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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790247203321

Autore

Miller James D

Titolo

IBM Cognos TM1 developer's certification guide [[electronic resource] ] : fast track your way to COG-310 certification! / / James D. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Olton, Birmingham [England], : Packt Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-280-39433-1

9786613572257

1-84968-491-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Professional expertise distilled

Disciplina

004.076

Soggetti

Computer software - Development - Certification

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Components of TM1; The components of TM1; Client components; TM1 Client; TM1 Perspectives; Features of TM1P; TM1 Architect; TM1 API; Server components; TM1 Admin Server; TM1 CFG; TM1 Server; TM1 Web; TM1 Top; TM1 Contributor; Summary; Two-minute drill; Self test; Chapter 2: Dimensions and Cubes; Introduction to cubes and dimensions; Dimensions; Elements; Editing element properties; Aggregations; Consolidating using dimension hierarchies; Element attributes

Descriptive attributesAlias attributes; Display format attributes; Creating dimensions using the Dimension Editor window; Ordering elements in a dimension; Setting the order of dimension elements from the Server Explorer; Cubes; Loading cubes; Viewing cube characteristics; Lookup cubes; Control cubes; Security; Client and group administration; Object attribute and properties control; Performance monitoring; Hold tracking by username; Cube replication; Replicating your cubes between your servers; Replication must knows; Summary; Two minute drill; Self test; Chapter 3: TurboIntegrator (TI)

IntroductionData sources available with TurboIntegrator; The Data Source tab; The Variables tab; Defining your own variables!; More on the Variables tab; The Maps tab; Cube tab; Dimensions tab; The Advanced tab; Order of operations within a TurboIntegrator process;



The Schedule tab; Key notes on TurboIntegrator processes; String lengths limit in TurboIntegrator; Reserved words; Functions; Cube logging; Summary; Two-minute drill; Self Test; Chapter 4: Rules; Rules; Rules - how do they really work?; Sparsity; Dissection of Cognos TM1 Rules; Rules - calculation statements; Area definition

Numeric, consolidation, or string (oh my!)Formulas; Using conditional logic; Cube references; Drill assignment rule; More important Rules facts; Rules performance; Key notes on Rules behaviors; Rule feeders; Persistent feeders; The special feeders; Modifying rules and feeders; Guidelines for simple feeders; Troubleshooting; Rules Tracer; Summary; Two minute drill; Self test; Chapter 5: Advanced Techniques for TI Scripting; ETL; TM1 TurboIntergrator review; The Data Source tab; Using TurboIntegrator Variables; Dynamic Definitions; Important TurboIntegrator functions; ExecuteProcess; ItemSkip

ProcessBreak, ProcessError, and ProcessQuitView handling; ViewZeroOut; PublishView; CubeClearData; CellIsUpdateable; SaveDataAll; SubsetGetSize; Security functions; Rules and feeders Management functions; CubeProcessFeeders; DeleteAllPersistentFeeders; ForceSkipCheck; RuleLoadFromFile; SubsetCreateByMDX; Order of operations within a TurboIntegrator process; Aliases in TurboIntegrator functions; More on data sources; CubeSetLogChanges; Revisiting variable types; TurboIntegrator sections; Summary; Two minute drill; Self-Test; Chapter 6: Drill-through; What is drill-through?

Components of TM1 drill-through

Sommario/riassunto

This book is packed with real word examples. Each major certification topic is covered in a separate chapter, which helps to make understanding of concepts easier. At the end of each chapter, you will find a variety of practice questions to strengthen and test your learning. If you are a beginner to intermediate level Cognos TM1 developer looking to add an important IBM certification to your resume but don't know where to start, this book is for you!