IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence (BI) helps organizations meet

strategic objectives and provides real value for the business by delivering the information everyone needs while also reducing the burden on IT.

This IBM Redbooks® publication addresses IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1. You can use this book to:

- Understand core features of IBM Cognos BI V10.1

- Realize the full potential of IBM Cognos BI

- Learn by example with practical scenarios

This book uses a fictional business scenario to demonstrate the power of IBM Cognos BI. The book is primarily focused on the roles of Advanced Business User, Professional Report Author, Modeler, Administrator, and IT Architect.

Part 1. IBM Business Analytics

Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

Chapter 2. Overview of the IBM Cognos BusinessIntelligence architecture

Chapter 3. Business scenario and personas used in this book

Part 2. IBM Cognos metadata modelling

Chapter 4. Create reporting packages with IBM Cognos Framework Manager

Part 3. Business intelligence simplified

Chapter 5. Business intelligence simplified: An overview

Chapter 6. Individual and collaborative user experience

Chapter 7. Self service interface for business users

Chapter 8. Actionable analytics everywhere

Part 4. Enterprise ready platform

Chapter 9. Enterprise ready performance and scalability

Chapter 10. IBM Cognos system administration

Part 5. Complete IBM Business Analytics solution

Chapter 11. Integrating IBM Cognos BI with IBM Cognos Business Analytics solutions

Part 6. Appendixes

Appendix A. Additional material