Search Search Home Business Intelligence (BI) Tools IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews User Review of IBM Cognos Anal UPDATED NOVEMBER 16, 2019 Collaborative But Complicated Verified User Analyst in Information Technology Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employees Score 7 out of 10 Vetted Review Verified User Review Source Modules Used Report Studio Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Use Cases and Deployment Scope We use Cognos throughout our university. It houses shared frequently used reports for areas such as student records, financial aid, and human resources. Cognos serves as our data warehouse. We have connected it to Tableau Server in order to regularly refresh our Tableau visualizations. Pros and Cons The prompts in Report Studio are easy for users to figure out. Cognos allows us to publish reports with a live data connection side-by-side with reports that use day-old data. The layout on the screen for changing the properties of a report is overwhelming. It's hard to remember where certain properties live. It's time-consuming to construct a prompt page and to match the formatting/branding of our previous reports. These types of things should be faster and easier. Alternatives Considered SAP Crystal We used to use Crystal Reports but transitioned our reports to Cognos when Crystal was no longer supported in conjunction with PeopleSoft. Crystal is a more flexible report-building tool for unique needs, but Cognos has better prompts and is a better server-style report repository for many users. Data Integration 5 We have struggled to merge data from our PeopleSoft data into a star schema data warehouse in Cognos. It is nice to easily choose whether a report draws data from our warehouse or real-time date. Collaboration and Sharing 6 The access control capabilities work well, and it's easy to share data across teams (commonly accessible reports). Report formatting is more complicated than it needs to be. Other Software Used Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, OnBase by Hyland, BMC FootPrints Service Core, JIRA Service Desk, Smartsheet, Google Forms Likelihood to Recommend Cognos is good for reports that can be built by our data warehouse developers. Since Cognos is a time-consuming piece of software, we use another query tool for quick reporting needs. IBM Cognos Analytics Feature Ratings BI Platform () Not Rated Supported Data Sources () Not Rated BI Standard Reporting Not Rated Ad-hoc Reporting 6.5 Report Output and Scheduling 7.0 Data Discovery and Visualization Not Rated Access Control and Security 8.0 Mobile Capabilities Not Rated Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding Not Rated IBM Cognos Analytics IBM Cognos Analytics Product Details Alternatives to IBM Cognos Analytics All Business Intelligence (BI) Tools More Reviews of IBM Cognos Analytics Comments Please log in to join the conversation TrustRadius About Us Team Careers News For Buyers Categories Compare Products Buyer Blog For Vendors Vendor Main Page Why Claim Your Profile Resources Vendor Blog YouTube Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Terms of Use Security Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Info Cal. Notice at Collection Cookie Settings © Copyright 2013-2021 TrustRadius We and companies listed on our site use cookies to measure our audience, enhance your browsing experience and provide you with advertising based on your browsing activities and interests on this and other sites. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to such purposes and the collection and sharing of your data with us and our partners. The “Cookie Settings” button provides details on our partners, and options for adjusting or withdraw your consent. Cookie Settings Accept All Cookies