Our clients utilize IBM Cognos mainly for static reporting, board packs, business reporting, and insights.
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Versatile and with various features
What do you like best about the product?
The program is very versatile and offers various resources to present data in a way that suits the content and objective you want to demonstrate. It allows for both the extraction and consolidation of quantitative data through interactive dashboards and the creation of entirely descriptive reports, as if they were constructed in a text editor.
What do you dislike about the product?
Building queries and tables can be complex and require advanced knowledge of the tool and coding, especially in SQL.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The company needs to present data to different stakeholders, and the tool enables the development of extractions and demonstrations that meet each information need.
Evaluation of the Use of Cognos Analytics
What do you like best about the product?
Possibility to customize queries in the database, facilitating the extraction of reports.
What do you dislike about the product?
The tool's interface is not user-friendly, requiring a lengthy learning curve.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Generation of management reports on operational risks and loss base.
Extensive BI tool catering the needs of many within a company
What do you like best about the product?
It is full stack. I an create fully detailed reports and super fancy dashboards. And over the past five years the number of improvements are tremendous.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is difficult to use for novices, especially the reporting module.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I gives insights in performance of our business
Provides smart insights from the data and drafts quality reports
What do you like best about the product?
I like the AI based analysis and report generation capabilities. They reduce the number of data scientists and engineers required to generate insights of similar quality
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing that I disliked, cloud data connectivity (AWS/ S3 buckets) could be added
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are testing IBM Cognos Analytics for inventory management forecasting and for prediction of opportunities lost (due to unavailability of raw materials/parts) for some of our manufacturing plants. Although we have a data science team, Cognos Analytics allowed me to create a quick proof of concept. I have connected our SQL databases, and I was able to identify atleast 3 divisons, where the current suply was less than predicted demand
IBM Cognos Analytics : Powerful Business Intelligence
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Cognos Analytics provides user-friendly dashboard and its automated recommendations making analysis more efficient.
What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly , there is nothing i dislike about it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Cognos Analytics save times by auto generating reports and analyzing large datasets.
Robust platform delivers excellent reports and insights while needing improvement in self-service capabilities
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
IBM Cognos is a robust governed platform with significant security features and provides excellent graphics and reporting. One of our customers can get a full company update on a Monday morning from all of this data via Cognos Analytics.
What needs improvement?
There is room for improvement in self-service analytics and predictiveness.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using IBM Cognos for over five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability of this solution as nine out of ten, indicating it is highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the scalability of IBM Cognos as six out of ten. It can be scaled out to other teams, but requires building cubes and implementing policies.
How are customer service and support?
I rate technical support from IBM as eight out of ten, indicating a high quality of service.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Setting up IBM Cognos is quite complex. I rate it a four out of ten in terms of ease.
What was our ROI?
Our clients have seen a return on investment, evidenced by one customer who can get a comprehensive company update through Cognos Analytics.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate pricing as a four, meaning it is more expensive compared to other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend IBM Cognos and rate it six out of ten overall.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Data Reporting for All
What do you like best about the product?
Report development is quick and easy to pick up. There are many options for configuration and customization to bring your reporting to the next level.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a learning curve, just like any other tool.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We need structured reporting. Cognos helps us deliver canned reports for our end users daily, weekly, and monthly.
Great for all types of output
What do you like best about the product?
One report can be exported to multiple formats with just a click
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be difficult to create complext reports.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Identifies problem customeres and accounts. Makes it easy to deliver key insights to users
Cognos Analytics
What do you like best about the product?
Good Reporting tool for enterprise solution
What do you dislike about the product?
clients comparions about basic functionalities which are hard to get out of the box
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cognos Dashboard has helped consolidate the clients data into one vizual dashboard that they have not seen befoew
Overall Great Product for the Market and User Friendly Experience
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of Use
AI Driven Data Dashboards
Scalability
Excellent Support
AI Driven Data Dashboards
Scalability
Excellent Support
What do you dislike about the product?
Learning Curve
Issues with Large Data Sets
Confusing Features
Issues with Large Data Sets
Confusing Features
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data Silos and Disconnected Systems
Complex Data Analysis
Reporting Bottlenecks
Performance Monitoring
Complex Data Analysis
Reporting Bottlenecks
Performance Monitoring
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