Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM

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Intellipaat

Kickstart your career as a business analyst in prominent companies with the foundation course in Business Analytics with IBM through the course by Intellipaat.

Mode

Online

Fees

₹ 28500

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study, Virtual Classroom
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

Business Analytics refers to the technologies, skills, and practices for continuous exploration and research of past business performance and development to gain knowledge of the insight activities and drive business planning. This technology has proved to be beneficial for the organization in terms of planning and decision-making. There is much software that helps the organization to perform analysis and then help in the decision-making process. IBM has made its inseparable position in the domain of business and provides the best technology for growth. With the introduction of technology into business, there is a need for professionals who have the skills to operate the software. This is a booming field and hence generates a lot of job opportunities. 

The Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM certification course by Intellipaat shall act as the medium to provide knowledge to the learners who are keen to become part of the business analytics domain. Intellipaat has a good history of providing technology-based courses and producing great brains who can become assets to the company. Moreover, the platform works on the overall development of the learner through self-paced videos, projects, and assessments. With its job assistance feature, Intellipaat prepares the learner professionally. 

The highlights

  • 100% online course 
  • 57 hours of self-paced videos 
  • 114 hours of project and exercises 
  • Certification 
  • 3 real-life projects
  • Flexible schedule 
  • Job assistance

Program offerings

  • Online course
  • Self-paced videos
  • Project learning
  • Video demonstration
  • Assessments
  • Certification
  • Job assistance
  • Collaborative learning

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 28,500

Intellipaat offers self-paced learning that gives the advantage of convenient learning at your own place and time for the course. The learner must pay Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM certification fee at the time of registration. After getting confirmation mail from Intellipaat, one can log in and start learning. Intellipaat also offers this course to the organization for upgrading the skills of their employees through corporate training. The fee for both modes is different. Refer to the table below for the detailed fee structure of the course. 

Fee structure for Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM

Course name 

Fee in INR

Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM self-paced learning 

₹ 28,500

Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM corporate learning

 -

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Intellipaat

Who it is for

The Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM certification benefits the professionals by enhancing their skills. The course shall also be fruitful for beginners who are looking for the right chance to kickstart their careers. The course shall be advantageous for the people working in the following positions. 

Eligibility criteria

There are no prerequisites for the course, but the understanding of SQL shall prove to be advantageous for the candidate while taking up Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM classes. 

Certification Qualifying Details

Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM certification can be allowed only when the modules of the online course and the projects associated with the 

What you will learn

Business analytics knowledge

Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM training shall help the learner to gain an understanding of Cognos, Cognos architecture, Cognos TM1, Cognos Insight, Cognos Framework Manager, and Administration, Cognos analysis, and Query Studio. The learner will be prepared to work in a big organization in the business analytics domain. With the extra features, they shall also enhance their soft skills and confidence to present themselves. After the completion of the course, the learner shall have a firm understanding of the following concepts. 

  • Introduction to Cognos BI, Cognos TM1, and Cognos Insight
  • Designing Cognos reports and dashboards with Query and Report Studio
  • Cognos BI tool, Cognos Connections, and data warehousing with Cognos architecture
  • Configuring TM1 services and connecting TM1 Server with Excel
  • Deploying Cubes for data loading, deleting, and updating
  • Introduction to Cognos Framework Manager and Cognos Administration
  • Importing data using drag and drop features
  • Creating visualization and constructing workspace with IBM Cognos Insight
  • Cognos Insight Desktop Analytics for data analysis from multiple sources
  • Discovering association and filtering data using Explore Points

