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2. Welcome and Introduction
Carol Frasso
Director Education Services
DataClarity
Alan Przyworski
Principal, Education Services
DataClarity
3. Session Objectives
New studio Business Insight Advanced
10.1.1 improvements
Demo and dive in lab/workshop
Questions and Answers
4. What is IBM Cognos Business
Insight Advanced?
It’s a Web-based, drag and drop content authoring
interface designed for business users.
Content can be run as a standalone report or incorporated
into Business Insight workspace.
Use it as starting point for further enhancement by
professional authors as needed.
An interactive reporting tool for business authors which
also includes exploration capabilities.
5. What is IBM Cognos
Business Insight Advanced?
Easier to use than Report Studio Express Mode
Business insight combines the features of the Express
Mode with Query and Analysis Studio to provide a more
intuitive user interface and ease of use.
Reports built with Report Studio Express authoring can
be opened, edited, and extended with Business Insight
Advanced.
6. What is IBM Cognos
Business Insight Advanced?
Because Business Insight Advanced supports both
relational style authoring and OLAP style exploration in
a single interface, it is an attractive option for users of
Query Studio or Analysis Studio.
Reports built in Query Studio or Analysis Studio can be
opened, edited, and extended with Business Insight
Advanced.
7. What is IBM Cognos Business
Insight Advanced?
• Features that are an extension and replacement for
Report Studio Express authoring mode:
Business Insight and Business Insight Advanced as a combined
solution
Support for both olap and relational data exploration
Support for charting
Data exploration in Business Insight Advanced
► Drill up/down
► Member set exploration with right click explore/data menu
External data in Business Insight Advanced
Variety of report layout options vs. Report Studio Express
Improved data filtering
Business Insight Advanced enhanced user interface
Summarizing data
10. Insertable Objects:
Source Tab
• Relational Data
Contains objects from the
package that can be added
to a report.
Organized into query
subjects, query items and
facts.
11. Insertable Objects:
Source Tab
• Dimensional Data
Contains objects from the
package that can be added
to a report.
Organized into
dimensions, hierarchies, le
vels, members and
measures
14. Page Layers
• When working with dimensional
data, use to create breaks in a
report to display values for each
grouping on a separate page.
15. Context Filter
• Used to filter a report to show
specific data item values.
• Sometimes referred to as a slicer
filter.
• Only available when working with
dimensional data.
16. Page Layout
• The page layout can be used to:
Present the data
Enhance the report with formatting
Specify page to page data flow
The structure of a Business Insight
Advanced report is a tree. The root
node of the tree is the page
container.
17. Creating Page Layout
• Select Visual Aids icon from
toolbar for this functionality.
• Can divide report into different
layout combinations.
18. Visual Aids
• Help when designing report
layout.
• Visual aids can include:
Boundary lines
Page Header & Footer
Drag & Drag padding
19. View the Data
• By default report is viewed in
Page Preview mode
• Using Page Preview:
The report is populated with live
data
The number of rows of preview data
per page can be limited by setting
the Preview Options.
20. High productivity features
Styles
– Define appearance by category of object type
Eye dropper
– Quickly copy and paste multiple formatting
properties
21. Considerations for upgrading to
Business Insight Advanced from
Report Studio Express
Reports built in Report Studio Express can be
opened and editing in Business Insight Advanced
Business Insight Advanced supports both olap and
relational data sources
Query Studio and Analysis Studio reports can be
opened in Business Insight Advanced
Business Insight Advanced interface and default
click behaviors can be used as default or be
configured to behave like Report Studio Express
authoring mode
Changes to default behaviors for inserting
members into reports with dimensional sources
22. Integrating external data
Combine and correlate data from external sources with corporate data
– Combine financial targets and forecasts from spread sheets with
actuals
Import a list of records to filter a report
– Import a lengthy list of customers, Claim IDs, or SKUs to filter
reports
Provide more flexibility for IT to enable users to use all of their data
– Use as an alternative for off-requests to augment or create new data
marts
Wizard-driven mapping process with capability that can be secured
23. Easily extended by professional authors
Professional authors can extend the content using IBM Cognos Report Studio
24. Business Insight Advanced – 10.1.1
enhancements
Custom groups (10.1.1)
Sectioning (10.1.1)
Filtering and sorting non layout items
(10.1.1)
Design view (10.1.1)
Object name can be set in Business Insight
Advanced (10.1.1)
25. Summary
New studio Business Insight Advanced
10.1.1 improvements
28. DataClarity Upcoming Web Seminars
Register at: http://www.dataclaritycorp.com/upcoming-events.html
• Building Rich Dashboards with IBM Business Insight
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM EST
Discover the new dashboard capabilities of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1.1.
• Deeper Insight into Performance with IBM Cognos Report Studio
Date: Friday, June 1, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM EST
See how improvements in Report Studio give your organization timely access and
richer insight into information.
• Raising the Analytics Bar with IBM Cognos Active Reports
Date: Friday, June 15, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM EST
Learn about the various IBM Cognos Active Reports features and how they can be
used to create and distribute interactive reporting applications.
29. Interested in Learning More?
• Request a Cognos Training Plan for your organization
- E-mail a request to info@dataclaritycorp.com
- Submit a request at www.CognosEducation.com
- Call or e-mail Carol Frasso
919.256.6710
c.frasso@dataclaritycorp.com
• Visit www.CognosEducation.com
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