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IBM Cognos Analytics

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What is IBM Cognos Analytics?

IBM Cognos is a full-featured business intelligence suite by IBM, designed for larger deployments. It comprises Query Studio, Reporting Studio, Analysis Studio and Event Studio, and Cognos Administration along with tools for Microsoft Office integration, full-text search, and dashboards.

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Great reporting and visualization

Rating: 6 out of 10
September 10, 2024
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We use it for Data preparation, reporting/dashboard and data analysis. It addresses the problem of Data Silos, operational data efficiency for Enterprise data team.
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Director
IBM Cognos Analytics5 years of experience

Effective software in data reporting and performance contract management

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 29, 2024
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It enables my team to consolidate data and build manageable infrastructure that interlinks different data sources. Data visualization has been challenging and with this softwa...
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Felicia Bently
Professional - Research & Development
Business Analyst
AA New Zealand
IBM Cognos Analytics1 year of experience

IBM Cognos Analytics

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 5, 2024
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IBM Cognos Analytics is a very good solution for performing analytics on the data using ai powered model and get very useful insights and that helps in taking business critica...
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Administrator
IBM Cognos Analytics1 year of experience

IBM Cognos Analytics, in my opinion, legacy leader modern laggard

Rating: 6 out of 10
March 29, 2024
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Primarily used for Dashboard and Report development with some level of self service capabilities.
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Manager
IBM Cognos Analytics8 years of experience

Good BI tool for advanced analytics.

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 29, 2024
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We use IBM Cognos Analytics is a business intelligence and analytics platform to gather and aggregate data from multiple parts of our organization, then analyze and visualize ...
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Program Manager
IBM Cognos Analytics1 year of experience

It's like a Swiss Army knife for our data

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 25, 2024
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At our marketing agency, we primarily use IBM Cognos Analytics to dive deep into customer and non-customer data for a major financial bank brand we're working with. Our main g...
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Executive
IBM Cognos Analytics3 years of experience

IBM Cognos Analytics Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 25, 2024
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I work in an industry which is completely data driven, using IBM Cognos Analytics we can easily schedule reports that could be sent out to stake holders without any manual int...
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Team Lead
IBM Cognos Analytics1 year of experience

Great Data Visual tool that's let down by lack of integrations & customer support.

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 23, 2024
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We use the tool for data modeling as it helps in predictive data analysis for complex data, which is very much in line with real-life scenarios. It offers options for customiz...
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Employee
IBM Cognos Analytics1 year of experience

IBM Cognos for Automation, Business Performance Insights, and Advanced Learning

Rating: 4 out of 10
March 22, 2024
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This is used by some of the teams for modeling, predictive analysis using historical data, and deep insights on overall Business Intelligence.
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Shelby Kolb
Analyst - Other
Data Analyst
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Unlocking Business Insights with IBM Cognos Analytics

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 22, 2024
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It is business intelligence platform which enables organizations to make insights from their data and also provides informed decisions. Few business problems and how my organi...
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Adi arora
Analyst - Information Technology
Lead Engineer
Kipi.bi
IBM Cognos Analytics5 years of experience

Best Business AI Tool

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 20, 2024
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We use IBM Cognos Analytics extensively in our data research. Our research is primarily based on the data input of demographics of our customers / potential customers, and wha...
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Analyst
IBM Cognos Analytics2 years of experience

IBM Cognos Analytics

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 20, 2024
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This technology is a great way for our business to see the scope of the work we are doing in one large dashboard. The data driven insights help us reach our goals and make mor...
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Consultant
IBM Cognos Analytics2 years of experience

Great for data analysis

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 20, 2024
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We mostly use it for data analytics and business intelligence. With the data provided IBM Cognos Analytics provide comprehensive reports and insights in our organisation data....
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Dhruv Goyal
Team Lead - Information Technology
Team lead
United software group
IBM Cognos Analytics4 years of experience

Best translation of AI into Business Analytics

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 20, 2024
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Being in the video production industry, we have a lot of bulky data relating to audience engagement of a video on a particular digital platform. IBM Cognos Analytics provides ...
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Analyst
IBM Cognos Analytics1 year of experience

Powerful and reliable BI tool

Rating: 6 out of 10
March 20, 2024
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We use IBM Cognos Analytics as our primary Business Intelligence tool for our risk and business reporting needs. We use it to produce customized reports for specific user/enti...
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IBM Cognos Analytics2 years of experience
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How IBM Cognos Analytics Differs From Its Competitors

Self-Service

Data cleasing has provided quality data to enable effective decisions which in turn has saved money on CSR calls, AI assistants have introduced automation to ease the burden on manual call handling, visualization has helped marketing to launch new products which are more customer focused and have …
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Data Security and Quality

Ours a heavily regulated industry. Any leaks in controls can violate regulations and lead to a hefty fine. Enabling efficient governance has not only help to implement layered security in terms of data classification but also to maintain access, transparency and quality of data needed to make …
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Self-Service