The syllabus

Cognos Developer Course Content

Overview IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and Cognos BI Architecture
  • Cognos BI and Analytics tool introduction,
  • The detailed architecture of Cognos BI
  • The fundamentals of data warehousing
  • What is ETL
  • The different types of OLAP
  • What is a Cognos Framework Manager
  • What is DMR model
  • Architecture Cognos Analytics 11
  • How Cognos Analytics 11 enhances the User Interface
  • Advance Cognos Analytics 11 UI.
IBM Cognos Framework Manager Modelling
  • Introduction to building a query model for connecting with the report layout
  • How to deploy a query model for adding filters and reports
  • Custom query creation through SQL statement editing,
  • How to create reports by joining query results
  • Based on relationships and other queries the process to combining data containers.
IBM Cognos Framework Manager Modelling: Hands-on Exercise
  • You will build a query model and deploy it for the addition of filters and reports and then you edit the SQL statements for getting custom queries and then create reports by joining query results
New UI features of Cognos Analytics 11
  • Understanding the new UI features of Cognos 11
  • New navigation features
  • New search engine
  • The new unified user interface feature
  • Three options for creating Cognos content viz
  • Report authoring
  • Dashboard and data module
  • Simplified administration pages
  • A completely modern look in Cognos Analytics 11.
Cognos Analytics 11 Data Modules
  • Introduction to Cognos Analytics 11 Data Modules
  • Creation of Data server connection
  • Uploading of files datasets
  • Intent-driven modeling
  • Navigation and calculations
  • Using data modules to modulate data without using Framework Manager
  • Understand how Cognos 11 is a huge step in data integration and modulation
  • Data discovery through intent-based modeling
  • Connecting to a data server
  • How to upload files
  • Navigation
  • Calculation
  • Creating data modules with inputs from a diverse set of data
  • Other data modules
  • Data servers
  • Data sets
  • Uploaded files.
Working with Dashboards
  • The process of dashboarding in IBM Cognos
  • Creating a dashboard by adding report content and tools
  • Exploring the drill-through featureH
  • ow to filter data in the dashboard
  • What is widget-to-widget communication
  • Sorting
  • Grouping
  • Calculating data.
IBM Cognos Advance Framework Manager and Performance Improvement
  • Introduction to IBM Cognos Framework Manager
  • Learning about the workflow process
  • Writing SQL queries
  • Performing calculations
  • Creating projects
  • Applying filters and creation of Star Schema
  • The difference between various data models
  • Importing of metadata
  • Access control to metadata
  • Merging of metadata
  • Working with data sources
  • Stored procedure query subjects
  • Work with macros
  • Setting governors
  • Performance improvement
  • Parameter map
  • Session parameters
  • Learn about multi-facet
  • Multi-grain
  • Stitch queries.
Cognos Report Studio
  • Introduction to IBM Report Studio
  • Understanding what is Report Authoring
  • Creating reports using Report Studio
  • Understanding Query Studio
  • Various types of Reports
  • Grouping
  • Formatting
  • Sorting list Reports
  • Aggregating data
  • Multi-facet data
  • Report with repeated data
  • New Report Studio interface in Cognos 11
  • Reporting functions and active reports
  • Dashboard enhancement in Cognos Analytics 11
  • Creating dashboard and drill through feature
Reporting using Filters,Formatting,Charts
  • Performing filtering, Grouping and Sorting of Reports
  • Filtering to narrow focus of Report
  • Cross tab Reports
  • Formatting and sorting Cross tab Reports
  • Creating Charts
  • Adding context to Charts.
Reporting using Filters,Formatting,Charts: Hands-on Exercise
  • Perform filtering, grouping, and sorting of Reports
  • Perform filtering to narrow focus of reports
  • Create Cross tab Reports
  • Format and sort Cross tab Reports
  • Create Charts, add context to Charts
Reports using Prompts and calculations
  • Learning about various Prompts on Reports
  • Working with Prompts to focus data
  • Searching Prompt items
  • Customization
  • Page navigation
  • Displaying user Prompt selection
  • Extending Report capabilities using calculation
  • Creation of statistical calculations
  • Statistical charts with Cognos Report Studio.
Reports using Prompts and calculations: Hands-on Exercise
  • Use Prompts to focus data
  • Search Prompt items
  • Customizeand display user Prompt selection
  • Extend Report capabilities using calculation
  • Create statistical calculations
  • Plot statistical charts with Cognos Report Studio
Advance Report Building Techniques
  • Reusing objects in the same Report
  • Layout sharing between different Reports
