Decision makers in an organization need up-to-date notification of data changes in order to drive business decisions. Data changes take place as business events occur. For example, monthly sales are 20% below target on the 29th day of the month, or hard disk space in ten servers reaches maximum capacity. In the above examples of business events, decision makers would like to be notified immediately, so that they can rectify the situation.
IBM Cognos Event Studio is a notification tool. You define a condition or criteria on business data, and the Event Studio notifies you when the condition is met. The notification may take place through an email, a report, or a news alert.
Assume that you want store managers to be notified when total employee hours exceed a specific threshold in a week. By using the Event Studio tool, you can create a condition on your payroll data. When this condition is met, the Event Studio alerts the store managers via emails...
