The business case for Cognos Analysis Studio

Now that we have covered all of the technical stuff, it makes sense to examine why a business would want this functionality. The major reason to want Cognos Analysis Studio in your business is that the ability to analyze your data in a self-service, easy-to-use manner will in turn make your business more agile and your decisions more rapid. How does Cognos Analysis Studio do that? As questions arise that require a multidimensional view of data in order for them to be answered, Cognos Analysis Studio gives business users the ability to answer those questions without having to involve IT. By having an interface that allows business users that need information to access that data instantly, those business questions that come up can be answered more quickly, and the decisions that need to be made based on that information can be made more rapidly.

Think of a scenario where a client manager receives a call from the client requesting support. Perhaps...