Cognos Express
IBM Cognos® Express is the first and only integrated performance management and business intelligence solution purpose-built to meet the needs of midsize companies. It delivers the essential reporting, analysis, dashboard, scorecard, planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities that midsize companies need at a price they can afford.
Everything is included in a pre-configured solution that is easy to install, easy to use and easy to buy. Standard modules in the Cognos Express are:
- Cognos Express Reporter - Self-service reporting and ad hoc query
- Cognos Express Advisor – Freeform analysis and visualization
- Cognos Express Xcelerator – Microsoft Excel-based planning and business analysis
- Cognos Express Planner – Provides planning, budgeting and forecasting software purpose-built for midsize companies

IBM Cognos® Express is the first and only integrated performance management and business intelligence solution purpose-built to meet the needs of midsize companies.
Powerful built-in functionality enables:
- Real time read and write-back for budgeting, planning & forecasting and “what-if?” scenario modeling,
- In-memory multi-dimensional cubes for analysis and reporting
- Centrally managed business hierarchies, rules, calculations
- Simplified data extraction & transformation
- Familiar Excel interfaces that leverage Excel functionality and skills.