Integrating Planning Analytics Local with IBM Cognos software

You can integrate IBM® Planning Analytics with IBM Cognos® Analytics and IBM Cognos applications. This topic summarizes some of the most typical integration approaches and includes links to the related documentation.

The main options for integrating Planning Analytics with Cognos software include authentication security, data reporting, and data/object interaction. Configuring integration between Planning Analytics and Cognos Analytics involves a combination of installation and configuration tasks on the computers hosting the server and web server components. In some cases, installation and configuration is required on individual end-user computers.

The following image illustrates an overview of Planning Analytics integration with IBM Cognos applications.

Examples of Cognos integration
Authentication Security
You can configure the IBM TM1® Server to authenticate users using Cognos Analytics security. With this configuration, any TM1 user interface or other custom application must use a valid user name and password from the Cognos Analytics server to access TM1 data.
Importing Cognos Analytics data into Planning Analytics
Deprecated in v2.0.8 The IBM Cognos TM1 Package Connector is supported in Planning Analytics version 2.0.7 and earlier for use with IBM Cognos Analytics packages against SAP Business Warehouse and other relational and ODBC data sources. You can use the Cognos TM1 Package Connector to import data from these sources into Planning Analytics using a Cognos TM1 TurboIntegrator process.
Using TM1 as a datasource with Cognos software
You can configure IBM Cognos Analytics to access TM1 servers and cubes from Cognos Analytics applications such as Cognos Report Studio and Cognos Query Studio.
Displaying and interacting with TM1 data objects
You can access, view, and interact with the following TM1 data objects in IBM Cognos Workspace:
  • TM1 cube views and charts
  • TM1 Websheets
  • TM1 Scorecarding cubes and diagrams