• Web Server
• Database Server (SQL Server, Oracle)
• Cognos 8.4 Components (BI Server, BI Modeling, BI Transformer)
• Configuring all three servers

Section 2: (SQL)

• Basic SQL introduction
• Understanding of SQL Queries, Joins, Views,etc
• SQL tasks

Section 3: (Overview)

• Introduction of BI Components
• High-Level BI Architecture
• User Groups and Roles
• Data Flow through a BI System

Section 4: (Web portal)

• Introduction to BI Reporting and the sample data
• Importing packages and sample reports
• Introduction  to Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio and Event Studio

Sections 5: (Reporting Tools)

• Cognos Administration and Securities
• Report Studio (Basic and Advanced)
• Query Studio
• Analysis Studio
• Event Studio
• Cognos Go! Office

Section 6: (Modeling Tools)

• Framework Manager Modeling concepts - Relational and Dimensional
• Transformer Modeling concepts

Section 7: (Modeling and Reporting Tasks)

• Build FM Models and Transformer Models
• Create reports according to the given specifications (Relational and Dimensional)