Cognos BI Reporting System Implementation and Support, WMATA

Client  Description:

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMAT)] commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an interstate compact between the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. WMATA provides rapid transit service under the Metrorail name, fixed-route bus service under the Metrobus brand, and paratransit service under the MetroAccess brand.  The authority is also part of a public–private partnership that operates the DC Circulator bus system. 

Commodity Codes:

SIN Number: 132 51

NAICS Codes: 541511, 541512

Project Description:

WMATA was requiring a SME  level support for their Business Intelligence / Cognos practice to define BI report requirements and implement and deploy BI reports in multiple functional areas, with the primary focus on metrics and status tracking for WMATA.

Solution provided:

As a prime contractor, V Group has provided support to WMATA in Capital Improvement Program with data sourced from PeopleSoft and other repositories.  We have Utilize Cognos 10.2 Report, Query, Analysis, Event and Workspace Advanced Studios to design and deliver complex reports and widgets. We have also utilized Cognos 10. 2 Framework Mgr to define data sources and metadata, design and built OLAP cubes. Apart from this, we have also provided support in design and implement management dashboards using Cognos 10.2, and transition successfully to use of Cognos 11 and/or Tableau.