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IBM Cognos Framework Manager: Design Metadata Models (v11.1.x)
This IBM Self-Paced Virtual Class (SPVC) includes: - PDF course guide available to attendee during and after course - Lab environment where students can work through demonstrations and exercises at...
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$1,395 USD
GSA
$1,177.58
Duration
4 days
Course Code
J4252G-SPVC
Available Formats
Self Paced
This course is available in other formats.
Self-Paced
Self-Paced
Overview
This IBM Self-Paced Virtual Class (SPVC) includes:
- PDF course guide available to attendee during and after course
- Lab environment where students can work through demonstrations and exercises at their own pace
Contains PDF course guide, as well as a lab environment where students can work through demonstrations and exercises at their own pace.
This offering provides participants with introductory to advanced knowledge of metadata modeling concepts, and how to model metadata for predictable reporting and analysis results using IBM Cognos Framework Manager. Participants will learn the full scope of the metadata modeling process, from initial project creation, to publishing of metadata to the web, enabling end users to easily author reports and analyze data.
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Skills Gained
Introduction to IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Model data and identifying related data
- Define requirements and modeling strategies
- Overview of IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Create a baseline project
- Extend a model
- Prepare reusable metadata
Model for predictable results in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Identify query issues
- Identify reporting traps
- Model virtual star schemas
- Use query subjects, modify relationships, and consolidate metadata using virtual objects
- Create calculations, filter data, and customize metadata for runtime
- Implement a time dimension and specify determinants
Model for presentation in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Create a presentation view
- Examine data source query subject types and stored procedure query subject types
- Specify data security and package security
- Specify object security and dynamic data security
- Create analysis objects
- Manage OLAP data sources
Advanced capabilities in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Explore SQL generation and the use of governors
- Examine the use of IBM Cognos SQL and generated SQL for DMR data
- Other query considerations
- Use session parameters, prompt macros, and security macro functions
- Use materialized views, minimize SQL, and enable Dynamic Query Mode (DQM)
- DQM, CQM, caching metadata, query processing, aggregate calculation, and other ways to improve performance
Extended capabilities in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Perform basic maintenance and management on a model
- Remap metadata to another source and import and link additional data sources
- Run scripts to automate or update a model and report on a model
- Segment a project, link a project, and branch a model
- Nest packages and specify package languages and functions
- Explore additional modeling techniques and customize metadata for a multilingual audience
Who Can Benefit
Data Modelers
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of common industry-standard data structures and design
- Experience with SQL
- Experience gathering requirements and analyzing data
- IBM Cognos Analytics: Author Reports Fundamentals (v11.1.x) (recommended)
Course Details
Introduction to IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Model data and identifying related data
- Define requirements and modeling strategies
- Overview of IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Create a baseline project
- Extend a model
- Prepare reusable metadata
Model for predictable results in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Identify query issues
- Identify reporting traps
- Model virtual star schemas
- Use query subjects, modify relationships, and consolidate metadata using virtual objects
- Create calculations, filter data, and customize metadata for runtime
- Implement a time dimension and specify determinants
Model for presentation in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Create a presentation view
- Examine data source query subject types and stored procedure query subject types
- Specify data security and package security
- Specify object security and dynamic data security
- Create analysis objects
- Manage OLAP data sources
Advanced capabilities in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Explore SQL generation and the use of governors
- Examine the use of IBM Cognos SQL and generated SQL for DMR data
- Other query considerations
- Use session parameters, prompt macros, and security macro functions
- Use materialized views, minimize SQL, and enable Dynamic Query Mode (DQM)
- DQM, CQM, caching metadata, query processing, aggregate calculation, and other ways to improve performance
Extended capabilities in IBM Cognos Framework Manager
- Perform basic maintenance and management on a model
- Remap metadata to another source and import and link additional data sources
- Run scripts to automate or update a model and report on a model
- Segment a project, link a project, and branch a model
- Nest packages and specify package languages and functions
- Explore additional modeling techniques and customize metadata for a multilingual audience
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Reviews
The tool provided to practice the course teachings is very functional and easy to use.
Good training. A lot to take in for the short amount of time we have though
had a good time with the course, however some topics were left out due to the compact amount of time for training.
The training was very good to understand the concepts and how to set up things .
I liked the pace of the course. I like that I have more than instance to use the lab.
