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Interactive Reports and Dashboards for the

Mobile Audience

Adding Self Serve Security

IBM Cognos 10.2.1


Introduction: Today’s Presenters

Anandhi Somasundaram

Cognos BI Lead, NOV

Indhurty,

NarayanReddy

Senior Cognos

Adminstrator, NOV


Reaching the Mobile Audience



1,591 closed help desk tickets

WHY

Improve time to decision via interactive analytics where they were not

previously available

Increase productivity by making key information accessible anywhere,

anytime

HOW

Install:

Mobile server and gateway components (details to follow)

Develop:

Content specifically designed for mobile consumption

Consume:

Point mobile browser at external gateway, and/or

Install native apps for devices



• HOW (continued)

– Administer:

– Secure devices and content

– Schedule delivery to mobile recipients


Getting Started

• Extending your existing IBM Cognos BI solution

1. Download and Install IBM Cognos Mobile on gateway and each dispatcher

2. Identify target users and develop a security policy

3. Establish a content strategy

1. Which existing content is suitable to be consumed “as-is”?

2. Which existing content can be efficiently modified for mobile consumption?

3. Which high-value requirements justify new development specifically for the mobile audience?

4. Are Active Reports the answer?


Getting Started - Infrastructure

{Let’s keep it simple}

– Infrastructure and security concerns:– Currently using VPN

– Project for next year– Consider a dedicated gateway for external users on a separate web server

outside the DMZ

– Installation is EASY! {really!}– Run the install package on gateway and each dispatcher

– Cognos Mobile service integrates with existing services and is centrally managed through your existing Config and Admin consoles


What’s the big deal with Active

Reports in this new release?

• With each new release of IBM Cognos 10 we have seen significant improvements in the platform with regard to Active Reports development and consumption

• 10.2.1:

– RAVE: Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine

– Extends the visualization library making graphical and other visual displays more appealing and interactive, not limited to a fixed Chart library

– Visualizations allow for run-time rendering so authors can apply Filter methods to these displays, reducing development efforts as well as the size of Active Reports

– Ability to track Mobile usage through Audit DB




• 10.2.1 (continued):

– The new compression feature compresses Active Report controls within the output and produces files that are smaller and open faster

– This significantly improves the performance of Active Reports that include large amounts data versus graphical content

– Improvements to the Active Report engine streamline performance, and result in improved memory consumption characteristics




• 10.2.1.1:

– With the new IBM Cognos Mobile interface, you can navigate BI content in a more visual way, for instance, you can sort your local content and pause and restart report downloads

– Automatic configuration

– iPad users can tap on a web location (URL) to automatically configure the IBM Cognos Mobile application to connect to the BI server

– This greatly simplifies configuration by eliminating the need to type long URLs and choose configuration settings

– Faster mobile reports

– Multi-page reports that are manually executed are retrieved and presented one page at a time, rather than all at once




• 10.2.1.1 (continued):

– High-fidelity reports: IBM Cognos Mobile has enhanced its support for HTML reports on mobile devices

– The enhancements include:

– Rendering of additional fonts

– Page layout

– Prompt controls

– Drill-through actions

– Saved html output

– The capabilities for IBM Cognos Workspace on mobile devices and the drill-through actions between active reports and regular reports remain unchanged from the previous release




• 10.2.1.1 (continued):

• Zooming on active reports

– When viewing active reports on Apple iOS devices, users can zoom in and out using the standard pinch gesture

• Apple push notifications

– You can now use Apple push notifications to notify the users of the IBM Cognos Mobile native iPad application about the availability of new IBM Cognos Business Intelligence reports

– The supported notifications include badges and text alerts

• Reports can now be distributed to IBM Cognos Mobile users by bursting


IPAD Dashboard Sample


Self Serve Security

Getting IS out of the critical path


Self Serve Security

The Problem

Large (and Growing) User Base

Little control over who has access

Small support group

No time

Historically it was if you ask you get


Self Serve Security

The Solution

Simple Web Based Application

Integrated with HR Data

Use Cognos SDK

Cognos Groups to control access

Cognos Roles/folders to control how access

is granted


Self Serve Security

(Manager Landing Screen)


Self Serve Security

(Manage Group)


Self Serve Security

(Manage Direct Report)


Self Serve Security

(Email Request to Administered Group)


Self Serve Security

(Administer Group)


Self Serve Security

(Adminster Group)


Self Serve Security

(Assign Surrogate)


Self Serve Security

(Chose Surrogate)


Challenges in Cognos 10.2.1

Upgrade

With Clause Issue

Browser compatibility

Images missing in pdf/excel

Framework Issues

Cross Join Allowed Doesn’t work

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