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Course Name: IBM Cognos 8 BI Metrics Manager: Design Scorecards V8.4 Training
   
Deployment Options: Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
   
Course Duration: 3 days depending on audience background and options
   
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Introduction:
 
In this instructor-led course, you will learn how to plan, create, set up, and maintain scorecard applications using Cognos Metric Studio. You will load data from supported data sources using Cognos Metric Designer as well as using alternative data loading methods such as flat files and SQL scripts. You will also learn how to secure objects within the scorecard application as well as the application itself.
 
Audience:
 
This is an intermediate course for developers.
 
Prerequisites:
 

Required:

  • Knowledge of Performance Management (PM) concepts
  • Knowledge of scorecarding methodologies and applications
  • Knowledge of your business requirements
  • Experience using the Windows operating system
  • Experience using a Web browser
  • Basic knowledge of Cognos 8 BI and Cognos Connection
 
Customize it:
 
This 3-day IBM Cognos 8 BI Metrics Manager: Design Scorecards V8.4 will be customized to your eeds and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of IBM Cognos training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class. Please call or e-mail to schedule a no-obligation conference call to help us understand your audience background and training objectives.
 
Objectives:
 

What You'll Learn

  • Skills to effectively plan, create, set up, and maintain scorecard applications.
 
Course Outline
 
  • Examine how to monitor performance with metrics and scorecards
  • Examine the scorecard application design process
  • Create a Metric Studio package and define the application environment
  • Identify integration points between Metric Studio and the rest of Cognos 8 BI
  • Manually create Metric Studio objects (such as scorecards) and enter data
  • Identify data sources, data loading methods, and how data is calculated by the system
  • Load data using Cognos Metric Designer
  • Use alternative methods of loading data (such as flat files)
  • Refine the Metric Studio application (for example, by creating strategies)
  • Set up application and object-level security
  • Modify default environment properties
 
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