IBM Cognos TM1 developer's certification guide : fast track your way to COG-310 certification! / James D. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, James D.

Series:

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Business Machines Corporation.

IBM Cognos TM1.

Computer software--Development--Certification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Computer software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Cognos TM1 developer's certification guide

Place of Publication:

Olton, Birmingham [England] : Packt Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book is packed with real word examples. Each major certification topic is covered in a separate chapter, which helps to make understanding of concepts easier. At the end of each chapter, you will find a variety of practice questions to strengthen and test your learning. If you are a beginner to intermediate level Cognos TM1 developer looking to add an important IBM certification to your resume but don't know where to start, this book is for you!

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Components of TM1; The components of TM1; Client components; TM1 Client; TM1 Perspectives; Features of TM1P; TM1 Architect; TM1 API; Server components; TM1 Admin Server; TM1 CFG; TM1 Server; TM1 Web; TM1 Top; TM1 Contributor; Summary; Two-minute drill; Self test; Chapter 2: Dimensions and Cubes; Introduction to cubes and dimensions; Dimensions; Elements; Editing element properties; Aggregations; Consolidating using dimension hierarchies; Element attributes

Descriptive attributesAlias attributes; Display format attributes; Creating dimensions using the Dimension Editor window; Ordering elements in a dimension; Setting the order of dimension elements from the Server Explorer; Cubes; Loading cubes; Viewing cube characteristics; Lookup cubes; Control cubes; Security; Client and group administration; Object attribute and properties control; Performance monitoring; Hold tracking by username; Cube replication; Replicating your cubes between your servers; Replication must knows; Summary; Two minute drill; Self test; Chapter 3: TurboIntegrator (TI)

IntroductionData sources available with TurboIntegrator; The Data Source tab; The Variables tab; Defining your own variables!; More on the Variables tab; The Maps tab; Cube tab; Dimensions tab; The Advanced tab; Order of operations within a TurboIntegrator process; The Schedule tab; Key notes on TurboIntegrator processes; String lengths limit in TurboIntegrator; Reserved words; Functions; Cube logging; Summary; Two-minute drill; Self Test; Chapter 4: Rules; Rules; Rules - how do they really work?; Sparsity; Dissection of Cognos TM1 Rules; Rules - calculation statements; Area definition

Numeric, consolidation, or string (oh my!)Formulas; Using conditional logic; Cube references; Drill assignment rule; More important Rules facts; Rules performance; Key notes on Rules behaviors; Rule feeders; Persistent feeders; The special feeders; Modifying rules and feeders; Guidelines for simple feeders; Troubleshooting; Rules Tracer; Summary; Two minute drill; Self test; Chapter 5: Advanced Techniques for TI Scripting; ETL; TM1 TurboIntergrator review; The Data Source tab; Using TurboIntegrator Variables; Dynamic Definitions; Important TurboIntegrator functions; ExecuteProcess; ItemSkip

ProcessBreak, ProcessError, and ProcessQuitView handling; ViewZeroOut; PublishView; CubeClearData; CellIsUpdateable; SaveDataAll; SubsetGetSize; Security functions; Rules and feeders Management functions; CubeProcessFeeders; DeleteAllPersistentFeeders; ForceSkipCheck; RuleLoadFromFile; SubsetCreateByMDX; Order of operations within a TurboIntegrator process; Aliases in TurboIntegrator functions; More on data sources; CubeSetLogChanges; Revisiting variable types; TurboIntegrator sections; Summary; Two minute drill; Self-Test; Chapter 6: Drill-through; What is drill-through?

Components of TM1 drill-through

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613572257

9781280394331

1280394331

9781849684910

184968491X

OCLC:

794492405