1. Best Practices & Tips Integrating Cognos Finance With Cognos Planning

2. Presenters Gary Quirke Sandy Midili

3. Agenda Quick overview of Cognos EP Why EP and CF Integration Challenges Integration Tips and Tricks Questions

4. Quick Overview of EP Enterprise Budgeting and Forecasting High Participation Web based planning Central database: Oracle/SQL Server “Owned” by Finance Library of Specialized Planning Functions Driver Based Planning Integrated with C8 BI and CF

5. Quick Overview of EP Excel-based reporting Limited Financial Consolidation Does not support multiple hierarchies Some Integration challenges with CF

6. Quick Demo EP

7. Why CF and EP? Scenario 1: Own CF want EP Scenario 2: Own EP want CF Scenario 3: Buy CF & EP together

8. Challenges Avoiding two maintenance processes Single Cube (CF) Vs Multi-Cube (EP) CF/EP Meta data differences Transferring data between CF/EP Picking the best of both worlds

9. Tips: Minimizing Maintenance One Source: D-List Update & Import from Ledger –Database (ERP, Data warehouse, etc) –Excel Single point Maintenance Process –For example Cognos Manager Use CF as Financial data Mart –Aggregation of Actual to Forecast level of detail –Storage of Planning Versions as submissions

10. Tips: Single Vs Multi Cube

11. Tips: CF/EP Meta data Best Case –Consistent IDs and Names in CF/EP –Combined ID + Name <= 50 Characters Next Best –Use only IDs in EP Integration Cube All Else Fails –Use Names –But ensure unique names in CF

12. Demo Tips & Tricks

13. Tips: Best of Both Worlds CF –Allocations (where possible) –Currency Translation (where possible) –Version Control –Financial Consolidation (always!) –Storage of Detailed Actuals EP –Financial Modeling & Forecasting –Headcount & Salary Planning –Capital Planning –Driver Based and Advanced Planning –Planning beyond Finance –High Participation Planning

16. Questions? Gary Quirke e:gquirke@quebit.comgquirke@quebit.com t: 646-623-8383 Sandy Midili e:smidili@quebit.com t: 732-674-1410 http://www.QueBIT.com