This book covers, in detail, the various aspects of dashboard creation and use, in IBM Cognos 10 BI.
It includes detailed information and documentation about the tools available in IBM Cognos 10 BI to show users how to create dashboards and distribute them within an organization.
Step-by-step practical recipes are included, well supported by screenshots, which makes the learning process easy, intuitive, and interesting.
This book will enable novice IBM Cognos 10 BI users to understand and exploit, in depth, the features of the product, so that they can create professional-looking dashboards and follow best industry practices, at the same time.
Chapter 1, IBM Cognos 10 Dashboard Components, introduces IBM Cognos 10 BI and its components. Cognos Connection, Business Insight, and Business Insight Advanced are touched upon as the primary dashboard tools provided with IBM Cognos 10 BI.
Chapter 2, Business Insight Dashboards, explores IBM Cognos Business Insight in terms of its functionality and basic layout components. This chapter focuses on explaining various navigation- and functionality-related tools available on the Business Insight interface.
Chapter 3, Business Insight Advanced Dashboard, explores IBM Cognos Business Insight Advanced in terms of its functionality and basic layout components. This chapter focuses on explaining various navigation- and functionality-related tools available on the Business Insight Advanced interface.
Chapter 4, Creating Dashboards in IBM Cognos Business Insight Advanced, includes recipes for creating the first dashboard in Business Insight Advanced. This also covers various features and functionalities in detail.
Chapter 5, Creating Dashboards in Cognos Business Insight, includes recipes for creating the first dashboard in Business Insight. This also covers various features and functionalities in detail.
Chapter 6, Sharing and Collaborating with Other Users, covers various features, using which users can share, communicate, and collaborate among themselves, and with external sources.
The following software is needed for this book:
IBM Cognos 10.1 BI
IBM Cognos 10.1 BI Samples
Basic skills in Cognos BI are desirable for understanding the concepts of metadata packages and reports, though it is not absolutely required, as the step-by-step recipes are augmented with many screenshots and detailed descriptions, wherever needed.
This book is intended for users who want to design and distribute professional-looking dashboards using IBM Cognos 10 BI, in accordance with the industry's best practices. IBM Cognos 10 BI is the market leader in providing dashboard solutions to the industry. This book delivers the information primarily using step-by-step recipes, well augmented with screenshots and theory.
In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.
Code words in text are shown as follows: "Install and configure the GO Sales and GO Data Warehouse samples."
New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in the text like this: "Navigate to Public Folders | Samples | Models | Interactive Samples, as shown in the following screenshot".
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