CognosExpress

 IBM Cognos® Express is the only integrated business intelligence (BI) and planning solution created to meet the needs of midsize companies. It delivers the reporting, analysis, dashboard, scorecard, planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities that midsize companies need at a price they can afford. Everything is included in a pre-configured solution that is easy to install, easy to use and easy to buy.

• Find new opportunities and spot trends across your operation, in the market and with your existing customers.
• Deliver better customer service with improved insight into customers.
• Optimize and transform a business with integrated planning, analysis and reporting that drives profitability and revenue growth.
• Create “what if” business scenarios and modify plans, forecasts and budgets. 

Product Editions:

Cognos Express Home Page – Discover the overall value proposition

Cognos Express BI and Reporting User – Self-Service Reporting and ad hoc query

Cognos Express Reporter is reporting software that delivers complete, self-service reporting and ad hoc query capabilities for midsize companies.

Express Reporter allows users to access, modify or create reports with a self-service design for quick, easy reports that can be shared throughout an organization.

• Built-in reporting for: financial, production, operational, transactional, managed or ad hoc reports.
• Offers flexible reporting and access to all corporate data in any combination.
• Has simple, intuitive, drag-and-drop capabilities for self-service reporting.
• Can be used with other Cognos Express modules as part of a single, integrated BI and planning solution purpose-built for midsize companies.

·         Simple, intuitive, drag-and-drop authoring capabilities that are easily accessible from a Web browser for self-service reporting by any user, from novice to expert.

·         Flexible report delivery that includes the ability to write once and immediately publish reports to the Web, PDF files, Excel spreadsheets, email messages and the Cognos Express Web portal.

·         A common metadata model that presents information to users in business terms they understand, so they can be productive right away.

·         Access to all corporate data in any combination, including relational, analytical OLAP or even desktop files for comprehensive, accurate reporting.

·         Broad report coverage to meet the needs of different users, including financial, production, operational, transactional, managed or ad hoc reports.

·         Interactive dashboards that can be shared company-wide and support collaborative feedback.

·         The ability to easily maintain and update a report throughout its life cycle using a common, shared interface that can be accessed by all business users.

Planning, budgeting and forecasting

·         Define goals and collaborate as a team

·         Communicate strategy

·         Gain insight into future business results.

·         Extend and transform the Excel front-end with a powerful in-memory analytics engine.

·         Perform multidimensional analysis and strategic planning tasks, enabling a new level of insight and action.