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IBM Cognos Analytics

Score7 out of 10

584 Reviews and Ratings

What is IBM Cognos Analytics?

IBM Cognos is a full-featured business intelligence suite by IBM, designed for larger deployments. It comprises Query Studio, Reporting Studio, Analysis Studio and Event Studio, and Cognos Administration along with tools for Microsoft Office integration, full-text search, and dashboards.

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Screenshot of a natural language query, used in IBM Cognos Analytics to get AI-powered insights from data.
Screenshot of AI-generated insights and forecasts that can be added with just a click of a button.
Screenshot of a dashboard that can be generated automatically using IBM Cognos Analytics by uploading or selecting data.
Screenshot of an AI-generated dashboard from a spreadsheet that was just uploaded. This offers a great starting point for the creative process.
Screenshot of where to import data to IBM Cognos Analytics from CSV files and spreadsheets. Users can connect to cloud or on-premises data sources, including SQL databases, Google BigQuery, Amazon, and Redshift.
Screenshot of a sample operational dashboard of a coffee shop created using IBM Cognos Analytics.

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Screenshot of a natural language query, used in IBM Cognos Analytics to get AI-powered insights from data.

Top Performing Features

  • Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

    In-app dashboard reports and data visualization.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Report Versioning

    Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Javascript API

    A Javascript API is a type of API

    Category average: 8.3

Areas for Improvement

  • Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

    Pattern recognition and data mining mean the ability to recognize hidden patterns in large quantities of data.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Predictive Analytics

    Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.

    Category average: 7.8

  • Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

    Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.

    Category average: 8.3