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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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Almost perfect

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 24, 2024
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My organization uses IBM Cognos Analytics to pull data reports from Deltek Costpoint. There is no way to pull data only with Costpoint so we use IBM Cognos Analytics to fill t...
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Administrator
IBM Cognos Analytics7 years of experience

Best data representation visualization.

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 23, 2024
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IBM Cognos is used for Reporting and decision-making. Creating dashboards and providing financial planning and analysis functions saves time and increases organization product...
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Analyst
IBM Cognos Analytics2 years of experience

Good, but not perfect!

Rating: 5 out of 10
September 21, 2024
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Congos is used for reporting and analytics processes only. Different structures are used to report on certain levels and increase understanding. The scope was to have a flexib...
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Executive
IBM Cognos Analytics2 years of experience

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
PlayStation
Verified on LinkedIn

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
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How IBM Cognos Analytics Differs From Its Competitors

Self-Service

Having the ability to use IBM Cognos Analytics as a self service has really helped me out. I am able to quickly and easily pull data to track my purchase order services/software spend as well as track data for our federal reporting for small business spend. I do not need to wait on anyone, I am …
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Data Security and Quality

It's helpful because only certain areas of the organization has access. It keeps us with the ability to control who can see what data and making sure they come to Procurement and finance to access.
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Self-Service

With the help of IBM Cognos, users can create faster reports without relying on IT, which reduces wait time and increases organization productivity. With the help of self-service analytics, users can explore data and get answers to questions without requiring extensive technical help. It also …
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Data Security and Quality

Data governance controls are essential for data quality, security, and compliance within the organization; they ensure data quality, accuracy, and consistency. It also provides data security to protect sensitive data from theft and damage. it also protects from regulatory compliances and provides …
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Self-Service

It's not easy at all. I'm still struggling with some implementation steps. Self-service capabilities are great, but they're not as easy as they sound on a daily basis.
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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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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.

7.3
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

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

7.6
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8
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.

7.5
Avg 8.0

Access Control and Security

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

7.7
Avg 8.5

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

7
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

7.4
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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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

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.

Reviews

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IBM Cognos Analytics: The reporting platform of choice, with growing potential

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 14, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Reseller
IBM Cognos Analytics
2 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
8
Report bursting has always been good with IBM Cognos and Cloud is no exception, whether it's types of formats, scheduling, security, or distribution. It's especially useful when reports are being bursted to a significant number of users, like for annual reports, sales dashboards, or commissions statements. This, coupled with easy licensing options, keeps the costs in check.

IBM Cognos Report Studio works great for distributing data

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
February 05, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
2 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
5
It's possible for our organization to share data across teams, but due to being a healthcare organization we have to make sure it goes to the appropriate individuals. We built a custom website program that allows business owners of different data sources throughout the company determine which members should be in what groups so that reports go to the appropriate individuals. With this custom web app and IBM Cognos, it is fantastic to share data across the organization in PDF, Excel, or HTML formats. I just wish they did a better job at managing groups or updating their Cognos SDK, without charging additional fees for custom development.

Great product!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
January 14, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
9 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
8
Burst emails are lacking, but they can be done. They require some IT support, I would like to see the functional user be able to do more of the burst emails themselves. Also, sometimes the burst emails can be quirky and duplicate text. When this happens, you have to get IT involved because of the complexity.

IBM Cognos Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
December 04, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
5 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
9
This was superior in every facet of the application. Cross-pollinating application with data sources, ability to manage multiple role-based access with SSO and reporting for structure levels is key to its success. This product truly delivered.

Collaborative But Complicated

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
November 16, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
3 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
6
The access control capabilities work well, and it's easy to share data across teams (commonly accessible reports). Report formatting is more complicated than it needs to be.

Cognos today review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 10, 2019
RH
Ray Hirte
IT Project Management Consultant
Hennepin County (Government Administration, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
6 years of experience
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Collaboration and Sharing
8
I am not as versed with the sharing of collaborative aspects of Cognos. The dashboards make a nice high level addition and our executives like the look and feel.

Cognos is a great enterprise tool

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
February 25, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
3 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
10
The reasons for my rating for the access control capabilities include ease of sharing data across teams, report distribution and formatting and security are that in my opinion it is better than the rest and can hold its own when stacked up against other BI products. For enterprise use, it is a great tool that works well.

IBM Cognos is a powerful tool to have in your organization

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
January 17, 2019
NC
Nabeel Chohan
Finance Manager, Project Accounting Group
Salient CRGT (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
4 years of experience
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Collaboration and Sharing
9
Cognos does a great job in access control where access can be limited based on various factors and can be used to perform specific functions. One of the great things about Cognos is the ability to share and distribute reports, this is done with ease in Cognos where the user has an option of sharing reports through public or private folders.

Cognos too Powerful?

Rating: 5 out of 10
Incentivized
December 11, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
3 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
10
Business users can create their own reports using query studio and share those results with others either via PDF or scheduling alerts.

Cognos is good for a large sized healthcare organization, but it may be a conservative choice

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
December 11, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
2 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
8
We integrated Cognos with out user management component: LDAP. Using user credentials and roles in the LDAP, we configured Cognos user's read privilege of reports. For example, doctors, nurses, nursing practitioners, pharmacists may have different roles, and also have different views depending on their units and facilities. Overall Cognos is a good report development and management tool for large-sized company with strict regulation and organization structure such as healthcare institutes. The tool provides necessary functions with stable performance, supported by IBM's business experience and expertise. If you're a small or mid sized company and need more flexible framework, Cognos may not be the best option.

Cognos of the Titan IBM for superb users

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
April 06, 2018
Collaboration and Sharing
8
It has a good sharing strategy for most reports and dashboards. Both the exports documents as the online view are easy to format and control. No need to pass through a large learning curve. That's good about Cognos: its simplicity for basic users.

Best BI Tool for Enterprises

Rating: 9 out of 10
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March 28, 2018
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Verified User
IBM Cognos Analytics
8 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
9
IBM Cognos's ability to control what a user can access and do gives implementation flexibility. For example, with IBM Cognos I can have multiple LDAP domains to secure the analytics solution that allow subsidiaries of a large corporation to access the same report but have the user's data and role level access determine what the report shows as well as how the report looks.

Cognos falling behind

Rating: 3 out of 10
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December 07, 2017
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IBM Cognos Analytics
2 years of experience
Collaboration and Sharing
3
We have folders that we can use from each other's file, so we don't need to rebuild queries. Access control seems to work fine since this mainly controlled by the central IT. Sharing data still remain at the level of export excel to user, no visualization that can directly share upon to others. Report distribution and formatting is pretty old school, nothing exciting, not much to expect.

IBM Cognos - Real BI integrated platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
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May 02, 2016
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Benoit COLAS
Manager, Business Intelligence, CRM & Collaboration
STEF (Logistics and Supply Chain, 10,001+ employees)
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IBM Cognos Analytics
9 years of experience
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Collaboration and Sharing
9
With IBM Cognos platform, users can create their own analysis and query and share them with other users. Security applies on any objects in the same way reports published by administrators and query/analysis are created by users.

Great Reporting with Cognos BI

Rating: 9 out of 10
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April 12, 2016
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Lori Lambert
Business Systems Manager
Biola University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
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IBM Cognos Analytics
8 years of experience
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Collaboration and Sharing
9
Security classes are created and users are assigned to the security classes based on their roles. Access is also limited based on the type of role (author vs. consumer). Sharing across teams can be easily accomplished by setting up the required security classes and placing reports in designated folders. Reports can be scheduled and delivered in a variety of formats via email when necessary.
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