The business case for administration

Administration is the glue that holds all of the pieces together. While the businesses likely does not understand all of the integrated details of what makes Cognos BI run, they are the ones that are utilizing the end results. Without administration, Cognos BI doesn't work. There would be no reports or dashboards. There would be no studios from which to design reports. Administration is crucial to all of it.

If you find yourself in a situation where you need to help justify an additional administrator to a business that may not want to spend money, talk about all of the things that have to happen in order to make sure that reports are delivered and systems run smoothly. You can use the process of setting security, ...

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