Reporting Modernization: Cognos to Power BI Paginated Reports
Successfully modernized operational reporting with improved maintainability and consistent delivery format.
Retail
report-migration
paginated-reports
cognos-modernization
operational-reporting
Portfolio-safe report modernization frame
Evidence snapshot
Outcome signal
10+ reports migrated
Reports migrated to Power BI Paginated Reports with improved maintainability
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
Summary
Successfully modernized operational reporting with improved maintainability and consistent delivery format.
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 and constraints
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
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.
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.
Shows enterprise reporting modernization, migration experience, and comfort with operational reporting.
My role
End-to-end migration delivery with multinational stakeholders
Tools: Power BI, Paginated Reports, Cognos, SQL
Choices and lessons
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.
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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