  • Working with various templates
  • Handling Reports with no available data
  • Learning to customize Reports by showing, hiding, and highlighting data
  • Creating multilingual reports
  • Rendering conditional objects
  • How to use the published Report in Cognos 11
  • Drilling through the Report with Cognos Analytics 11
  • Specifying run report options and properties of the entry
  • Understanding the alerts and watch items.
Advance Report Building Techniques: Hands-on Exercise
  • Reuse objects in the same Report
  • Share the same layout between different Reports
  • Use a template for reporting
  • Handle Reports with no available data
  • Customize Reports with showing, hiding, and highlighting data
  • Create multilingual reports
  • Render conditional objects
Drilling through Reports
  • Understanding the concept of Drill through
  • Letting users find the data they want
  • Comparing parameter-driven and dynamic drill through
  • Drilling from one report to another
  • Setting the scope of drill through
  • Familiarizing with drill through an assistant
  • Enhancing report layout
  • Combining data containers
  • Formatting data and report objects.
Drilling through Reports: Hands-on Exercise
  • Using Drill through
  • Let users find the data they want
  • Use parameter-driven and dynamic drill through
  • Drill from one report to another
  • Set the scope of drill through
  • Enhance report layout
  • Format data and report objects
Advanced Dynamic Reports
  • Introduction to advanced Cognos reporting
  • Filtering reports on session parameters
  • Navigating to a specific location in the report
  • Navigating using a table of contents
  • Creating dynamic titles and headers
  • Detailed learning of advanced report authoring
  • Linking reports and displaying one report layer
  • Editing SQL statements
  • Distributing Report content to various users
  • Creating Master-Detail Report
  • Conditional formatting of Reports using variables
  • String
  • Boolean expressions
  • Examining report specification and modifying it
  • Deploying Java Scripts and HTML items for user interaction.
Advanced Dynamic Reports: Hands-on Exercise
  • Apply filters on reports on session parameters
  • Navigate to a specific location in the report
  • Navigatie using a table of contents
  • Create dynamic titles and headers
  • Link reports and display one report layer
  • Edit SQL statements
  • Distribute Report content to various users
  • Create Master-Detail Report
  • Conditionally format Reports using variables, string, and Boolean expressions
  • Modify a report specification
  • Deploy Java Scripts and HTML items for user interaction
Report Distribution using Bursting
  • Understanding the concept of report bursting
  • Running a report once and dividing the results as per specific recipients
  • Steps in report bursting
  • Specifying burst groups
  • Setting burst options and enabling bursting
  • Creating burst keys and burst tables
  • Rules of report bursting
  • Formats supported for bursting.
Report Distribution using Bursting: Hands-on Exercise
  • Run a report once and divide the results as per specific recipients
  • Specify burst groups
  • Set burst options and enable bursting
  • Create burst keys and burst tables
  • Create Rules of report bursting
Statistical Reports
  • Learning about statistical reporting
  • Creating statistical objects
  • Adding cases and variables
  • Integrating statistical objects with Cognos Report Studio
  • Understanding descriptive statistics and statistical charts
  • Analyzing using statistical reports
  • Distributing results to users.
Statistical Reports: Hands-on Exercise
  • Create statistical objects
  • Add cases and variable
  • integrate statistical objects with Cognos Report Studio
  • Generate and analyze using statistical reports
  • Export results to users.
Cognos Active Reports
  • Creating active reports using Cognos Report Studio
  • Designing highly interactive reports
  • Building report as per user needs
  • Learning about the characteristics of Active Reports and deploying it to build easy-to-use reports
  • Scheduling and bursting of Active Reports
  • Understanding Active Report controls
  • Variables.
Cognos Active Reports: Hands-on Exercise
  • Create active reports using Cognos Report Studio
  • Design interactive reports
  • Build a custom report
  • Schedule Active Reports
Active Reports – Multi-Dimensional
  • Introduction to dimensional data in reports
  • Working with DMR and OLAP data sources in dimensional reporting
  • Understanding dimensions
  • Levels
  • Hierarchies
  • Members
  • Learning about dimensional reporting methodology.
Active Reports – Multi-Dimensional: Hands-on Exercise
  • Generate dimensional reports from Cognos studio
Active Reports-Advance Dimensional Reporting
  • Learning about focusing dimensional data in a cross tab
  • The difference between relational and dimensional queries
