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Implementing Cognos Mobile

Implementing Cognos Mobile. Chris Framel Senior Consultant. What We’ll Cover. Why Mobile?. Introduction. IBM Cognos Mobile. Installing Cognos Mobile. CUG. Cognos Mobile Demo. Active Report Demo. Questions. Who Am I?. Senior Consultant with Infolink 15 Years e xperience with Cognos

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Implementing Cognos Mobile

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  1. Implementing Cognos Mobile Chris Framel Senior Consultant

  2. What We’ll Cover • Why Mobile? • Introduction • IBM Cognos Mobile • Installing Cognos Mobile CUG • Cognos Mobile Demo • Active Report Demo • Questions

  3. 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!)

  4. 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 • Other CUG 1

  5. What is IBM Cognos Mobile? • Tool for viewing Cognos content online or offline on mobiledevice Apps • Tablet Browser? - maybe • IBM Cognos Mobile Client • IBM Cognos Mobile Native App (iPad)

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Single Computer Install

  10. Installation Tidbits

  11. 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

  12. Demo IBM Cognos Mobile – Let’s Take a Look!

  13. iPad Safari Browser - Tablet

  14. iPad Mobile Client

  15. iPad Native App

  16. iPad Native App Let’s take a closer look!

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

  18. What’s 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

  19. From Start to Finish - Demo • Create a simple Active Report • Log into IBM Cognos Mobile • Download the Report • View the Report • Examples

  20. Questions?

  21. Ending on a Good Note A little pre-lunch trivia for a $10 Starbucks Card!

  22. 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 Elway’s Denver Broncos in what was voted the 5th most exciting football game in Monday Night Football history?

  23. Screen Examples?

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