This chapter will help us better understand the role and function of an administrator as well as show us how to use the Status tab of IBM Cognos BI to performance tune our Cognos BI environment. We will also look at basic performance-tuning rules of thumb. In this chapter, we will cover:
Deciding who should be an administrator
Navigating the administration interface
Monitoring the system in the Status tab
Performance tuning the system
Designing your security model
Adding data source connections
Importing and exporting content
Routing your requests using routing sets
The business case for performance tuning
The business case for administration