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It is an intuitive tool
What do you like best about the product?
It's easy to use
To create a Dashboard you hardly need any training.
To create a Dashboard you hardly need any training.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think you need the graphics to be editable.
Other times, we have had problems with performance
On the other hand, I do not see a clear privacy control (Anyone can see all the information on a Dashboard), it would be very important to be able to hide fields from different users
Other times, we have had problems with performance
On the other hand, I do not see a clear privacy control (Anyone can see all the information on a Dashboard), it would be very important to be able to hide fields from different users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mainly displays the content in a beautiful way (Dashboard)
Certified User of Cognos for over 15 years as analyst, report developer and framework developer.
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of creating reports even for a novice is especially appreciated as sometimes in my current position, I have to to train users.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not like the error descriptions. They tend to be general. When I am developing, I do not like stopping to contact the administrator to check the logs
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
HR and finance analytics
The solution provides good dashboarding, reporting, and ad hoc reporting
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Dashboarding, reporting, and ad hoc reporting are the valuable features of IBM Cognos.
What needs improvement?
There are a lot of limitations with the out-of-the-box tool.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using IBM Cognos for many years.
How are customer service and support?
We have their premier dedicated support. I rate the solution's technical support eight and a half out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup is not too bad. We have IBM support if we run into issues.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate IBM Cognos an eight out of ten.
One of the good data visualization tools
What do you like best about the product?
The user interface was very good and easy to use. It was easy to onboard business users on it with minimal or no training.
What do you dislike about the product?
Self service capabilities are limited and data integration required the help of IT development team. Otherwise, its a great tool.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A lot of business units generate lot of data and they all need data visualization tools. IBM Cognos platform is helping us visualize the data in the form of reports which business teams can access and get data. Features like downloading data in excel are super easy as compared to other tools like SAC.
IBM Cognos Analytics is a great tool for data visualization
What do you like best about the product?
The best thing about Cognos Analytics is that we chat and the AI suggests different graphs which speeds up the process of building a dashboard.
What do you dislike about the product?
Many tweaks and settings are very hidden and they can be improved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's helping me to view data and understand the trends and patterns.
Powerful software but lacks some features
What do you like best about the product?
Reports and and reporting fragments that we use. Design is easier but laggy sometimes.
What do you dislike about the product?
Laggy user interface.
Ability to sync with other frameworks instantly.
Colors is UI can be more except using IBM theme.
Ability to sync with other frameworks instantly.
Colors is UI can be more except using IBM theme.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reporting tool for IBM openpages.
Reporting fragments in data records.
As a querying tool in to our database which is where I make use of mostbif the time.
Reporting fragments in data records.
As a querying tool in to our database which is where I make use of mostbif the time.
IBM Cognos for the win
What do you like best about the product?
How easy it is to pull reports and the tip of your fingers
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometime the wording may be a little misleading.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cognos benefits me with the indepth research that is needed for my team. It pull all applicable data so I can clearly see trends and recognize issues.
An affordable and easy-to-use solution
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to change the reports directly on the server.
What needs improvement?
The solution could have more options for themes in terms of creating reports. Also, its drill-down feature needs improvement. In addition, they should include features for visualization in the next release.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution since 2015.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the solution's scalability a seven or eight.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Power BI has better drill-down features. Also, they have efficient components in the toolkit. In comparison, Cognos is more easy to use.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup process is easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is affordable.
What other advice do I have?
The solution is easy to use. Our customers could learn cognitive algorithms quickly with its help. I rate it an eight out of ten.
Powrful data visualization platform
What do you like best about the product?
It helps my team to get employee data and study available analytics with the aim of improving performance. IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson provides intelligence information that helps us to plan and prepare for future. The data analytics provides real-time insights for business operations.
What do you dislike about the product?
The main objectives that we have set to achieve from this platform have been implemented positively.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The business intelligence that is provided has enabled each sector to plan efficiently and avoid negative risks. The predictive analytics helps us to make reliable decisions and create awareness for future happenings. Data management and analysis has been efficient with the great performace from this stool that has enhanced implementation of projects and tasks effectively.
Powerful, but lacks useful training options
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to relatively easily get data into usable formats without needing to know SQL, and the ease of the ability to automate/schedule reports to be sent to those that need it.
What do you dislike about the product?
Even though I have some basic self-taught SQL knowledge I'm "just" a user without programming training, and I find data source joins to be frustrating in Cognos. When trying to join tables I'll get an error along the lines of "this doesn't use the same query context" which doesn't help me fix the problem. Also, training options are very limited. No options on LinkedIn Learning, the options I found on YouTube aren't relevant, and the IBM support community pages have wildly different opinions on what someone might try, but little that I've found helpful. I took a ~10 hour training course (through Senturus) on professional report writing and still find it difficult, so I can only imagine a brand new user would be very frustrated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have a large database full of information but the built-in analytics tools are virtually non-existent. I use it less for visualization and more for getting line-level data from the database.
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