Great reporting and visualization
September 10, 2024

Great reporting and visualization

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Query Studio
  • Analysis Studio
  • Report Studio

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics

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

  • Reporting
  • Interactive dashboard
  • Collaboration

Cons

  • User interface
  • Ease of use
  • Performance
  • Operational efficiency
  • Reduced time to market
  • Data transparency
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 a better likelihood to succeed.
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 critical decisions to support business needs.
While flexible formatting is good, multi page reports do not always help.
It does well however, we need more user friendly interfaces, integration options and visualizations.

Do you think IBM Cognos Analytics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Cognos Analytics's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Cognos Analytics live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of IBM Cognos Analytics go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy IBM Cognos Analytics again?

Yes

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

IBM Cognos Analytics Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
5
Customizable dashboards
6
Report Formatting Templates
6
Drill-down analysis
7
Formatting capabilities
6
Report sharing and collaboration
6
Publish to PDF
5
Report Delivery Scheduling
6
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
5
Predictive Analytics
6
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
5
Multi-User Support (named login)
6
Role-Based Security Model
6
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
5
Report-Level Access Control
5
Single Sign-On (SSO)
7
REST API
4

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