In this chapter, we discussed the Model Development Process. Initially, we talked about the key factors that you need to watch out for, before designing and building the IBM Cognos Planning model.
We devoted the rest of the chapter to discussing the key Model Development Process, and the following steps were carried out:
We explained the designing of the Analyst model, the importance of model flowcharting, the concepts of dimensions, datastores, data flow, and the principles of good Analyst model design
We described the steps needed to create the Contributor application from the Analyst model
We saw how the business users will enter and review the Contributor application
We talked about the publishing process, and how to use Contributor planning data for analysis and reporting using IBM Cognos BI tools
We discussed the maintenance of planning models and reports
In the next chapter, we will discuss the Analyst user interface and the key Analyst model building objects: D-Lists, D-Cubes, D...