  • Various filtering techniques
  • Filtering of dimensional queries based on dimensions
  • Measures, and members
  • Learning how to use a tree prompt for dynamic filtering
  • Cognos Dimensional Functions
  • Deploying it to create sets and tuples
  • Working with OLAP queries to deploy arithmetic queries
  • Characteristics of Cognos Dimensional Functions.
Active Reports-Advance Dimensional Reporting: Hands-on Exercise
  • Focus on dimensional data in a cross tab
  • Write a dimensional query
  • Apply filters on dimensions, measures, and members
  • Use a tree prompt for dynamic filtering
  • Deploy Cognos Dimensional Functions to create sets and tuples
  • Deploy arithmetic queries
Advanced drilling Techniques
  • Introduction to advanced drilling techniques
  • Identifying the need for overriding the default drilling
  • Deploying advancing drill-down techniques
  • The various member sets and support functions for performing advanced drilling.
Advanced drilling Techniques: Hands-on Exercise
  • Deploy advanced drill-down techniques using various member sets and support functions for performing advanced drilling
Transformer-multi-dimensional data Modelling
  • Introduction to Cognos Transformer
  • Multi-dimensional data modeling component
  • Defining OLAP Cube structures
  • Building multi-dimensional analysis cube
  • Modeling the dimensions
  • Customizing measures
  • The various components of transformers
  • The various categories and members
  • Creating a model plan
  • Relating transformer model to model plan
  • Transformer data sources and data types
  • Matching the business requirements.
Transformer-multi-dimensional data Modelling: Hands-on Exercise
  • Define an OLAP Cube structure
  • Build multi-dimensional analysis cubes
  • Model the dimensions
  • Customize measures
  • Create a model plan and relate the transformer model to this model plan
Transformer-Dynamic Cubes
  • Learning how to create PowerCubes
  • Creating data source connection to PowerCube
  • Publishing of Cube
  • Optimizing PowerCube input and output
  • Various factors affecting PowerCube building and deployment
  • Partitioning of PowerCubes
  • Benefits of partitioning
  • Creating a partitioning strategy
  • Time-based partitioning
  • Comparing the automatic and manual partitioning
  • Learning about multifile PowerCube.
Transformer-Dynamic Cubes: Hands-on Exercise
  • Create PowerCube, Create data source connection to PowerCube
  • Optimize PowerCube input and output
  • Make partitions of PowerCubes
  • Create a partitioning strategy
  • Create time-based partitioning
Advance features in Transformer-Dynamic Cubes
  • Introduction to IBM Cognos Cube designe
  • Building dynamic cubes
  • Deploying and measuring the performance
  • Working with star and snowflake data schema
  • In-memory relational OLAP functionality
  • Benefits of Dynamic Cube
  • Cube Designer interface
  • Aggregation in Dynamic Cubes
  • Modelling a Virtual Cube and publishing with IBM Cognos Studios.
Advance features in Transformer-Dynamic Cubes: Hands-on Exercise
  • Build dynamic cube, Deploy dynamic cube and measure the performance
  • Create star and snowflake data schema
  • Model a Virtual Cube and publish with IBM Cognos Studios
Analyzing and Administering Queries
  • Learning to perform Cognos Analysis in Excel
  • The various query settings for enhancing performance
  • Working with Dynamic Query Analyzer
  • Cognos Workflow
  • Administering IBM Cognos
  • Understanding query service metrics
  • Moving data from previous versions
  • Managing and auditing the Cognos environment
  • Enhancing the search
  • Restricting scheduling options
  • Disabling query service.
Analyzing and Administering Queries: Hands-on Exercise
  • Perform Cognos Analysis in Excel
  • Configure query settings for enhancing performance
  • Work with Dynamic Query Analyzer
  • Create a Cognos Workflow
  • Restrict scheduling options
  • Disable query service
Advanced features of Cognos 11
  • Cognos 11 self-service options
  • Customizable UI
  • Better search feature
  • Automatically selecting the best visualization
  • Quick report formatting and styling
  • Simple drag-and-drop functions
  • Web-based modeling
  • Testing and validating the models
  • Building quick interactive reports
  • Geospatial analytics and customizing the analytics environment
  • Improved administration capabilities
  • Working with the Cognos Mobile
  • Understanding the Cognos Mobile architecture
  • The various supported products
  • How to deploy Cognos Analytics for Excel.
Storytelling with Cognos 11
  • Creating compelling stories with IBM Cognos Analytics 11
  • Using various formats like slideshows
  • Infographics
  • Interactive stories
  • Intent-based authoring
  • Automatic visualizations
  • Collecting assets
  • Choosing formats and templates
  • Organizing the story
  • Using amination and timing.

