metric studio vs report studio

[karthik.cognos]

can somebody give me the advantages of metric studio over report studio in the context of conditional formatting.
any other info would also be helpful.

thanks in advance!

[bdp]

Metrics Studio is for presenting Scorecards of Metrics, rather then reporting on data.

For example, if you have Revenue of 10K, what does that mean.  Revenue of 10K
only becomes a metric if it has a Period of Time,  eg. 10K Revenue for May.
But it is still not a metric until it has a target.  If you were expecting 100K then 10K is terrible,
if you were expecting 5K, then 10K is great.  A metric also needs someone to be "accountable".
Someone who is responsible for the metric (good or bad results).

Metrics Studio, collects the Metrics onto a Scorecard for analysis, comparision, charting, variance
and visualization.

Report Studio is the "reporting tool" and is fully capable of formatting reports in any manner the
business might choose.

Report Studio Reports can be linked to Metrics and Scorecards within the Metrics Studio product.

Hope this helps a bit.