IBM Planning Analytics & Cognos Analytics Training
Training built for your team, taught by the consultants who build the models
Every Lodestar course is led by an active IBM Planning Analytics or Cognos Analytics consultant, not a trainer reading from a manual. Your team learns on your data, from people who implement this software for a living Analytics consultant, not a trainer reading from a manual. Your team learns on your data, from people who implement this software for a living.
IBM Gold Partner
Real Consultant Providing Training
20+ Years IBM Planning Analytics
& Cognos
Hundreds of Training
Programs Completed
The Lodestar Solutions Training Standard
We don't hand your team off to a trainer who learned the software from a slide deck. Every class is taught by a Lodestar Sr. consultant who is in client models every week, so questions get real answers, not scripted ones.
Training customized to where your team sits today
New clients, everyday users, power users, and administrators all need something different. We build every session around your role, your data, and your environment, IBM Planning Analytics or IBM Cognos Analytics.
New Client Onboarding Training for Planning analytics
For teams just going live on Planning Analytics
Get every stakeholder, finance, FP&A, and department leaders, comfortable and confident in the new environment from day one.
- Built around your live model, not a demo file
- Role-based sessions for planners, reviewers, and approvers
- Recorded sessions for future new hires
End User Planning Anlytics Training
For the people who plan, submit, and report every month
Practical, hands-on training that gets your budget holders and casual users productive fast, using your actual forms, cubes, and dashboards.
- Focused on day-to-day tasks: input, submission, review
- Available virtual, onsite, or self-paced
- Optional recorded sessions for onboarding new staff
Cognos Power User Training
For your model owners and super users
Go deeper into cube design, TurboIntegrator processes, rules, and dashboard build so your internal experts can maintain and extend the model themselves.
- Hands-on model-building exercises
- Covers TI processes, rules, and security
- Built to reduce reliance on outside consultants
Gap Training for New Admins
For administrators new to your environment or a recent upgrade
We close the specific gap between what a new administrator already knows and what your current version of Planning Analytics or Cognos Analytics can actually do.
- Targets only the features and functionality that changed
- No paying for a full week of material they already know
- Ideal after a staffing change or a version upgrade
Advanced Planning Analytics Classes
For Planning Analytics Administrators
Advanced modeling, Planning Analytics Workspace, scenario planning, and performance tuning taught by consultants who build these models for mid-market finance teams every day.
- Advanced TI, rules, and process design
- Planning Analytics Workspace deep dive
- Model performance and optimization
Advanced Cognos Analytics Classes
For report authors and BI teams
Advanced reporting, dashboarding, and data module design, plus what's new in Cognos Analytics 12, including AI Assistant, taught hands-on with your data sources.
- Cognos Analytics Reporting, advanced techniques
- Dashboarding and data module best practices
- What's new in the latest release
A simple path to the right training plan
New client, new administrator, power user, or looking to go advanced. We start with a short conversation, not a form.
We identify exactly what your team needs to learn, and skip what they already know.
Virtual, onsite, or self-paced, taught by a practicing Planning Analytics or Cognos Analytics consultant.
Reuse it for new hires or as a refresher, extending the value of every session.
Sessions are led by Mike Bernaiche, IBM Analytics Practice Lead. Both are recognized IBM Champions, drawing on over 20 years of exclusively IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) and Cognos work.
Ready when you are. Let's build the right training plan for your team.
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