In this chapter, we have covered a ton of information for administrators, but there is still a ton more we can learn. We have reviewed how to select the right administrator as well as how to be administered.

From a technical perspective, we reviewed the Cognos Administration interface. We looked at performance monitoring and performance tuning using the Status tab in conjunction with the Configuration tab. We looked at how to set up security and data sources. We looked at content maintenance and the different uses for it as well as some best practices for it. We also looked at how to use advanced routing sets to improve performance and better load-balance server requests.

From a business perspective, we addressed the business cases for both performance tuning and performance administration.

In the next chapter, we will focus on the best practices for Cognos BI. We will look at some tools that are available, to make managing a Cognos BI environment easier, and we'll take a deeper look...