Almost perfect
Updated March 27, 2025

Almost perfect

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics

My organization uses IBM Cognos Analytics to pull data reports from Deltek Costpoint. There is no way to pull data only with Costpoint so we use IBM Cognos Analytics to fill that gap.

Pros

  • A lot of data pulls onto one report
  • You can customize reports
  • Accurate data

Cons

  • With the last upgrade the reports take a really long time to load. It now takes us like a week in advance to pull all the reports for SBA reporting.
  • Easier access to business data
  • Ability to customize reports
  • Accurately tracks spending data
  • Accurately tracks purchasing data

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

I work in Procurement/Subcontracts for my organization so we do a lot of purchasing of services, software and hardware, maintenance. We use Deltek Costpoint for purchase orders however, there is no way to pull all the date. We use IBM Cognos Analytics to pull data reports for all types of information. We use it to track funding, track software/hardware renewals, accurately track small business spend for the government.

IBM Cognos Analytics Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
8.0
Customizable dashboards
8
8.0
Formatting capabilities
8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
8
Report sharing and collaboration
8
Report Output and Scheduling ()
Not Rated
7.3
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
7
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
7
Predictive Analytics
7
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
8
7.4
Multi-User Support (named login)
7
Role-Based Security Model
7
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
7
Report-Level Access Control
8
Single Sign-On (SSO)
8
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding ()
Not Rated

Scalability and Accessibility

I gave it this rating because most of the reports we pull the integration is ok, but While for the most part this is successful however, have issues pulling our small business reporting. We are forced to pull two reports then manipulate the data and it’s dreadful.
I gave it this rating because it gets the job done, but as I’ve mentioned previously we have issues pulling reporting data for our small business reporting
I have to give it a lower rating for this..we pull large amounts of data for certain reporting and it takes a very long time for each report to pull. It takes days sometimes which is not good.

Using IBM Cognos Analytics

50 - The business functions that use the cognos analytics data is finance accounting and procurement.
2 - Our organization has two dedicated subject matter experts to support the IBM Cognos Analytics. They both have substantial background in systems, finance & IT support. We also have a dedicated software developer for this software support.
  • Finance reporting
  • Small business reporting
  • hardware/software detail reporting
  • Federal Small Business Reporting
  • Track software purchases
  • track consultant funding
  • I’m not sure
Our organization will very likely continue to renew and utilize the IBM COGNOS analytics as long as we utilize our Costpoint system. We use the cognos to pull funding reports from that system because it does not have a way to pull the data internally.

Evaluating IBM Cognos Analytics and Competitors

  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
The most important factor in the decision to move forward with cognos was the ability to integrate with Deltek Costpoint and excel.
I was not involved in evaluation process.

IBM Cognos Analytics Support

ProsCons
None
None
I am unsure of the support purchased for this software.
I have not personally needed to reach out to cognos directly for support.
Not applicable

Using IBM Cognos Analytics

ProsCons
Like to use
Difficult to use
Slow to learn
  • pulling reports
  • integration
  • excel
  • report manipulation

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