Streamline Cognos Migrations & Consolidations
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Learn how to shrink the time it takes to do Cognos migrations and consolidations by 90%. Our new Migration Assistant programmatically decodes and inventories Cognos content. it surfaces needed details about lineage, usage and more. See the video and download this deck: https://senturus.com/resources/streamline-cognos-migrations-and-consolidations/ Senturus offers a full spectrum of services for business analytics. Our resource library has hundreds of free live and recorded webinars, blog posts, demos and unbiased product reviews available on our website at: https://senturus.com/resources/
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Streamline Cognos Migrations & Consolidations
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- 2. 2 Hundreds of resources Visit our Knowledge Center to download this presentation and explore other assets: senturus.com/resources 2
- 3. 3 Michael Weinhauer Director Senturus, Inc. 3 Introductions Todd Schuman Practice Lead Installations, Upgrades and Optimization Senturus, Inc. Song Gao Solutions Architect Senturus, Inc.
- 4. Agenda •Introductions •Overview of Migration Assistant for Cognos •Use cases •Demo •Additional resources and about Senturus •Q&A 4
- 5. Enjoy the full webinar presentation This slide deck is from the webinar Title To view the FREE video recording and download this deck, go to https://senturus.com/resources/streamline-cognos- migrations-and-consolidations/ 5
- 7. 7 Good news: with BI, complexity is hidden Cryptic source systems Massive data warehouses (tables, etc.) Complex transformations and logic Elaborate data models Complex reports and dashboards 7 Store Prepare Model Visualize Share Connect Combine
- 8. 8 Bad news: it’s still there (and worse)! Complex Cognos content Businesses merge and realign Platform and data source migrations 8
- 9. 9 Result: lift-n-shift never works 9
- 10. 10 Alternative: Senturus migration process 10 Optimize Assess Roadmap Execute Secure & Manage
- 11. 11 Alternative: Senturus migration process 11 Optimize Assess Roadmap Execute Secure & Manage Today’s Focus
- 12. 12 Assess, roadmap and optimize 12 Business process reengineering (BPR) steps with Migration Assistant “Compression factors” of 10-20x (or more) are common 1. Eliminate Ignore unused or broken items Identify and remove duplicates 2. Plan and prioritize Identify high-priority or impacted items 3. Simplify, streamline and consolidate Identify similar formats, calcs and filters Generalize (e.g., one prompted report for ten independent reports) 4. Automate Avoid manual work and errors 5. Delegate Report and dashboard recipes reduce the need for “unicorns”
- 13. 13 Unraveling the data • Go into every single report individually to manually view lineage, filters and parameters • Many reports are sitting in users’ My Content folders • No consolidated view of which data sources and models are still needed and used • Cognos audit data is limited—can’t tell which reports are never run 13
- 14. The Migration Assistant Inspired by universal client challenges 14
- 15. 15 Accelerate migrations and consolidations • Programmatically decodes and inventories multi-layered Cognos reports and packages into a database • Identifies details including data source(s), lineage, relationships and usage 15
- 16. How it works • Extracts Cognos metadata into smaller pieces • Report page, list, list column, query, query item, filter • Data model namespace, query subject, query item, relationships • Data lineage between report, model and database • Extracts report execution history • Stores both in a SQL Server database • Analyzes Cognos content, using ad hoc queries or included pre-built reports 16
- 18. 1. Data source changes • Identifies which reports and models rely on the legacy data source • Combines inventory and usage statistics • Lists tables and columns used • Search specific keywords in queries and filters • E.g., Compatibility checking • Helps identify and plan out the migration process 18
- 19. 19 Accurately scope, budget, resource and manage data source migrations 19
- 20. 2. Migrating analytic platforms • Identifies source data • Inventories report design elements • Shows how to rebuild data models • Shows how to rebuild reports • Identifies most used reports • Shows rarely used and unused reports 20
- 21. 21 Significantly accelerates migration timeline while increasing accuracy and overall success 21
- 22. 3. Optimizing your Cognos footprint • Identify rarely used and un-used reports • Identify under-used user licenses • Shrink packages safely by removing unreferenced areas 22
- 24. 24 See the Migration Assistant demo • Overview • Reports • Executions • Relationships 24 https://senturus.com/resources/streamline-cognos-migrations-and-consolidations/
- 25. System requirements • Cognos 10+ • Including OEM versions • SQL Server and SSMS 2016+ • Power BI Desktop (free) 25
- 26. Is the Migration Assistant right for you? • Bundled with Senturus installation and configuration services • Can be tailored to your use case(s) and environment • Delivers ROI for organizations with 20+ models and/or 250+ reports Learn more on our website Contact us: Info@Senturus.com 26
- 27. Additional resources 27 Insider viewpoints Technical tips Unbiased product reviews Product demos Upcoming events More on this subject
- 28. Upcoming events •Using Python with Power BI • Leveraging Python to increase Power BI capabilities • Thursday, Oct 14, 11am PT/2pm ET •What’s New in Cognos 11.2.1 • Demos and Q&A with Cognos Analytics Offering Management Leader • Thursday, Oct 28, 11am PT/2pm ET •https://senturus.com/resources/ 28
- 29. Your path to modern BI Accelerating self-service analytics for the enterprise 29
- 30. Decisions and actions Business needs Bridging the gap 30 Analysis-ready data
- 31. Full spectrum of BI services • Data preparation and modern data warehousing • Dashboards, reporting and visualizations in Power BI, Cognos and Tableau • Hybrid BI environments (migrations, security, etc.) • Software to accelerate bimodal BI and migrations • BI services and support retainer (expertise on demand) • Training and mentoring 31
- 32. 32 Instructor-led online courses Self-paced learning Mentoring Tailored group sessions Complete BI training
- 33. A long, strong history of success •20+ years •1350+ clients •3000+ projects 33
- 34. 34 Join the Senturus team We’re hiring talented and experienced professionals • Senior Cognos BI Architect/Project Manager • Senior Microsoft BI Architect • Senior Azure Architect • Modern Analytics Solution Architect • ETL Developer • And more See job descriptions: https://senturus.com/why-senturus/careers/ Send your resume to jobs@senturus.com
- 35. © 2020 by Senturus, Inc. This presentation may not be reused or distributed without the written consent of Senturus, Inc. www.senturus.com 888 601 6010 info@senturus.com Thank You
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- The first question we usually get is “Can I get a copy of the presentation?” Absolutely! It’s available on Senturus.com. Select the Resources tab and then Resources Library. Or you can click the link that was just posted in the GoToWebinar Control panel. Be sure to bookmark the resource library. It has tons of valuable content addressing a wide variety of business analytics topics.
