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1. Web Seminar:
Improving Business Agility through IBM
Business Insight Advanced
May 4, 2012, 1:30 PM ET

2. Welcome and Introduction
Carol Frasso
Director Education Services
DataClarity
Alan Przyworski
Principal, Education Services
DataClarity

3. Session Objectives
 New studio Business Insight Advanced
 10.1.1 improvements
 Demo and dive in lab/workshop
 Questions and Answers

4. What is IBM Cognos Business
Insight Advanced?
 It’s a Web-based, drag and drop content authoring
interface designed for business users.
 Content can be run as a standalone report or incorporated
into Business Insight workspace.
 Use it as starting point for further enhancement by
professional authors as needed.
 An interactive reporting tool for business authors which
also includes exploration capabilities.

5. What is IBM Cognos
Business Insight Advanced?
 Easier to use than Report Studio Express Mode
 Business insight combines the features of the Express
Mode with Query and Analysis Studio to provide a more
intuitive user interface and ease of use.
 Reports built with Report Studio Express authoring can
be opened, edited, and extended with Business Insight
Advanced.

6. What is IBM Cognos
Business Insight Advanced?
 Because Business Insight Advanced supports both
relational style authoring and OLAP style exploration in
a single interface, it is an attractive option for users of
Query Studio or Analysis Studio.
 Reports built in Query Studio or Analysis Studio can be
opened, edited, and extended with Business Insight
Advanced.

7. What is IBM Cognos Business
Insight Advanced?
• Features that are an extension and replacement for
Report Studio Express authoring mode:
 Business Insight and Business Insight Advanced as a combined
solution
 Support for both olap and relational data exploration
 Support for charting
 Data exploration in Business Insight Advanced
► Drill up/down
► Member set exploration with right click explore/data menu
 External data in Business Insight Advanced
 Variety of report layout options vs. Report Studio Express
 Improved data filtering
 Business Insight Advanced enhanced user interface
 Summarizing data

8. The User Interface
• Insertable objects Pane • Toolbox Tab
• Properties Pane • Page Layers
• Source Tab • Context Filter

9. Insertable Objects:
Source Tab
• Includes items from the package
that have been selected for the
report.

10. Insertable Objects:
Source Tab
• Relational Data
 Contains objects from the
package that can be added
to a report.
 Organized into query
subjects, query items and
facts.

11. Insertable Objects:
Source Tab
• Dimensional Data
 Contains objects from the
package that can be added
to a report.
 Organized into
dimensions, hierarchies, le
vels, members and
measures

12. Properties Pane
• Shows properties of an object in
the report.

13. Insertable Objects:
Toolbox Tab
• Includes objects to work with
when creating a report.

14. Page Layers
• When working with dimensional
data, use to create breaks in a
report to display values for each
grouping on a separate page.

15. Context Filter
• Used to filter a report to show
specific data item values.
• Sometimes referred to as a slicer
filter.
• Only available when working with
dimensional data.

16. Page Layout
• The page layout can be used to:
 Present the data
 Enhance the report with formatting
 Specify page to page data flow
 The structure of a Business Insight
Advanced report is a tree. The root
node of the tree is the page
container.

17. Creating Page Layout
• Select Visual Aids icon from
toolbar for this functionality.
• Can divide report into different
layout combinations.

18. Visual Aids
• Help when designing report
layout.
• Visual aids can include:
 Boundary lines
 Page Header & Footer
 Drag & Drag padding

19. View the Data
• By default report is viewed in
Page Preview mode
• Using Page Preview:
 The report is populated with live
data
 The number of rows of preview data
per page can be limited by setting
the Preview Options.

20. High productivity features
 Styles
– Define appearance by category of object type
 Eye dropper
– Quickly copy and paste multiple formatting
properties

21. Considerations for upgrading to
Business Insight Advanced from
Report Studio Express
 Reports built in Report Studio Express can be
opened and editing in Business Insight Advanced
 Business Insight Advanced supports both olap and
relational data sources
 Query Studio and Analysis Studio reports can be
opened in Business Insight Advanced
 Business Insight Advanced interface and default
click behaviors can be used as default or be
configured to behave like Report Studio Express
authoring mode
 Changes to default behaviors for inserting
members into reports with dimensional sources

22. Integrating external data
 Combine and correlate data from external sources with corporate data
– Combine financial targets and forecasts from spread sheets with
actuals
 Import a list of records to filter a report
– Import a lengthy list of customers, Claim IDs, or SKUs to filter
reports
 Provide more flexibility for IT to enable users to use all of their data
– Use as an alternative for off-requests to augment or create new data
marts
 Wizard-driven mapping process with capability that can be secured

23. Easily extended by professional authors
 Professional authors can extend the content using IBM Cognos Report Studio

24. Business Insight Advanced – 10.1.1
enhancements
 Custom groups (10.1.1)
 Sectioning (10.1.1)
 Filtering and sorting non layout items
(10.1.1)
 Design view (10.1.1)
 Object name can be set in Business Insight
Advanced (10.1.1)

25. Summary
 New studio Business Insight Advanced
 10.1.1 improvements

26. Demonstration and dive in lab:
Business Insight Advanced

27. For more information
Visit us on the web at http://www.CognosEducation.com/

28. DataClarity Upcoming Web Seminars
Register at: http://www.dataclaritycorp.com/upcoming-events.html
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Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM EST
Discover the new dashboard capabilities of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1.1.
• Deeper Insight into Performance with IBM Cognos Report Studio
Date: Friday, June 1, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM EST
See how improvements in Report Studio give your organization timely access and
richer insight into information.
• Raising the Analytics Bar with IBM Cognos Active Reports
Date: Friday, June 15, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM EST
Learn about the various IBM Cognos Active Reports features and how they can be
used to create and distribute interactive reporting applications.

29. Interested in Learning More?
• Request a Cognos Training Plan for your organization
- E-mail a request to info@dataclaritycorp.com
- Submit a request at www.CognosEducation.com
- Call or e-mail Carol Frasso
919.256.6710
c.frasso@dataclaritycorp.com
• Visit www.CognosEducation.com