About IBM Cognos Analytics
Cognos Software by IBM is a family of business intelligence products with tailored solutions for businesses of all sizes. The software combines standard BI features such as reports, dashboards, advanced data visualization, real-time monitoring, analysis, and forecasting, with advanced features such as performance scorecards and strategy management, collaboration tools, and financial planning and analysis. You can also use Cognos to design automated workflows and data integrations.
The kinds of analysis you can carry out in Cognos include trend analysis, what-if analysis, and predictive analysis. You can build interactive dashboards in Cognos with moving data and collaboration tools such as comments and annotations. You can also build scorecards to monitor performance, measure KPIs against corporate objectives and develop strategy. Also included in the suite of products are solutions for sales compensation management, process automation, and planning & budgeting.
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Total features of IBM Cognos Analytics: 21
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Benchmarking
- Customizable Dashboard
- Dashboard Software
- Data Cleansing
- Data Discovery Software
- Data Quality Control
- Data Visualization Software
- Forecasting
- High Volume Processing
- Key Performance Indicators
- Monitoring
- OLAP
- Performance Management
- Performance Metrics
- Relational Display
- Reporting/Analytics
- Scorecards
- Search/Filter
- Trend / Problem Indicators
- Visual Analytics
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A great solution for your financial planning
Reviewed on 22/02/2018
Take your time and implement it right and the rewards will be very good.
Take your time and implement it right and the rewards will be very good.
Pros
It has integration with with other IBM products like business intelligence. The excel functionality is great for finances. The product to meet our needs perfectly for all our needs.
Cons
Creating reports is overwhelming at the beginning but if you dedicate time and resources there will be the face of your deployment.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
New age and Traditional BI tool
Reviewed on 08/01/2020
Cognos is used for operational reporting and analytics and schedule reports to be sent via email to...
Cognos is used for operational reporting and analytics and schedule reports to be sent via email to users on a duly basis. Used in mobile as well.
Pros
Cognos 11 comes with all the latest features expected in a BI tool, the graph generations and story buildings as well as predictions.
Cons
Interactive pdf is not available for reports. Can be difficult to implement without admin support for end users.
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As it was cheaper and had more skills available in the market to support the tool.- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Full-featured, slightly behind the curve.
Reviewed on 26/11/2021
It brings a lot of functionality all under one roof. Our team found the "visualization" a little...
It brings a lot of functionality all under one roof. Our team found the "visualization" a little easier in Cognos vs Power BI, but the paginated reporting better in SSRS/PBIRS. We ended up transitioning entirely from Cognos to the MS stack and the broad consensus by the team is it was an overall welcomed upgrade. We're starting to consider Tableau or Looker, but returning to Cognos isn't on our horizon.
Pros
The ability to visualize data in many way all using the same utility is beneficial so we don't have to worry about multiple deployment/support patterns. Having an in-memory OLAP option made performance less of an issue compared to hitting an on-prem database directly for everything. The ability to add custom code allows for some really creative solutions to unique business problems in reporting.
Cons
We felt the interface and functionality was a little dated - our more technical employees were fine but the more analyst-type developers preferred something "prettier"/"friendlier" like Tableau/Power BI. It also got expensive for us which was one of the two the primary reasons we transitioned. This is obviously dependent on the number of users, so consider your own environment of course.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
IBM Cognos Analytics
Reviewed on 13/01/2022
Pros
Extensive features, vast ability to access, mine and report on data.
Cons
Steep learning curve, this software requires intensive training, is not intuitive and requires a dedicated analyst.
- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 1,001-5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Cognos
Reviewed on 22/07/2020
it is a great software depends on the the organisation ability to set up and master its capabilities
it is a great software depends on the the organisation ability to set up and master its capabilities
Pros
Capabilities of this software is far reaching and varied and it depends on the organisation ability to use it to their advantage.
Cons
the support from the consultant was great but costly.
IBM Cognos Analytics FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for IBM Cognos Analytics.Q. What type of pricing plans does IBM Cognos Analytics offer?
IBM Cognos Analytics offers the following pricing plans:
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Q. Who are the typical users of IBM Cognos Analytics?
IBM Cognos Analytics has the following typical customers:
2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001+
Q. What languages does IBM Cognos Analytics support?
IBM Cognos Analytics supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does IBM Cognos Analytics support mobile devices?
IBM Cognos Analytics supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does IBM Cognos Analytics integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations IBM Cognos Analytics has
Q. What level of support does IBM Cognos Analytics offer?
IBM Cognos Analytics offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support
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