Customizing IBM Rational Insight

You can customize Rational® Insight to suit your specific business requirements. Customization can involve fairly straightforward tasks (such as mapping attributes) and complex jobs (such as extracting, loading, and reporting on a new dimensional entity). It does not require complex programming but only the knowledge of a few tools and techniques.

You can customize the following based on your specific organizational needs:

XML data configuration

Using IBM® Rational Insight XML data configuration (XML data configuration), you can modify sample configuration files or create your own files that map source XML data to the columns of a relational data table. You can customize these sample definitions to make sure that any customization that you may have done at the source are reflected in these mappings. Make sure you are pulling the right data attributes by reviewing the sample configuration files (.xdc), and then using XML data configuration to customize the configuration file.

Extract, transform, and load jobs

If you have customized any XML configuration files, you can use the IBM Cognos® Data Manager (Data Manager) to map the attributes into IBM Rational Insight data warehouse (RDW). Through Data Manager, you can schedule and run jobs and builds using a set of processing rules, which can be customized to cater to any modifications made in the configuration files or the RDW.

Data warehouse schema

Through IBM InfoSphere™ Data Architect, you can physically model the database schema to meet specific business needs.

Metadata models

Through IBM Cognos Framework Manager, you can create and maintain business-related metadata models for report authoring without needing to focus on SQL commands or on the physical structure of data. Using the customization capability you can customize the metamodel to reflect new relationships or ways of aggregating data.

Report designs

Through the IBM Cognos Report Studio, you can create your own report templates, and run and view operational and drill-down reports for business metrics, key performance indicators, and trends. The report templates can be edited, run, and shared. The project dashboard can be customized to display key project reports, and fetch reports against saved queries.


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