Cognos Connection is the portal to Cognos 8, the Web-based reporting solution. Cognos Connection provides a single access point to all corporate data available in Cognos 8.
You can use Cognos Connection to work with entries such as reports, analyses, queries, agents, metrics, and packages. You can use Cognos Connection to create shortcuts, URLs, and pages, and to organize entries. You can personalize Cognos Connection for your own use.
You can use Cognos Connection to create and run reports and cubes and distribute
reports
. You can also use it to create and run agents
and schedule entries
.
As an administrator, you can use Cognos
Connection to administer servers, optimize performance, and set
access permissions . You can also use it for entry administration, including
such things as scheduling and distributing reports, agents, and
metrics.
If you use a customized user interface, you may not have access to all the features documented.