Book Image

IBM Cognos Insight

By : Sanjeev Datta
Book Image

IBM Cognos Insight

By: Sanjeev Datta

Overview of this book

<p>Based on in-memory technology with write-back capabilities for What-if scenario planning, Cognos Insight gives spreadsheets the rich visual appeal for better analysis and planning. Leverage the collaborative features to seamlessly publish the personal analysis workspaces to an enterprise-wide Cognos Business Intelligence solution.<br /><br />"IBM Cognos Insight" is a fast paced, practical hands-on guide with step-by-step instructions to build Cognos Insight workspaces. Take advantage of the in-memory TM1 cubes as the underlying engine to answer business questions by analyzing data in the form of reports &amp; dashboards. Share these insights with other Cognos services or mobile devices to empower users with real-time data.<br /><br />This book introduces Cognos Insight as a personal yet powerful analytics application. It covers how decision making is applied in all domains of the business world and how data can be analyzed effectively in the form of fast in-memory cubes. Leverage the write-back functionality to build budgets, plans and forecasts.<br /><br />"IBM Cognos Insight" will empower new and existing users to maximize the features of the application and analyze data by building visually rich reports and dashboards in minutes.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

About the Reviewer

Kirk Wiseman is the Vice President of Services for PerformanceG2, an IBM Premier partner that specializes in Business Analytics. Kirk has over 15 years experience in the Information Technology industry with an emphasis in Business Analytics, specifically with Cognos where he spent over eight years of his career supporting the North and South American Cognos user base as a trainer, consultant and architect. Kirk came to PerformanceG2 from Merador where he was Director of Training Services. Prior to Merador, Kirk was a trainer and consultant at Cognos Corporation where he was recognized with awards including North American trainer of the year and Eclipse Outstanding Performance. In addition, Kirk was a Program Director at ITI, a private post-graduate school located throughout Canada. Kirk holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a post graduate diploma in Applied Information Technology from ITI.

Kirk contributes Business Analytics videos to YouTube on a regular basis that can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/PerformanceG2 and he blogs at http://www.performanceg2.com/blog.

You can contact Kirk at .