Item: IBM Cognos Analytics
Rating: 8
Author: Deepa Sharma

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Earlier in my previous company we were using RPG AS400 for developing the business reports then we migrated our all projects to Cognos, developing all new reports and migrating old one using Cognos.
prior to that I don’t have any knowledge about Cognos so got in-house training.
I don’t found it very difficult to learn and adapt.
Actually its very easy to learn and we can get everything we want under one roof.

Pros and Cons

Reporting
Scheduling
Framework manager

Visually less appealing as compared to tableau

Return on Investment

Time saver
Economic
Database management

Alternatives Considered

Its economic
framework manager
report studio

Self-Service

Its makes reporting and scheduling task much efficient as compared to using AS400 for creating reports
its a time saver and changes in at any point of time is best part.
its query studio is very simple and dynamic.
we got many adhoc and in built functionality as well here .

Data Security and Quality

At the data base level we can configure row level security

Reporting

Its a very cool feature that one can make multiple pages report and also drill down is absolutely a good feature.
it’s scheduling feature is the most favourite of mine.
many organisations have been migrating to IBM Cognos due to its economic friendly and the features I mentioned above.

Other Software Used

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson, Redwood Reporting : Report2Web, IBM Cloud SQL Query

Key Insights

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

Likelihood to Recommend

Can get almost everything under one umbrella. With the help of frame work manager we can create database warehouse , schemas and many more.
Can create separate queries for each view.
we can do the report scheduling which is not available in other BI Tools and less expensive as compared to Tableau

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Review

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson