This document is intended for use with the Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor Web Client. This guide describes how you can use Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor to see the current state of your plan, and explains how to enter and review data.
Cognos 8 Planning provides the ability to plan, budget, and forecast in a collaborative, secure manner. The major components are Analyst and Contributor.
Analyst is a flexible tool used by financial specialists to define their business models. These models include the drivers and content required for planning, budgeting, and forecasting. The models can then be distributed to managers using the Web-based architecture of Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor.
Contributor streamlines data collection and workflow management. It eliminates the problems of errors, version control, and timeliness that are characteristic of a planning system solely based on spreadsheets. Users have the option to submit information simultaneously through a simple Web or Microsoft Excel® interface. Using an intranet or secure Internet connection, users review only what they need to review and enter data where they are authorized.
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The Cognos Innovation Center™ for Performance Management provides a forum and Performance Blueprints which you can use to discover new ideas and solutions for finance and performance management issues. Blueprints are pre-defined data, process, and policy models that incorporate best practice knowledge from Cognos customers and the Cognos Innovation Center. These Blueprints are free of charge to existing customers or Platinum and Gold partners. For more information about the Cognos Innovation Center or the Performance Blueprints, visit http://www.cognos.com/innovationcenter.
To use this guide, you should have an understanding of Cognos 8 Planning - Contributor and Cognos 8 Planning - Analyst.
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