Overview
With IBM® Cognos® 8 BI for Linux on System z you can author and share reports, analysis and dashboards that run on System z.

Cognos 8 BI for Linux on System z offers reporting, analysis and dashboard capabilities in easy-to-deploy, manage, and use software that runs on your mainframe platform.
- Reporting: Access a complete list of self-serve report types, adaptable to any data source, and able to operate from a single metadata layer.
- Analysis: Analyze and report against online analytical processing (OLAP) and dimensionally aware relational sources.
- Dashboards: Translate information from corporate systems and data into visually rich presentations using gauges, maps, charts, and other graphical elements to show multiple results together.
