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1. IBM Cognos Analy.cs
January 20th, 2016
Candace Taylor – Director of Marke.ng, Cresco Intl
Sanjeev DaAa – Prac.ce Director, Cresco Intl
Dale Gibler – Analy.cs Sales Execu.ve, Cresco Intl

2. What is IBM Cognos Analy.cs?
Ø Builds on Trusted Business Intelligence heritage with Self-
Service and built-in intelligence to easily amplify and
incorporate insight into your everyday ac.ons
Ø Redefines BI with a guided experience so you can self-
service the business
Ø Designed for ease of use, a unified interface exposes
func.onality in context as needed
Ø Power Users and Casual users can improve produc.vity
and eliminate boundaries

3. Who is Cognos Analy.cs for?
1) 136% more likely to use cloud to reinvent customer rela.onships
2) 79% more likely to rely on cloud to locate and leverage exper.se anywhere
in ecosystem
3) You engage faster and learn faster with customers, build & test new apps,
fail quickly, learn and success
4) Analy.cs are more widely used, as they are easily delivered, shared to
wider users, allowing shared best prac.ces and insights
5) GeWng outside your firewall or servers opens up opportunity for
collabora.on with suppliers and partners. This was virtually impossible with
many On-premise systems. The cloud opens up an en.rely new avenue for
knowledge sharing.

4. Cognos Analy.cs – Self Service
Covers a wide spectrum of users
Source: IBM
Static
reports
Interactive
reports
Dashboards &
infographics
Data modules &
ad hoc reports
Data model &
professional reports
High
Low
Level of Management Required

5. IBM Cognos Analy.cs - Administra.on
Accounts – Manage Users,
Memberships, Groups and
Roles.
Cognos Analytics comes
with an authentication
source which allows a
Dept to setup security if
they do not have access to
corporate security source.
Users can be imported
from an external file.

6. IBM Cognos Analy.cs
Data Servers – Department Admin creates data sources

7. What you should know about moving to IBM Cognos Analy.cs
Source: IBM
Ø Customers can upgrade and s.ll run Cognos 10 as they do today
Ø Cognos 10 Reports (CWA and RS) can be upgraded to run in the new portal
Ø CW/QS/AS and Portal pages can be launched from the new Portal – New Window
Ø Exis.ng reports are upgraded in “non-interac.ve” mode by default
Ø Switching to interac.ve mode will remove all JavaScripts and PromptAPIs
Ø CW will con.nue to be available – Will open in New Tab – Some Changes
Ø QS & AS à Not recommended during new installa.ons – will be deprecated
Ø Following Remain the Same: FM, CQE, DQE, Dynamic Cubes, Cube Designer, Transformer
Ø Event Studio, Metric Studio, Drill-through defini.ons (Open in new Browser)
Ø Cognos Mobile Na.ve Apps – No Regular Reports, Only Ac.ve Reports & CW

8. What you should know about moving to IBM Cognos Analy.cs
Cont’d
Source: IBM
Ø Standard HTML – Reports using Quirks mode HTML in Cognos 10 will need some touch ups
(esp. Reports printed on forms)
Ø Cognos Connec.on is replaced by new portal using new, lightweight and scalable search engine
Ø Requires no Administra.on, Always up-to-date
Ø “My folders” renamed to “My Content”
Ø Report Views are now created by running the report and saving() as a report view, capturing current
prompt values
Ø “Subscrip.ons” allow users to quickly schedule a personal copy of the report
(created when viewing reports)
Ø Older User Interface con.nue to use Quirks mode HTML
Ø Drill Through Defini.ons support FM and OLAP packages but do not support Data Modules
Ø Upload external file size limited to 100MB, default for all file sizes is 500MB

9. What you should know about moving to IBM Cognos Analy.cs
Cont’d
Source: IBM
Ø Next Release – Authoring with mul.ple FM packages and/or Data Modules
Ø For now, join 2 Data Modules by crea.ng a 3rd one
Ø Condi.onal Styles with Data Modules available next release
Ø Intent-Driven Modeling – Adding tables into your data module based on matches between
the terms you enter and metadata in the underlying sources
Ø Intent recognizes Fact from Dimension – By number of Rows, data types and distribu.on
of values within some of the columns
Ø Snapshots – cached copy of data for Data Module, stored in a file system and easily accessible
ü to improve query performance, if DB is too slow
ü Reduce DB’s load, especially during peak hours
ü Retaining a “point in .me” view of your data
***Look out for our blog page for all the details***

10. IBM Cognos Analy.cs – AAendee Ques.on
Are you considering to migrate your current
Analy.cs sokware onto a Cloud Plalorm?

11. Cognos Analy.cs Demo

12. IBM Cognos Analy.cs - Install and Upgrade
Source: IBM
o Ready to Run – Complete install of Cognos Analy.cs, Informix DB, SMB/LOB
applica.ons
o Expand – Add addi.onal servers into the ready to Run Configura.on
o Custom – Provides flexibility to get Applica.on Tier, Data Tier, Gateway etc.
Life Cycle Manager – New Release of LCM coming out early 2016!

13. Cognos Analy.cs - Value of SaaS
Savings Gains
Low Entry Cost Speed to Value
Reduced Risk Agility
OPEX vs. CAPEX Elas.city
Minimal Infrastructure Cost World Class Solu.on
Redundancy Always on the latest and greatest
version
Lower IT costs Berer Support
SLA
Source: IBM

14. IBM Cognos Analy.cs Licensing
ü Exis.ng Cognos Customers are eligible for Bridge to
Cloud Migra.ons
sales@crescointl.com
ü SaaS transi.on Program
ü Extend On-premise investments
ü Dual en.tlement without dual payments
ü Choose 1, 2, 3 year terms
ü Single Quote, Order and Invoice

15. IBM Cognos Analy.cs Licensing

16. IBM Cognos Analy.cs Licensing

17. IBM Cognos Analy.cs Licensing

18. Recap // IBM Cognos Analy.cs
q Secure and Flexible Management
q Scale without limits
q A New Modeling Technique
q Amplifies Insights & Act Confidently
q Engaging User Experience
q Easily Work with your Data
q Smarter Self-Service

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