Data unification capacity, great help to the end user in the creation of the final report.
Updated December 17, 2023

Data unification capacity, great help to the end user in the creation of the final report.

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

Modules Used

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

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics

Throughout the organization, we fully use this tool for the control of administration automation, mainly reports and data models, which allows us to improve through what the tool analyzes; also for the development of queries. IBM Cognos Analytics collaborates with us efficiently, saving all the necessary time that we use for other things for the financial well-being of the organization since it has an Artificial Intelligence capable of identifying itself with any activity that is needed in the company quickly and perfect, among other things the automation of the boards.
  • It can be connected to multiple data sources.
  • Easily integrates with any other tool.
  • Combination of data sources.
  • Favorable technical service, always attentive.
  • It is fully scalable.
  • After configured, learning is a bit difficult, although later, one takes it until one understands it.
  • The administration interface needs to be improved a bit.
  • Everything works without a hitch, from its implementation to its general use.
  • You do not get results in a short time because some features are complex code to configure.
  • Better administrative features are missing.
  • Everything is more enjoyable after the first six months, be aware that your setup can be slow.
This is always what characterizes this software; it is possible to link tools that help to work with different data sources and AI, and it is also possible to visualize the data in a personalized control panel with a direct or indirect classification to all the obtaining system Automated data storage in our data center, this is accomplished seamlessly with administrative permissions.
There are more than ten groups with central administrative permissions that are working with this software only in my department; in other areas, different permissions have also been established for each job according to each data source; this significantly helps the individual performance of each project by letting Resgjay's responsiveness to each job separately without affecting the backbone of data that needs to be managed by the IT team.
The reports are created in different formats for each project; there are PDF formats and also Excel files that can be imported and exported to different external sources without problems and automated and classified in each central control panel of each tool; this helps reduce the time of manual analysis of reports and to have a better visualization.

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

Being a stable and robust tool, it has been very useful for managing all the data in report and content management, allowing you to be connected from any device or data source or on the web. We use it in all the departments of the organization, offering us excellent functions that help us to have good visualizations automatically, therefore, quickly, of the data to keep everything in order. We recommend it mainly for large companies that have data silos. IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson will keep each piece of data unified by the department.

IBM Cognos Analytics Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
10
Customizable dashboards
10
Report Formatting Templates
10
Drill-down analysis
10
Formatting capabilities
10
Integration with R or other statistical packages
10
Report sharing and collaboration
10
Publish to PDF
10
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
10
Predictive Analytics
10
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
Not Rated
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Report-Level Access Control
Not Rated
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
Responsive Design for Web Access
10
Mobile Application
10
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
10
REST API
10
Javascript API
10

Using IBM Cognos Analytics

  • Predictive analysis.
  • Simple visualization tables.
  • Predictive business analytics have optimized the business approach, allowing for increased ROI.
  • We plan to integrate even more tools with our data set.