IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.5It's a Brave New World!

January 2017

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About the presenter…..

Dustin A Wells Senior Consultant, Business Intelligence

and Information Management

6+ years experience across multiple industries

Certified IBM Cognos Solution Expert, Netezza/PDA Certified, MSSQL Server Certified

Agenda

Overview of what’s new in Cognos Analytics 11.0.5

– Enhanced Features for Power Users

• Data Modules and Navigation Paths

– Enhanced features for Content Creators

• New Mapping (MapBox) Integration

• New Charts and Infographics

• Embed/Share Style Content Delivery

How QueBIT can help

Cognos Analytics 11.0.5

Bridging the Gap to ManagedSelf-Service Analytics

SELF-SERVICE Covers a wide spectrum of users

Power usersConsumers Creators

Level of Management Required

High Low

Static reports

Interactive reports

Dashboards &infographics

Data modules & ad hoc reports

Data model & professional reports

80% 20%

Cognos Analytics Releases

Continuous delivery for On-Premise and in the Cloud Contain defect fixes and enhancements Installs on top, it preserves your settings and configuration

R2 – April 2016 •Accessibility•Authoring UI updates

R1 – Feb 2016•Viewer enhancements

R3 – July 2016•Dashboard calculations and filters•Multiple packages in Reporting•Interactivity in modeling UI

Dec 2015Cognos Analytics goes live

R6, R7…

R4 – September 2016 •Dashboard conditional highlighting •Refresh timer for widgets•Portal theming and extensibility•Storytelling

R5 – November 2016 •FM packages in dashboards and modeling•Mapping and new visualizations•Navigation paths (drill up/down)•Infographics and navigation model•Embed and share content•Portal customizations

Why is this release significant?

Cognos Analytics 11.0.5 represents the emergence of new capabilities to compliment technologies released in prior Cognos Analytics versions– Navigation Paths in Data Modules– Improvements to Natural Language Search– Geospatial Mapping via MapBox– Embed/Share Style of Content Delivery– Relational FM Packages in Dashboards

The addition of new visualizations and infographics, often seen as “nice to have”, can have a dramatic effect on the look and feel of the analytic experience

Data Modules&

Navigation Paths

Enhanced Features forPower Users

Features for Power Users:Data Modeling Enhancements

Data Modules• Data Modules are the foundational modeling

structures in Cognos 11. They allow joining of tables from one or many different data sources, creation of calculated columns, and now have some basic data cleansing capabilities such as trimming, NULL handling, and adjusting of case

Navigation Paths• Navigation Paths are collections of non-measure

columns that business users might associate for data exploration that offer a drill-down and drill-up capability much like hierarchies in a cube. However unlike cube hierarchies, Navigation Paths don’t require strict hierarchy, like Time or Location, but can drill-across elements from different dimension, Year → Country → Product.

Data Modules and Navigation Paths Review

What are they?– Navigation Paths in a Data Module serve as guides to some aspect of

an enterprise data structure where columns have been grouped in a way that offers a drill-down and drill-up capability much like hierarchies cubes, but with unique ability to drill-across dimensions.

Who would use them?– They would be created by power users, but used by content creators

to provide interesting and intuitive ways for consumers to navigate information.

Why are they important?– Navigation Paths provide a method for guided information discovery

by a consumer by allowing them to navigate an enterprise data structure with steps down to the detail or up to the summary information.

Data Modules & Navigation Paths

Enhanced Dashboard Capabilities

Enhanced Features forContent Creators

Feature Enhancements forContent CreatorsNatural Language Driven Content Creation

Geospatial Maps in Dashboards

Infographics and New Visualizations in Dashboards

Use of Cognos Framework Manager Packages in Dashboards

Enhanced Dashboard CapabilitiesReview

What are they?– Improvements to the dashboard visualizations allow for

the personalization of content and insights for a consumer.

Who would use them?– Content Creators would use them to enhance the

experience of the consumers.

Why are they important?– These enhancements allow for a more dynamic and

interactive analytic experience that improves speed of insight and user satisfaction.

Enhanced Dashboard Capabilities

What’s next in CognosAnalytics R6?

The list above is not final and is subject to change without notice. Please visit the IBM website for the most up-to-date details on the

release of IBM Cognos Analytics R6.

R6 remains on track for end of February 2017. That means:

Next phase of geospatial mapping (MapBox and Pitney Bowes) integration

Next phase of RAVE 2 (adding support for D3 visualizations)

First phase of Planning Analytics Local integration

Support for Framework Manager packages with OLAP sourcesand more.

Cognos Analytics 11.0.5

Time To Install/Upgrade?QueBIT Can Help

Some Ways QueBIT Can Help

Upgrade & Environment Readiness Assessments

We are offering up to (1) day of free services to help you plan and define the steps to a successful upgrade to Cognos Analytics

Packaged Upgrade Offerings (many to choose from - ask us!)

Sign up by January 31, 2017 and receive a 20% discount on our upgrade services

Knowledge Transfer Workshops

Training

Be on the lookout for an email where you can sign upfor any of these offerings.

*Cognos 10x will no longer be supported as of April 31, 2018*

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Contact Information

Dustin A WellsSenior Consultant, Business Intelligence and Information Managemente: dwells@quebit.com

Lori A CastelbuonoMarketing Coordinatore: lcastelbuono@quebit.com