Cognos BI
Reporting
IBM Cognos 10 BI Reporting enables users to make smarter business decisions by providing them with a comprehensive set of reporting capabilities and access to the information they need. Reporting with IBM Cognos 10 BI delivers a single, Web-based, solution for all components of the reporting lifecycle:
- Self-service reporting - enables business users to get the information they need quickly and easily without relying on IT.
- Author once, access anywhere - enables IT to create a single report that users can access on multiple devices, in 25+ languages, in multiple formats, and in other applications and processes
- Report lifecycle - enables collaboration between business and IT by enabling the sharing of queries and reports
Robust Analysis
IBM Cognos 10 BI Analysis enables the interactive exploration of information regardless of where the data is stored (online analytical processing (OLAP) and dimensionally modeled relational sources). It is particularly useful for managers and analysts who need to analyze and report trends in organizational performance.
- Perform complex analysis quickly and easily to get to the "why" behind an event or action to improve business performance.
- Analyze what's driving your business with data organized in logical categories such as fiscal periods, sales regions and product groups.
- Move from summary level to transaction level detail or from one PowerCube to another, to find exactly the information you are looking for.
- Sophisticated time trending with built-in customizable time series lets you analyze what has changed over previous years, quarters, months and other critical measures.
