Cognos Express
Software Version
10.2.1
Modules Used
- IBM Cognos Express Business Intelligence User
- IBM Cognos Express Performance Management User
Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Express
We implemented the product in less than six weeks. IBM Cognos Express is used across the organization. The main usage is with the sales and marketing teams. The sales team sees what has been delivered to where and when. Most importantly it sends messages when deliveries are late allowing the marketing team to contact recipients that the delivery may be late. It also assists in managing the sales team to see if they are meeting sales targets and generating new leads. It’s also used for ad hoc reporting.
- Active reports using Rave technology, allows users to use amazing graphics and analytic's with off line reports
- Having Wright back, in multidimensional cubes, allowing teams to build complex budget’s
- Integrated Scorecards, the new scorecard tool is easy to implement manage and display in the Cognos dashboards / Reports
- Integrated maps - the current map functionality is limited, however there are tools that allow amazing add-ons, however it adds to the basic cost.
- Tableau Desktop,QlikView
Cognos Express is a full BI solution. The security level is what a business expects. All reports are based on the same infrastructure - a single version of the truth. It can be used totally on line with no download. As your organization grows you simply upgrade to Cognos Enterprise.
Out of 50 IT personnel almost 40 use Cognos. The majority are consumers that use reports for the daily tasks and some analysts that also create new reports when needed. The sales manager is also a main contributor of reports.