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Business Intelligence

Product Direction: CGI infoAdvantage

(Business Intelligence)
115
Monday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Update
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

State and local governments require a solution that provides easy access to information across the organization to drive improved decision making. CGI infoAdvantage continues to add additional features and functionality to enhance reporting and information gathering processes. Significant changes are planned in the next few years. This session will address the product direction of CGI infoAdvantage, including exciting new features planned for release 3.11 and beyond.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to define strategic direction and key upcoming enhancements for CGI infoAdvantage.

 

Spread the Word with CGI infoAdvantage Publications and Scheduling Features

(Business Intelligence)
125
Monday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

Learn how to leverage scheduling and publication features within the CGI infoAdvantage solution to reach a broader range of end users. This session will include a discussion on key aspects of planning your publication approach and security impacts to consider as part of the planning process.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Set up scheduling and publishing based on the sites' business needs
  • Establish security and identify users for security assignments

 

Lock Down Your Enterprise Information through Advanced Security Features

(Business Intelligence)
135
Monday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

Security configuration does not have to end with your initial implementation effort. The CGI infoAdvantage community benefits from several advanced security features. Come learn about strategies for implementing two of these advanced features; row level security and data masking.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to analyze, develop, and implement row level security and data masking based on their business needs.

 

Optimizing Your Business Intelligence Resources through Metadata Management and Auditing

(Business Intelligence)
145
Monday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

Get the most out of understanding the data about your data and how and when your data may be used. This session will provide real world examples of how clients have deleted obsolete business intelligence content and refined application settings due to changes in system usage and the benefits achieved.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define metadata and know how and when to use it
  • Understand and leverage the metadata tools provided for CGI infoAdvantage
  • Configure the audit functionality in the BusinesObjects Enterprise
  • Perform an assessment of the business intelligence content in their BusinessObjects Enterprise

 

Best Practices for Report Design and Discussion with Client Panel of Experts

(Business Intelligence)
155
Monday 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

CGI infoAdvantage provides users at all levels with real-time access to data in searchable online reports to quickly visualize key metrics and manage day-to-day operations. This session provides an opportunity to learn about report design and development best practices including how users overcame challenges and helpful suggestions for report implementation. This session will also include a panel of CGI and client community experts to share best practices and lessons learned. Come with questions!

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Demonstrate a general understanding of the report development methodology and framework
  • Describe how to use the report design template
  • Describe best practices for designing reports viewed on a mobile device

 

CGI Enterprise Intelligence360 in Action: Transparency, Mobility, and Exploration

(Business Intelligence)
215
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Basic
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

Learn how some sites are leveraging the power of business intelligence tools to meet the needs of varying audiences within their organization. This session will include examples of dashboards and explorer information spaces deployed to a user community. There will also be a deeper dive into new CGI Enterprise Intelligence360 content available with release 3.10 including the transparency solution, information spaces, and mobility.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Identify and demonstrate business intelligence content that leverages CGI Advantage and non-CGI Advantage data
  • Describe the requirements for transparency demanded by public interest groups
  • Describe business intelligence trends in state and local government (mobility, self service/exploration of data)
  • Define a use case that illustrates leveraging the broader toolset and access to non-CGI Advantage ERP data to meet a customer's business needs

 

Planning Your Migration to BusinessObjects 4.0

(Business Intelligence)
225
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

Learn about the new capabilities available with BusinessObjects 4.0 (commonly referred to as BI 4.0). This session will introduce key enhancements that the CGI infoAdvantage end user and system administrator will benefit from when moving to BI 4.0. Presenters will discuss planning for a BI 4.0 upgrade, the upgrade path, system considerations, and the tools available to support an upgrade.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe BI 4.0 capabilities
  • Describe what to expect during the upgrade
  • Plan and execute the upgrade

 

Powerful Reporting Brought to Life

(Business Intelligence)
235
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

This session is for report developers and people interested in getting the most out of the CGI infoAdvantage toolset. Empower managers and users with actionable decision-making capabilities to proactively identify and resolve issues early. Learn how to create information spaces to enable self-exploration of information for root cause analysis. Use advanced reporting features like drill down and input controls to focus on important information and avoid data overload.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe how to develop a simple explorer information space
  • Apply concepts to develop reports that include alerts with scorecard, drill down, drill thru with link reports, and input controls with a graph

 

Diving into Dashboards Planning and Creation Strategies

(Business Intelligence)
245
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours: 1.0 hour
Onsite credits: 1.0 credit

The CGI infoAdvantage dashboard opens up a new world of reporting and communication possibilities using a rich, interactive, graphical user interface. This session dives deeper into features and benefits of the CGI infoAdvantage dashboard, such as the ability to easily view progress, the ability to focus on high-level trends and measures, how to drill down into the details, and the ability to make reports and dashboards readily available in CGI Advantage.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe how to incorporate dashboards and reports into CGI Advantage
  • Identify the new dashboards available in release 3.10
  • Understand how to add a drill down URL to a dashboard
  • Understand how to use business intelligence workspaces for dashboards and reports