Cognos 8: Software for Management Information System

Corporate Performance Management

“Delivers a complete line of sight with best of breed solutions at each point”

Leverage and extend value from existing applications and data sources

Flexible Portal Creation and Support

• Single, personalized Single, personalized view to all BI view to all BI informationinformation

– Centralized deployment of MyPages

• Easy integration of:Easy integration of:

– Dynamic BI headline showing latest status

– Key metrics– Search & navigate– WSRP portlets– Images

Users can get immediate access to information they need; increased self-service alleviates IT backlog

Complete Report Coverage

Ad-hoc query

Personalized

Dashboard

Production

Managed

All reporting needs with a

single product

Self-Service and Ad-hoc Reporting

Flexible formattingFlexible formatting TemplatesTemplates Conditional Conditional

FormattingFormatting Multiple calculations Multiple calculations

in group and footer in group and footer summaries summaries

Compound filtersCompound filters Dimensional Dimensional

awarenessawareness

Web based interface for ease of use and broad user access

Web-based Authoring 100% Web-based 100% Web-based AdaptiveAdaptive

Layout automatically adapts Group properties to reduce work Improves time to create/modify

reports Report lifecycleReport lifecycle

Enables user and IT collaboration FlexibilityFlexibility

Extensive chart styles and powerful graphic design

Multi-page, multi-query, multi-source

Bursting, scheduling and event based deployment

Efficient yet powerful Efficient yet powerful report authoringreport authoring

Dimensional Reporting

Leveraging dimensional awareness:Leveraging dimensional awareness: Out-of-the-box dimensional

awareness

Automatic drill capabilities

Select and filter by metadata, member, or dimensional level to personalize information

Users can access the right level of information and complexity is hidden

Dynamic Dashboards

Simply an extension of Simply an extension of reportingreporting No dedicated tool

required High levels of graphic High levels of graphic

design control and rich design control and rich chart styles well-suited chart styles well-suited for dashboardsfor dashboards Gauges, maps, 3D

charts…

Single authoring and viewing for Single authoring and viewing for reports and dashboards simplifies reports and dashboards simplifies

dashboard creation and distributiondashboard creation and distribution

Adding Analysis

Why analysisWhy analysis Powerful self-service exploration and discovery Start with the big picture discover issues and identify trends Quickly assess relative performance and make powerful

comparisons Follow line of thought with multiple flow-on questions

Reporting and analysis combinedReporting and analysis combined Navigate by key business drivers

Drill up, down or through in any reports or analysis User collaboration through the report lifecycle Consistent user experience

All the simplicity, all the power, one productAll the simplicity, all the power, one product

Deep, Comparative Analysis

Top down exploration and Top down exploration and analysis by key business driversanalysis by key business drivers Automatic intelligent time

trending Designed for large data volumesDesigned for large data volumes

OLAP or relational data sources

Powerful comparative analysisPowerful comparative analysis Mixed grain analysis Simple or compound filters Nested top and bottom

reports Custom sets

Analysis / reporting lifecycle Analysis / reporting lifecycle Collaboration and re-use

Makes exploration and discovery simple and accessible

Actionable Scorecards and Metrics

At a glance performance At a glance performance with interactive scorecardwith interactive scorecard

Centralized pool of metrics Centralized pool of metrics organizational alignmentorganizational alignment

Projects and initiatives for Projects and initiatives for collaboration on actionscollaboration on actions

Impact analysis to Impact analysis to determine root causedetermine root cause

Reporting and analysis to Reporting and analysis to understand performanceunderstand performance

Improves performance management by connecting strategy to individuals

Cognos 8 for GF program

Example : Implementation result : AIDS Round 1 and Round 2

Menu Watch list use for monitor some indicator status poor

Indicators will show trend (Target and

Actual) in each quarter when you click click on

Score card show indicator of GF AIDS R1 => Target, Actual, Quarter and status

Symbol

Excellent

Average

Poor

Separate indicator by Main Program Objective [and can separate by SR]

Score card show indicator of GF AIDS R1 => Target, Actual, Quarter and status

Symbol

Excellent

Average

Poor

Strategy map AIDS Rd.1

Example:Objective1: monitor 3 indicator

Status symbol show: Poor 0 indicator,Average 1 indicator and Excellent 2 indicators

Strategy map AIDS Rd.1

Click symbol at indicator 2.1

If click diagram and select indicator 2.1 that will show indicator 2.1 (Cause) from 7 indicator 2.1(1) – 2.1(7) (Effect)

If click diagram and select indicator 2.1 that will show indicator 2.1 (Cause) from 7 indicator 2.1(1) – 2.1(7) (Effect). And show trend of indicator

Show trend of indicator 2.1 in Quarter 9, Yr. 2006 to Quarter 16 Yr. 2007

AIDS Round2

Cognos: Software for Management Information System