses are needed and potential Upgrade Opportunities Help Negotiating Year over Year Support Increases Effects of New IBM Licensing Policies Discounts over and above IBM Pricing Cognos 10 Upgrades and License Migrations Options for Migrating from C8 and previous to new C10 roles Discussion of what each role includes and value of migrating Options for starting a POC with existing license roles Effects of New IBM Licensing Policies PVU vs Authorized User License Model Options Opportunities for Ongoing Support & Maintenance Holds Other because it changes constantly 14

15 Active Reports Target Audience Executives Easy-to-use high level information while in the office or remote Remote Professionals Access to critical business information while on the road Internal Consumers Where responsiveness is inconsistent or slow, Active Reports can serve as interactive Dashboards and as drillthrough sources to additional information 15

16 IBM Cognos Active Reports Authoring What skills are required to create Active Reports? Experienced Professional Report Authors Leverages the same Report Studio authoring interface, however Requires new skills to leverage new features Significant, compelling new interactive controls available in Active Reports that are NOT possible with standard reports Awesome Resource: Active Reports Cookbook: eport/page593.html 16

17 IBM Cognos Active Reports For Mobile Consumers Active Reports are an effective way to deliver content to Mobile users Active Reports have built-in interactive features allowing interactivity without making additional trips from device to server, providing instantaneous response The Active Reports can reside on the device for disconnected access New Active Report controls in Report Studio are designed specifically for ipad interface (Iterator controls support swipe gestures) 17

18 IBM Cognos Active Reports Limitations Size Designed for high-level data views Not meant as a distribution channel for detailed reports Ideally 5-10MB maximum size Graphs No built-in graphing engine Each permutation of a graph needs be rendered and stored in MHTML file Drill-Down Not truly supported Security Intended to be consumed as individual files. No data-driven security 18

19 Demonstrations IBM Cognos Active Reports in Action 19

20 IBM Cognos Active Reports Demonstrations Demonstrate new features in version for Active Reports Authors Create an Active Report Using a Deck and a Data Iterator Include an Active Report Output in a Business Insight Workspace 20

21 IBM Cognos Active Reports Demonstrations Demonstrate new features in version for Active Reports Authors Create an Active Report Using a Deck and a Data Iterator Include an Active Report Output in a Business Insight Workspace 21

22 IBM Cognos Active Reports Demonstrations Demonstrate new features in version for Active Reports Authors Create an Active Report Using a Deck and a Data Iterator Include an Active Report Output in a Business Insight Workspace 22

23 Senturus Upgrade and Training Services REMOVING THE RISK OF THE COGNOS 10 UPGRADE 23

24 Senturus Cognos 10 Upgrade Package Senturus Upgrades Cognos 8 to Cognos 10 In your Development environment $3,495 Fixed Price C O G N O S Senturus offers a full range of Upgrade Packages from Development Only Remote Mentoring to Remove Risk, to Full Install, Migration and End to End Testing in Larger Environments where we do it all. For More Information please contact Sales@Senturus.com or Call Jim

25 Other Senturus Solution Offerings Cognos 10 Proof of Concept Engagements Active Reports Business Insight Cognos Mobile Identify Users and Reports/Dashboards that would benefit from a move to Active Reports Convert up to 5 Report Studio Reports to Active Reports Provide a Demonstration of the reports and their benefits to a larger audience $4,995 For More Information please click on the links above, and contact Sales@Senturus.com 25

26 Cognos Training Options Upcoming Senturus Public On-Line Training Events: Friday, March 9, 2012 (7am-3pm Pacific Time) : IBM Cognos 10 System Administration Wednesday, March 21, 2012 (7am-3pm Pacific Time) : Developing Scorecarding Applications with IBM Cognos Metric Designer Thursday, March 22, 2012 (7am-3pm Pacific Time) : Metrics Management with IBM Cognos Metric Studio Monday-Tuesday, March 26-27, 2012 (7am-3pm Pacific Time): Beginning/Intermediate Report Authoring with IBM Cognos Report Studio Wednesday, March 28, 2012 (7am-3pm Pacific Time) : Advanced Report Authoring with IBM Cognos Report Studio 26

27 Cognos Training Options (Continued) *NEW DATE* Thursday, March 29, 2012 (7am-3pm Pacific Time): Authoring Active Reports with IBM Cognos Report Studio Wednesday-Thursday, April 18-19, 2012 (9am-5pm Pacific Time): OLAP Modeling with IBM Cognos 10 Transformer Tuesday-Wednesday, June 19-20, 2012 (9am-5pm Pacific Time): IBM Cognos Planning: Analyst Model Building Thursday, June 21, 2012 (9am-5pm Pacific Time): IBM Cognos Planning: Deploying Web Applications with Contributor 27

28 Wrap-up Thank you for attending!! We hope you have a better understanding of what IBM Cognos 10 can do for you You should have a better idea of how and when you can use Active Reports Now Q & A 28