Easier reporting in IBM Cognos

• Bette GmbH & Co. KG has been using IBM Cognos for years in controlling for reporting and for analyzing company data. 
• IBM Cognos insufficiently fulfills requirements such as clarity of the user interface, search and selection functions, and multilingualism in the standard version.

• Update of IBM Cognos to the current version
• Development of new filter boxes with various dynamic selection options and new features that complement or improve IBM Cognos in the standard:
  • Integrated search function
  • Grouping function
  • Continued multilingualism
  • Simple selection and multiple selection
  • Size of filter boxes individually adjustable

• More clarity in the user interface through convenient and easy-to-use (multiple) selection options and grouping function
• Better filtering options
• More dynamic analysis
• Space-saving work
• Search function facilitates work in IBM Cognos

Cognos Analytics is an IBM solution for preparing and using enterprise-wide data. With the reporting and analysis functions, AI-based visualizations and dashboards can be created and processed by users.

At the heart of report creation are dynamic filters and selection fields to make the interface flexible, convenient and clear to use, and to prepare data appropriately. IBM Cognos alone did not offer Bette sufficient functionality, especially with regard to the size of the selection fields, multilingualism, a missing search function, and overall little variability. Until now, an individual solution from a third-party provider was used for this purpose.

Search and grouping as valuable functions

By the time the project was completed, IBM Cognos Analytics had been adapted to the individual requirements of Bette GmbH & Co. KG. The confusing interface, which required long scrolling and a lot of space due to the lack of a search function, has been replaced by convenient and easy-to-use (multiple) selection options. As a result, users have significantly better filtering options, can analyze more dynamically in the interfaces, and the filters take up less space on the report pages. In the future, it will even be possible to save the filters set. The customer particularly benefits not only from the new search function, which enables faster and space-saving work, but also from the grouping option, which was not a standard feature before. Now it significantly improves the clarity in the filter boxes. 

Customizable for every customer

The enhancements in IBM Cognos with integrated search and grouping functions were developed and implemented specifically for the requirements of Bette GmbH & Co. KG. However, the extensions are so modular and flexible that they can be developed and customized for each customer without any problems – even if they already cover the majority of customer requirements.