Installing IBM Cognos Express is very easy. Just follow the "next-next-finish" wizard. It automatically creates all of the necessary components in order to get started.
In essence, IBM Cognos Express consists out of 4 modules :
- Advisor (which is deprecated from version 10.2.1)
- Planner
- Reporter
- Xcelerator
After installation, however, no modules are installed by default. The administrator can choose to install them from the "IBM Cognos Express Manager", an web-based administration module, other than the standard Administration module in Cognos Connection. Installing a module is as easy as clicking the "install" button on each of the separate modules, as depicted below.
