COGNOS Licensing FAQ's

1. Is BI access necessary for anyone who needs to view reports? For any automated reort distribution?  YES


2. Is TM1 access and license necessary to contribute to planning data on-line? YES


3. To run reports from the cubes or to ineract with reports from the cubes? NO IF ACCESSED FROM BI; YES IF ACCESSED DIRECTLY FROM TM1 USING PERSPECTIVES OR ARCHITECT


4. Is it necessary to view a TM1 generated report (with graphs etc or slice which is not interactive)?
NO - IF YOU MEAN THAT A TIM1 USER CREATES A SLICE OR ACTIVE FORM IN EXCEL AND THEN COPIES VALUES TO ANOTHER EXCEL FILE OR WORKSHEET - NEED TO CONFIRM WITH IBM


5. What are the different Cognos BI licenses?  SEE ATTACHMENT Cognos 10 License Descriptions

6. What are the different TM1 licenses?  TM1 Modeler (creates /edits dimensions, cubes, TI processes and chores); TM1 Contributer (Adds/edits planning data to the TM1 Planning cubes, may use TM1 Perspectives and TM1 Web for analyzing data in TM1 cubes.  See Attachment for more details.

7. What licenses does UCAR currently own:

ProductEnvironmentType of license# of licenses
TM1Non-ProdPVU-based560
TM1 ModelorProductionNamed user6
TM1ContributerProductionNamed user173
BI AdministratorAll*Named user2
BI Professional Report AuthorAll*Named user16
BI Enhanced ConsumerAll*Named user752