CoDash for Cognos

Estate analysis and migration to Power BI

Know what the business relies on.
Plan the change with confidence.

Bring Cognos reports, packages and modules into view. Understand the dependencies and prompts that matter before choosing what should move to Power BI.

COGNOS. YOUR NEXT CHAPTER.
  1. Start withReports, packages and data modules
  2. Work with CoDashAssess dependencies and prioritize
  3. Your team reviewsSelected assets for a Power BI review

The pillars, in your platform

Keep the reporting context through the transition.

Current coverage is analysis, rationalization and Cognos-to-Power BI delivery. CoDash does not offer native Cognos report authoring or publishing in this scope.

Start with the structure behind the report.

Analyze with Cognos
  1. You bringCognos reports, packages and modules
  2. CoDash helps youInspect queries, prompts and dependencies
  3. You take forwardAn inventory and readiness assessment

Review the source variants and complexity before estimating a delivery wave.

Review related reporting before selecting the scope.

Rationalize with Cognos
  1. You bringAnalyzed Cognos assets
  2. CoDash helps youCompare shared logic and overlapping reports
  3. You take forwardOwner-reviewed candidates for change

Preserve the business coverage that report owners rely on when considering consolidation.

Translate the selected reporting context.

Migrate with Cognos
  1. You bringA supported Cognos input
  2. CoDash helps youConvert and inspect the target mappings
  3. You take forwardPower BI assets and a validation queue

Input variants include reports, packages, modules and supported cube workflows. Confirm the source version and asset scope.

Give the receiving team a reviewed handoff.

Manage with Cognos
  1. You bringConverted Power BI assets
  2. CoDash helps youReview exceptions, changes and validation results
  3. You take forwardA target workspace for continued review

This is management of the analysis and target-workspace work. Native Cognos report authoring and publishing are outside the current scope.

Your team reviews the result and decides what reaches production. For recurring work, explore Automate workflow design (preview); execution scope is confirmed per workflow.

Choose the right focus

Match the source to the review it needs.

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Cognos: priorities, capabilities and review
Your priorityCoDash supportsYour team reviews
ReportsReport, query and prompt analysisLayout expectations and user-selected behavior
Packages and modulesSemantic mapping and dependency reviewReusable definitions and target relationships
Converted reportingPower BI workspace review and validationExceptions and acceptance against business examples

An example in practice

A month-end reporting pack, understood before it moves.

An illustrative Cognos scenario. Your team confirms scope and acceptance for its own reporting.

A possible Cognos review journey
  1. UnderstandInspect the reports, shared packages and required prompts.
  2. Work through the changeAgree which reporting needs belong in the migration scope.
  3. Review the resultReview the Power BI result against month-end acceptance examples.

When a platform move is part of the plan

Supported directions involving Cognos.

Source versions, accepted inputs and conversion scope vary by direction.

Connected platform journeys

See the work in its next context.

Your next step

Start with the Cognos reports your team depends on.

Bring a Cognos reporting challenge and explore a scoped workflow with our team.

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