This curriculum has been designed to meet the diverse needs of every Cognos 8 Business Intelligence 8.3 user from Project Manager to Administrator. Based on your role within your company, select the path below that is right for you.
For existing Cognos customers, we offer a Cognos 8 BI: What's New in 8.3 course. For more information, or to register to this course, click on the following link.
On-site training is a cost effective way to train several people at once. If you wish to train several of your people, or if our schedules do not meet your needs, please contact us for onsite training.
As an Administrator, you manage the deployment of Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, including installation, configuration, maintenance, content management, security and system optimization. If this is your role, the following courses are for you.
As a Business Author, you Build simple queries to focus on variances, sift through large amounts of data, and investigate different areas of your business through ad hoc reports and interactive analyses. If this is your role, the following courses are for you.
Cognos 8 BI Report Studio: Authoring Statement Style Reports in Express Authoring Mode CBT
Cognos 8 Go! Office: Integrating Cognos 8 Content with Microsoft Office CBT
PROFESSIONAL AUTHOR
As a Professional Author, you build sophisticated reports for consumers by gathering report requirements and creating the reports for distribution. If this is your role, the following courses are for you.
Cognos 8 BI Event Studio: Creating, Scheduling and Managing Agents CBT
Cognos 8 BI Report Studio: Authoring Statement Style Reports in Express Authoring Mode CBT
Cognos 8 Go! Office: Integrating Cognos 8 Content with Microsoft Office CBT
CONSUMER
As a Consumer, you use the Cognos Connection Portal to view reports, customize personal portal experience, manage personal content and/or view scorecards. If this is your role, the following courses are for you.
Cognos Go! Office: Integrating Cognos 8 Content with Microsoft Office CBT
DEVELOPER
As a Developer, you are responsible for developing databases, models or applications for end-users. This can include data mart development, metadata and OLAP models, building and deployment of scorecards or development of SDK applications. If this is your role, the following course is for you.
As a Project Manager, you are Responsible for managing the development, maintenance and deployment of Business Intelligence Solutions. You manage budgets, objectives, risks, people and timelines associated with fulfilling a defined scope of requirements for a Cognos 8 BI implementation. If this is your role, the following course is for you.