1. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Overview of Cognos 8 BI Features Open data access Integrated Enterprise planning and Consolidation Dimensional Reporting and Dashboarding Deep, large data comparative analysis Extended Self-service reporting Process Integration and Event Life Cycle Actionable Scorecards in Metric Studio Extended data transformation services in Data Manager Integrated Portal

2. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Cognos 8 Workflow

3. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Open Data Access Capability

4. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine the Various Studio in Cognos 8 BI Metric Studio helps you manage the performance of your organization by monitoring and analyzing metrics at all Levels. Query Studio helps you quickly answer a focused Question. Analysis Studio performs simple to complex analyses and comparisons of data to discover trends, risks and opportunities Report Studio builds sophisticated reports, Including multi-page, Multi-Query reports against multiple data sources. Event Studio notifies users of key operational or performance-related events that any affect their business.

5. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine the Role of Framework Manager Cognos 8 Metadata Model is a business presentation of information from one or more data sources. BI User use the model to analyze and report on their data sources

6. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Framework Manager Workflow Design/Create Project Prepare Metadata Prepare the Business View Manage Project Import Create and Manage Packages Set Security Publish Content Store Data Sources Report Studio Query Studio Analysis studio.

7. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential What is Framework Manager?  Framework Manager provides the metadata model development environment for Cognos ReportNet.  Use Framework Manager to model the business presentation of data derived from one or more data sources.  In Framework Manager, you work in a project, which contains:  a model  namespaces  data sources  parameter maps  packages

8. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine the Framework Manager UI Project Info Object Explorer Object Diagram

9. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Describe the Framework Manager Environment In a Framework Manager project, you will interact with the following objects: –Model: the set of metadata objects organized fro report authors according to the business model and rules. Which will be availble for publishing to c8 server. –Namespace: –folder –query subject –query item –relationship –parameter map –package

10. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Project Objects…. Model: the set of metadata objects organized fro report authors according to the business model and rules. Which will be availble for publishing to c8 server. Namespace: a qualifying container for objects that provides unique name to prevent naming conflicts. Datasource: a relations database,dimensional cube, file,or any physical data store that can be accessed through Cognos 8. Parameter map- a list of parameters used to create conditional QS that allow for substitutions at run time. Package: a subset of the query subjects and other objects defined in the project,published for use as a model by report authors.

11. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine the Project A project appears in a file system as a folder that contains a project file (.cpf) and XML files. X.cpf: Project file references files used to define the model. Model.xml: Actual model data created by FM developer Preferences.xml: preferences for FM Projects. Customdata.xml: stored diagram information, layout, fonts,colors. Repository.xml: Logged version of the History for each project or segment that added to rep. When u publish the package the server compiles the XML specification into binary runtime information.

12. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine the Model Examine the model from the perspective of the report or ad hoc query author.

13. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine Query Subject Types Data source query subject SQL query that acts as a view into the underlying query data source default data source query subjects are created based on imported objects Model query subject contains query items based on other existing objects in the model Allows simplification of the model for the business views. Provide a way to control of Query Generation. Allows Users to override the settings specified for the data sources query subjects to meet reporting requirements. Stored procedure query subject contains query items based on the return list of a stored procedure

14. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Design and Create a Project Analyze & Design: –Know your data and the structure of your data sources. –Work with report authors to understand business reporting requirements. –Identify project structure. Create –Create a project. –Import the required metadata. Organize –Organize objects to create a physical view of the metadata. Design/Create Project

15. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Prepare Metadata Administer –Specify query processing type. –Define function sets. Clean Up –Examine and modify object properties. –Examine, modify, and create relationships. –Edit SQL. –Add Multilingual support. Prepare Metadata

16. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Identify the Cardinality 0..1 : Zero occurrences to one occurrences 1..n: One occurrence to Multi occurrences 0…1: Zero occurrence to one occurrence 1…1:Must have one occurrence. (0/1): Optional or Mandatory. (1/n): Minimum or Maximum.

17. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Usage Property: Identifier:Column that is used to group or summarize the data in the fact with which it has relationship. Index columns, Date, time columns. Product Number, Date of Joining. Fact: Column contains numeric data and can be group or summarize, such as Product cost, Date ranges. Attribute: A column which is neither fact or Identifier, such as description. Like Product name. Unknown: If not defined the usage property.

18. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine the Data Traps Chasm Trap: Transitive relationship Trap: Connection Trap: Fan Trap: –A Data Trap doesn’t necessarily indicate a problem, only an area is worth inspection and possible treatment. –A data modeler must carefully examine any area that does not appear to present the data completely. –The modeler must examine which relationship is missing with traps.

19. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Chasm Traps.. Many to Many relationships are called Chasm Traps. This structure cannot record and amaintain data. It lets the information fall into a Chasm A chasm trap is not wrong when designing at high level. It just does not show all the necessary details

20. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine Transitive Relationships.. A transitive relationship exists, if there is more than one path between two tables.

21. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine Fan Trap.. A fan trap is identified by a multiple one-to-Many relationship fan out from a single table.

22. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine Connection Trap.. A Connectino trap is an optional path through different entities. There must be a reliable path through all truly related entities.

23. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine Naming Conventions  Objects in Framework Manager:  have an identifier  can have the same name but must be uniquely identified using a namespace  The identifier can consist of one, two, or three parts. For example:  query items have a three-part identifier  e.g., [GoSales].[Product].[ProductCode]  namespaces, functions, shortcuts to namespaces, and shortcuts to folders have a one-part identifier  e.g., [GoSales]  all other objects have a two-part identifier  e.g., query subjects:[GoSales].[Product]

24. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Model metadata and prepare Business View To enhance the business view of the model, you can: –create one or more presentation views –add calculations –create and apply filters –add prompts –create dynamic queries –use star schema groupings –specify Determinants –Model dimensionally of OLAP style queries. Prepare the Business View

25. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Types of Calculations: Adding new columns which is not available in Data source. There are Two types: Embedded Stand-alone To add the calculated columns, the Calculations can use: Query items Parameters Functions

26. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Types of filters… Filers are used to restrict the data retrieved by Query subject There are two types of UI filters available in Framework manager. –Stand-alone: Reusable in multiple Query Subjects –Embebbed: For a Single Query Subject

27. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential More on filters… Filter have a Usage Setting with the following Options. Always: The filter will be applied in all instances regardless of whether the filtered query item is in the query or not. Optional- the filter is not mandatory and user may choose to enter a filter value or leave it blank. Design Mode Only- Limits the amount of data that is retrieved when testing in framework manager or at report design time.(authoring reports in Query studio or report studio, You can use the limited data feature to apply the filter and return results quickly.

28. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Create a Stored Procedure Query Subject Stored Procedures are of two types. Data Query : –Return result sets based on simple to complex queries –Must return a single uniform result set. Data Modification: –Stored procedures which modify the databases such as adding, updating, or deleting records. –Used in Event Studio only in conjunction with a Database Update task.

29. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Use of Parameters Parameter maps are similar to Look-up tables. They substitute a passed parameter with a value understood by you application. Each parameter consists of two columns. Key(Must be unique) Value(used for Substitution)

30. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Set Security Cognos 8 security is implemented through user authentication and authorized access to content. To set security in Framework Manager, you can: –define access to packages –create security filters –define access to objects –define package administration access Set Security

31. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Create and Manage Packages To create and manage packages, you can: –define the package contents –modify a package –specify languages –set governors –view package inclusion –enable versioning Create and Manage Packages

32. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Edit Governors…

33. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Types of SQL: Cognos SQL: Generic representation of a Query. More verbose than native sql Formatted for readability and comprehension and generated by CQE Native SQL: Designed to use the database optimizers. Leverages features of databases wherever possible. We cant use Native SQL in a Query subject that references more than one data source query subjects Pass-through SQL: Use When a database vendor does not extend support for a particular construct in a sub-query. Cognos 8 will pass anything you type directly to the database. With Pass-through SQL what ever you type is passed to the Data base processing with out the intervention of the Cognos 8 Query Engine

34. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Cognos 8 Query Generation Architecture The Cognos 8 User Interfaces are used to submit the SQL. The SQL option you have chosen will determine how Cognos 8 will generate the SQL.

35. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Analyzing the Impact of Publishing of Package View affected reports View the change items View changes made. Verify the Project: –Invalid references –Invalid association containership –Schema validation errors.

36. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Manage the Project Perform project management activities such as: –implementing multiuser modeling repository control –sharing and reusing information segmenting and linking –action logging and synchronizing –checking a project Manage Project

37. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Use Reporsitory Control Use Repository control to implement multi-user modeling and help manage your projects. Use Frame work manager to: –Connect to and add projects to the repository –Check In and Check Out a Project. –Get the latest version of the a Project –View the Project History.

38. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Create a Segment A segment is a new project complete with its own associated project files. You can create segments to : –Organize a project according to business rules and organizational requirements. –Share and re-use project Information.

39. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Create a Link Create Links so that you can: –Organize work across large projects –Maintain consistency –Re-use Information. You can use Only create Links to: –Folders –Namespaces –Projects or Segments

40. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Consolidate Segments and Links You can consolidate the linked and segmented metadata in a model by publishing the package to the Network location. The Package should include the complete set of metadata. Publishing to network location creates a new set of project files without Segments or Links.

41. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine Action Logging Capture,view, and play back actions performed on the Project.

42. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Synchronizing the Projects. Use log files to synchronize a project with changes in the metadata source. All Actions performed in the model are replayed. The results is… –A new project is created. –Metadata is re-imported to capture any changes. –The entire modeling process is repeated using updated metadata.

43. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Modeling Recommendation –Define reporting requirements and data access strategies –Import only required objects and alter as little as possbile. –Verify relationships and Query item properties. –Customize metadata for runtime –Model in freehand to identify query usage – Use Model query subjects to control the query generation and usage. –Specify the determinants –Resolve ambiguous relationships. –Populate the Business view using Star Schema groupings. –Model dimensionally if OLAP style querying is required.

44. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Optimizing and Tune FM Models. Identify the advantage of materialization of the tables at the DB. Examine how to achieve the minimized sql. Set to governors to control the query execution. Examine report and metadata caching. Specify the query processing and aggregate computation occurs. Place filters on the query subjects to reduce rows. Set the query item properties appropriately. Limit the number of database connections. Use the Quality of Service indicator to provide the information about the performance impart of the functions. Examine the PC optimize utility for Power cubes.

45. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Limit the Number of Database Connection Use the same content Manager connection name for all data source connections to the same database server instance. At runtime, this avoids making multiple connections to the database server instance

46. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Apply Design Mode Filter on Query Subjects Apply design mode filters to limit the amount of data that report authors and modelers retrieve when testing and designing

47. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Use Cached Metadata for Reports Reports require metadata and descriptions of that metadata in order to fulfill queries If any metadata is not cached in the RTM file, this results an additional calls to the Database.

48. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential When the Metadata not Cached? Metadata is not cached when you: –Enable the Model portability governor –Modify a data source query subject by: Editing the SQL Statement Adding embedded filters or Calculation Objects

49. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Indicate the Performance Impact of Functions You can Provide the report authors with a visual clue about the performance of individual functions by setting the Quality of Service Indicator. The Quality of Service indicator can be set for functions in a project or at package level. The following Indicators are available

50. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Examine the PC optimize utility for Power cubes. PC Optimizer: –Is a Utility that accelerates the time required to open the cognos power cubes in report studio and Analysis Studio. –Creates a form or Table of Contents. You need to run the following cubes through the optimizer utility: –Cubes built prior to the Transformer S7 Version 3Mr2 –Cubes built with transformer S7 version 3 MR2 without the Optimization enabled.

51. 29 October 2015 TCS Confidential Trouble Shooting the Unexpected Results…. When the results are unexpected, check the SQL. –What kind of Joins you see. –Do they correspond with the relationships you have in framework manager? –Do you see a stitch query that you don’t expect? –Do you see a Stitch query without all required conformed dimension? –Do you see a stitch query with no conformed dimension? Do you have determinants specified for Multiple Levels of granularity in single query subjects. Are you using the correct SQL Options? Check the native SQL to see if it is what you expected.