IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence
Integrate BI with Planning
Extend the value of IBM Cognos 8 BI by integrating IBM Cognos planning with your reporting, analysis, scorecarding, and event management. IBM Cognos 8 BI fully leverages your planning data, allowing you to compare plans with actuals and see whether you are on track.
With enterprise planning integration, you better align plans with current and forecasted market conditions. You also gain greater control over financial performance.
Link plan targets to scorecards and dashboards
Automatically draw key performance targets—defined through IBM Cognos planning—into your scorecards and dashboards. With planning, you set the metrics that guide future performance; with scorecarding and dashboards, you measure progress towards your goals.
Reporting and analysis off plans and budgets
Analyze and report against plans, budgets, and forecasts. For example, you can report on the business results around a planning objective or analyze the staffing impact of a new strategy.
Event management for planning and forecasting
Set business event management alerts to manage the planning and forecasting process. With this capability, events are defined against the planning workflow—if a value crosses a threshold (e.g., a plan is ready for review), the appropriate owner is notified and can respond.
Comprehensive actuals for planning and forecasting
Quickly populate your planning and forecasting models with actuals from IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence. By using current operational and financial data, you can build more accurate, forward-looking plans—and continually adjust them based on day-to-day results.
Find out more about the features and benefits of IBM Cognos planning 
