Why use cognos or business objects on top of BW?

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Has anyone experience with using cognos, business objects or other best of breed reporting solutions on top of BW? I'm trying to find out in which situations the reporting capabilities in BW are not sufficient and what the main reasons are to choose for an additional tool like cognos. And where can I find a good tool comparison?

Regards, Pieter

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Pieter,

In one project I have to use Cognos on BW because with it is possible to dowload subset of Cubes on a mobile for the sales team, and then navigate off-line.

In one project I considered to use BO XI2 for a front-end reason and also because with this tool I was able to connect to R/3 and BW in the same time, obtaining operative report based on actual and historical data.

Ciao.

Riccardo.