IBM Cognos Insight. Personal Analytics for Everyone

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1 IBM Cognos Insight Personal Analytics for Everyone

2 Part of the IBM Cognos family Analytics in the hands of everyone Insight to action with every product Right-sized for your organization Built to future-proof your investment

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6 IBM Cognos family Right-sized set of capabilities to fit the business need Cognos Insight Cognos Express Cognos Enterprise Dashboards Analysis What-if Scenario Modeling Planning and Budgeting Production Reports Microsoft Office Integration Enterprise-wide Collaboration Scorecarding Delivered through: Web Desktop Mobile devices Applications & Business Processes (embedded)

7 IBM Cognos Insight Capability Comparison Personal Edition Standard Edition Licensed with Cognos Express or Cognos Enterprise Roles Commercial use and/or file sharing permitted No Import data from xls/csv Import data from databases No Import from pre-built Cognos BI reports or Framework Manager packages No (1) Save work locally Share results with other Cognos Insight users No Publish data and UI to a Cognos Server No No (2) Reuse and extend published content with Web, Mobile and other server user interfaces No No Windows Windows Windows AnalyticsZone.com only Free $515 USD Included with various roles Operating systems supported Subscription and support Cost 7 Note: Prices Subject to Change. Cognos Enterprise is Cognos Insight, BI and TM1. Cognos Express may not bundle the most recent version of Cognos Insight. Publishing to a Cognos server requires at least one appropriate Cognos Administrator role. (1) Requires the user to also be licensed to access reports and packages from a Cognos BI server (2) Some tasks require administrative privileges see Cognos Insight Packaging and Pricing slide for details

8 The Evolution of Analytics for Business Users Plus- Great Visuals Minus Limited data and pre-defined oropposite for spreadsheets The only desktop product that empowers decision makers to independently take insight to action

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10 Simple drag and drop import, create data from scratch, and enrich without complex scripting

11 Simple drag and drop import, create data from scratch, and enrich without complex scripting Import and combine data without complex scripting Local data drag and drop a spreadsheet or desktop file Databases unlock the value from corporate data sources Existing BI reports leverage existing trusted reports Predictive data to understand what is likely to occur Create new data from scratch using the write-back engine Add or change whatever you want at a granular level User contributed data like forecasts added by co-workers Enrich data for greater understanding Calculated data like comparisons to identify trends Data spreading for powerful what-if modeling Annotations to add comments and collaborate with others

12 Create custom applications, dashboards and what-if scenario models to optimize outcomes

13 Create custom applications, dashboards and what-if scenario models to optimize outcomes Slice and dice through data Intuitive gestures to explore What-if analysis Define scenarios, fully understand why and optimize outcomes Automatic comparisons Use built-in calculations and traffic lights Change data views on the fly Customize views like groups and hierarchies Search data Just type a word to automatically filter all associated data 60 second dashboards Raw data to analysis and published dashboard in 60 seconds

14 Complete control over look and feel

15 Complete control over the look and feel for a more compelling presentation Rich set of chart types Create powerful visual representations Smart filters Easily navigate using associations between related data Linked visualizations See how a change in one item effects the big picture Complete layout control Apply design themes for style, add widgets including Web content and scriptable action buttons

16 Easily extend within the Cognos family to collaborate, plan and take action

17 Easily extend within the Cognos family to collaborate, plan and take action Publish applications Make your application centrally available and manage deployment Collaborate Annotate, share, and automatically aggregate contributions Wired for the enterprise Easily grow into more powerful business analytics capabilities like managed reporting, performance management, predictive analytics and more. Standardize One complete business analytics solution with the Cognos family

18 Insight to Action Model scenarios, Model scenarios, test testassumptions, assumptions, and optimize and optimize Add compelling visuals, widgets and themes Drag-and-drop data, smart filters, and intuitive analysis Modify plans, budgets, and forecasts accordingly Exchange files or publish and extend within the Cognos Family

19 Unique Capabilities Read and Write Change or add new data, simple import, no scripting Customize You are empowered to create, not just consume What-if Scenario Model Model new scenarios, test assumptions, optimize Plan Modify plans, budgets, forecasts accordingly Extend Predictive analytics, managed reporting, performance management Don t just discover Do something with it.

20 Languages Supported Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish English Finnish French German Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian (Bokmål) Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swedish Turkish

21 Features (to name a few) Drag and Drop Import from database (also from BI, TM1 more on these later) Smart Metadata Charts (including treemaps) Drill Up/Down on Chart and Drag Dimensions onto a chart Practice using the many features Top/Bottom Filtering Time Rollups Import Process (Guided versus Silent Refresh) Multi-tab with action buttons Data-entry for what-if

22 Demo : Cognos Insight From insight to Action in minutes

23 Sales Operations Manager I can interact with my dashboard now, instead of looking at a static PowerPoint. 23

24 BI Manager I can share my dashboards very efficiently across the network

25 VP Financial Planning & Analysis Planning has never been easier using Cognos Insight. 25

26 IT Manager Dashboard and prototyping development is much easier and faster now 26

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