4999999999 999939993939993999393993399999999097039 Cognos TM1 Developer - Fundamentals Student Guide paren igangCognos TM Developer - Fundamentals Part Number: 59171 Published November 2007 ‘Copyright (C) 2007 Cognos Incorporated. Portions of Cognos(R) software products are protected by one or mare of the following U.S. Patents: 6,609, 123 Bi; 6,611,838 Bt: 6,662,188 BI; 6,728,697 B2; 6,741,982 82; 6,763,520 B1; 6,768,995 B2: 6,782,378 B2; 6,847,973 B2, While every attempt has been made to ensure that the information in this document is accurate and complete, some typographical errors or technical inaccuracies may exist. Cognos does not accept responsibilty for any kind of loss resulting from the use of information contained in this document. This document shows the publication date. The information contained in this document is subject to ‘change without notice. Any improvements or changes 10 ‘ither the product or the document will be documented in ‘subsequent editions. U.S. Government Restricted Righs. The software and ‘accompanying materials are provided with Restricted Rights Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject fo the restrictions in subparagraph (C\(1N) ofthe Rights in Technical Data and Computer ‘Software clause af DFARS 252.227-7013, or ‘subparagraphs (C) (1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restncted Rights at 4ACFRS2,227- 19, as applicable. The Contractor is Cognos Corporation, 45 Wayside Road, Burington, MA 01803. This software/documentation contains proprietary information of Cognos Incorporated. Allrights are reserved. Reverse engineering of this software is ‘prohibited. No part of this software/documentation may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, or translated into another language without the prior waitton consent of Cognos incorporated. Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks of Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Information about Cognos Products and Accessibility can ‘be found at www. Cognos.com 0 ee) ee) i) 3a)999999999938 9999393993993939393939399399393999393933I033 Table of Contents PREFACE O'S OBJECTIVES 5 ‘TRAINING AGENDA 6 TMI CurRIcULUM 6 Icons 9 1_UNDERSTANDING OLAP & TMI SERVERS uu OBJECTIVE " TMI OLAP Concepts: 2 STRATEGIES FOR DESIGNING CUBES 14 ‘TMI SERVER 16 2_ CREATING DIMENSIONS 21 DEFINING DIMENSIONS 28 EXERCISE — CREATING DIMENSIONS 37 DIMENSION ATTRIBUTES 38 (CREATE DIMENSIONS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES 43 DEFINING THE SOURCE DATA 45 IDENTIFYING VARIABLES IN THE SOURCE DATA 49 MAPPING VARIABLES TO ELEMENTS 54 SAVING AND EXECUTING THE PROCESS 60 EXERCISE 62 WORKING WITH MULTIPLE HIERARCHIES 63 TiTies 68 3 BUILDING AND POPULATING CUBES. 69 CREATING THE CUBE 70 POPULATING THE CUBES 4 EXERCISES 1 OPTIMIZING DIMENSION ORDER 92