- Joining us today is…Todd Schuman and Song Gao Todd has over 19 years of business analytics experience across multiple industries. He also regularly connects with the IBM product development team and has been in the forefront of the Cognos Analytics upgrade and installation process since it debuted. He lives with his wife and two daughters outside of Washington DC, in Virginia. Song is one of our developers and is responsible for not only developing the Migration Assistant at Senturus, but he’s also developed the Senturus Analytics Connector, a ODBC-based connector that allows Cognos data to be used in Tableau and Power BI for data visualization. And the Senturus Reporting Insights utility that exposes Cognos report metadata in a series of additional reports to speed BI system migrations. Song will be answering your questions in the chat.
- Today’s agenda. After a brief introduction of the speakers, we’ll get right into the topic. Stay on after the presentation when we will We’ll then share useful links, provide a quick overview of Senturus and let you know of upcoming events. We’ll wrap with a live Q&A.
- When properly done, this shields the end-user from the complexity and inaccuracy of accessing raw data directly. However, ….
- 10s - 100s of packages, many data sources, 1000s of reports Multi-layered, duplicate, and overlapping reports & packages Models that have grown over years and no one really understands them today Years of use the environment is complex and messy Have duplicate, unused and overlapping reports And reports build upon multiple data sources and ????? More on the messing relationships???? Developer and admin turnover Set the scene for needing to migrate data and platforms. For cleaning up Cognos: mergers & acquisitions,
- Is highlighted one true? If it stays—break into two slides Sitting into my folders—speak about not having access Paints the painful picture of having to unravel all that… time loss, inaccuracies, etc (true?) Cognos audit is designed to answer this question, but it’s down to report level, not to child objects within report, or model/package level.
- Say this: Eliminates the hundreds of manual clicks to discover data fields, filters, calculations, Set the scene for needing to migrate data and platforms. For cleaning up Cognos: mergers & acquisitions, whatever
- Todd gives example Useful for functions that are incompatible between databases Sentence painting the scene for moving data platform to the cloud WHY OUR USAGE STATS ARE BETTER As you speak to the bullets, provide the benefit BULLET TWO BENEFIT: Combines inventory & usage statistics to create a prioritized, efficient migration plan BULLET THREE BENEFIT: Minimizes project scope by client large financial institution example – into Todd:
- Sentence painting the scene for migrating to new tool. WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THAT WITHOUT THE MIGRATOR? BELOW ARE THE BENEFITS FOR EACH BULLET IN THE SLIDE Identifies source data. . No more manually detangling of report and model details Inventories report design elements Enables rapid layout reproduction Identifies most used reports . Prioritize those with most immediate business impact Shows duplicate and rarely used reports . Limit migration scope and reduce costs Valuable for Cognos migrations to any BI platform Methodology (per JP): Which reports are unnecessary or redundant (eliminate) Compression ratio of 10:1 (one customer 5k into 500) - ?
- Cuts BI platform migration time while increasing accuracy
- Paint scene for why/when you need to clean up your Cognos scene BENEFITS Provides deeper insights into Cognos audit data Facilitates an environment that is clean, current & compact
- Here Mike touches BRIEFLY on how the product works/ what it presents the user. This is a QUICK slide set the scene slide that is the jumping point to the demo, where each of these reports, how they work and what they are for will be explained in detail. ALSO MENTION WE CAN BUILD CUSTOM REPORTS IF you need it, below is text from the website: The Migration Assistant generates 5 interlinked and reports that let you to view, drill down into and analyze report and package information. Report catalog Combines reports and usage information and can be grouped by package or use. Assists in prioritizing the migration or rationalization project. Insights by package Creates a list of all reports in a package, the databases they reference and the unique tables in those databases. It also includes all the report specs for the reports in the package. Report details Show details of individual reports. Useful for report recreation or when needing to drill down to source data items for a given report. Drills down to the Lineage and Relationship reports. Lineage Displays the path the data follows through the various model layers. Relationship Shows the relationships defined between tables including join style and columns. This information is especially useful when rebuilding data models in a new tool or data warehouse.
- We find that clients w 20 or more models and/or 250+ reports can benefit significantly from using the MA Turns months of work into days which can result in 30% or more savings?
- Senturus provides 100s of free resources on our website. We have been committed to sharing our BI expertise for over a decade. Go to Senturus.com/resources You can also see recordings of Patrick’s two last webinars: Power BI Builder and Paginated Reports AND Power BI Data Cleansing and Power Query Editor.
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