Reporting and Analysis Software

Business Intelligence for Performance Management

Reporting and analysis software helps answer the “Why” behind your performance.

Reporting

Reporting from Cognos lets you author and distribute every report type: high-volume production reports, individual ad hoc queries, widely distributed business reports, centrally authored reports with self-service customization, and more. Draw on any data source. Rely on a single metadata layer.

The result: higher user adoption, better decisions across the organization, and the ability to respond to threats and opportunities.

  • Gain alignment with a single, reliable version of the truth —Common data definitions means you spend less time debating the numbers and more time deciding what to do.
  • Connect with all data sources — Don’t limit yourself with proprietary reporting packages that do part of the job. Author reports across multiple data sources. Get a head start on integrated performance management.
  • Make the right decisions…faster —Timely reports and self-service reporting give you the information you need, when you need it.
  • Meet the information needs of all users —Deliver information over the Web, on mobile devices, through common interfaces like Microsoft Office. Give people information the way they want to see it.

Learn more: Reporting with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence



Analysis

Analysis from Cognos lets users explore information from a variety of dimensions…under their control. How do results change over time? In different regions? By product?

  • Get the answers and detail you need —See information by department, by region, by product, and more. Drill down from a summary to transaction-level detail.
  • Find trends —See changes year over year, month to month, or any other way you want the data modeled.
  • Model your business in a multidimensional way —See how data points connect and compare with each other.
  • Complex analysis simplified —All users, whatever their business or technical level, can view relationships in your data and change displays with ease.

Learn more: Analysis with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

 
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