Transcript Update for Migration to Cognos 8.4.ppt

Data Warehouse User Group
July 28, 2011
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Update for Migration to Cognos 8.4
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Brief Demo of Analysis Studio
Why is it being Postponed?
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Technical Issues with our Server
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Environment not yet stable
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Framework/Data Model still being tested and debugged
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Learning curve steeper than anticipated
Security Implementation not yet finalized
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Cognos 7.4 Catalog allowed us, fairly easily, to restrict your access
according to Division across both BI tools
We are currently researching Cognos 8.4 to determine if we can
replicate the same functionality
Why is it being Postponed?
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Unlike Cognos 7.4, Cognos 8.4 will have 3 levels of
reporting
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Report Studio Reports (easiest): pre-written, prompted
reports which let you drill through to one or more reports
Analysis Studio (mid-level): users will write their own
reports against cubes
Query Studio (higher level): users will write their own
reports against source data
We would like to have a robust set of Report
Studio reports available for training
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Hiring consultants to build us a starter set
What now?
As a result of the delay…
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One “final” Cognos 7.4 training August 10th & 11th …why bother?
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Analysis Studio is much easier to learn if you know and have used
the existing PowerPlay tool
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Allows the 8.4 trainings to concentrate on the tool itself, not the
data warehouse content
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All New Users should attend this class! Please register now if you
haven’t already done so.
A revised 8.4 Training Schedule will be released in the near future
We will continue to meet with individual users
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We need to understand how the current tools are being used
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Will help us identify candidates for the Report Studio reports
Brief Demo of Analysis Studio
Other Announcements
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Campus Network Outage on August 20
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No regular Sunday morning extract on 8/21
Next regular refresh will take place on Wednesday,
8/24
Only Impromptu users will be affected
(Likely) New cubes in FY 2012
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Press-Ganey Scores
OR Sched/Surgeries cube