The self-service analytics have immensely contributed to independent data handling. It has fully enabled the organization to own and control data that is processed within the enterprise without assistance from third parties. Efficient reporting capabilities have enhanced comprehensive decision …
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Data Security and Quality

The system has fully customized security system that detects data threats. The platform does not breach set enterprise security policies that keeps each data under unique protocols. Effective data governance has maintained data integrity aligned with set regulatory requirements. I have experienced …
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Self-Service

IBM Cognos Analytics is very easy to learn and implement , the self service capabilities of it is very easy to learn for a beginner level of skilled person which helps to fast-pace the learning and get more out of the tool. The ai powered assistant is also a good utility.
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Data Security and Quality

IBM Cognos Analytics provides a rich set of security features and also provides a very isolated level of data handling and access permission and this helps to control the level of access granted to users and their permissions. the quality of data collected and their usage is already communicated …
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Self-Service

While there are claims for the AI integration and other aspects, the implementation of these are not easy and I have seen few success stories of the same. Data cleansing in a reporting tool is rather not recommended and should be done at data source or in data quality tools.
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Data Security and Quality

Security and access control based on department, role and user types is one of the key requirements for me. This is something IBM Cognos Analytics does quite well and easyly integrates with windows AD.
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Self-Service

When used properly, the AI features do provide productivity gains. However, they won't do all the work for you. They alleviate some of the most tedious tasks and help speed things up overall.
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Data Security and Quality

Those functionalities are must-haves in any large organization, where you can not allow everybody to access every data set. However, I wish there were more options for user authentication.
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Self-Service

Cognos' self-service capabilities have been a game-changer for our team. Before, data analysis felt like you needed a degree in wizardry. Now, with AI-assisted data prep and the AI Assistant, it's like having a data expert by your side, translating our plain English questions into deep insights …
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Data Security and Quality

For us, working with a major financial brand, data security isn't just important—it's everything. Cognos Analytics' security controls are a big deal for us. They let us manage who sees what, ensuring only the right eyes are on sensitive data. This is crucial in a big agency like ours, where …
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Self-Service

We have not used the AI assisted data preparation as the amount of the data that we collect is on a larger scale and we are in the very beginning of implementing AI on a broder scope in our organization
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Data Security and Quality

We are very much concerned about our data as we are a global organisation.
The data we collect is to make sure we make earth a better place to live hence we go a extra mile to make sure the data is secured and only the authorised persons have access the the data.
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Self-Service

1. We use the tool for data modeling as it helps in predictive data analysis for complex data, which is very much in line with real-life scenarios. 2. Options of customizing & scheduling reports as per our requirements basis. 3. With limited options, API integration is not up to the mark.
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Data Security and Quality

1. We use the tool for data modeling as it helps in predictive data analysis for complex data, which is very much in line with real-life scenarios. 2. Options of customizing & scheduling reports as per our requirements basis. 3. Has a mobile application that works seamlessly. 4. Laptops gets …
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Self-Service

These features have streamlined some manual work and further advanced automation, but validation and further accuracy-checking is still needed as we gain confidence in the platform and want to ensure confidence.
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Self-Service

AI assisted data cleansing and connecting data have helped in the process of preparing and transforming data for analysis. Automated dashboard creation supports users to quickly generate interactive dashboard without the need of technical support. Self service feature in cognos analytics helped …
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Data Security and Quality

It helps in defining and imposing security policies for different levels, be it groups or individual levels. It implements data governance controls which helps in data quality management and also helps in improving accuracy, and consistency of data. When user know their data is secured and their …
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Self-Service

I feel the self-service capabilities are the best part about this tool. Big data usually comes with challenges of cleaning and streamlining the data, which is done easily and mostly automatically by IBM Cognos Analytics. Also, plain English commands make the tool extremely user friendly and very …
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Self-Service

These tools have been incredibly impactful in driving our business activities and spending less time on tedious reports and organization/business decisions.
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Data Security and Quality

I feel much more confident about the quality of the data I'm using since there are numerous AI and data mining tools involved in this process that make data organization and optimization easier. These tools are incredibly important to maintaining data and making informed business decisions for …
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Self-Service

Its advanced AI capabilities help us immensely in data analysis as its very fast in analyzing large amounts of data in lower time frame. and as its running with the help of ai it means we can deploy our resources somewhere else.
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Data Security and Quality

By data governance IBM Cognos Analytics ensures our data remains safe. It only allow authorized individuals with access of confidential data. with its accurate data analytics capabilities we are ensured that our data received from it is consistent and accurate. and because of that we are really …
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Self-Service

We regularly use plain English commands to generate a lot of data report, to categorise those reports and to derive business strategies through it.<br>The self-service capabilities also make the learning curve much smoother.<br>The best feature is its chart creation, which can create really …
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Data Security and Quality

We are a team of about 12 people who use this tool on a regular basis - ranging from management to junior data analyst. Its individual-level security controls help us assign specific roles and access to each user.
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Self-Service

They've helped our middle office and back office non technical users to be able to probe data and come up with informed analysis on past trades. This has dramatically reduced the number of support requests for ad-hoc reporting raised with our technical teams. The reporting tool has helped …
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Data Security and Quality

In a bank, these controls are critical as we need row and column level data protection. In addition, we need to prove to compliance on a regular basis that our controls are working correctly and this tool helps us provide the data in accordance with user permissions.
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Self-Service

These self-service capabilities have enhanced the company's activities by allowing the creators and users of the information the freedom to take an idea they have and run with it. They can use the AI Assistant to take their ideas and create a visualization that helps get their point across and …
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Data Security and Quality

By allowing the enhanced security controls the company has been able to make sure that all relevant data is limited to the users that need it most and it is locked down appropriately. This gives Management peace of mind that the right people are looking at the right data and the risk of the …
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Self-Service

This is always what characterizes this software; it is possible to link tools that help to work with different data sources and AI, and it is also possible to visualize the data in a personalized control panel with a direct or indirect classification to all the obtaining system Automated data …
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Data Security and Quality

There are more than ten groups with central administrative permissions that are working with this software only in my department; in other areas, different permissions have also been established for each job according to each data source; this significantly helps the individual performance of each …
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Self-Service

If it is possible for all users to clearly understand the generated reports, the information panels are easy even for non-technical staff; it is not necessary to ask for help to export information to components or modules that are required, and it is also easy to change the location and report …
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Data Security and Quality

Documents and reports are shared in all departments only with Latin permissions for password management and encryption when required; there is a person in charge in each department who has the authorization; in the same way, this product has additional security features with advanced verification. …
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Self-Service

IBM Cognos Analytics' data modules allow for basic data prep tasks and continue to evolve. They provide a good web-based environment to manage metadata and build out calculations and filters, which help improve self-service analytics for end users. The AI assistant is a nice enhancement in recent …
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Data Security and Quality

Data governance and controls are vital when rolling out an enterprise reporting, dashboarding, and analytics platform. IBM Cognos Analytics has always provided good and effective controls in this respect, which continue to be supported in newer releases. Security control also remains a strong …
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Data Security and Quality

This does increase throughput so that we can deploy content to a wider audience utilizing security to make sure people see only what they are supposed to see. The overall model is flexible and powerful so we can deliver data securely no matter the security need.
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Self-Service

Yes it did and if the code was simplified also with integration of multiple UI then it would be a great product that users can use in their businesses
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Data Security and Quality

In enables better data governance structure by having regulated access to reports and dashboards of who can access the data with better row level security enabled. Quality of data is highly dependent on how we get the data and make relationships with different tables and databases so it is …
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Self-Service

Leveraging AI to analyse data and generate interactive dashboards is an incredible powerful and time saving feature.
The AI assistant natural language processing is also a great tool to fill the knowledge gap that is normal for clients using these kind of tools.
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Data Security and Quality

The security controls are a must of using this tool. Beyond important :-) Without security it would not work.
Proper content management and data quality features improved the confidence in the quality of the data.
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Data Security and Quality

Extremely! As we are a healthcare insurance company, we are driven by mandates from the government and have strict policies to follow. CA allows permissions to be set at most of the levels we require.
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Self-Service

We provide training on these exact capabilities and offer custom report/dasboard builds on an SOW basis. Along with our standard reports and dashboards this has allowed us to satisfy all of our customer needs.
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Data Security and Quality

IBM Cognos allows governors at system level, model/package level and report level security controls, but it is lacking control by tenants. e.g. many system level governors like high/low affinity processes or max processes cannot have different settings per tenant.
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Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employees
Felicia Bently
Business Analyst
AA New Zealand (Consumer Services, 501-1000 employees)
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Pricing

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On Demand - Standard

$10.00

Cloud
per month per user

On Demand - Standard

$10.60

On Premise
per month per user

On Demand - Premium

$42.40

On Premise
per month per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.ibm.com/products/cognos…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $10 per month per user
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Product Demos

How to get started with IBM Cognos Analytics

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

7.5
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

7.7
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.1
Avg 8.3

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

7.7
Avg 8.0

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

7.9
Avg 8.5

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

7.1
Avg 8.0

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

7.3
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is IBM Cognos Analytics?

Cognos Analytics is an AI-fueled business intelligence platform that supports the entire analytics cycle, from discovery to operationalization. Cognos Analytics gives users — whether data scientist, business analyst or non-specialist — more power to perform relevant analysis in a way that ties back to organizational objectives. It aims to shorten each user’s journey from simple to sophisticated analytics, allowing them to harness data to explore the unknown, identify new relationships, get a deeper understanding of outcomes and challenge the status quo. Users can visualize, analyze and share actionable insights about data with anyone in the organization.


IBM Cognos Analytics Features

BI Platform Features

  • Supported: Administration via Web Interface
  • Supported: Live Connection to External Data
  • Supported: Snapshot of External Data
  • Supported: In-memory data model
  • Supported: OLAP (Pre-processed cube representation)
  • Supported: Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)
  • Supported: ETL Capability
  • Supported: ETL Scheduler

Supported Data Sources Features

  • Supported: MS Excel Workbooks
  • Supported: Text Files (CSV, etc)
  • Supported: Oracle
  • Supported: MS SQL Server
  • Supported: IBM DB2
  • Supported: MySQL
  • Supported: ODBC
  • Supported: Cloudera Hadoop
  • Supported: IBM Netezza
  • Supported: SAP Hana
  • Supported: Salesforce
  • Supported: SAP

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Pixel Perfect reports
  • Supported: Customizable dashboards
  • Supported: Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting Features

  • Supported: Drill-down analysis
  • Supported: Formatting capabilities
  • Supported: Predictive modeling
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages
  • Supported: Report sharing and collaboration

Report Output and Scheduling Features

  • Supported: Publish to PDF
  • Supported: Output Raw Supporting Data
  • Supported: Report Delivery Scheduling

Data Discovery and Visualization Features

  • Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
  • Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
  • Supported: Predictive Analytics
  • Supported: Support for Machine Learning models
  • Supported: Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages

Access Control and Security Features

  • Supported: Multi-User Support (named login)
  • Supported: Role-Based Security Model
  • Supported: Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
  • Supported: Report-Level Access Control
  • Supported: Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile Capabilities Features

  • Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
  • Supported: Mobile Application
  • Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding Features

  • Supported: REST API
  • Supported: Javascript API

IBM Cognos Analytics Screenshots

Screenshot of a natural language query, used in IBM Cognos Analytics to get AI-powered insights from data.Screenshot of AI-generated insights and forecasts that can be added with just a click of a button.Screenshot of a dashboard that can be generated automatically using IBM Cognos Analytics by uploading or selecting data.Screenshot of an AI-generated dashboard from a spreadsheet that was just uploaded. This offers a great starting point for the creative process.Screenshot of where to import data to IBM Cognos Analytics from CSV files and spreadsheets. Users can connect to cloud or on-premises data sources, including SQL databases, Google BigQuery, Amazon, and Redshift.Screenshot of a sample operational dashboard of a coffee shop created using IBM Cognos Analytics.

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IBM Cognos Analytics Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Hebrew, Urdu, Farsi

Frequently Asked Questions

IBM Cognos is a full-featured business intelligence suite by IBM, designed for larger deployments. It comprises Query Studio, Reporting Studio, Analysis Studio and Event Studio, and Cognos Administration along with tools for Microsoft Office integration, full-text search, and dashboards.

IBM Cognos Analytics starts at $10.

Tableau Public, Tableau Server, and Microsoft Power BI are common alternatives for IBM Cognos Analytics.

Reviewers rate Report Versioning highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of IBM Cognos Analytics are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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User-Friendly Dashboards: Users have praised the user-friendly dashboards in IBM Cognos Analytics for enabling quick creation of custom dashboards and easy understanding of visual data representations. The intuitive design allows users to identify trends at a glance, enhancing their analytical capabilities.

AI-Powered Insights: Many reviewers have highlighted the value of the AI-powered Insights feature in IBM Cognos Analytics, which automatically identifies patterns and insights, enhancing analysis depth effortlessly. This feature has been instrumental in uncovering valuable insights that might have otherwise gone unnoticed.

Seamless Data Integration: Customers appreciate the seamless and efficient data integration capabilities of Cognos Analytics, allowing for easy merging of data from various sources like customer feedback and sales figures. The smooth integration process streamlines workflow efficiency and enhances overall data management practices.

Steep Learning Curve: Users have expressed that there is a steep learning curve for beginners when using the software, requiring a substantial amount of time to fully understand its functionalities. The user interface is considered outdated and not user-friendly, especially in comparison to more modern solutions available in the market.

Poor Mobile Capabilities: Users have expressed the need for better mobile capabilities. Users note that accessing reports on the go can be cumbersome. Users also express that the mobile interface is not as intuitive as the desktop.

Performance Issues with Large Datasets: Some users have encountered performance issues when working with large datasets, experiencing occasional lags that hinder their workflow efficiency. Additionally, they have noted that these performance issues can lead to delays in data analysis tasks, impacting productivity.

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Great reporting and visualization

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
September 10, 2024
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Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it for Data preparation, reporting/dashboard and data analysis. It addresses the problem of Data Silos, operational data efficiency for Enterprise data team.
Pros and Cons
  • Reporting
  • Interactive dashboard
  • Collaboration
Likelihood to Recommend
It’s good to avoid data siloes and piece everything together to a 360 view for an entity like member. However, as compared to other tools in the market it is slow in terms of performance, data integration capabilities are limited and has a limited set for views for data visualization

Effective software in data reporting and performance contract management

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 29, 2024
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Felicia Bently
Business Analyst
AA New Zealand (Consumer Services, 501-1000 employees)
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IBM Cognos Analytics
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It enables my team to consolidate data and build manageable infrastructure that interlinks different data sources. Data visualization has been challenging and with this software reporting capabilities on different projects have highly improved. I can easily track performance and with efficient scorecards that aligns with set business goals. IBM Cognos Analytics has integrated AI and machine learning that enables my team to identify effective business opportunities.
Pros and Cons
  • Reliable performance management
  • Effective data visualization
  • Data analysis
Likelihood to Recommend
The product has enhanced self-service operations in data management. There is no need to hire data expertise with IBM Cognos Analytics since it has powerful data handling tools. Team collaboration has improved from shared annotations and stable report distributions across the enterprise. The application maintains data accuracy and compliance with set enterprise policies in data handling.

