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REFURBISHED COGNOS 8 BI REPORTING


Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

Reporting

Reporting is a key capability within Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, a single product that provides complete BI capabilities on a proven architecture.

Reporting gives you access to a complete list of self-serve report types, is adaptable to any data source, and operates from a single metadata layer for a variety of benefits such as multilingual reporting.

Complete reporting coverage including business dashboards

  • One solution for all enterprise reporting and dashboard requirements.
  • Burst personalized reports to multiple locations and in multiple formats.
  • User interface supports 10+ languages; reports delivered in 25+ languages.
  • Multiple export formats: Excel, PDF, XML, HTML, and CSV.
  • Flexible distribution methods: centralized access, email, application integration, MS Office.
  • Multilingual capabilities automatically deliver reports in users' working language.
  • A single architecture for viewing, querying, analyzing, and authoring for collaborative contributions to any report including dashboards.

Advanced authoring capabilities

  • One authoring environment for creating all report types,including dashboards.
  • Intuitive and accessible self-service report authoring.
  • Federated queries—one query drawing on multivendor data sources—even within a single reporting object.
  • Adaptive layout adjusts automatically when objects are added, moved or removed.
  • Embed live applications, Web sites, and non-BI content within a report.
  • Drag-and-drop authoring incorporates data, text, charts, graphs, and images.
  • Edit reports with prompts and toolbar commands.
  • Interactive visualizations and charting abilities.
  • Work with data using familiar business terms.
  • Use a variety of charts: crosstabs, bar/3D bar, pie/doughnut, line, gauge, funnel, scatter, dot density, waterfall, and more.
  • Create complex, multi-page layouts using different data sources without programming or workarounds.
  • Conditional suppression and automatic calculations.

Report against any data source

  • Relational sources including Oracle, SQL, IBM, Teradata, Sybase, and ODBC.
  • Dimensional sources such as Cognos OLAP, SAP BW, Microsoft SSAS, Essbase, Oracle 10G, and IBM DB2 CubeViews.
  • ERP systems like SAP, PeopleSoft, and Siebel.
  • Modern sources including XML, Java beans, JDBC, LDAP, WSDL.
  • Satellite sources such as Excel files, Access files, and flat files.
  • Legacy and Mainframe systems such as VSAM, IMS, IDMS, and Cobol Copybooks.
  • Content management data, including FileNet, Documentum, and OpenSoft.
  • High-performance federated data access across all sources.
  • Support for Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems, including mixed platform deployments.
  • SAP-certified BAPI® and iViews, Certified Powered by SAP NetWeaver®.
  • Single portal, metadata layer, and point of administration.

Web-based deployment

  • Proven scalability to 190,000 named users. Reporting times of 2.5 seconds.
  • Out-of-the-box integration with IBM WebSphere, SAP, and Plumtree enterprise portals.
  • Fully published Web services SDK.
  • Single Metadata layer for all reporting.

Quote Request

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Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Reporting Reporting is a key capability within Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, a single product that provides complete BI capabilities on a proven architecture. Reporting gives you access to a complete list of self-serve report types, is adaptable to any data sourc ...