REPORTERS a.s. - Reporting

COGNOS 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/donut, 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.

Examples:

Whitepapers:

Information about Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and its ability to cover all user's reporting needs:
Reporting & Dashboards

Additional resources:

Demonstration of new functionalities in Cognos 8: Cognos 8 Interactive Demo
Interactive demo: Cognos 8 BI Overview
Interactive demo: The Truth About Enterprise Reporting

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