IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Dashboard

IBM® InfoSphere® Information Governance Dashboard provides access to metadata that can be used to assess and monitor the implementation of your governance policies and rules. You can use the companion SQL views plus the included Cognos reports and dashboards to assess your governance progress and customize the reports to suit your needs. You can use the exception management reporting capability to view reports on exceptions sets.

Overview
By using IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Dashboard you can measure the impact and effectiveness of your information governance initiatives by querying and visualizing business, technical, and operational metadata that is collected and cataloged by IBM InfoSphere Information Server products.

Preparing to use InfoSphere Information Governance Dashboard
Before you use IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Dashboard, familiarize yourself with the terminology conventions used in InfoSphere Information Governance Dashboard and in the SQL views. Also become familiar with the planning and implementation that is necessary for the information governance environment.

Configuring components
Before you can run the Cognos information governance reports or use the SQL views and model schemas, you must complete installation and configuration tasks.

Working with the Cognos reports
You can access IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Dashboard reports, charts, lists, and drill-down reports in the Public Folders section of IBM Cognos Connection.

Implementing your own information governance reports
You can create information governance reports that are based on SQL views, models, and queries. These reports give you deeper insight into your information governance by identifying more useful forms and patterns in your information assets and metadata.

Troubleshooting governance reports
Certain problems can occur while you are using IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Dashboard. The issues documented in this section provide descriptions of the problems and steps to correct them.