Outcome signal
10+ reports migrated
Reports migrated to Power BI Paginated Reports with improved maintainability
Case Study Retail May 2022
Reporting Modernization: Cognos to Power BI Paginated Reports
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Summary
What changed, in short
Successfully modernized operational reporting with improved maintainability and consistent delivery format.
Outcome-first metrics
Outcome-first metrics
Focus
Cognos to Power BI modernization
Industry: Retail
My role
End-to-end migration delivery with multinational stakeholders
Tools: Power BI, Paginated Reports, Cognos, SQL
Problem
What needed to change
A Canadian retail client relied on 10+ legacy Cognos reports for sales and inventory tracking that were difficult to maintain and extend.
Context / Constraints
What shaped the work
Industry context: Retail. Primary focus: Reporting Modernization. The scope and sequencing were shaped by concrete delivery constraints.
- 10+ legacy Cognos reports with fragile maintenance model
Approach
How the work was handled
Delivered migration of 10+ sales and inventory reports from Cognos to Power BI Paginated Reports, working with Canadian stakeholders and multinational teams.
Outcome
What changed in practice
Successfully modernized operational reporting with improved maintainability and consistent delivery format.
- Migrated 10+ sales and inventory reports from Cognos to Power BI Paginated Reports.
- Worked with Canadian stakeholders and multinational teams.
- Improved maintainability and delivery consistency for operational reporting.
My Role
Where I contributed most
End-to-end migration delivery with multinational stakeholders
Trade-offs / Lessons
Choices, constraints, and what mattered
- Used Power BI Paginated Reports for the modernization target.
- Covered both sales and inventory reporting needs in the migration scope.
- Kept delivery aligned across data, integration, and reporting teams.
Additional Notes
Extra implementation detail
Highlights
- Migrated 10+ sales and inventory reports from Cognos to Power BI Paginated Reports.
- Worked with Canadian stakeholders and multinational teams across data, integration, and reporting.
- Improved report maintainability and delivery consistency.
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