IBM Cognos 8 Planning

Entering and reviewing plans in the Contributor Web user interface

Once the Contributor application or web site is ready, business users can then enter the budget or forecast for their respective organizational units. The entry and review process ties to an organization's planning cycle. An organization, for example, may require their business users to plan monthly, yearly, or within some other timeframe.

In Contributor, two business users' roles exist: the planner and the reviewer. The planner enters data in the Contributor application in the Contributor web client. The reviewer reviews the submissions of reviewers or planners. For example, a Minnesota sales manager (planner) is responsible for submitting their budget to the mid-western sales ...