Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics
We implement IBM Cognos Analytics to other companies. We mostly implement it in the financial department because of the users' needs: daily report generation and distribution and easy access to accounts information. One of the major problems that we solved using IBM Cognos Analytics was the automatic generation of the profit and loss report depending on the selected subsidiary.
- Great customization capacity
- Fits the needs of all departments
- Easy-to-use end-user tools
- Visualizations--more personalization capabilities (like graphs)
- In the latest version (11.1.5), the colors of the data source model are the same for all the elements (hierarchies, dimensions, etc.)
- Time saved from Excel preparation
- Independence of the technical department for reports creation
- Automatic distribution of reports
I have used Power Bi, Tableau, and QlikView.
From our experience with users, no one uses AI Assistant. All that they want is to have the correct information in their email every morning. Most of them do not spend time formatting reports; they just make their lists and sometimes add a title.
It s very important to make sure that all the users see what they need to see. Fortunately, IBM Cognos Analytics allows you to configure the security in reports, packages, and, in case of having more development experience, develop reports with security prompts.