Overview 

IBM® Cognos® Impromptu® lets you author virtually any report using Impromptu's superior frame-based reporting interface.

Create reports from any data source and distribute them to business users across the organization for better decisions and improved corporate performance. IBM Cognos Impromptu is based on the IBM Cognos Series 7 architecture.

• Impromptu is PC client based ideal for small and medium businesses from one user to 100's.
• Published reports can be distributed and scheduled by Impromptu Web Reports (IWR).
• Flexible report creation: frame-based report builder with features such as prompts, picklists, filters, and grouping, sorting and formatting capabilities.
• Advanced reporting options let users build a wide variety of reports: grouped lists, crosstabs, charts and more.
• Powerful summaries and calculations.
• Linked reports: a report author can easily create a system of linked reports to explore the data and move from summary to detail.
• Prompts and customization: IT can ensure that one report serves the needs of many.