Implementing Cognos Mobile Chris Framel Senior Consultant What
Implementing Cognos Mobile Chris Framel Senior Consultant
What We’ll Cover Introduction Why Mobile? IBM Cognos Mobile Installing Cognos Mobile Demo Active Report Demo Questions 2
Who Am I? § Senior Consultant with Infolink § 15 Years experience with Cognos § Managed deployment of 200 i. Pads and i. Phones while CIO of ABQ Water § Enjoy fly fishing and holidays § Wife says I dance like Bill Nye the Science Guy (watch his DWTS You. Tube performance!) 3
Why Mobile? Proliferation of mobile devices Need to access data anywhere VPN capability Online or offline needs Spread of wireless and #G connections Management must haves Ease of Use CUG 1 Other 4
What is IBM Cognos Mobile? Tool for viewing Cognos content online or offline on mobile device Apps § Tablet Browser? - maybe § IBM Cognos Mobile Client § IBM Cognos Mobile Native App (i. Pad) 5
Enhancement History Beginning 10. 1 - the Big Changes ü i. Pad emphasis with i. Pad native app ü Web browsing emphasis on various platforms ü Active Reports on i. Pad native app ü Improved prompting ü Importing from email ü Improved security 6
Enhancement History 10. 2. x ü Audit logging ü Apple push notifications (Badges and Texts) ü Pinch and zoom, more “touch friendly” ü Improved mobile security and configuration ü Bursting reports to mobile recipients ü RAVE visualizations ü Performance, performance 7
Installing Cognos Mobile Components § IBM Cognos Mobile Service (Application tier) § IBM Cognos Mobile Gateway § IBM Cognos Mobile Client • Mobile client for Blackberry • i. Pad native app (available via i. Tunes) • Web version (i. Pad, Android, i. Phone) CUG Remote Configuration 8
Single Computer Install 9
Installation Tidbits 10
Installation Tidbits Many ways to deploy mobile clients Apple configurations (a few of them!) § § Push notifications Maximum login attempts Session timeouts and security codes Lease key Caching credentials duration Pass-through authentication 11
Demo IBM Cognos Mobile – Let’s Take a Look! 12
i. Pad Safari Browser - Tablet 13
i. Pad Mobile Client 14
i. Pad Native App 15
i. Pad Native App Let’s take a closer look! 16
Understanding Capabilities PHighly interactive PExceptional performance PDisconnected! PSophisticated deployment options PNow with visualizations (RAVE) PActive Reports serve as the foundation 17
What’s an Active Report PStoryboarding and design PNaming conventions PActive controls PDrill-through capabilities PMHT file (careful of file size!) PRAVE, admin and development PPixels, pixels 18
From Start to Finish - Demo § § § Create a simple Active Report Log into IBM Cognos Mobile Download the Report View the Report Examples 19
Questions?
Ending on a Good Note A little pre-lunch trivia for a $10 Starbucks Card! 21
Question In 1994, whose last name is the same as the 41 st state, led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 38 -34 victory over John Elway’s Denver Broncos in what was voted the 5 th most exciting football game in Monday Night Football history? 22
23 23
Screen Examples?
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31
- Slides: 31