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IBM Cognos BI v10.2 Administration Essentials
by Khalid Mehmood Awan
IBM Cognos BI v10.2 Administration Essentials
IBM Cognos BI v10.2 Administration Essentials
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IBM Cognos BI v10.2 Administration Essentials
Credits
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Introduction to Cognos BI 10.2
History of Cognos
What's new in IBM Cognos BI 10.2
Introduction to Cognos Administration
Summary
2. The IBM Cognos Configuration Window in Detail
The Cognos Configuration window
Environment
Security
Data Access
Explaining the Cognos Configuration window
Summary
3. Managing IBM Cognos BI Server Components
Cognos BI architecture
Web server – gateways
The application tier – Cognos BI Server
Dispatcher
Services for the 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
Windows-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
Load balancing
Benefits and features of the Cognos BI architecture
Summary
4. Administration Portal
Power of the Cognos BI Administration portal
The Status tab
Current Activities
Past Activities
Upcoming Activities
Schedules
System
The 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
5. Securing IBM Cognos BI
The 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 capabilities
Single Sign-on
Summary
6. Drill-through Definitions
Overview of the drill-through feature
Creating a drill-through feature/definition
Summary
7. Logging, Auditing, and Cognos Backups
Logging
Content auditing
Backups
Content management and backups – importing
Content management and backups – exporting
Summary
8. Additional Configurations and Customization
Customizing the appearance
Creating a custom style manually
The style management utility
Customizing the functionalities
Administration of Portlets
Managing user profiles
Summary
9. 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
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