An Overview of IBM Cognos 8 BI.ppt

* * * * An Overview of IBM Cognos 8 BI John Saldua Sr. Director, Management Reporting and Administrative Systems Agenda UTSA and Cognos Departmental and Central User Reports Project Plan Demonstration Management Reporting Staff Questions IBM Cognos 8 BI Factors for Choosing IBM Cognos 8 BI Limited Resources Limited Reports provided by Define Time-consuming and cumbersome presentation of information IBM Cognos 8 BI provides a more time efficient, concise and clear method of reporting financial data to support better, improved, more efficient Decision Making. UTSA IBM Cognos 8 BI AFR Reports Central User - AFR / MFR Report Schedules Completed November 2008 MFR Monthly Income Statement S3 Schedule S3 Schedules that support B3 Report Report Expenditure Transparency Exhibit B Exhibit SRECNA With Variances B4 Schedule Restricted Funds C2 Schedule Exp by Object and Fund Group B13 Schedule Transfers B3 Schedule Auxiliary Funds B2 Schedule Designated Funds B1 Schedule EG Funds C1 Schedule Tuition and Fee Revenue Reference Type Name Estimated Delivery of improved AFR Schedules November 08 Departmental and Central User Reports Standard Reporting Package Dev and Power User Access Original Budget Report Revenue Detail Report 12 Month Expenditure Report Expenditure Detail and Summary Report Organizational Overview by Fund Budget Status – Monthly Financial Report by Unit Hierarchy Name Designated Fees EG Fees Designated Tuition Fees Statutory Tuition Revenue Analysis Monthly Financial Report by Fund Name Institute of Texan Cultures Housing Child Dev Center Parking and Business Auxiliary Services University Center Athletics Auxiliary Revenue Departmental Users Central Users Projected Delivery Date February 2009 Projected Delivery Date March 2009 IBM Cognos 8 BI What is Cognos? Cognos is Business Intelligence software that enables users to extract data, analyze it, and then assemble reports. BI – Business Intelligence Business Intelligence (BI) BI refers to technologies,