IBM Cognos 8 Framework Manager Fundamentals and Advanced Training – Nov. 15-19, 2010

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The Ironside Group is excited to publicly offer both our Fundamentals and Advanced Framework Manager Training courses in back-to-back fashion for the first time. As with all of our course offerings, this curricula is lead by our veteran consultants who have decades of in-depth real-world technical experience with IBM Cognos software. Take advantage of this special combined offering and become a Framework Manager expert in a weeks time.

Course: IBM Cognos 8 Framework Manager Fundamentals (View Description)
When: November 15-17, 2010

Course: IBM Cognos 8 Framework Manager Advanced (View Description)
When: November 18-19, 2010

Where: IBM Innovation Center (Newport Room), Waltham, MA (Boston)
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IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Fundamentals and Advanced Training – Dec. 6-10, 2010

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The Ironside Group is excited to publicly offer both our Fundamentals and Advanced Report Studio Training courses in back-to-back fashion for the first time. As with all of our course offerings, this curricula is lead by our veteran consultants who have decades of in-depth applied technical experience with IBM Cognos software. Take advantage of this special combined offering and become a Report Studio guru in a weeks time.

Course: IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Fundamentals (View Description)
When: December 6-8, 2010

Course: IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Advanced (View Description)
When: December 9-10, 2010

Where: Ironside Group, Lexington, MA (Boston)
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IBM Cognos Query Studio Training – Sept. 23, 2010

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Unburden your IT department by giving end users the ability to easily create and share their own Web-based Ad Hoc reports! Query Studio the easy-to-use tool that is designed for non-technical and business users who want self-service reporting without having to understand relational database schemas and concepts. This type of reporting is essential in allowing consumers to define and write secure reports that target a specific need, while still having the ability to share them with the entire organization.

Based on a proven training curriculum, the Ironside Group will provide instructor-led classes that highlight the report development techniques associated with IBM Cognos Query Studio.

Course: IBM Cognos 8 Query Studio (View Description)
When: September 23, 2010
Where: IBM Innovation Center (Newport Room), Waltham, MA (Boston)
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IBM Cognos Midsize Analytics Virtual Summit – Sept. 15, 2010

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IBM Cognos Midsize Business Analytics Virtual Summit

Would you like to unlock your data, turn that data into insights, and drive business growth? Join The Ironside Group on September 15th, 2010 for the third quarterly IBM Cognos Mid-Size Business Analytics Virtual Summit.  The first two have been a huge success drawing thousands of participants.  Come see whats new with Cognos Express.  IBM will be unveiling the newest capabilities of their Cognos Express Reporting, Analytics, and Planning software, purpose built for small to mid-size companies. Read more

New England Cognos Users Group Meeting – Sept. 16, 2010

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The New England Cognos Users Group is an amazing opportunity to network and collaborate with other IBM Cognos Professionals in the Northeast Region. Each event is packed with informative talks and demonstrations from local organizations that highlight their own applied experiences with IBM Cognos software. Experts from the Ironside Group are always in attendance more than happy to answer your toughest questions or help you down the path to resolving your most bothersome issues. Attendance is always free and open to the public.

This quarter’s upcoming meeting includes a presentation from Ironside Group CEO and Principal Consultant, Tim Kreytak and Mass Mutual’s own BI Guru, Isaac Stein, on the topic of Database Suitability Assessment and Framework Manager Best Practices.
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Customizing Cognos URL Objects (Part II)

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In part one of our customizing Cognos URL objects article, we discussed how to create a new URL link in Cognos Connection and change its default action to be open in a new re-sizable window to demonstrate one method of extending the existing Cognos capabilities. When developing Cognos professional reports, often times we get similar requests from end users: Can you open the requested page in a new window when a hyperlink is clicked? Unfortunately unlike a drill through link which allows a report author to choose to open the new page in a new window, the default action of the Insertable object hyperlink is always to open in the current web browser window. Now the question becomes how to set a hyperlink to open in new window? Is this even possible? The answer is “Yes” and can be done by following the three easy steps described below: Read more

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Best Practices in Cognos 8 Framework Manager Model Design: Part 2 – Advanced Modeling Issues

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Editor’s Note:  This blog was originally posted on August 1, 2010 and has been reviewed and updated on 10/5/2020 with Cognos Analytics 11.1.7.  We find that these best practice tips about metadata modeling are still very useful to build solid data foundation for reports, especially cardinality settings and stich query controls as they are critical modeling techniques. These procedures are also applicable to Cognos new web based metadata modeling component – the Data Module, which is greatly adopted by self-service authors and when Cognos is hosted in cloud (no need to install Framework Manger tool).

Last month’s article described the overall approach for best practice model design using the 4 layer architecture. In this month’s article, I’ll describe some advanced issues which arise during model design, and how best to deal with them. Given the limitless and complex situations that can come up during modeling, these techniques may or may not apply to your specific situation. Read more

IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Advanced Public Training Course

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Report Studio Advanced, the latest public class offering from the Ironside Group, is now available. If you are looking to improve your report writing skills with advanced techniques and tips and tricks to further enhance, customize and manage your report offerings then this course is for you. Courses are facilitated by our own veteran consultants to provide relevant, real world experience during training. Course class sizes will be kept small to ensure all participants receive the attention of the instructor during hands-on demos and workshops. Offered at a fraction of the cost of comparable courses, this Report Studio Advanced class will help to ensure the continued strategic and tactical success of all your BI initiatives.

Course: IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Advanced (View Description)
When: August 16-17, 2010
Where: IBM Innovation Center (Newport Room), Waltham, MA (Boston)
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Best Practices in Cognos 8 Framework Manager Model Design

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For those starting out with Cognos 8, or even those who have worked with it for quite a while, Framework Manager model design can seem like a daunting or even overwhelming task. With so many options available, it can be hard to know what to consider during design, and how to promote stability and sustainability.

This is the first in a two-part article that will focus on the best practices, organization and overall methodology of Framework model development. As is often the case with complex tools, even developers who have worked with Cognos for a while can be confused on at least some of the concepts and considerations of model design. The focus of this first article will start from the beginning, and describe an overall 4 layer approach, detailing the purpose and reason for each of the four layers. Next month’s article will describe advanced best practices, and other tips. Read more

Designing Effective IBM Cognos Report Studio Templates

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In the past we’ve discussed the benefits of changing the default skins within your organizations different IBM Cognos environments, and we’ve also tackled the use of Layout Component References to help centralize and simplify repetitive report design tasks which can be otherwise time consuming. Now we will combine these concepts along with some new techniques in order to implement a single standardized report template for your entire environment, ensuring that your distributed reporting has a uniform and professional look and feel. Read more