Item: IBM Cognos Analytics
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cognos is being widely used as a web-based business intelligence tool to solve the real business problem of monitoring.

Pros and Cons

Report Studio for the management reports.
OLAP functionality using the analysis module.
Interactive dashboards.

State-of-the-art technologies like AI-based features.
Monitoring related features.
Machine learning.

Return on Investment

Improved trackability
Improved business intelligence
Advanced predictions

Alternatives Considered

Tableau Desktop and Microsoft Power BI

With pre-build predictive analysis tools, its makes it easier for the end-user to analyze data quickly.

Self-Service

It helps improve efficiency in the process and saves time by auto data cleansing, joins, and other data-related assistance.

Data Security and Quality

Data Governance is the most critical part when it comes to maintenance. We were able to maintain integrity and quality by applying proper controls in place.

Other Software Used

Tableau Desktop, Microsoft Power BI, SAP HANA

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cognos is well suited when the individual wants to start with analytics with very low knowledge of the domain. The tool is very helpful in creating interactive dashboards and helps monitor data.

IBM Cognos Analytics: A new way of data analysis

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics