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First foundation: Level 1 & 2
Database Management Systems Overview
Introduction to Oracle & SQL
Report Building with Cognos Impromptu and Business Objects
Cognos Administration
Cognos Powerplay
Oracle PL/SQL Programming
Oracle Database Administration


Hands-on database and Business Intelligence Training

First foundation: Level 1 & 2
SQL is used to get data from relational databases. It is the foundation of many client/server systems and is implemented in more than 100 computer languages. It runs on many computers ranging from PCs to mainframes and on most operating systems.
Oracle and Access are two of the most widely used SQL products. You will learn this products in class 1 & 2.
Now you're ready for Business Intelligence: Levels 3 - 5!
Enterprise Reporting is the most troublesome and persistent problems with large database and ERP systems is in huge need of the effective and accurate reporting of management information on a timely basis.
Cognos Impromptu and Business Objects are the world standard for desktop reporting and design. Whether you're creating standalone reports or integrating them into your applications.
1. Database Management Systems Overview
2. Oracle and SQL
3. Report Building with Cognos Impromptu and Business Objects
4. Cognos Impromptu Administration
5. Cognos Powerplay
6. Oracle PL/SQL Programming
7. Oracle Database Administration


Database Management Systems Overview
Beginning Microsoft Access course introduces relational database concepts and ways to get an application started using MS Access, providing a foundation for database management.
You start with a review of fundamental relational concepts and build a beginning application to be used during the follow-up courses.
The course is for people who have never built a database before, need a hands-on introduction to Microsoft Access, or would like to have relational theory explained in a simple, down-to-earth style using an applied approach.
In Data Modeling and Relational Database Design, participants learn a systematic approach to database development using entity-relationship models, normalization and relational database design.


Introduction to Oracle & SQL
Understand databases and how to use SQL to create and manipulate data and databases.
Through use of a number of Oracle tools, you learn how Oracle works, how to code in SQL and PL/SQL, and fundamentals of designing and creating a database.
Through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on tutorials, and class projects, you learn SQL and PL/SQL syntax; the basics of database design and normalization; how to use the Oracle SQL*Plus tools to create tables; how to add integrity constraints, database procedures, functions, packages, and triggers to the database.


Report Building with Cognos Impromptu and Business Objects
This course focuses on practical application and in-depth understanding of Impromptu, so that report builders, analysts, and administrators have the ability to apply what they have learned to their specific business environment.

Report Building with Impromptu and then fundamentals and comparisons with Business Objects teaches you how to create, organize, customize, and format reports. The emphasis is on standard and ad hoc reporting. You will learn how to meet the ever-changing needs of your user community and accommodate potential changes to source databases and organizational structures.


Cognos Administration
This course provides new Impromptu administrators with the skills they need to plan, implement, deploy, and maintain an Impromptu application for users with a variety of reporting requirements.

Following a typical application development project life cycle, participants learn how to design and build an Impromptu application for a sample user group within an organization. The course takes you through the planning process, from identifying your users, their data requirements, and the available data, to the actual creation of the application in Impromptu.
Through hands-on demos and workshops, you learn how to accomplish the specific tasks required of an Impromptu administrator. You also learn how to deploy the Impromptu application throughout the organization, and how to keep your Impromptu application up to date and consistent with the changing needs of your users. Because the requirements of every Impromptu environment are unique, this course emphasizes general concepts and specific skills that can be applied to your specific environment.


Cognos Powerplay
Cognos PowerPlay offers all the basics of business intelligence: ad hoc query, multidimensional (OLAP) analysis and reporting, with export to Microsoft Excel.
Cognos provides a way of viewing multidimensional data, such as Product * Time * Units * Revenue, with the capabilities of changing the parameters with just the click of a button.
Cognos utilizes the information within your current applications and displays the data for effective analysis. Cognos also works with ERP packages so you can maximize your investment.
Cognos PowerPlay is an OLAP application server for Web, Windows, and Excel clients. It enables the deployment of On Line Analytic Processing reporting across the entire enterprise.


Oracle PL/SQL Programming
This course enables participants to learn how to write PL/SQL procedures, functions and packages. Working in both the Procedure Builder and the SQL*Plus environments, participants will learn how to create and manage PL/SQL program units and database triggers. Participants will also learn how to use some of the Oracle-supplied packages.


Oracle Database Administration
This course is designed to give the Oracle database administrator (DBA) a firm foundation in basic administrative tasks. Through instructor-led learning, structured hands-on practices, and challenge-level exercise labs, the DBA will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot an Oracle8 or Oracle9 database.


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