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Test COG-185: IBM Cognos 8 Migration Professional Exam

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Learning resources (courses, product documentation, etc.) are offered to help you to prepare for certification. The courses are strongly recommended, but not mandatory, prior to taking a certification exam.

Classroom Course

Course title: IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay: Migrating from Series 7 PowerPlay (V8.4)
Course duration: 1 day
Course number: B2411
Alternative Option - Instructor-Led Online Course: IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay: Migrating from Series 7 PowerPlay (V8.4) - ILO
Abstract: IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay: Migrating from Series 7 PowerPlay (version 8.4) is a one day course that provides attendees with knowledge of the IBM Cognos 8 environment, how PowerPlay Web and Client applications work within IBM Cognos 8, how to migrate PowerPlay applications to IBM Cognos 8, and how to administer new and migrated applications in IBM Cognos 8.

Course title: IBM Cognos 8 BI: Migrating from Series 7 Professional Workshop
Course duration: 2 days
Course number: B2485
Alternative Option - Instructor-Led Online Course: IBM Cognos 8 BI: Migrating from Series 7 Professional Workshop - ILO
Abstract: Leveraging lessons learned from hundreds of migration projects, the IBM Cognos Series 7 Migration Professional workshop will teach you how to estimate and implement effective and successful migration projects. Through hands-on workshops and team case studies, you will learn how to migrate IBM Cognos Series 7 BI applications to IBM Cognos 8 BI. To achieve this, you will: follow a proven set of developed guidelines (CSIM) perform a pre-assessment learn about different migration approaches and when to use them understand how to test and refine your project to meet customer expectations The purpose of this course is to teach consulting skills for migration projects and how to use your product knowledge to map Cognos solutions to your customer's or company's business needs.

Self-Paced Virtual Classroom

This is the self-paced online version of the classroom course and includes hands-on remote labs. The average amount of time to complete this course is 1 day. Once you receive your access information, you will have 30 days to complete this course and its labs.

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