1. Event Studio
Cognos 8 BI

2. Objectives In this module, we will examine: Event Studio Overview
Event Studio features
Event Lifecycle Management
Workflow of tasks

3. What is Event Studio?
Event Studio is a new studio that is fully integrated into the Cognos 8 platform.
Event Studio enables users to be notified of key operational or performance related events that may affect the business.
Unlike OLAP or Metrics (which work with summarized data), Event Studio is used to identify individual problems or opportunities.
Use OLAP/Metrics to discover what works and what doesn’t. Use Event Studio to discover when things that work (or don’t work) are happening, so you can exploit (or fix) them.
Event Studio can:
alert users
deliver information about the event
automate tasks

4. What does Event Studio Do?
Event Studio automatically monitors data for the events you have defined.
When an event is detected, Event Studio can:
send alerts by
run reports concerning the event
run an existing Agent
update a database
incorporate a Web service
post ‘newsflashes’ to the portal
run an Import\Export
run a content Maintenance Task
run a Metrics Task

5. Additional Features Event Studio also allows users to:
create Parameters (Prompts) for use in conditions
must modify agent after creation in Cognos Connection
create calculated items for use in tasks
create and apply a schedule to an agent
manage the task execution rules
re-order the tasks
preview results
manage notification lists

6. How Does Event Studio Help?
Users don’t have to read reports looking for problems to deal with. Event Studio notifies them about problems as soon as they occur.
Detecting events as soon as they occur means there is a better chance of achieving a favorable outcome.
Identifying and detecting the most important issues means that users’ workloads are automatically prioritized.
Using Event Studio:
avoids information overload
allows users to keep track of individual events
helps keep Metrics ‘green’.

7. Event Lifecycle Management – Agents
manages Event Lifecycle Management automatically
Event Studio creates and maintains Agents
Event condition – detects significant events
Correlates events
Workflow of tasks – drives actions according to status
Schedule
Agents run unattended
Detects events, running tasks and maintains a list of current issues

8. Event Studio
Tasks
Condition

9. Detecting a Significant Event
An event occurs when data meets a condition.
The data conditions that signify an event may apply to single or multiple systems.
Returns = ' our fault ' and ( Order Value > $5K or Customer debt > $50K )
Returns
Data
Warehouse
Orders

10. Drive Action – Workflow of Tasks
Where human interaction is required
Timely delivery of event related information
message
Dynamically maintained portal messages – BI Newsflash
Reports
Communicate complete picture of the event and facilitate action

11. Tasks Can Run in Context of the Event
Report
Agent
Sunglass Corner
Taeho Sports
Information focused on the specific events

12. Tasks Can Run in Context of the Event (cont’d)
Returns = ' our fault ' and (Order Value > $5K or Customer debt > $50K)
Agent
Agent
Sunglass Corner
Taeho Sports
Customer debt > $50K
Where
Customer IN (Sunglass Corner, Taeho Sports)
Cross-system event lifecycle management escalation

13. Drive Action – Workflow of Tasks
Automated actions:
Agent
Web Service
Run database-stored procedure
Further event validation
Escalate
Information gathering
Initiate an action

14. Event Correlation and Task Workflow
Events have a lifecycle.
New event instances are correlated with prior ones.
Events can be:
New
Ongoing - changed
Ongoing - unchanged
Stopped

15. Event Lifecycle

16. Tasks Are Performed According to their State in Lifecycle
Returns = ' our fault ' and ( Order Value > $5K
or Customer debt > $50K )
1. sales rep
2. Detail report to
order fulfilment
New
Ongoing - Changed
- unchanged
Stopped
Escalate to Manager
Notify accounts

17. Tasks Are Performed According to their State in Lifecycle (cont’d)

18. Current and Prior Agent Run Values
Period 1
Period 2
What is new? What is still ongoing? What has stopped?

19. Summary - Tasks Drive action human automated Tasks are performed
in context - the events identified - current and prior
according to their status

20. Summary – Event Lifecycle Management
Agent
Event condition
detect significant events
Workflow of tasks
drive actions
in context
and by status
Schedule
Agent Hot List

21. Summary In this module, we examined: Event Studio Overview
Event Studio features
Event Lifecycle Management
Workflow of tasks

22. Workshop 1
Event Studio