Cognos TM1 Course Content

Introduction to Cognos TM1
  • Understanding multi-dimensional OLAP database
  • TM1 Web
  • TM1 Executive Viewer
  • TM1 Servers and Services
  • Cognos TM1 Installation
  • TM1 Workflow
  • Server & Services
  • TM1 user Interfaces
  • Turbo Integrator
Cognos TM1 Configuration
  • Managing the components and tasks – start, stop and add TM1 Servers
  • Use the components – 
    • TM1 Web
    • Applications
    • Operations Console
  • Create or delete Windows/Desktop services using Command prompt.
Creating Dimensions
  • Manual creation of Dimensions
  • Sparse and Dense Dimensions
  • Creating cubes
  • Reviewing Cubes and Dimensions
  • Using Turbo Integrator ETL
  • Deploying Dimension Editor/Attributes
  • What is an Element
  • Working with various elements
  • Creating Product Dimension
  • Measure Dimension
  • Dynamic Subset creation
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Control Cubes
  • TM1 Web
  • Rules in TM1
  • Create Subset
  • Assign Subset
  • Dimensional Manipulation
  • Subset relational function
  • View Related Functions
  • Cube related attributes
  • Dimension related attributes
  • Attributes delete
  • Insert functions
  • Creating dimensions
  • Populate attributes
  • Defining dimension types.
Building Cubes and Views
  • Learning to create New Cube View
  • Using View Builder Wizard
  • Understanding Cube and dataPoints
  • Deploying Cubes for constructing Data Views
  • View types – Private, Public & Default
  • Dynamic and Static Subset creation
  • Building Cubes
  • Building Views
  • Bulk Load Mode
  • Creating a Data Source through TI
  • TM1 web view
  • TM1 Cube view
  • Chart properties in TM1
  • Performance modular in TM1.
Working with TM1 Turbo Integrator
  • Understanding the ETL process in Turbo Integrator
  • Extract data from multiple sources
  • Loading data into TM1 Cubes
  • Creating processes for data loading and deleting
  • Scheduling and editing processes through procedures – 
    • Data
    • Metadata
    • Prolog
    • Epilog
  • Identifying and mapping variables
  • ASCII & Text TurboIntegrator function
  • Create attribute
  • Dimension manipulation TurboIntegrator function.
Cognos TM1 Rules
  • Understanding TM1 rules
  • TM1 Rules Editor
  • Rules compilation
  • Using functions
  • Rule performance optimization
  • Working with Feeders and Skipcheck
  • Cube manipulation TurboIntergrator functions
  • Element information rules functions
  • D-type in TM1
  • ELCOMP & ELISCOMP Functions
  • ELISPAR & ELWEIGHT Function
Advanced Scripting with Turbo Integrator
  • Working with Advanced tab of Turbo Integrator
  • Creating scripts for editing procedures
  • Deploying Dimension subsets and attributes.
TM1 Data Spreading
  • Distributing numeric data across cells in Cube View
  • Data spreading function
  • Procedures and methods
  • Drill-through process and rules for assigned detailed data to cells
  • TM1 Data Spreading
  • Recreating dimension
  • Attributes element types
  • Cube control elements
  • Dimension elements
  • Drill Assignment rules
  • Trace a feeder
  • Feed strings
  • Overfeeding
Advanced Modeling Techniques
  • Significance of advanced modeling
  • Manually adding objects to application design
  • Understanding application view
  • Dimensions and hierarchy
  • Virtual cubes
  • Lookup cubes
  • Spread profile cube.
TM1 Security
  • The various security levels include Server level
  • Cube level
  • Dimension level
  • Security TM1
  • Refresh security
  • Creation of Client & Group
  • Access privileges.
TM1 Application Web
  • Importance of Application Web for extreme formatting
  • TM1 Web Applications
  • Creating TM1 Application
  • Working with TM1 Application Web
  • A snapshot in TM1 application
  • Active forms
  • TM1 user
  • Data formatting range
  • How to add MDX filter
  • Action button properties.

