Cost-effectively scale as user communities grow
The Cognos platform provides helpful tools so IT can deploy, manage and scale BI systems easily and cost-effectively.
Deploy applications more broadly
The Cognos platform lets you deploy broadly with peer-to-peer services, built-in fault tolerance and predictable linear response.
The Cognos platform has been proven to scale in a linear fashion. With linear scalability, administrators can proactively plan for resources when scaling their BI solutions.
Enhanced system management efficiency
Task-oriented system monitoring
- See a consolidated view of all system activity, from scheduled and interactive reports to servers and dispatchers
- Prevent bottlenecks and reduce the load on the system with greater visibility into hourly schedules and data elements
- Suspend activities as you need to
Proactive system administration
- Spend less time looking for information with detailed system metrics that can be monitored automatically
- Set thresholds that trigger personal alerts, to detect issues early and take action on them
System Management Methodology
Jump start your BI deployment and deliver results more quickly with the Cognos System Management Methodology, which includes:
- White papers containing proven practices for system administration
- Metadata models
- Tools to establish performance thresholds automatically
- Sample administration models and reports
Dynamic Query Analyzer
- Increase efficiency with self-service, visual tool
- Gain greater insight into how the dynamic query was generated
- Maintain and troubleshoot more easily with a visually displayed results flow
Lifecycle Manager
Cognos Lifecycle Manager is a tool used for validating report content between two versions of Cognos software or when introducing a change to your environment. You can use it to validate content:
- In a single environment, such as for a data source update
- In multiple environments, to streamline the upgrade process
- Anytime you need to assess the impact of a change, such as new business requirements
Single sign-on
- The Cognos platform leverages existing enterprise security providers, helping lower administration costs while ensuring a secure environment.
- With single sign on, you can simplify the login process and restrict access to data according to your business requirements.
