Powerplay Studio

IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay Administration v8.4
Student Guide CourseCode:B2475

IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay Administration (v8.4) B2475 Published: January 2009

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INTRODUCTION.................................................................................INTRO-1 COURSE OBJECTIVES ...............................................................................INTRO-3 ADDITIONALTRAINING............................................................................INTRO-5 INTRODUCTION TO IBM COGNOS 8 BI POWERPLAY.......................1-1 OBJECTIVES .....................................................................................................1-3 IBM INFORMATION ON DEMAND .....................................................................1-4 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT........................................................................1-5 ADMINISTRATION WORKFLOW ........................................................................1-6 IBM COGNOS 8 BI POWERPLAY ......................................................................1-7 EXAMINE THE THREE TIERED ARCHITECTURE ................................................1-8 EXAMINE TIER 2 - APPLICATIONS....................................................................1-9 IBM COGNOS 8 BI USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS ......................................1-10 IBM COGNOS 8 BI USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS (CONT'D) ......................1-11 POWERPLAY REQUEST FLOW ........................................................................1-12 ADMINISTER IBM COGNOS 8 SERVERS.........................................................1-13 POWERPLAY CONTENT ..................................................................................1-14 DATA ACCESS OF POWERPLAY CONTENT .....................................................1-15 POWERPLAY STUDIO .....................................................................................1-16 POWERPLAY CLIENT......................................................................................1-17 WHAT IS NOT PART OF IBM COGNOS 8 BI POWERPLAY ...............................1-18 THE IBM COGNOS 8 BI POWERPLAY MIGRATION EXPERIENCE ...................1-19 DEMO 1: EXPLORE IBM COGNOS 8 BI POWERPLAY (CLIENT) ......................1-20 DEMO 2: EXPLORE POWERPLAY STUDIO .......................................................1-28 DEMO 3: EXPLORE IBM COGNOS ADMINISTRATION...