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IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel®

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Analysis is a key capability within IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, a single product that provides complete BI capabilities on a proven architecture.

IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel provides a way to explore and analyze trusted, secure, multidimensional information from IBM Cognos 8 BI and other data sources in a familiar Microsoft Excel workspace.

Built for use with existing versions of Microsoft Excel, IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel extends Cognos' support for Microsoft Office, and joins solutions already in place for IBM Cognos 8 Controller and IBM Cognos 8 Planning – two important data sources for IBM Cognos 8 BI. As a result, it provides the ability to perform ad-hoc analysis of planning and financial data, and to combine this information with other trusted data sources.

IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel augments IBM Cognos 8 Go! Office, which allows users to view and consume existing BI content in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel. With IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel, analysts can develop new BI content in Excel through exploration and analysis.

The results of exploration can be used as the basis for a broader distribution of information within IBM Cognos 8 BI's other proven reporting and analysis capabilities.

Easy to use

  • Seamless integration with Excel for a managed view of information in a single interface.
  • Self-service, so that business does not depend on IT.

Complete

  • Leverage all Excel features, including formulas and calculations.
  • Include data from heterogeneous sources, including planning, consolidation, and dimensionally modeled relational data.

Flexible and reliable

  • Reuse results in other worksheets and other parts of IBM Cognos 8 BI.
  • Real-time connection to BI data and automatic refresh for accuracy and reliability.
  • Data from the trusted IBM Cognos 8 BI foundation ensures consistency, transparency, and compliance.

Access to BI for more users

  • Extends the use of IBM Cognos 8 BI data to a new and familiar working environment.
  • Encourages user adoption and standardization of business intelligence throughout the enterprise.

Benefits for IT

  • Leverages the single security framework and proven Web-services based services-oriented architecture of IBM Cognos 8 BI.
  • No proprietary data limitations.
  • Fewer applications and solutions to maintain.

Read the IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel Fact Sheet

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IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel
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*DISCLAIMER: The incorporation of new attributes into a yet-to-be-released Cognos software product-and the timing of its release-is at the discretion of Cognos, an IBM company.

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