IBM Cognos Analytics

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 05, 2024
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Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
IBM Cognos Analytics is a very good solution for performing analytics on the data using ai powered model and get very useful insights and that helps in taking business critical decisions .the reporting features available in the solution is very useful as well to get detailed insights created from the data.
Pros and Cons
  • Reporting
  • Data Modelling
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cognos Analytics helps to make critical decisions using the features such as ai powered data model . The deployment was also very flexible and the report generation using analytics works best due to its high data handling capabilities. It is well suited in situations where detailed analysis is required where business critical decisions must be made

IBM Cognos Analytics, in my opinion, legacy leader modern laggard

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
March 29, 2024
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Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
8 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Primarily used for Dashboard and Report development with some level of self service capabilities.
Pros and Cons
  • Tabular reports
  • Dashboards
  • Role based access controls
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cognos Analytics does basic reports, dashboards, RBAC (Role Based Access Controls), active directory integration well. However, it lacks AI integration, lacks easy self service report and dashboard development for business users, needs new and refreshed charts and visuals.

Good BI tool for advanced analytics.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
March 29, 2024
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Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Cognos Analytics is a business intelligence and analytics platform to gather and aggregate data from multiple parts of our organization, then analyze and visualize data to make business decisions (mainly to improve B2B sales and customer satisfaction, but also as a hint for developing new products/solutions for our clients).
Pros and Cons
  • Data Visualization: Plenty of options exist for multiple use cases, and dashboards are easy to implement and customize.
  • Integration with IBM Watson: makes it easy to use Watson AI features (NLP etc.) on your data.
  • Its advanced analytics functionalities with powerful pattern detection/prediction models.
Likelihood to Recommend
Our first and most basic scenario was to automatize the creation and publication/sharing of business reports that used to be created manually by employees throughout our organization. Using Cognos for that first use case worked well. The advanced analytics functionalities we used on the aggregated data were also as expected. However, the user interface is not always intuitive, and there is a steep learning curve, so I would recommend Cognos only to large organizations where there is a need for the most advanced functionalities (AI analysis/prediction).

It's like a Swiss Army knife for our data

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 25, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
At our marketing agency, we primarily use IBM Cognos Analytics to dive deep into customer and non-customer data for a major financial bank brand we're working with. Our main goal is to gauge the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and track the performance of financial products and services, like how many new credit card subscriptions or account openings we're getting. Basically, Cognos Analytics is our go-to for everything data-related. It helps us pull together all kinds of data, make sense of it, and then present it in a way that’s easy for both our team and our client to understand. We're talking detailed reports, dashboards full of insights, and really clear visualizations that show us what's working and what's not. It's been a really helpful tool in terms of making data-driven decisions to fine-tune our strategies and boost sales performance for the bank. It's like having a superpower for data analytics in our toolkit.
Pros and Cons
  • The user-friendly dashboards lets us create custom dashboards super quickly. It's great at visualizing data in a way that's easy to grasp, which means we can spot trends at a glance without getting lost in the numbers.
  • AI-powered Insights are a lifesaver. It automatically highlights patterns and insights we might miss, making our analysis more thorough without extra effort on our part.
  • Data integration is a breeze. Merging data from various sources is very simple to implement. Whether it's customer feedback or sales figures, Cognos handles it seamlessly, giving us a complete view without the headache of manual merging.
  • We love the report automation. Generating reports is no longer a time-consuming task. We set up what we need once, and Cognos does the rest, automating our weekly or monthly reports and saving us a ton of time.
Likelihood to Recommend
Cognos is fantastic for businesses like ours that need to dive deep into customer data to evaluate marketing strategies. It's especially good when you're dealing with multiple data sources and need to bring everything together in a coherent, visual format for analysis and decision-making. Also, if your team values data-driven insights to guide your strategies, Cognos Analytics is a powerful ally. Where it might be less appropriate is for small startups or teams with very basic data analysis needs. The complexity and cost could be overkill when simpler, less expensive solutions like Power Bi, or Tableau would do. Additionally, if quick, on-the-fly mobile access to data is critical for your team, you might find the mobile experience a bit lacking.

IBM Cognos Analytics Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 25, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I work in an industry which is completely data driven, using IBM Cognos Analytics we can easily schedule reports that could be sent out to stake holders without any manual interference.

