IBM Cognos Analytics for Business Users
January 28, 2022

IBM Cognos Analytics for Business Users

Corey Mendelsohn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review

Modules Used

  • Event Studio
  • Report Studio

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson

We help customers make the best use of IBM Cognos to help them understand their business in key areas of the organization. From areas of Orders, Invoices, and Inventory. In addition, we cover areas in finance such as AP, AR, and GL. The other areas are also in purchasing and service. All of this is against a data source coming from SAP Business One.
  • Analyze data
  • Reporting
  • Dashboarding
  • Self service
  • Adhoc capability
  • Improve Excel integration
  • Improve dashboard experience
  • Better online training videos
  • Saves time and effort
  • Easier manipulation of data
  • Overall better reporting
IBM has the best in class and the major reason customers select this tool is the ease of use and the company that stands behind the product. The reputation of the software is key and the fact that IBM has one of the best support organizations around truly makes it stand apart from all of the others.
Self-service has enabled users to be able to create reports on their own without having to ask IT to do it for them. The user interface is very intuitive and overall an easy tool to work with. Self-service was the number one reason why this tool keeps getting selected.
The security controls that IBM Cognos provides are key for easier deployment. It allows for easier report deployment as well. It allows the users to only see what they are allowed to see and we don't have to give them full access to everything. All in all, the security options in IBM Cognos allow us to go as detailed or as high level as we need.
The pixel-perfect and customization options in IBM Cognos truly allow us to do whatever we want. Whatever we can design on paper or in an Excel spreadsheet can be reproduced easily in the IBM Cognos tool. There is nothing that can't be done in this tool which is why this is a go-to tool every time.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Cognos Analytics go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Cognos Analytics again?

Yes

It is best suited in an organization that has a vast amount of information. Whether it be a lot of different products or a lot of different customers. Also, important that reporting is currently manual and needs better improvement in the overall process of getting things done to executive management.

IBM Cognos Analytics Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
9
Customizable dashboards
7
Report Formatting Templates
9
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
7
Report sharing and collaboration
7
Publish to PDF
9
Report Delivery Scheduling
9
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
8
Multi-User Support (named login)
9
Role-Based Security Model
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Single Sign-On (SSO)
9
Responsive Design for Web Access
8
Mobile Application
8
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
7
REST API
8
Javascript API
8