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Cognos Impromptu is the enterprise answer for database query and reporting on the desktop and the Web. It gives users the freedom to quickly and easily create any query or report, while providing administrators with the flexible scheduling and distribution capabilities they demand. |
| Data in a Business Context |
Impromptu presents information the way managers view their business—not the way the database is structured. The Impromptu catalog is a repository of business knowledge and data-access rules that organize data using the terminology of the business, so users are insulated from database complexities such as SQL syntax, table joins, and cryptic field names. Presenting data in this way makes it easy for users to navigate within a database and assemble reports. With Impromptu, users benefit from: Standard Reporting
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For IS, Impromptu permits central administration and worry-free security and control: The Impromptu Catalog
Impromptu provides maximum flexibility by moving query processing from the Impromptu client to the Impromptu Request Server for UNIX. Users place requests in the server's job queue. Once the server has executed the request, the result set can be accessed by Impromptu on the client, distributed by e-mail, or even published as an HTML document. Users can connect and view reports when it's most convenient. And queries can be scheduled to run at off-peak times, so standard and recurring reports can be generated overnight, even with the PCs shut down. Moving the query processing to the server means that requests to any number of databases can be centrally managed. And large volumes of data can be processed without impacting performance. Network traffic is reduced because only the result set needs to be sent to the PC, which means more effective use of computing resources. Impromptu Request Server allows you to:
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