The data driven analytics is very helpfull in generating graph reports and also generate predictions
Pros and Cons
  • Scheduled report generational and email
  • Very good for customising reports and creating accurate reports
  • It can easily integrate with multiple ERP's
Likelihood to Recommend
The IBM Cognos Analytics is well suited in places where is there is a lot of data to be processed, using this tool all the data can be split it to multiple reports. Our BA team was complaining about raw data being given to them and the time it was taking time to extract this data however with IBM Cognos Analytics tool this was done within no time , which actually helped the team to work on the data

Great Data Visual tool that's let down by lack of integrations & customer support.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
March 23, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use the tool for data modeling as it helps in predictive data analysis for complex data, which is very much in line with real-life scenarios. It offers options for customizing and scheduling reports as per our requirements. It has a mobile application that works seamlessly. Depending on the scope, licensing, and maintenance can go from cheap to expensive.
Pros and Cons
  • We use the tool for data modeling as it helps in predictive data analysis for complex data, which is very similar to real-life scenarios.
  • Options of customizing & scheduling reports as per our requirements basis.
  • Has mobile application which works seamless.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited: 1. We use the tool for data modeling as it helps in predictive data analysis for complex data, which is very much in line with real-life scenarios. 2. Options of customizing & scheduling reports as per our requirements basis. 3. Has a mobile application that works seamlessly. Less Appropriate: 1. API integration with minimal options is not up to the mark. Laptops get overheated when using the tool, from moderate to heavy use. 2. Also, there is a lag in the tool times. 3. There is a lot of scope to improve customer support & it's not up to industry standards. 4. Licensing & Maintenance can go from cheap to expensive depending on the scope.

IBM Cognos for Automation, Business Performance Insights, and Advanced Learning

Rating: 4 out of 10
Incentivized
March 22, 2024
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This is used by some of the teams for modeling, predictive analysis using historical data, and deep insights on overall Business Intelligence.
Pros and Cons
  • advanced modeling
  • reporting and dashboarding
  • integration with engineer toolsets
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cognos Analytics is great for deep-level stakeholder Business Intelligence and performance, but not as appropriate for quick, ad-hoc analysis and dashboarding for junior level, non-technical stakeholders and partners in my opinion. We have not been able to sync the data with newer data streams, such as Digital Communications, marketing, etc.

Unlocking Business Insights with IBM Cognos Analytics

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 22, 2024
Aa
Adi arora
Lead Engineer
Kipi.bi (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is business intelligence platform which enables organizations to make insights from their data and also provides informed decisions. Few business problems and how my organization addresses it: It allows organization to create interactive dashboards and reports, and can get AI powered insights too which helps in analyze trends and metrics. Through this user can explore data from multiple sources to cover insights, patterns. It also provides ad hoc querying and predictive analytics. It performs operational analytics which helps organization to improve productivity, efficiency and customer satisfaction. we can analyze the data in real time which enhances performance and business growth.
Use Case:
Supply Chain Optimization
Sales and marketing analytics
Customer segmentation and analysis
Pros and Cons
  • It provides statistical analysis and predictive modeling which helps to forecast sales trends based on data and other factors.
  • It provides user friendly interface which helps users to explore data without extensive IT support. Like sales and marketing teams can use self service BI to analyze customer data and personalize campaigns for marketing.
  • It integrates well with IBM products and also with third party which enables organization to integrate with different products for better results and growth.
  • It provides security and governance features which maintains confidentiality, and compliance of data. It impose HIPAA compliance by providing role based access and encryption to protect sensitive data.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well Suited Scenarios:
When it comes to financial planning processes, Cognos Analytics is suitable as it provides budgeting, forecasting capabilities. It helps in creating, analyzing forecasts and budgets.
When organization need to manage and monitor performances across different departments and teams Cognos Analytics is used to track KPIs, set targets and measure performance against thresholds.
Less Appropriate Scenarios:
For small stakeholders with limited resources, it might be concerning as it takes investment in cost, training and infrastructure. For them, it is cost effective to use simpler analytics tool.
For simpler and easier visualization, Cognos Analytics is not appropriate as it offers advanced analytics options and might be difficult to use and navigate through the platform.
It is not suited for those use cases, where high volume of data is streamed on real time as it offers near real time data integration.

Best Business AI Tool

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 20, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Cognos Analytics extensively in our data research. Our research is primarily based on the data input of demographics of our customers / potential customers, and what kind of services can be best offered to them. We have a bulk of data from the customers using our portfolio management and investment banking services, and IBM Cognos Analytics helps us get meaningful information out of that data
Pros and Cons
  • Charts!
  • Dashboard reporting
  • Assigning of roles and rights to users
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very well suited for us when we have a lot of data which we need to present into a meaningful information. It also helps junior resources in the company to also play an important role in data analytics - plain English commands help in that.
I guess it would be less appropriate for smaller organisations with less quantum of data.

