Home » blogs » Monique Roques's blog

iMIS Analytics Training Objectives

Posted May 19th, 2006 by Monique Roques

Below is the Course Objectives based on a fresh look at the iMIS Analytics tech support issues.

The class will cover:

 Analytics concepts: data cubes, data marts, and OLAPs
 Architecture of iMIS Analytics installation
 Meeting System Requirements
 Installing iMIS Analytics
 Initial loading of iMIS data into the warehouse
 Securing iMIS Analytics
 Examining pre-defined views in the iMIS Analytics Briefing Book
 Including User Defined data as attributes in customer dimensions
 Configuring iMIS Analytics to track custom iMIS demographics

Lots of good information at Innovations. This should be incorporated into the book, if it hasn't been already. I will take a look at that next week.

Monique Roques's blog | login or register to post comments | printer friendly version

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

pro clarity

On May 19th, 2006 Jay McCormack says:

I know we don't support/train it, but is it owrth thinking about at least some aspects of installing and using pro clarity in this environment?

It's funny when demonstrating analytics, you're demonstrating pro clarity and that's what people are seeing and expecting.

login or register to post comments

Including Pro-Clarity in Training?

On May 19th, 2006 Monique Roques says:

mroques@advsol.com

Jay, this is an excellent point. While we cannot train on ProClarity, we could point them to the documentation available to them. Do you know of any issues with installing this product with iMIS? Perhaps we could mention of those as well.

login or register to post comments

It works!

On May 19th, 2006 Jay McCormack says:

No, it works as designed and no issues i know of. There are probably 2 tricks i;ve learned in playing with the product, there are some of things i'm talking about i guess.

login or register to post comments

proclarity

On May 19th, 2006 Steve Smith says:

We should certainly train them on how to install it. It's in the manual, anyways.

There are many opportunities to learn about using ProClarity - from ProClarity. If we become resellers, then we make commissions on such services that are sold.

login or register to post comments

Pro-Clarity

On May 19th, 2006 Estelle Olvera says:

We should be focused on teaching our users how to use the Analytics Briefing Book that is shipped with Pro-Clarity and not teaching them how to use Pro-Clarity.

login or register to post comments

I don't know whether you can

On May 19th, 2006 Jay McCormack says:

I don't know whether you can do one without the other.

In talking with Steve just now, I think one of the biggest issues with Analytics is that you need a business intelligence background to be succesful. Perhaps we need to find a general BI overview course, not specific to any product, and make that a sort of pre-requisite.

It's clear to me that the people that have had success in demonstrating/selling/implementing/consulting Analytics are those that have had some experience with BI in the past.

I will post some tips around what I have learned with proclarity in the forum over the next day or so.

login or register to post comments

The careful balance of teaching non-supported information

On May 19th, 2006 Steve Smith says:

I like your initial thought here, Monique. My initial read of this is that it stictly goes by the "Installing iMIS Analytics" book.

As it has become really clear through this site, many critical points of education come outside of the rubrick of what is in our documentation. I understand that this puts you in a precarious position.

Can ASI teach content that is generated using non-supported resources?

I hope the answer is, "yes", but then again, if so - we need to treat the situation very carefully.

I'd be interested in hearing other's perspectives.

login or register to post comments

I agree, i think the outline

On May 19th, 2006 Jay McCormack says:

I agree, i think the outline is really good.

In relation to teaching something non-supported; I guess you build a reference document that maybe becomes an appendix? That way it can still be 'disclaimed' if need be.

login or register to post comments