Use PowerPlay Web to view and explore reports using your Web browser. Within PowerPlay Web, you can open reports in PowerPlay Web Viewer in PDF format or PowerPlay Web Explorer in an interactive format, depending on how the report was created. These reports can be opened from the IBM Cognos portal (either Upfront or IBM Cognos Connection) and from the PowerPlay Web Table of Contents. Upfront is the Web interface for IBM Cognos enterprise applications and other Web data. IBM Cognos Connection is the portal to IBM Cognos ReportNet, the Web-based reporting solution.
For information about using Upfront, see the Upfront online help. For information about IBM Cognos ReportNet, see the IBM Cognos ReportNet User Guide.
Reports created in other PowerPlay client applications open in PowerPlay Web Viewer and give you a fast way to view and analyze data. With PowerPlay Web Viewer, you can see information that is important to you. Then, you can either print the information or further explore the report by opening it in PowerPlay Web Explorer.
Other reports or cubes that are Web accessible open in PowerPlay Web Explorer so you can explore the data, change the information in the report, add calculations, and change how the information appears. You can also save the results for other PowerPlay Web users.