IBM Cognos Analytics

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 20, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This technology is a great way for our business to see the scope of the work we are doing in one large dashboard. The data driven insights help us reach our goals and make more informed decisions. The software integrates reporting, modeling, analysis, dashboards, stories, and event management so that you can understand your organization's data, and make effective business decisions.
Pros and Cons
  • User friendly
  • Strong graphics
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cognos Analytics gives users formatted and interactive dashboards with custom visualizations for users to make anywhere, anytime from any device. A great way to understand our business landscape and to gain business intelligence about our clients and partners. Data driven decisions help us make better informed business decisions for customers and our business year round.

Great for data analysis

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 20, 2024
DG
Dhruv Goyal
Team lead
United software group (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We mostly use it for data analytics and business intelligence. With the data provided IBM Cognos Analytics provide comprehensive reports and insights in our organisation data. It helps us create KPI's with all the proper metrics. Overall its powerful data analytics helps us create and generate reports regarding our organizations sales and business operations.
Pros and Cons
  • Data Analytics
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data security
Likelihood to Recommend
We use it for various purposes such as its great for creating reports as it keeps factoring all the key indicators. its data analytics capabilities are also unmatched we run many ads and it provides us deep insights about that like which ad is performing the best. Its also great for predictive analysis as well.

Best translation of AI into Business Analytics

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 20, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Being in the video production industry, we have a lot of bulky data relating to audience engagement of a video on a particular digital platform. IBM Cognos Analytics provides us AI driven data analytics which helps us identify which category of audience has engaged the most, and also helps us bucket the audiences into age groups, demographics, etc. It helps us extract useful information out of the bulky data that is scraped.
Pros and Cons
  • Great dashboard
  • Understands prompts reasonably well
  • Amazing charts
  • Decent speed
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cognos Analytics is pretty well suited to work on bulky data set, from which a specific set of information needs to be extracted.
Works really well for us for assessing and analysing audience engagement on various social platforms like Instagram, YouTube, X, etc. and helps us guide our clients on efficient marketing strategy.

Powerful and reliable BI tool

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
March 20, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Cognos Analytics as our primary Business Intelligence tool for our risk and business reporting needs. We use it to produce customized reports for specific user/entitlement groups.
We also use it for Data exploration/cleansing efforts in initial stages of our Machine Learning projects and to run statistical analytics on various data sets.
Pros and Cons
  • AI assistant is handy and speeds up intial setup
  • Data exploration and discovery
  • Excel charting
  • Integrates with wide range of data sources
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cognos Analytics is well suited for use cases where you have to present reporting and tell story using data to a non-technical audience. The charting features are good and helps combine and analyze various datasets easily.

It's less suited for use by Machine Learning engineers/developers to probe data and derive statistical insights from datasets.

IBM Cognos Analytics Review

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 13, 2024
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
IBM Cognos Analytics is used in the organization for reporting and analytics trends that come from the financial aspects of the company. Additionally, IBM Cognos Analytics is used to create dashboards for Management to monitor real-time performance and trends. The scope of this use case is the entire organization as it is used for period end reporting purposes.
Pros and Cons
  • Easy to use "out of the box"
  • Easily adaptive user interface
  • Automation solutions are very efficient
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cognos Analytics is very well suited for a large company that has users who are well versed in business intelligence and know how to create reports and monitor their necessary data to create a visually appetizing summary. This may be less appropriate for a smaller company that does not need the necessary computing power to bring together mass amount of data to report results/analyze trends and run analytics.

Data unification capacity, great help to the end user in the creation of the final report.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
December 17, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Throughout the organization, we fully use this tool for the control of administration automation, mainly reports and data models, which allows us to improve through what the tool analyzes; also for the development of queries. IBM Cognos Analytics collaborates with us efficiently, saving all the necessary time that we use for other things for the financial well-being of the organization since it has an Artificial Intelligence capable of identifying itself with any activity that is needed in the company quickly and perfect, among other things the automation of the boards.
Pros and Cons
  • It can be connected to multiple data sources.
  • Easily integrates with any other tool.
  • Combination of data sources.
  • Favorable technical service, always attentive.
  • It is fully scalable.
Likelihood to Recommend
Being a stable and robust tool, it has been very useful for managing all the data in report and content management, allowing you to be connected from any device or data source or on the web. We use it in all the departments of the organization, offering us excellent functions that help us to have good visualizations automatically, therefore, quickly, of the data to keep everything in order. We recommend it mainly for large companies that have data silos. IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson will keep each piece of data unified by the department.

Automated system for better productivity of your business.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
December 14, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson is an essential tool in all departments of the organization; due to its Artificial Intelligence capacity, it is capable of keeping everything in order from the beginning to the end. At all times, the tool creates a report of all the data in a structured way, knowing exactly the result that you want to evaluate and be fully resolved, which allows us to be connected to your control panel. This product integrates easily with different tools, making the whole process easier.; It also has a great team of technicians to help.
Pros and Cons
  • Full data reporting and analysis all the time.
  • Artificial Intelligence of great help for business performance.
  • Easily integrates with other tools.
  • You can count on this scalable platform.
  • Fast in data recovery.
  • It has a good price.
  • Quality technical team.
Likelihood to Recommend
Despite some drawbacks, such as visualizations, IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson has been quite beneficial for the company; the data reports are constantly analyzed in a concise and precise manner, extracting the most specific ones for better control. Everything is simpler since its implementation since everything is systematized and, therefore, processes are accelerated. Something extremely important is productivity is higher, maintaining a good work environment and with customers.

