With Cognos audit database, you can measure user adoption of your IBM Cognos BI System. You will be able to know which reports are used, how often and by whom. View the webinar video recording and download this deck: http://www.senturus.com/resources/measuring-user-adoption-of-your-cognos-bi-system/. Senturus experts share how easy and effective it is to implement a Cognos audit database and deploy the Cognos-supplied audit reporting package. Learn how to create customized, dynamic audit reports using Report Studio. Senturus, a business analytics consulting firm, has a resource library with hundreds of free recorded webinars, trainings, demos and unbiased product reviews. Take a look and share them with your colleagues and friends: http://www.senturus.com/resources/.

1. Measuring User Adoption of
your Cognos BI System
Implementing a Cognos Audit Database
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2. This slide deck is part of a recorded webinar.
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presentation and download the slide deck, go to
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You will find this—and many other recorded webinars-- under the ―IBM Cognos
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3. Today’s Agenda
• Welcome and Introduction
• Audit Report Usage
• Create an Audit Database
• Configure IBM Cognos 10 for Database logging
• Deploy Sample Audit Reporting Package
• Create custom reports using the Audit package
• Create an Event Studio Agent to automatically alert when a
user logs in
• How Can Senturus Help
• Senturus services offerings
• Upcoming Hands-on Training Options
• Q&A
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4. Welcome and Introduction
• Who we are:
– Albert Valdez, Director of Education Services
• 12 years as a technical trainer, focused on business
intelligence and performance management
• 5 years as a Senior Education Specialist at Cognos, Inc.
• Lifetime CTT+ certification from CompTIA
• IBM Cognos certified
• Last 7+ Years as a Senior Consultant, Solutions
Architect, Education Director
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5. Who is Senturus ?
• Consulting and training firm specializing in Corporate Performance
Management
– Office of Finance
• Close, consolidate, report and file (CCRF)
• Enterprise planning & budgeting
– Business Intelligence
– Training
– San Francisco Business Times Hall of Fame -- Four consecutive years in Fast 100
list of fastest-growing private companies in the Bay Area
• Experience
– 12-year focus on performance management
– More than 1,200 projects for 500+ clients
– IBM/Cognos Premier Partner
• People
– Business depth combined with technical expertise. Former CFOs, CIOs,
Controllers, Directors...
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6. A few of our 500+ Clients
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7. Why set up an Audit Database?
• The only effective way to track usage on your
system is with the audit database, however…
• This is not set up automatically, out of the box
• System Administrators can configure auditing on
the following database platforms:
– SQL Server
– Oracle
– DB2
– Informix
– Sybase
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8. Why set up an Audit Database?
• If we can’t measure user adoption, we can’t truly
know the impact of our application
– Higher adoption = success, but it also means…
– A bigger impact on our infrastructure
• As our application matures, content grows
– Which content is actually being used?
– More content to manage = higher maintenance costs
• We can also leverage live data to proactively track
and respond to errors
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9. What about the url_xml data source?
• Not enough time today to configure this source
• IBM Cognos documentation is pretty clear and easy
to follow in most standard installations
– http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cbi/v10r1m0/to
pic/com.ibm.swg.im.cognos.ug_cra.10.1.0.doc/ug_cra_id
4035Logging.html#Logging
• Be sure to have a compatible java development kit
(JDK) and runtime environment (JRE)
– you can download the above from Oracle for free
• Audit tables are much more valuable and
high-impact for the effort
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10. This slide deck is part of a recorded webinar.
To view the FREE recording of this entire
presentation and download the slide deck, go to
www.senturus.com/recorded-webinars.php
You will find this—and many other recorded webinars-- under the ―IBM Cognos
Business Intelligence‖ section.
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11. Demonstrations
Create and Configure an Audit
Database for IBM Cognos 10
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12. IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio
• Demonstrations
– Create a Database in SQL Server
– Configure IBM Cognos 10 for Database logging
– Deploy the vendor-supplied sample Audit package
– Create custom reports using the Audit package
– Create an Event Studio Agent to automatically alert when
a user logs in
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13. Demonstrations
Author Custom Audit Reports and
Agents
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14. IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio
• Demonstrations
– Create a Database in SQL Server
– Configure IBM Cognos 10 for Database logging
– Deploy the vendor-supplied sample Audit package
– Create custom reports using the Audit package
– Create an Event Studio Agent to automatically alert when
a user logs in
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15. Senturus Solutions and Training Services
How Senturus can help you get
to your next level of performance
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16. Senturus Cognos 10 Upgrade Package
Senturus In your
Upgrades Development $3,495
Cognos 8 to environment Fixed Price
Cognos 10
COGNOS
Senturus offers a full range of upgrade packages:
• Remote mentoring
• Full install, migration and validation
• Turnkey upgrades
For more information please contact Sales@Senturus.com
or
Call Jim Frazier @ 650-949-2921
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17. Other Senturus Solution Offerings
• Cognos 10 Proof of Concept Engagements
– Active Reports
– Business Insight
– Cognos Mobile
• 2-3 Day Proof of Concepts
• Identify how most value can be derived from the new capability
• Deploy capability for a defined use case
• Demonstrate high-impact solution
• $4,995
• For more information please click on the links above, and
contact Sales@Senturus.com
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18. Cognos Training Options
• Dimensional Report Authoring with Report Studio
– October 26, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• Authoring Active Reports with Report Studio
– October 30, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• Design Scorecarding Applications with Metric Designer
– November 2, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• Beginning & Intermediate Report Authoring with Report
Studio
– November 14-15, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
• Advanced Report Authoring with Report Studio
– November 16, 2012 (7am-3pm*)
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19. Cognos Training Options
• Looking for training? - Let Us Know!!
• All courses can be attended from anywhere – all you
need is a high-speed Internet connection!
• $595/day per student
• *ALL COURSES PACIFIC STANDARD TIME*
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20. This slide deck is part of a recorded webinar.
To view the FREE recording of this entire
presentation and download the slide deck, go to
www.senturus.com/recorded-webinars.php
You will find this—and many other recorded webinars-- under the ―IBM Cognos
Business Intelligence‖ section.
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21. Contact Senturus
Senturus, Inc
www.senturus.com
sales@senturus.com
888-601-6010
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