Distribute business intelligence in familiar desktop applicationsCognos for Microsoft Office has long been a stable plug-in used to import Cognos BI reports to Microsoft Office applications. Version 11, brings you the same great features with a refreshed User Interface. Additionally, this latest version of Cognos for Microsoft Office will be compatible with IBM Planning Analytics for Excel version 2.0.26 and higher.
Why use Cognos for Microsoft Office?Although Microsoft Office applications offer tremendous productivity tools, it doesn’t allow organizations to maintain a single, trusted source of enterprise data. Increasing numbers of documents can undermine business intelligence efforts and create confusion on who has the “right/latest” version of data. IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office eliminates this risk by making reliable BI data available directly within Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Additional Benefits & FeaturesAccuracy and speed: All or parts of Cognos Analytics report elements can be imported
Updating: There’s no need to recreate reports when the data is updated. Simply refresh the document and get the latest BI information directly from Cognos Analytics.
Leverage Microsoft Office: Microsoft office formatting and standard corporate templates/layouts can be used with BI data. Additionally, Microsoft Office can be used as a tool to make BI content more accessible to employees and team members.
Image 1: Cognos Analytics BI content made available in Microsoft PowerPoint Who’s using IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office?
- Analysts making PowerPoint presentations at quarterly business review meetings
- Managers creating briefing books on financial performance
- Organizations preparing annual and quarterly reports
Frequently asked questions?How is Cognos for Microsoft Office different to IBM Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel?
- Cognos for Microsoft Office is designed for the consumption of Cognos BI information in Microsoft Office applications. IBM Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel in contrast is designed to provide flexible interactive exploration and analysis of multidimensional information within Microsoft Excel.
- How is Cognos for Microsoft Office licensed?
- Cognos for Microsoft Office is a free feature. All Cognos users are licensed to use this plug-in
- What versions of Microsoft Office does Cognos for Microsoft Office support?
- Cognos for Microsoft Office 11.0.0 supports Microsoft Office 2010, 2013, and 2016.
- How can I download Cognos for Microsoft Office?
o Click the following link to download Cognos for Microsoft Office 11.0.0 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044208
Image 2: Cognos Analytics BI content made available in Microsoft Excel
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