High Quality Enterprise Analytics Platform

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
November 15, 2023
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Cognos Analytics internally to provide reporting, dashboarding, and analytical insights about our business. We also implement the solution in conjunction with our clients to help gain more effective business insights. It provides our clients and users with up-to-date dashboards and reports connecting to a wide variety of data sources.
Pros and Cons
  • Enterprise reporting
  • Interactive dashboarding
  • Data exploration
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cognos Analytics is well suited for organisations that need both mode 1 and mode 2 analytics. It provides enterprise reporting capability combined with interactive dashboarding capabilities for self service analysis of data. It supports both on premise and cloud based deployments and connects well to other IBM solutions for example IBM Planning Analytics

Cognos Analytics for Enterprise reporting

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
October 10, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Reseller
IBM Cognos Analytics
25 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Cognos Analytics is an Enterprise Reporting and Analytics platform supporting a wide range of use cases and business value. Cognos Analytics supports a centralized semantic layer that enables broad access to governed data in a way that makes content creation easy for a variety of user abilities and content types.
Pros and Cons
  • Common metadata platform that enables reporting, dashboards, ad hoc access and advanced capabilities
  • integrates well with a broad range of databases, authentication providers
  • provides content creation capabilities at different levels of complexity to make more people with a range of skills productive.
Likelihood to Recommend
Where governed enterprise reporting is important, where IT skills are mature and capable, where well designed, highly formatted and advanced reports are important, where data modelling skills are well developed, where data analysts and data engineers work well together.

Congrats on Cognos

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
September 12, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I used Cognos for my reporting and dashboarding to create, modify, delete for different teams and applications within the organization. The clients were mostly insurance based and required scheduling and troubleshooting services with respect to Cognos. Query studio was used for ad hoc reporting or one time use reports, while Report Studio was used for complex and demanding reports that will be used for a long duration.
Pros and Cons
  • Reporting Tabular Format
  • Arrangement and Alignment
  • Ad Hoc Reporting.
  • Access to multiple datasets and restrictions based control
Likelihood to Recommend
Reporting whose demands are not too high but simple tabulated format which can be used for over several years. Also adhoc reporting using Query Studio is better in making short time reports. Other options where it lacks is Dashboarding where I would prefer Tableau or PowerBI

Powerful analytics platform

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
August 31, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Cognos Analytics to analyse user data and customer trends to make forecasts and data-driven decisions. We use the builtin AI Chatbot to get better insights from data using plain english.
Pros and Cons
  • AI chatbot provides an excellent user experience for the researcher
  • Very good looking reports
  • Forecasting
  • Security
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for complex businesses with a lot of data: financial sector, healthcare, etc. Can generate comprehensive reports and forecasts.

Less apropiate in a scenario where you want to use it for a small startup that lacks a significant amount of data to analyse.

Cognos Analytics Is Good

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
July 22, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
15 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use CA for analyis as well as operational reporting and support an extranet for group and provider utilization reporting.
Pros and Cons
  • emailed delivery
  • operational reporting
  • dashboarding
Likelihood to Recommend
For users who are not tech savy, having reporting emailed to them is a nice touch. However these same users need a better/less complicated way to design their own adhoc reports (ie, Query Studio). The new Reporting interface is too complex for casual users.

IBM Cognos can't be beat for customer satisfaction

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
July 21, 2023
SL
Shawn Lamson
Tech Manager, BI & Analytics
Ideagen (Environmental Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller
IBM Cognos Analytics
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We encourage all users of our EHS platform to use Cognos and we provide base reports, dashboards, and training for every user that wants it. Our Cognos implementation gives a holistic Organization-wide view to the Executive team and also provides granular, real-time data to managers etc.
Pros and Cons
  • Subscribe reports via email
  • Manage users and security
  • Provide governed data via packages
Likelihood to Recommend
Comparing the "Big 3", Cognos has the bases covered. No other solution provides *all* of the benefits. User adoption/training is key, once users can build or even just modify reports and dashboards, merging their own datasets to governed corporate data, and setting subscriptions (via email) they are thrilled. Implementing Cognos has satisfied 99% of requests/complaints from our customers regarding access to their data!

Good for single tenant, need more work on mutli-tenant

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
July 21, 2023
JN
Jonathan Ng
Sr BI Engineer
Infor (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
20 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used IBM Cognos Analytics as our reporting solution for our application through API.
Pros and Cons
  • Ongoing release and upgrades
  • Customer support
  • scalable solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
Will recommend for their dashboard and active reports. for 3rd party application call through API, will not recommend since it all required paid services for support.
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