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level agreements (SLAs). With this adapter, users can load, define, launch, and monitor tasks in a Cognos

environment, while Cisco Workload Automation manages the moving parts in a BI infrastructure in the right

order and delivers them at the right time to the right person. The result is saved time, reduced errors, and the

ability to create ad hoc reports in an environment that normally requires considerable planning and a significant

level of control over service level management.

Features and Benefits

Using Cisco Workload Automation Adapter for Cognos can dramatically simplify the process of scheduling,

tracking, and managing all BI workloads regardless of the number of dependencies, systems, and applications

involved. This adapter, in combination with Cisco Workload Automation, offers the following capabilities:

Complex Dependency Management – BI operations staff can create job definitions that manage the most

complex Cognos dependency and runtime requirements.

Centralized View and Control – Cisco Workload Automation enables users to develop process streams and

manage the information flow from a centralized console, thereby providing greater control over all aspects of a

Cognos job environment, including its relationship to all other enterprise jobs.

Cognos Security Enforcement – The adapter enforces Cognos security policies by authenticating with

Cognos through associations between Cisco Workload Automation runtime users and Cognos security settings.

Creating a Cognos job from Cisco Workload Automation is highly secure and as simple as creating any other

Enterprise Scheduler job.

Complete Cognos Job Tracking – A Cisco Workload Automation job definition for Cognos refers to report-

and-query data that is retrieved from the Cognos content store. The job definition can be augmented with

format, print, save, and e-mail disposition options, as well as parameter value overrides that can refer to

enterprise-wide scheduling variables. Once a job has submitted a task to the Cognos environment, the adapter

monitors the process until it is completed. It then returns the final completion status, as well as details

associated with the job run, to Cisco Workload Automation. This information can then be used to trigger

downstream jobs or other dependent workloads.

High Visibility and Fine Control – Cisco Workload Automation Adapter for Cognos enables users to cancel,

abort, or rerun tasks from Cisco Workload Automation, a feature that provides better control over the scheduling

environment than that afforded by scripting or other non-integrated solutions.

Usage Scenario

Cisco Workload Automation Adapter for Cognos users can leverage all the workload definition flexibility

provided by Cisco Workload Automation. They can use this comprehensive solution to merge BI system and

enterprise resource planning (ERP) application processes into a cohesive, centrally managed job stream, which

also provides error detection, automated remediation, and alerts management.