Cognos Business Insight

Share, collaborate and analyze your business information

IBM® Cognos® Business Insight enables users to access, analyze and share business information through a personalized, dashboard-style interface. This solution helps organizations build consensus and improve decision making by allowing people to collaborate and share business insights.

Cognos Business Insight allows you to create reports and communicate using familiar tools and applications from a single interface.

Fast, easy access to vital information—gain an “at-a-glance” view of the entire business.
Prepare, analyze and present data the way you want—assemble and personalize all types of information.
Communicate and collaborate to build consensus—exchange information using reports, documents and threaded discussion.

Fast, easy access to vital information

Shift to business authoring or in-depth analysis using a flexible user interface.
Search documents and databases by keyword to find information.
Integrate external data from spreadsheets, vendor software or departmental applications for ad hoc reporting and analysis.

Prepare, analyze and present data the way you want

Examine trends, patterns and predictions using data from IBM Cognos Statistics, IBM SPSS® Modeler and IBM Cognos TM1®.
Change chart types, add 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 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 through threaded discussions.
Align individuals and groups by using standard terms defined in a common business glossary.

Cognos Business Insight resources

Data sheet: IBM Cognos Business Insight
Learn how Cognos Business Insight can help your organization access, share and collaborate with business intelligence.