Using the Power of IBM Tivoli Common Reporting to Make Smart Decisions: The Untold Story
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This document summarizes a presentation about using IBM's Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) for reporting on monitoring data collected by IBM products. It introduces TCR and its components, describes how it integrates with tools like IBM Tivoli Performance Expert and IBM WebSphere Application Server, and demonstrates sample reports. The presentation highlights how TCR can provide customizable, extensive reporting to help with performance management, capacity planning, and understanding SLA conformity.
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Using the Power of IBM Tivoli Common Reporting to Make Smart Decisions: The Untold Story
- 1. CONNECT WITH US: Effective Reporting using Tivoli Common Reporting Suresh Wilson Technology Manager - Prolifics
- 2. CONNECT WITH US: Agenda Reporting and its importance Basics of Tivoli Common Reporting Tivoli Data Warehouse TCR – Data Model TCR - Components Live demo 2
- 3. CONNECT WITH US: Speaker Introduction 3 Suresh Wilson Technology Manager - Prolifics Technology Manager focusing on enterprise systems, cloud services, enterprise integration and performance management; focusing primarily on IBM WebSphere, Tivoli (CS&I) and Rational product lines.
- 4. CONNECT WITH US: Prolifics at a Glance 4 5-Years Compound Annual Growth Rate 19% Employees Worldwide 1,500 Global Presence United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India 20+ Technology Accelerators 550+ Technical Certifications Over 10 Technology and Solutions Awards since 2009 including Business Agility, Customer Integration and Digital Experience, the first ever Beacon Laureate for Business Agility Over 160 global customers are currently Fortune 1000 companies Best-in-class architects and specialty experts: BPM, Integration, Digital Experience, Security, Testing, Business Analytics and Enterprise Content Management End-to-End Project Expertise Rate of Repeat Engagements* 91% Years in Business 35+ Offices 14 Awards Technology Expertise Fortune 1000 *based on % revenue Source – December 2013 internal revenue metrics
- 5. CONNECT WITH US: Collaborate and learn 5 Let’s keep the session interactive….. And let’s learn something new…
- 6. CONNECT WITH US: APM – Core features Monitoring tools can (typically) provide: Real-time runtime status of servers and applications Ability to send alerts and notifications Integrate with ticketing or event management systems Ability to take automated actions
- 7. CONNECT WITH US: APM Reporting – Why is it important? Wouldn’t it be nice if the monitoring tool can also help in: Performing analytics Capacity planning Performance management Easily share performance and availability data Understanding SLA conformity
- 8. CONNECT WITH US: IBM Solutions and Reporting How does reporting work in the IBM APM world? Tool specific reporting (think TEPS, APM UI, SaaS APM UI etc.) Tivoli Common Reporting (for complete, feature-rich, customizable reporting) * TCR Integration in the IBM SaaS offering
- 9. CONNECT WITH US: Tivoli Common Reporting TCR is a shared reporting solution used by several IBM products Most APM agents provide ready to use out-of-the-box reports Based on the IBM Cognos BI software Integrated with Jazz for Service Management
- 10. CONNECT WITH US: Sample List of Out-of-the-Box Reports OS Reports SOA Reports
- 11. CONNECT WITH US: So, why are we having this session? Most APM customers… Do not fully utilize the reporting features (or maybe uses out-of-the-box reports) Do not understand the power of Cognos BI And hence the objective is… Understand how to use TCR from an APM user perspective Learn how to get more out of APM investment
- 12. CONNECT WITH US: Tivoli Common Reporting – Data Flow TEPS – Enable attributes for historical collection WPA – Sends the real-time data to the warehouse SnP – Define the summarization and pruning configuration JazzfSM
- 13. CONNECT WITH US: Tivoli Common Reporting – Roles APM SME Application SME Cognos SME Enable/Optimize historical collection Manage APM configuration Determine which KPIs to report on Work with APM and Cognos SMEs to create efficient reports Create/Customize TCR Reports Add intelligence and user experience to reports
- 14. CONNECT WITH US: Tivoli Common Reporting – Roles Or use that “one” person who can do it all
- 15. CONNECT WITH US: Effective Reports start with historical collection
- 16. CONNECT WITH US: Warehouse Filtering Enable the right attributes for historical warehouse collection 1. Collect only the attributes necessary to meet the reporting requirements 2. Use attributes filtering to minimize data collection and maximize value Example: WebSphere Request Analysis
- 17. CONNECT WITH US: Verify the data model TCR rely on the underlying data model to generate reports (comes with the APM agent reports) Verify the data model to make sure that it contains the correct attributes Use Cognos Framework Manager to make changes (only if needed)
- 18. CONNECT WITH US: Decide on how to visualize the data Understand the reporting requirements of the target audience Choose the correct reporting format Make the report customizable and extensible Make use of reporting workspaces
- 19. CONNECT WITH US: Key Reporting features Active Reports – self contained reports, dynamic interaction Cognos Reporting Workspaces – combine different reports to create custom reporting workspaces Numerous reporting formats to choose from
- 20. CONNECT WITH US: Sample reporting formats
- 21. CONNECT WITH US: APM Reporting DEMO
- 22. CONNECT WITH US: Sample reports
- 23. CONNECT WITH US: Sample reports
- 24. CONNECT WITH US: Learn More… Prolifics at InterConnect 24 Monday How Broadcast Music, Inc. Devised and Enabled Enterprise Architecture from Corporate Strategy 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Integrating Salesforce.com and Oracle ERP Using IBM WebSphere Cast Iron 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Recommended Design Considerations for Enterprise Monitoring using SCAPM and Netcool OMNIbus 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Tuesday Smarter Integration Using the IBM SOA Foundation Stack: Best Practices and Lessons Learned 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Best Practices for Monitoring Your Cloud Environment and Applications 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Applicability of IBM SOA Approach In Manual Processes Automation 11:30 AM-11:50 AM Leveraging Governance in the IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository for IIB and DataPower 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Broadcast Music Inc. Release Rockstars: Program-Wide DevOps Success with UrbanCode Deploy 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Empowering SmartCloud APM - Predictive Insights and Analysis: A Use Case Scenario 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Wednesday Architecting and Tuning IIB/eXtreme Scale for Maximum Performance and Reliability, Featuring TBC 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM MasterCard's Modeling and Governance of Decisions and Processes for Improved Fraud 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM How BMI is Revolutionizing the Music Business Using IBM’s BPM and Integration Technology 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Integrating IBM Pure Application Systems and IBM Urbancode Deploy: A GE Capital Case Study 2 :00 PM – 3:00 PM Thursday Aetna’s Vision for a Healthier World: Smarter Architecture and a Scalable Integration Bus 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Meet the Expert - Delivering Enterprise Applications: Faster. Cheaper. Better Thursday 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM Using the Power of IBM Tivoli Common Reporting to Make Smart Decisions: The Untold Story 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
- 25. CONNECT WITH US: Thank You Your Feedback is Important! Access the InterConnect 2015 Conference CONNECT Attendee Portal to complete your session surveys from your smartphone, laptop or conference kiosk.
- 26. CONNECT WITH US: Let’s Continue the Conversation…. Suresh Wilson [email protected] Visit these useful links on the Prolifics website: Case Studies http://www.prolifics.com/resources/case-studies Webcasts http://www.prolifics.com/resources/webcasts Videos http://www.prolifics.com/resources/videos Solution Briefs http://www.prolifics.com/resources/solution-briefs Blog http://www.prolifics.com/blog Twitter http://www.twitter.com/prolifics Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ProlificsTech Prolifics TV http://www.youtube.com/prolificstv