Description

The IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook Advanced Analysis & Importing Course will provide students with an advanced level of knowledge to conduct complex analysis and importing using the latest version of Analyst’s Notebook (ANB).

Students will use complex data sets to gain an in-depth understanding of how the advanced analytical capabilities of the software can become a vital tool to support intelligence and investigations.

To support students from all working environments, a range of data sets are used during the course, including people, financial, communication and crime data.

Prerequisites

Students must have attended the IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook 3-day Core Essentials & Importing Course. Students must also have a satisfactory understanding of Microsoft Windows and Office applications.

Audience

This course is suitable for anyone wishing to learn how to use the advanced functions of the software.

Objectives

• Complete knowledge assessment of topics covered on Core Essentials & Importing Course
• Utilise the advanced analysis functions to search and interrogate the chart to identify key entities to support analysis
• Identify any intelligence gaps and discrepancies in temporal data using Activity View
• Utilise the Social Network Analysis functions to identify key Entities within a network to support Subject and Network Analysis
• Design new and apply standard Conditional Formatting Specifications to identify patterns within the data and display potential discrepancies
• Demonstrate how to add Filters, Histograms and Heat Matrix to display data that can be added to reports and presentations
• Complete final exercise

Topics

• Existing knowledge
  • Review existing knowledge of topics covered on the 3-day Core Essentials & Importing course
• Analyse
  • Search Charts using all the advanced search methods which highlight patterns and help to interrogate data
  • Use Find Connecting Networks, Find Linked and List Linked Items to identify connections between Entities
  • Use Find Path to identify connections / paths between Entities
  • Utilise the Find Clusters to help target key Entities
  • Apply Selection Sets to Entities to support your analysis
  • Use the Activity View function to identify potential discrepancies in the data
• Complex Import
  • Design an Import Specification to create an Association Chart using a complex set of data
  • Create a new Import Specification to create a Sequence of Events Chart using Theme Lines and Event Frames
  • Prepare an Import Specification to chart communications data
• Social Network Analysis
  • Apply the social network analysis functions of degree, closeness, betweenness and eigenvector and k- core to assist analysing charts
  • Utilise the 'Copy to Table' function to further analyse the results in other software applications
  • Add a Link weighting to configure results based on their Link type
  • Create a new Link weighting and export it to Excel
• Conditional Formatting
  • Understand the concept of conditional formats including the rules, style variations and limitations
  • Apply an existing conditional format to change how entities are displayed using social network analysis results
  • Create a new specification altering link width and colour using the gradual scale rule
  • Create a new specification using analysis attributes to alter Links and Entities
• Filters & Histograms
  • Apply Filters to identify specific Entities or Links to help interrogate the Chart
  • Create Histograms to support your analysis
  • Apply a Heat Matrix to export to other software applications – PowerPoint, Word or Excel
• Final Exercise
  • Complete a final exercise using all functions of the software