+ve

• Desktop OLAP can be useful for those with relatively small data volumes working autonomously

-ve

• Desktop OLAP; therefore, poor performance on large cubes
• No writeback
• If Cognos really believed in their OLAP platform why designed Cognos PowerPlay to be able to access competitor OLAP platforms (Analysis Services, Essbase, SAP B/W)?

Other

• http://www.cognos.com/products/powerplay/index.html

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