Item: IBM Cognos Analytics
Rating: 8
Author: Samridhi Gupta

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cognos Analytics has helped me to visualize and present Data in a very insightful manner to my clients. It helps in making charts, graphs and predictions of data which is very useful for us when talking to a vendor. It helps in analysing the needs and demands of different clients through different data points and making plans accordingly.

Pros and Cons

Integration of different file formats
Easy to use interface
Easily sync able to cloud so you can access the files with your IBM account anywhere.

The interface is easy but it is somewhat inferior when compared to other analytics softwares
The price is expensive in comparison to peers
Requires fast internet to operate smoothly. No desktop version

Return on Investment

Helped in report generation
Helped in visualizing complex datasets
Filtering of data is easy

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI

Self-Service

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson is designed to enable business user self-service, with support for data cleansing and connecting the data automatically. We can work on different filetypes like json, csv, xlx etc and generate datapoints from these different filetypes easily. It automatically detects and converts the data into a presentable manner and also suggests the desired chart type which helps in business intelligence as it saves a lot of man hours.

Data Security and Quality

The data stored is highly secure as IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson enables divisional, group, and individual-level security controls to ensure proper content management and maintain data quality. It is easily accessible from the IBM account as well as the mobile application. It is confidential as it is password protected and can not be edited if we don't provide editor access.

Reporting

It generates insightful reports. It helps in the visualisation of datapoints is easily. You can easily customise the formats of the data depending on your preference. It also offers the file to be downloaded as a PDF which means you can not edit the customised report easily which helps in security of your findings.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Excel

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?

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

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for companies which extensively work with complex data and have a big client base as the features it provides can be fully utilized there only. Smaller companies which work on small datasets may find it expensive and would not be able to use it fully to fulfil their demands.

IBM Cognos- Data Visualisation Tool and more

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson