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 personalised 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: centralised access, email, application integration, MS Office.
• Multilingual capabilities automatically deliver reports in users' working language.
• A single architecture for viewing, querying, analysing, 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, Websites, 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.

View Cognos Business Intelligence 8: Reporting Factsheet