An in-depth look into Cognos Express, IBM's newest mid-market solution. PerformanceG2's Kirk Wiseman presents new offering Cognos Express for the first time ever. Visit http://performanceg2.com/contact to connect with us and learn more about Cognos solutions and products.
4. What is Cognos Express?
!
An
integrated
Business
Intelligence
and
Planning
Solu4on
for
Midsize
companies.
!
Provides
Repor4ng,
Analysis,
Scorecarding,
Dashboards,
and
Planning
!
Allows
midsize
companies
to
“ Think
Big,
Start
Small.”
5. Express Reporter
!
Self-‐Service
Repor4ng
and
Ad-‐hoc
Query
!
Report
Studio
for
Professional
Report
Authoring
!
Query
Studio
for
Ad-‐hoc
querying
6. Express Advisor
!
Quickly
translate
“raw
data”
into
sophis4cated
Analysis
and
rich
presenta4on
!
Data
Advisor
for
drag
and
drop
modeling
of
raw
data
!
Advisor
for
Analysis
7. Express Xcelerator
!
Excel
based
planning
and
business
Analysis
!
Excel
is
enhanced
with
a
connec4on
to
a
64bit
in-‐memory
OLAP
system
!
update
plans
with
immediate
write-‐back.
8. Express Manager
!
Allows
you
to
easily
administer
the
system
through
a
single
web
portal.
! Start,
stop
and
configure
services.
! Add
Users
and
data
sources
! Make
client
applica4ons
available
to
end
users.