CPM Explorer™

CPM Explorer is a Windows Explorer extension for Cognos Connection, providing quick and easy access to Cognos consumers' daily activities.  Using CPM Explorer, consumers are able to navigate the Cognos Connection portal in the familiar Windows Explorer user interface without the need for a web browser.  Cognos users can perform common, everyday operations such as:

• Creating Folders

• Renaming Reports

• Creating Report Shortcuts

• Moving and Copying Reports and Folders

• Viewing and Running reports in HTML, PDF & Excel

• Emailing Report Output

• Viewing Report Properties

With a single click a report can be scheduled to run in the background and emailed to your inbox when it is available.   And best of all, this is all done leveraging your existing Cognos security (Cognos and company LDAPs).  CPM Explorer adheres to your Cognos 8 security by enforcing each consumer to log in before being able to browse the contents of Cognos Connection.  Integrated windows authentication, when applicable, streamlines this process by obtaining the user's login credentials. 

CPM Explorer allows a user to connect to multiple Cognos 8 servers within a Windows Explorer UI. Each Cognos 8 server connection is displayed in the Windows Explorer tree view under a "My Cognos Server" node.  Servers can be renamed with an alias to provide a more meaningful name. 

To use CPM Explorer you must have:

• Windows 2000 or higher (XP, 2003, etc.)
• Microsoft .NET 2.0, which is freely available from Microsoft if you do not already have it as part of any current software application installed on your machine
• Proper Windows user permissions to install software
• IBM Cognos 8.0 and higher

CPM Explorer can be demonstrated onsite or via a web meeting. To arrange a product demonstration, please contact us.  In addition, purchases of 5 or less licenses can be made directly on our eCommerce website.