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About IBM Cognos TM1
IBM Cognos TM1 is a powerful, in-memory, OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) engine designed to provide quick,
simple, intuitive, "slice and dice", "drill any where" data mining. The
results are meaningful, actionable information which empowers you to better
manage all aspects of your business, including operations, planning, forecasting,
FPM (Financial Performance Management), workflow management and CRM (Customer
Relationship Management). In short, IBM Cognos TM1 can successfully enable
your business with top drawer BPM (Business Performance Management).
Business Benefits
- Model design and data access that presents business information in familiar formats
- Ease of use, thanks to a development environment that enables users to create sophisticated applications with no need for programming or traditional IT skills which allows for Finance Ownership
- An intuitive, flexible approach, which enables users to easily express complex, multi-dimensional business rules
- Familiar Excel & Web interfaces provide intuitive interfaces with virtually no learning curve
- What-if analysis through personal hierarchies, consolidations and scenarios
- Built-in workflow tracking
- Supports driver-based calculations and model-based approach
Technical Benefits
- A patented 64-bit read/write in-memory OLAP engine that provides compact data storage and exceptionally fast performance
- No preconsolidation requirements
- Real-time analysis via instantaneous access to changes in data, business rules, calculations and relationships
- Native storage of text information at any level
- Multidimensional and multi-cube
- No traditional IT skills required
- Drill through to transaction systems for greater detailed analysis
- Unlimited "sandbox" capability with no predefinition
- In-cell pick lists
- Undo/Redo of data updates
- Simple one-click automated charting
- Improved locking features
- Supports blueprint and best practice approaches from IBM and BPM NW
Managed Contribution
- Deployment of model objects -
Quickly turn TM1 objects into managed applications
- Planning workflow -
Structured planning process approvals
IBM Cognos TM1 provides a single platform for...
- Planning
- Forecasting
- Workflow
- Modeling
- Reporting
- Dashboards
- Consolidation
- Real-time Analytics
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