By design, IBM Cognos Planning — Contributor is a data collection tool. This program has two components: administration and client.
The Contributor administration component is called Contributor Administration Console (CAC). The CAC provides the functionality to publish the template created in Analyst over the Web after customizing its look and feel and applying any necessary security. It is a server-based tool and can be installed on a PC desktop or a server machine.
Using the CAC, you, as a Planning Administrator:
Publish the Analyst template over the Web for restaurant managers, so that they can submit their plan numbers
Customize the user interface of the template
Apply security to each template so that each restaurant manager can see only their own data
The following screenshot demonstrates the CAC interface, in which planning administration tasks are performed:
