IBM Cognos Planning: Overview (V10.1) is a two-day, instructor-led course designed to provide administrators and project managers a comprehensive overview of the IBM Cognos Planning solution. Participants will learn the purpose and benefits of each Planning component and understand what is involved in creating a Planning Analyst model, and creating a Planning Contributor application based on a model. Participants will perform hands-on demos and workshops while learning the essentials of building a Planning solution.

Please refer to Course Overview for description information.

This intermediate course is intended for Administrators and Project Managers.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Introduction to IBM Cognos Planning Analyst

• Examine the components of the IBM Cognos Planning solution
• Discuss libraries, D Lists, D Cubes, and D Links
• Create libraries

Create D Lists and D Cubes

• Manually create D Lists
• Import D List items from external sources
• Modify D Lists
• Build D Cubes

Load Data

• Determine what can be used as source data
• Create file maps to assist in loading data
• Load data from an external source into a D Cube
• Load data from one D Cube to another

Introduction to IBM Cognos Planning Contributor Administration

• Review IBM Cognos Performance Management (PM) Solution
• Identify IBM Cognos Planning and its components
• Identify IBM Cognos BI and its components
• Examine the IBM Cognos Planning architecture
• Examine IBM Cognos Planning Contributor and its components
• Examine the development process for the Planning Contributor solution

Build an IBM Cognos Planning Contributor Application

• Examine best practices for building the underlying IBM Cognos Planning Analyst model
• Configure IBM Cognos Planning Administrator
• Create a Planning Contributor application using the Application wizardSpecify navigation, orientation, and application settings
• Import the e.List and rights
• Run Go to Production and preview a Planning Contributor application

Manage Workflow and Web Application Activities

• Access the application in IBM Cognos Connection
• Examine the user roles and workflow states
• Create annotations
• Attach documents to Planning Contributor application items
• View and delete commentary
• Bounce users from the application
• Work offline

Prior to enrolling, IBM Employees must follow their Division/Department processes to obtain approval to attend this public training class. Failure to follow Division/Department approval processes may result in the IBM Employee being personally responsible for the class charges.

GBS practitioners that use the EViTA system for requesting external training should use that same process for this course. Go to the EViTA site to start this process: http://w3.ibm.com/services/gbs/evita/BCSVTEnrl.nsf

Once you enroll in a GTP class, you will receive a confirmation letter that should show:

The current GTP list price

The 20% discounted price available to IBMers. This is the price you will be invoiced for the class.