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Command Center

The Costpoint™ Command Center is designed to provide users with real-time visibility into their projects.

By leveraging interactive dashboards and intuitive visualizations, it helps users focus on high-priority tasks and make informed decisions quickly.
Note: The Command Center is accessible only if you are using the new user interface (UI). To enable the new UI, go to the Configure User Preferences screen and set New User Interface to Yes.

With the Command Center, you can:

  • Identify and respond to time-sensitive tasks with greater efficiency.
  • Analyze and monitor data at a glance through interactive dashboards.
  • Navigate seamlessly to related Costpoint applications or Business Intelligence (BI) reports directly from dashboard widgets.

As part of Costpoint 2025.3, this initial release of the Command Center is tailored for project analysts. Future releases will expand support to include additional roles and dashboard tabs.

Prerequisites

Before accessing the Command Center, ensure the following configurations are set up.

To grant users access to the Command Center:

  1. Click Admin  > Security > System Security > Manage Users.
  2. Search for and select the user account.
  3. On the Assigned User Groups subtask, ensure the user is assigned to a CER user group.
    Note: To learn more about CER user groups, see the Costpoint BI User Groups List topic.
  4. On the Module Rights subtask, select the CC module.
  5. Set Module Rights to Full.
  6. Click Save.

On-premises Costpoint users must have Costpoint BI 2025.3 installed (with IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 or higher) and the Customer Authentication Provider (CAP) deployed to use the Command Center. You can check the BI version on the lower-right corner of the BI Welcome Screen and the Cognos version in Business Intelligence  > Personal menu > About.