Cognos Impromptu

The e-Business Answer for Database Query and Reporting

Cognos Impromptu is the e-Business answer for database query and reporting - across the enterprise. Users can create a full range of simple to complex reports and distribute them over the web to any number of people inside or outside the organisation. With seamless access to a system of integrated reports, employees, suppliers and customers can make fast decisions for maximum efficiency and business impact.

Impromptu presents information the way users view their business, not the way the database is structured. This means users can easily create powerful reporting applications without having to understand the underlying database connectivity and functionality.

Easy report creation

Unified Query and Reporting Interface: Query the database and create wizard-based standard and ad-hoc reports in the same module.

Ad hoc flexibility: Import queries from Cognos' ad hoc query service as the basis for your report or move seamlessly from a Web report to an ad hoc query to obtain up-to-the-second details.

Advanced Standard Reports: Easily refine report contents to suit your needs. Add filters, group and sort information, use picklists, prompts and exception highlighting. Output reports in a variety of formats including PDF, as save them as Excel files with formatting.

Any level of detail: Impromptu adds sophisticated reporting to Cognos' powerful data analysis, as hoc, data mining and scorecarding environments. You can navigate easily from any analysis, report, or query.

Flexible web distribution

Easy deployment: Deploy Impromptu reports over the Web and give people quick access to the data they require, when they need it.

Easy Access through Subscriptions: Subscribe to the reports you need everyday and have them delivered directly to your report inbox. Schedule reports on a calendar basis to run daily, weekly or hourly, or on an event basis such as a data warehouse or datamart refresh.

High-Quality, Print-Ready Reports: What you see on the client is what you get on the Web and on the printed output.

Centralised administration

Complete Enterprise Scalability: Impromptu balances the load of report requests across multiple processors and servers to ensure users never have to wait for the information they need. All changes are doen at the server level and are instantly available to users without any desktop deployments.

Impromptu Web Reports

Impromptu Web Reports allows IT to manage report distribution from a single, central location, which significantly streamlines administration. Users benefit from unparalleled scheduling flexibility, unmatched ease-of-use, and professional presentation-quality reports.

PowerPrompts empower IT to deploy a single Impromptu report that users can customise to meet their individual requirements.

Users tailor report content, format, and layout through a guided series of HTML pages. Impromptu and Impromptu Web reports are integral parts of the Cognos Enterprise Business Intelligence (EBI) solution. This integrated offering gives organisations a unified view of core and e-business processes. By mastering, sharing, and applying key information, organisations can thrive in the e-business environment.