Planning in a dynamic business environment
How technology enables planning best practices
Introducing IBM Cognos Planning
Getting to know IBM Cognos Tools
IBM Cognos Planning Contributor
IBM Cognos Excel add-in for Analyst and Contributor
IBM Cognos Metric Designer and Metric Studio
IBM Cognos Connection web portal
Understanding the Model Development Process
Considerations for building an Analyst planning model
Designing the model template in Analyst
Building the Contributor application
Entering and reviewing plans in the Contributor Web user interface
Publishing and reporting planning data
Maintaining the planning models
Understanding the Analyst Environment
The building blocks of an Analyst model
Organizing objects by using libraries
Defining Data Structures: D-List
Connecting to external data sources
Understanding the Contributor Environment
Understanding IBM Cognos Planning components
Understanding the IBM Cognos Planning technical architecture
Using the Contributor Administration Console program
Building, Configuring, and Updating the Contributor Application
Creating the Contributor application
Configuring the Contributor application for the user web interface
Deploying a Contributor application to the Web: The GTP and Reconciliation process
Understanding the Reconciliation job
Making Analyst model changes (synchronize)
Determining the synchronization impact
Enabling Contributor extensions
Securing and Controlling Contributor Web Client Template/Application
Improving the application performance: The cut-down feature
Importing Data into a Contributor Application
Updating assumption cubes in Analyst
Importing data from external files/databases
Importing data using IBM Cognos packages
Analyst to Contributor D-Links
Working with the Contributor Web Client
Managing the Contributor workflow
Working with the Contributor Web Client
The new Contributor Web Client
Reporting Planning Data—Publish and BI Integration
Reporting Planning data using BI Tools
Automating common tasks using Analyst macros and batch jobs
Administering libraries and users
Maintaining Contributor Applications
Automating tasks using Contributor macros
Controlling rights to administrative functions
Monitoring jobs and managing Job Servers