Cognos Impromptu

Managed reporting enables report authors to create reports drawn from any data source. These reports can then be delivered to report consumers.

IBM Cognos managed reporting is delivered through two components:

IBM® Cognos® Impromptu®. Report authors use Impromptu to create business-context reports. Report authors can author virtually any report using Impromptu's superior frame-based reporting interface. Report data can come from any source, and reports can be deployed to Impromptu users across LANs and WANs, as well as to mobile users.

• Report Authoring with IBM Cognos Series 7 fact sheet (57KB)

IBM Cognos Impromptu Web Reports (IWR). Using reports created in IBM Cognos Impromptu, IBM Cognos Impromptu Web Reports delivers managed, print-ready reports across the Web for large groups of report consumers. Users can subscribe to published reports, and customize them to meet their specific needs.

• Managed Reporting with IBM Cognos Series 7 fact sheet (67KB)

As part of its comprehensive BI offering, IBM continues to support and develop IBM Cognos BI Series 7 capabilities such as IBM Cognos Impromptu and IBM Cognos Impromptu Web Reports.