Introduction to IBM Cognos Workspace

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1 The Webinar will begin at 12:00pm Eastern Audio Webinar is using Webex Integrated Voice, ensure your speakers are on Rich Chester Director of Consulting Jesse McNulty Business Development Manager Introduction to IBM Cognos Workspace

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4 LPA Systems Confidential 4 What is IBM Cognos Workspace?» A Web-based tool» which allows you to re-use existing IBM Cognos reports and report parts to build interactive dashboards or Workspaces» that provide a visual display of the most important business information you need to achieve your business goals» which is united and arranged so the most important information can be monitored at a glance» and which you can personalize and use to facilitate collaborative decision making The Getting Started Page

5 The IBM Cognos Workspace User Interface LPA Systems Confidential 5 Action Buttons Widget Toolbar Content Pane Application Bar Slider Filter Widgets Global Area Tabs Workspace Content Tab Toolbox Tab

6 The Content Tab» Displays the IBM Cognos content that can be added to a workspace and workspaces that can be opened» You can view the content in one of three views: Tree (Default) Thumbnail List Filter Dropdown Tree View Thumbnail View List View LPA Systems Confidential 6

7 LPA Systems Confidential 7 Content Widgets» Report: When a report or report part is added to a workspace it is displayed in a report widget. Report objects include reports or report parts created in Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio and Metric Studio.» Navigator: When a folder is dragged from the Content tab to the Workspace it is displayed in a Navigator widget.» PowerPlay: When an IBM Cognos PowerPlay report is added to a workspace it is displayed in HTML in a PowerPlay widget.» TM1: When an IBM Cognos TM1 Websheet or TM1 Cube view is added to a workspace it is displayed in HTML in a TM1 widget.

8 LPA Systems Confidential 8 The Toolbox» Action Button: Create buttons that are used to navigate tabs» Image: Display image files» My Inbox: Displays notifications from the My Inbox in IBM Cognos Connection» RSS Feed: Displays Really Simple Syndication news feeds» Select Value Filter: Used to filter the data in other widgets» Slider Filter: Used to filter the data in other widgets» Text: Used to enter, format and display text» Web Page: Used to display HTML-based content

9 LPA Systems Confidential 9 Actions menus» Actions menus are available for the entire Workspace and for each widget on the workspace» The items available in each menu depend on user permissions and the type of widget Workspace Action Menu Widget Action Menu

10 LPA Systems Confidential 10 IBM Cognos Workspace Demonstration

11 LPA Systems Confidential 11 Annotating a Widget» You can collaborate on the content of a widget in a shared workspace by adding simple comments» Others viewing the same workspace will see the comment, and they can share their insights in additional comments» You can annotate the entire widget or (in lists and crosstabs) an individual data cell

12 LPA Systems Confidential 12 Export a Widget» You can export individual report widgets PDF, Excel, CSV and XML outputs supported

13 Printing a Workspace» Use your browser Print capability to print your workspace Use the Print Preview option to adjust settings including scaling and orientation to make your workspace fit on a printed page. The browser print will print the current tab and the global area You need to print each tab separately LPA Systems Confidential 13

14 Collaborate using IBM Connections LPA Systems Confidential 14» IBM Connections is a web-based collaboration service for collecting, organizing, sharing and reusing work related to a goal.» IBM Connections Activities are integrated with IBM Cognos Workspace You can create a new Activity from a Workspace You can access existing Activities associated with the workspace» An Activity is a way for you to organize your work and collaborate with others

15 LPA Systems Confidential 15 Security & Capabilities» The appearance of the User Interface, the features that are available to you and the functions you are able to perform are dependent on the capability that is set for you by your IBM Cognos Administrator» The available functionality is controlled by the following capability and secured features: Consume: Users and Groups assigned to Executive Dashboard Interact: Users and Groups also assigned to Use Interactive Dashboard Features Assemble: Users and Groups also assigned to Use Advanced Dashboard Features IBM Cognos Administration Security Capabilities Executive Dashboard

16 LPA Systems Confidential 16 IBM Cognos Workspace Questions?

17 LPA Systems Confidential 17 IBM Cognos Workspace Thank you! Rich Chester Director of Consulting Jesse McNulty Business Development Manager