Part 3 -- “IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide” Accessing and Using IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence
This section includes chapters that cover Cognos Connection, Cognos 8 Go ! Office, Cognos 8 Go ! Search, and Cognos 8 Go ! Mobile and an overview of IBM Cognos 8 BI Consumer modes.
Cognos Connection is a web based portal that allows users to run reports, queries, metrics, and analyses; perform administrative functions; and access other Cognos 8 content. The book walks you through how to provide customization to Cognos Connection, create portlets, add alerts, and how to utilize Cognos Connection’s features.
The book discusses using IBM Cognos 8 Go ! Office and provides a clear example of how to connect to Microsoft Office. A walkthrough of using BI Analytics within Microsoft Excel has us using the Sales and Marketing MDC in order to illustrate how to create a drill down report in Microsoft Excel on page 140.
…continued in Part 4 -- “IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide” Authoring IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Content
…read the previous post -- Part 2 -- “IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide” Introduction to Performance Management and IBM Cognos 8 BI
