Overview
IBM Cognos 8 Business Viewpoint is dimension management software that enables business users to maintain, govern and share their own business-driven viewpoints.
Business and financial analysts can use Cognos 8 Business Viewpoint to capture and manage multiple hierarchies, structures and definitions for use across performance management applications. This easy-to-use dimension management software aligns critical business dimensions for business and IT use.
Allows business users to create, import, edit, manage and compare dimensions, hierarchies and attributes.
Provides the ability to assemble multiple hierarchies, current and future views, and versions.
Replaces manual, error-prone efforts with fully transparent, automated and auditable processes.
Provides collaboration through multi-user contribution and multi-step, multi-user workflow.
Retains all work in a central dimension store.
Shares approved viewpoints across the decision-making process and systems.
Selectively publishes changes or provides subscription services to authorized applications.
Uses pre-built integration across Cognos performance management systems (business intelligence and planning) and takes advantage of open API and Web services for third-party solutions.
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IBM Cognos® Business Viewpoint makes it possible to access and manage business data definitions, structures and relationships.
