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Cognos Review
September 27, 2018

Cognos Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Analysis Studio
  • Event Studio
  • Query Studio
  • Report Studio

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos

As a BI consultant, I have implemented the Cognos suite in many companies. It is a very good, stable tool. With a good design you can do wonders, KPIs that surprise the end users. In recent years the visual part has improved a lot. It is a tool that we have implemented across several areas.
  • Makes it easy to design reports
  • A wide range of functions and graphics for the definition and sample of KPIs
  • Continuous improvement
  • Dynamic cubes
  • Price
Cognos is a more stable tool, which is integrated to many others. It has a lot of experience in the market. Your support is very good. Many facilities in Argentina
Cognos connects to different databases. I have not had problems with its connectivity
Typified users, with defined permissions, that define the level of security.
Well suited
  • When looking for a corporate tool
  • Good management of reports
  • Scaling and integration with other tools, data sources.
Less appropriate:
  • When there is no integrated DW or database for data capture
  • Online reports with super reduced timing

IBM Cognos Analytics Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
8.3
Pixel Perfect reports
8
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
9
9.3
Drill-down analysis
10
Formatting capabilities
8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
10
8.0
Publish to Web
10
Publish to PDF
9
Report Versioning
7
Report Delivery Scheduling
7
Delivery to Remote Servers
7
8.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
Not Rated
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
8
10.0
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Not Rated
7.3
Responsive Design for Web Access
7
Mobile Application
7
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
8
Not Rated
REST API
Not Rated
Javascript API
Not Rated
iFrames
Not Rated
Java API
Not Rated
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Not Rated
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
Not Rated