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Cognos Office Connection Service

Access secure and live business intelligence from your MS Office environment.

Through the Cognos Office Connection service, your user community can manage and share BI content with the desktop applications they use every day.

• Centralize data management - gain managability and accountability through BI administration of MS Office files.
• Access all BI content - launch BI reports and analyses from Office, import report and analysis content into spreadsheets.
• No desktop administration required - deploy Office Connection to all users quickly and easily.
• Include every user - ensure fast adoption through the familiar Office environment.
• Improve your organizational performance - improved confidence and regulatory compliance of MS Office in your organization.

You can import a wide range of Cognos BI content into MS Office:

• Individual elements such as cross tabs, graphs, charts, and tables.
• Multiple heterogeneous queries with contextual information.
• Maintain a live link to data with contextual information and ability to refresh.
• Create complex desktop reports such as briefing books and dashboards.