Boston Computer School

• Introduction Cognos planning analyst
• Create D-list and D-cube
• Load data
• Distribute data
• Create and distribute an income statement
• Forecast data
• Automate processes
• Object maintance and administration
• Use complex calculations
• Examine the advanced concepts
• Designing for reporting
• Enhance the functionality using add-in excel
• Illustrate the model using the planning manager
• Examining the components of the Cognos planning solutions
• Examine the main parts of the Analysis model
• Discuss libraries
• Discuss D-lists
• Discuss D-cubes
• Discuss D-links

• Create library
• Manually create D-lists
• Import d-list from excel sources
• Modify D-lists
• Build D-cubes
• Determine what can be used as source data
• Create a file maps to assist in loading data
• Loading data from an external source into a d-cube
• Load data from one d-cube to another
• Prepare calculations and d-list item
• Control user input using a formatted d-list
• Use built in functions to calculate data
• Use time average in a d-list
• Use weight average in a d-list
• Applying conditional formulas to a d-list
• Use a d-cube to allocate data
• Summarize d-cubes data with accumulation d-links
• Populate the a d-cube based on text in the targets d-cube using lookup d-links.