Search Search Home Business Intelligence (BI) Tools IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews User Review of IBM Cognos Anal NOVEMBER 05, 2020 A great match for enterprise level reporting needs and serving adhoc requests! Aditya Agrawal Software Engineer ViacomCBSEntertainment, 10,001+ employees Score 7 out of 10 Vetted Review Verified User Review Source Modules Used Analysis StudioQuery StudioReport Studio Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics Use Cases and Deployment Scope We use IBM Cognos Analytics across many departments. We use the product because it offers robustness and enterprise-level security to the data we present. No more working in silos as the datamarts we report off of are used widely. Single source of truth. Adhoc module is separate from the advanced report studio so it becomes easier to start using the tool. Ease of use and integration with excel and data modules are a winner as we can merge data from packages with external data without having to include it in the datamart. Pros and Cons Integration with Excel Enterprise level security Ease of use for Adhoc reporting needs Rendering speed of reports - sometimes the cognos server doesnt respond in time Graphical user interface not as user friendly as other BI tools in the market Commentary and Annotations on data points lagging behind in Cognos Analytics Return on Investment Saves a lot of time in sending out automated reports vs having to create reports manually if they weren't triggered once the datamart was built Fewer tools now - Cognos and Tableau. No more working in silos. Easier data integration. Alternatives Considered Tableau Desktop and Domo Cognos is a clear winner when it comes to Enterprise level security - row-level and object level as well as the robustness of data. Tableau is better in UI and annotation (commentary) on data points. However, integration with datamart, scheduling & triggering is better with Cognos. Cognos has adhoc modules as well as reporting module for pixel-perfect reporting so the entry point is based on tech savviness. Also, data modules in Cognos allows integration with enterprise data on the fly. More secure data in Cognos. AI and Natural Language integration is cool in Cognos and integration with Jupyter notebooks allows data science developers to integrate better with reporting teams. Self-Service IBM Cognos Analytics has made it easier to integrate data from packages (which have been developed using framework manager) with external sources of data without having to go back and re-design in the package. So it offers on-the-fly modeling which is essential. Data modules introduced recently is a cool feature. Dashboarding is completely new with Cognos Analytics and integration with AI Assistant has helped build dashboards within seconds. Natural Language processing has made it easier to build dashboards for business users. It has made the overall end user experience much better. Data Security and Quality This is one of the most important features in IBM Cognos Analytics. Enterprise level security with row level and object level security is very important for any organization. It helps in delineating critical information which is not supposed to be shared with other teams. Cognos does this very well. End users also believe in data integrity and quality because of having a single source of truth. Other Software Used Tableau Desktop, Microsoft SQL Server Likelihood to Recommend It is well suited in situations where you have summarized level data and you want to perform reporting on top of it. With detailed (granular) level of data, the reporting becomes extremely slow. Also, well suited in situations where departments work in silos and there is no single source of truth - robustness in data quality. Also, it provides row-level and object level security which makes it very secure. Learning curve is usually more for customers who are not tech-savvy. IBM Cognos Analytics Feature Ratings BI Platform () Not Rated Supported Data Sources () Not Rated BI Standard Reporting 7.7 Ad-hoc Reporting 8.0 Report Output and Scheduling 9.5 Data Discovery and Visualization 7.3 Access Control and Security 10.0 Mobile Capabilities 6.0 Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding 6.5 IBM Cognos Analytics IBM Cognos Analytics Product Details Alternatives to IBM Cognos Analytics All Business Intelligence (BI) Tools More Reviews of IBM Cognos Analytics How we use IBM Cognos Analytics at Office Depot Herber Gonzalez Lead Developer Office Depot (Retail, 10,001+ employees) 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. 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