PowerPlay allows you to analyse your data multidimensionally.
Cognos PowerPlay is the world's best-selling OLAP (online analytical processing) software. It enables users to explore large volumes of summarized data with sub-second response times in a Web, Windows, or Excel environment. With Cognos PowerPlay, users at any business or technical skill level in a company can perform their own multidimensional analysis, create reports, and share them for better decision-making.
Cognos PowerPlay draws information from relational databases to model and build PowerCubes ("Cubes"). Cubes are data sets with over 50 million consolidated rows of data and up to 500,000 categories (members). Business rules and calculations (for example, percentage growth and market share change) can be built right into them. Cubes and reports can be deployed to Web clients, or to Windows and Excel clients, all using the same application server.
Cognos PowerPlay provides both a multidimensional data store and a feature rich end-user experience. Its multi-server, load-balanced architecture is easy to install and manage, and it scales to thousands of users.