IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10: The Official Guide

The only authorized guide to IBM Cognos 10 Business Intelligence Updated for the latest release of the software, IBM Cognos 10 Business Intelligence: The Official Guideis a major revision of the leading book on this powerful BI solution. Cognos 10 Business Intelligence delivers a complete range of BI capabilities-reporting, analysis, scorecards, dashboards, business event management, and data integration-on a single, proven architecture. This official guide offers BI developers and architects, consultants, IT managers, and end-users in-depth coverage of the product's key features. This practical resource provides step-by-step instructions on developing, maintaining, and deploying a complete enterprise BI solution. Written by two Cognos experts who have been delivering BI solutions to Fortune 500 organizations for years, the book features real-world insight into the successful implementation of business analytics and performance management solutions along with practical tips and techniques. IBM Cognos 10 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide Fully endorsed and authorized by IBM Covers the entire IBM Cognos 10 Business Intelligence suite Explains Business Insight and Business Insight Advanced in detail Includes real-world examples of techniques to help solve business issues Covers the most-used functions in IBM Cognos 10 Business Intelligence to help you gain insight on how to deliver business value to internal IBM Cognos 10 users Complete coverage Business Analytics; Monitoring Performance Using Dashboards and Scorecards; Introduction to Cognos 10; TM1; Enhanced Analytics; Cognos Connection I; Cognos Connection II; Consumer Modes; Microsoft Office Solutions; Business Insight; Business Insight Power Users; Advanced Relational Data; Advanced Dimensional Data; Report Authoring; Advanced Report Authoring; Event Management; Advanced Statistics in Report Studio; Scorecards and Metrics; Framework Manager I Modeling Data; Framework Manager II Model Maintenance; Security; Connection Management; Lifecycle Management; Dynamic Query Mode

Part I: Introduction to Business Analytics and IBM Cognos 10
1. Introduction to Business Analytics
2. Monitoring Performance Using Dashboards and Scorecards
3. Introduction to IBM Cognos 10 Business Analytics
4. Enhanced Analytics
Part II: Accessing and Using IBM Cognos 10
5. IBM Cognos Connection
6. Microsoft Office Solutions
7. IBM Cognos Business Insight
Part III: Authoring Content with IBM Cognos 10
8. IBM Cognos Business Insight Advanced--Relational10. Report Authoring--Relational Data
11. Report Authoring--Dimensional Data
12. Advanced Report Authoring
13. Statistical Reporting Overview
14. Event Management
15. Scorecards and Metrics
Part IV: Administration of IBM Cognos 10
16. IBM Cognos Framework Manager Fundamentals
17. Queries, Relationships, and Determinants in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
18. Maintaining Models in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
19. Security
20. IBM Cognos Connection Management
21. IBM Cognos Lifecycle Manager
Index