Admission details

To get admission to the Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM online course follow the steps mentioned below. 

Step 1: Visit the Intellipaat portal or click on the link https://intellipaat.com/cognos-bi-tm1-insight-training/. 

Step 2: Click on the ‘Enroll Now’ Tab and add the course to the cart. 

Step 3: Go to the edit cart section and fill in the required details. 

Step 4: Pay the Foundation Course in Business Analytics with the IBM certification fee through online mode. 

Step 5: Start learning about business analytics tools and software as per the designed Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM certification syllabus. 

How it helps

The Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM course by Intellipaat is designed for learners who are interested in business analytics and want to learn software like Cognos. This is a booming domain, hence there are many job opportunities for the learner in this sector. The online course can open gates of opportunities for the learners. Mastering the combo of IBM Cognos, Cognos Insight, and Cognos T1 can help the learner to latch onto the desired job. The additional features of Intellipaat will benefit the learner in the comprehensive enhancement of skills. A few benefits of the certification are mentioned below. 

  • According to indeed.com the person who is working as IBM Cognos BI Developer can earn up to $102,000. 
  • In the United States, the salary of an IBM Cognos TM1 Consultant is up to $117,000. 
  • Work on the real-life project of a sales dashboard. 
  • Project on Employee dashboard with the tools and software learned in the program. 
  • The project of creating and deploying applications to the prospects.
  • The peer assistance feature of Intellipaat shall help to interact with seniors and gather information on technical events. 
  • Job assistance is another feature of Intellipaat that prepares the candidate for job interviews and builds an impressive resume for an impactable first impression. 
  • The certification received after completing projects and assessments at the end of the course is recognized in prominent MNCs and corporate companies, increasing the chance for the learner to latch onto the exciting opportunity. 

FAQs

What is the mode of learning for the Foundation Course in Business Analytics with IBM online course?

Intellipaat offers self-paced learning for the course. The learners can have flexible learning schedule according to their time and place.

What is the duration of the course?

The course counts a total of 171 hours, which comprises self-paced learning videos, projects, and assignments. 

Who issues the certification after the completion of the course?

Intellipaat offers certificates after the completion of the course. 

How many projects are associated with the course?

Three projects are associated with the course, for the details refer to the above article

What is the benefit of peer assistance?

Peer assistance is the unique feature of Intellipaat, which forms a group of students- seniors and juniors, for interaction and updating students about technical events.

How can a learner solve their queries?

Intellipaat offers 24*7 support of the mentors to solve the queries raised by learners. 

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