become COGNOS TM1 administrator

[mallika1231]

Hi There,

I am an MBA Finance student without software knowledge. I've joined in a MNC and they assigned as COGNOS Administrator but very simple jobs like giving user access and pulling out reports etc. Is it now possible me to learn some development work i.e developing models and designing cubes. Do I learn more software skills for that?
Please help I am very interested to learn that. If yes is it possible to learn online some where. Because I can't afford 1000 bucks for that. Plz help, thanks

[Alan Kirk]

I am an MBA Finance student without software knowledge. I've joined in a MNC

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and they assigned as COGNOS Administrator but very simple jobs like giving user access and pulling out reports etc. Is it now possible me to learn some development work i.e developing models and designing cubes. Do I learn more software skills for that?

Obviously you do, but it's a question of where you get them. Ultimately to become good at TM1 you need to:
(a) Read the manuals and documentation; but most importantly of all
(b) Practice. Create cubes, write rules, create interfaces, reorder cubes to get an unserstanding of optimal design, etc, etc. Then practice some more. The majority of your skills will be driven from practical, hands on experience.

Now, there are some courses available through IBM training, but...

Please help I am very interested to learn that. If yes is it possible to learn online some where. Because I can't afford 1000 bucks for that.

That's unfortunate, because it's closer to $3500 and that's in US dollars:
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/servic ... Code=P6502

However it is possible to self-learn the most important aspects of TM1; that's what most of the older hands had to do simply because there were no courses at the time. There wasn't even an OLAP Forums where you can now turn for help if you've looked through the documentation and can't find the answer.

Though having said that the software is of course a lot more complex now than it was back in the version 6 days where we didn't even have TurboIntegrator, for instance; don't even think about Web or EV.

The first part of your message isn't entirely clear, but I'm assuming that you're currently working for a place which uses TM1; perhaps they could give you access to their development environment to play around in? Even if they can't, I assume that you have a Perspectives (as opposed to Client) licence which means that you can create a local server, and your own cubes on that server. (Even better, you could create a server service on your own desktop and connect to that, which would give you the opportunity to experiment with having various logins with different permissions.) It'd be worth downloading the documentation in .pdf format and working through some of those. Start with creating dimensions, then create a cube, then write some rules, then write some TIs.

But the important thing is that you have access to the software; TM1 isn't a tool that you can learn "in theory" and then apply it.

[mallika1231]

Morning Krik,

Thanks you so much for your reply. Unfortunately I am resigned from that company and looking for a job.So, it is not possible for me to practice in office. But thanks again for your reply and try to get some material to practice my self. $3500 is really high for me to afford, but through the help of my colleagues I will try to learn as much as possible. Thanks once again.
Have a good day..

[adelan]

Hi, i'm highly interested in becoming TM1 developer and i would like to know the easiest way to achieve this. my background is mainly desktop support with some SQL. Any advice would be highly regarded. Cheers

[ibmcognostraining]

Hi Adelan,

Please see the following post. It will help you in getting TM1 Developer Training:

http://forums.olapforums.com/viewtopic. ... 519#p11676

Thanks

[Alan Kirk]

Hi, i'm highly interested in becoming TM1 developer and i would like to know the easiest way to achieve this. my background is mainly desktop support with some SQL. Any advice would be highly regarded. Cheers

There is no easy way, I'm afraid. The way is experience, experience and more experience. Formal training can get you started but ultimately you'd need to get into a job, perhaps in an assistant admin role, which would give you the chance to work with the software. Some consultants offer training, but which one may suit your needs depends on where you are and where they are. IBM offers formal training (someteimes classroom based, sometimes by distance), but it's expensive. As this is becoming something of a frequently asked question, I've added links to the IBM training in the FAQ thread:

IBM / Cognos Formal Training
Note: Some private consultants also do training courses, which may be listed in the Commercial forum.
Main course list
Admin Role training path
Modeler Role training path