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Mindmajix Cognos Administration training develops all the skills required for a career as a certified Cognos Administrator. It will enable you to gain in-depth knowledge of how to install and configure IBM Cognos Analytics software, manage server components, implement security, manage content, etc., with practical examples. You will also gain exposure to various real-time use cases during training. Enroll now and get certified.
Course Coverage
You will be exposed to the complete Cognos Administration Trainingcourse details in the below sections.
Discuss IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) and Financial Performance Management (FPM)
Describe IBM Cognos BI components
Describe IBM Cognos architecture at a high level
Define IBM Cognos groups and roles
Explain how to extend IBM Cognos BI
Describe the role of the Administrator in relation to the IBM Cognos BI administration workflow process.
Describe the role of IBM Cognos Administration and IBM Cognos Configuration user interface components
Identify features of the IBM Cognos BI architecture
Examine Cognos BI servlets and services
Identify an example of Cognos BI request processing
Performance planning and installation options and configurations
Examine the Cognos Application Firewall
Perform a distributed installation and configuration of IBM Cognos BI on a single machine
Identify the IBM Cognos BI security model
Define authentication and authorization in IBM Cognos BI.
Identify security policies
Secure administrative capabilities (access to functionality)
Specify security settings after installation.
Implement security in IBM Cognos Framework Manager and IBM Cognos Transformer
Overview of administrative tasks that can be performed in IBM Cognos Administration
Monitor system metrics
Manage dispatchers and services
Tune server performance
Audit IBM Cognos BI
Identify issues while troubleshooting the server environment
Formulate the IBM Cognos BI backup strategy
Manage current, past, and upcoming run activities
Manage schedules
Add and manage a data source
Distribute data and create a distribution list and contacts
Deploy IBM Cognos BI content
Maintain the IBM Cognos BI content store
Customize the appearance of IBM Cognos BI
Identify where Consumers access IBM Cognos BI content
Use published reports
Drill through to related data
Run reports with options
Add Comments in saved output
Personalize how content appears
Manage human tasks
Set alerts and watch rules
Enable users to navigate to related data in IBM Cognos BI
Parameter-driven drill through vs. dynamic drill through
Steps to enable drill-through access for a package
Limit the items that users can drill through from (set scope)
Set a measure as the scope
Drill Through Assistant
Manage user profiles
Add objects to the toolbox tab
Create a custom template option
Manage packages in IBM Cognos Connection
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Our Cognos Administration Training course aims to deliver quality training that covers solid fundamental knowledge on core concepts with a practical approach. Such exposure to the current industry use-cases and scenarios will help learners scale up their skills and perform real-time projects with the best practices.
Training OptionsBoth options cover the full curriculum and include most of the certification topics
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