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The IBM Cognos Analytics: Enterprise Administration (v11.1.x) course is a 2-day course that is designed to teach students the fundamental concepts of installing and configuring IBM Cognos Analytics, and administering servers and content, in a distributed environment. During this course, students will identify requirements for the installation and configuration of a distributed IBM Cognos Analytics software environment, implementing security in the environment, and managing the server components. Students will also monitor and schedule tasks, create data sources, and manage and deploy content in the portal and IBM Cognos Administration.
Topics covered in the course include:
- Overview of Cognos Analytics administration
- Cognos Analytics architecture
- Securing the environment
- Administering the server environment
- Managing run activities
- Managing content
- Examining administration capabilities
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While class exercises are performed within a Cognos Analytics v11.1 environment, our expert instructors will provide guidance on previous Cognos versions and their differences.
Target Student:
Administrators
Prerequisites:
- Knowledge of Web application server architectures
- Security systems administration
- Experience using basic Windows functionality
- Experience using a Web browser
- Knowledge of your business requirements
Course Outline
Overview of IBM Cognos Analytics administration
- IBM Cognos Analytics components
- Administration workflow
- IBM Cognos Administration
- IBM Cognos Configuration
Identify IBM Cognos Analytics architecture
- Features of the IBM Cognos Analytics architecture
- Examine the multi-tiered architecture, and identify logging types and files
- Examine IBM Cognos Analytics servlets
- Performance and installation planning
- Balance the request load
- Configure IBM Cognos Analytics
Secure your IBM Cognos Analytics environment
- Identify the IBM Cognos Analytics security model
- Define authentication in IBM Cognos Analytics
- Define authorization in IBM Cognos Analytics
- Identify security policies
- Secure the IBM Cognos Analytics environment
Administer your IBM Cognos Analytics server environment
- Administer IBM Cognos Analytics servers
- Monitor system performance
- Manage dispatchers and services
- Tune system performance, and troubleshoot the server
- Audit logging
- Dynamic cube data source administration workflow
Manage run activities
- View current, past, and upcoming activities
- Manage schedules
Manage content in IBM Cognos Administration
- Data sources and packages
- Manage visualizations in the library
- Deployment
- Other content management tasks
Examine departmental administration capabilities
- Create and manage team members
- Manage activities
- Create and manage content and data
- Manage system settings
- Manage Themes, Extensions, and Views
- Share services with multiple tenants
- Knowledge of Web application server architectures
- Security systems administration
- Experience using basic Windows functionality
- Experience using a Web browser
- Knowledge of your business requirements
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This was the class I needed.
The instructor Jeff took his time and made sure we understood each topic before moving to the next. He answered all of our questions, and I don't know about the rest of the students, but was very pleased with this experience.
I finally understand how to use Excel.
-Amanda T (Yale New Haven Hospital).
Great class!
We were able to cover a lot of information in one day without getting overwhelmed.
-Maria R (Microsoft).
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