Overview

IBM Cognos Business Insight is a revolutionary business intelligence workspace that gives users the ability to assemble, personalize and analyze virtually all types of data in any time horizon. Create reports and communicate using familiar tools and applications—all from a single interface.

• Arm users with powerful analytic capabilities that everyone can use to answer key questions, make better decisions and drive better business outcomes.
• Provide collaborative business intelligence that employs easy-to-use social networking tools to share insights and gain alignment.
• Enable actionable analytics that put insight into action everywhere, enabling users to respond rapidly to changing business conditions.

Features and benefits

IBM Cognos Business Insight helps you see more and do more with your information. It enables users to assemble and explore data in depth and in detail, then collaborate with others easily—all in a highly personalized business intelligence workspace. IBM Cognos Business Insight helps organizations drive alignment and build consensus for more agile and responsive decision-making—delivering smarter decisions for better business results.

Fast, easy access to vital information

• Gain an “at a glance” view of the business in a pre-assembled workspace.
• Shift seamlessly to business authoring or in-depth analysis on the fly, through a graduated user interface.
• Search documents and databases by keyword to find the information you need.
• Integrate external data from spreadsheets, third-party or departmental applications for ad hoc reporting and analysis

Prepare, analyze and present data in your own manner

• Examine trends, patterns and predictions using data from IBM Cognos Statistics, IBM SPSS Modeler and IBM Cognos TM1.
• Change chart types, add pre-defined or custom calculations, sort and reorder data and add filters to highlight key information.
• Merge external data with dimensional and relational data sources using simple drag-and-drop tools.
• Use intuitive, menu-driven tools to manipulate data easily, without assistance from IT.

Communicate and collaborate to build consensus

• Attach questions or comments to documents and reports and embed RSS feeds to automate the sharing of important updates.
• Augment internal information with data from sources outside the department or organization.
• Exchange information easily through threaded discussions.
• Keep individuals and groups aligned by using standard, agreed-upon descriptions and terms defined in a common business glossary.