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11.1 Cognos Business Intelligence 10 and InfoSphere

Warehouse

InfoSphere Warehouse Advanced Enterprise Edition 10.1 includes licenses of

Cognos 10.1 Business Intelligence software. Cognos 10 BI provides a

comprehensive business intelligence development and deployment platform that

offers the ability to deliver advanced enterprise BI reporting and analytics

applications and dashboards.

11.1.1 IBM Cognos 10 Business Intelligence features

IBM Cognos BI includes both web-based and Windows-based user interfaces

that provide a BI experience that addresses the specific needs of various types of

users. IBM Cognos BI also includes administrative tools and business modeling

tools to aid in the development and deployment of BI applications. The main

components are described here.

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IBM Cognos Business Insight

With IBM Cognos Business Insight, you can create sophisticated interactive

dashboards using IBM Cognos content and external data sources such as the

InfoSphere Warehouse operational data warehouse and Cubing Services OLAP

cubes, according to your specific information needs. You can view and open

favorite dashboards and reports, manipulate the content in the dashboards, and

email your dashboards. You can also use comments and activities for

collaborative decision making and use social software such as IBM Lotus®

Connections for collaborative decision making.

For more information about using IBM Cognos Business Insight see IBM Cognos

Business Advanced Insight User Guide, which is available at the following site:

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/documentation/docs/en/10.1.0/ug_

rptstd_fin.pdf

IBM Cognos Report Studio

IBM Cognos Report Studio is a robust report design and authoring tool. Using

IBM Cognos Report Studio, report authors can create, edit, and distribute a wide

range of professional reports. They can also define corporate standard report

templates for use in IBM Cognos Query Studio, and edit and modify reports

created in IBM Cognos Query Studio or IBM Cognos Analysis Studio.

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For information about using IBM Cognos Report Studio see IBM Cognos Report

Studio User Guide, which is available at the following site:

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/documentation/docs/en/10.1.0/ug_

cr_rptstd.pdf

IBM Cognos Query Studio

Using IBM Cognos Query Studio, users with little or no training can quickly

design, create, and save reports to meet reporting needs that are not covered by

the standard, professional reports created in IBM Cognos Report Studio.

For information about using IBM Cognos Query Studio, see IBM Cognos Query

Studio User Guide, which is available at the following site:

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/documentation/docs/en/10.1.0/ug_

cr_qstd.pdf

IBM Cognos Analysis Studio

With IBM Cognos Analysis Studio, users can explore and analyze data from

different dimensions of their business. Users can also compare data to spot

trends or anomalies in performance. IBM Cognos Analysis Studio provides

access to dimensional, online analytical processing (OLAP), and dimensionally

modeled relational data sources. Analyses created in IBM Cognos Analysis

Studio can be opened in IBM Cognos Report Studio and used to build

professional reports.

For information about using IBM Cognos Analysis Studio, see IBM Cognos

Analysis Studio User Guide, which is available at the following site:

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/documentation/docs/en/10.1.0/ug_

cr_pps.pdf

IBM Cognos Event Studio

In IBM Cognos Event Studio, you can set up agents to monitor your data and

perform tasks when business events or exceptional conditions occur in your data.

When an event occurs, people are alerted to take action. Agents can publish

details to the portal, deliver alerts by email, run and distribute reports based on

events, and monitor the status of events. For example, a support call from a key

customer or the cancellation of a large order might trigger an event, sending an

email to the appropriate people.

For information about using IBM Cognos Event Studio, see IBM Cognos Event

Studio User Guide, which is available at the following site

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/documentation/docs/en/10.1.0/ug_

cr_es.pdf