Implementing Cognos

Mobile
Chris Framel
Senior Consultant

What Well Cover

Introduction
Why Mobile?
IBM Cognos Mobile
Installing Cognos Mobile

CUG

Cognos Mobile Demo

Active Report Demo
Questions

Who Am I?
Senior Consultant with
Infolink
15 Years experience with
Cognos
Managed deployment of 200
iPads and iPhones while CIO
of ABQ Water
Enjoy fly fishing and holidays
Wife says I dance like Bill
Nye the Science Guy (watch
his DWTS YouTube
performance!)
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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

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 (iPad)

Enhancement History
Beginning 10.1 - the Big Changes
iPad emphasis with iPad
native app
Web browsing emphasis
on various platforms
Active Reports on iPad
native app
Improved prompting
Importing from email
Improved security

Enhancement History
10.2.x
Audit logging
Apple push notifications
(Badges and Texts)
Pinch and zoom, more
touch friendly
Improved mobile
security and
configuration
Bursting reports to
mobile recipients
RAVE visualizations
Performance,
performance,
performance

Installing Cognos Mobile

Components
IBM Cognos Mobile Service
(Application tier)
IBM Cognos Mobile Gateway
IBM Cognos Mobile Client
Mobile client for Blackberry
iPad native app (available via
iTunes)
Web version (iPad, Android,
iPhone)

CUG

Remote Configuration

Single Computer Install

Installation Tidbits

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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
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Demo
IBM Cognos Mobile
Lets Take a Look!

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iPad Safari Browser Tablet

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iPad Mobile Client

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iPad Native App

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iPad Native App

Lets take a
closer look!

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Understanding
Capabilities
Highly interactive
Exceptional
performance
Disconnected!
Sophisticated
deployment options
Now with visualizations
(RAVE)
Active Reports serve as
the foundation

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Whats an Active Report

Storyboarding and
design
Naming conventions
Active controls
Drill-through
capabilities
MHT file (careful of
file size!)
RAVE, admin and
development
Pixels, pixels, pixels
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From Start to Finish Demo

Create a simple Active Report

Log into IBM Cognos Mobile
Download the Report
View the Report
Examples

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Questions?

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Ending on a Good Note

A little pre-lunch trivia

for a $10 Starbucks
Card!

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Question
In 1994, whose last name is
the same as the 41st state,
led the Kansas City Chiefs to
a 38-34 victory over John
Elways Denver Broncos in
what was voted the 5th most
exciting football game in
Monday Night Football
history?

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Screen Examples?

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