IBM Cognos BI v10.2 administration essentials : explore the power and scalability of IBM Cognos BI to achieve effective performance management / / Khalid Mehmood Awan

• Autore: Awan Khalid Mehmood
• Pubblicazione: Birmingham : , : Packt Publishing, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.472028553
• Soggetto topico: Business intelligence - Computer programs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "Professional expertise distilled"--Cover.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Cognos BI 10.2; History of Cognos; What's new in IBM Cognos BI 10.2; Introduction to Cognos Administration; Summary; Chapter 2: The IBM Cognos Configuration Window in Detail; The Cognos Configuration window; Environment; Security; Data Access; Explaining the Cognos Configuration window; Summary; Chapter 3: Administration Portal; Power of the Cognos BI Administration portal; The Status tab; Current Activities; Past Activities; Upcoming Activities; Schedules ; SystemThe Security tab; Users, groups, and roles; Capabilities; User interface profiles; The Configuration tab; Data Source Connections; Content management; Distribution Lists and Contacts; Printers; Styles; Portlets; Query Service Caching; Dispatchers and Services; The Index Search tab; Summary; Chapter 4: Securing IBM Cognos BI; IBM Cognos BI Security architecture; Managing authentication providers; Cognos BI authorization; Cognos namespace; Overcoming the initial security; IBM Cognos Application Firewall; Permission management; Content security management - an example ; Secured features, functionalities, and capabilitiesSingle Sign-on; Summary; Chapter 5: Drill-through Definitions; Overview of the drill-through feature; Creating a drill-through feature/definition; Summary; Chapter 6: Logging, Auditing, and Cognos Backups; Logging; Content auditing; Backups; Content management and backups - importing; Content management and backups - exporting; Summary; Chapter 7: Additional Configurations and Customization; Customizing the appearance; Creating a custom style manually; Style management utility; Customizing the functionalities; Portlets administration ; Managing user profilesSummary; Chapter 8: Administration of New and Enhanced Features; Cognos Mobile; New features for Cognos Mobile in Version 10.2; Cognos Mobile components; Cognos Mobile service; Cognos Mobile rich client; Installing and configuring Cognos Mobile; Multiple-tenant environments; Identifying tenancy information; Turning multi-tenancy on or off; Tenant administration; Summary; Chapter 9: Managing IBM Cognos BI Server Components; Cognos BI architecture; Web server (gateways); The application tier (Cognos BI Server); Dispatcher; Content Manager ; Data tier (the content store, query/reporting database, and metric store)The Content store; The metric store; Data sources; Cognos BI interfaces; Zero footprint - IBM Cognos web-based interfaces for users; IBM Cognos Connection; IBM Cognos Administration; Cognos Query Studio; Cognos Report Studio; Cognos Analysis Studio; Cognos Event Studio; Cognos Metric Studio; Cognos Workspace; Cognos Workspace Advanced; Window-based interfaces for users; Cognos Framework Manager; Cognos Metric Designer; Cognos Map Manager; Cognos BI for Microsoft Office; Cognos Transformer; Cognos Insight ; Things to remember
• Sommario/riassunto: A practical and fast-paced guide, with step-by-step explanations to give you all the information you need to know the power of Cognos BI Administration.If you are a Cognos BI administrator or architect, this is the book for you. You must have basic knowledge of databases and business intelligence. You also need to be familiar with Cognos BI and must have worked in any section of reports studio, modelling or maps, to get the best out of this book.
• Titolo autorizzato: IBM Cognos BI v10.2 administration essentials
• ISBN: 1-78217-179-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453774003321
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