Our next meeting is being hosted by American Eagle at their south side location on September 3, 2010 from 12:30 – 4:15 pm.

Please RSVP to membership@cbig-pittsburgh.com or register on-line at http://www.cbig-pittsburgh.com (use the Upcoming Events tab) by Wednesday, September 1, 2010 to reserve your place at the meeting.

Please note that at this meeting there will three presentations from members of the group. This information may be of interest to others in your organization, and you are encouraged to invite them. However, seating is limited, so please register early.

AGENDA

12:30 – 1:00
Lunch – Provided by SON Systems International

1:00 – 2:00
Scott Kramer of American Eagle will present two topics: Macro substitution in the framework model, which involves passing parameters down from the report to the query subject as a way to speed up queries. He will also discuss how to use the Audit database to monitor run / complete / success / fail status of triggered reports.

2:00 – 2:45
Linda Torquato, Manager of Business Intelligence at the Institute for Transfusion Medicine, will present a Metric Studio Scorecarding application that is being developed for senior management. This application will facilitate Business Performance Management by allowing decision makers to monitor and analyze their key performance indicators.

2:45 – 3:00
Break

3:00 – 4:00
Rich Nemeth of American Eagle will discuss the use of 8.4 to save report files to an output location. How to use Event Studio to call a web service that moves files from an output location to a new server location and emailing users that files have been moved.

How AE used the Cognos Upgrade Manager to help validate reports when moving from 8.1 to 8.4.

4:00 – 4:15
Closing Remarks

There is a $10 fee for attending the meeting to cover costs.

We welcome vendors to provide information regarding their Cognos related products and services. A table will be available to distribute these materials. If your organization would like to sponsor an upcoming CBIG meeting, please send an email to chairman@cbig-pittsburgh.com.

Address, Parking and Site Instructions

American Eagle – South Side location
77 Hot Metal Street
Pittsburgh, PA

Parking at American Eagle
In the gray American Eagle parking garage next door you can have your parking validated.

We would like to express our thanks to American Eagle for hosting this meeting, Eric Burling of SON Systems for providing the lunch, and to Rich Nemeth and Scott Kramer for making the arrangements.