IBM Cognos Analytics Features
What are the features of IBM Cognos Analytics?
Reports
- Reports Interface
- Steps to Answer
- Graphs and Charts
- Score Cards
- Dashboards
Self Service
- Calculated Fields
- Data Column Filtering
- Data Discovery
- Search
- Collaboration / Workflow
- Automodeling
Advanced Analytics
- Predictive Analytics
- Data Visualization
Building Reports
- Data Transformation
- Data Modeling
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Reports
Reports Interface | Based on 176 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reports interface for standard and self-service reports is intuitive and easy to use. | 81% (Based on 176 reviews) | |
Steps to Answer | Based on 136 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Requires a minimal number of steps/clicks to answer business question. | 75% (Based on 136 reviews) | |
Graphs and Charts | Based on 166 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers a variety of attractive graph and chart formats. | 80% (Based on 166 reviews) | |
Score Cards | Based on 118 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Score cards visually track KPI's. | 75% (Based on 118 reviews) | |
Dashboards | Based on 160 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides business users an interface to easily design, refine and collaborate on their dashboards | 78% (Based on 160 reviews) |
Self Service
Calculated Fields | Based on 149 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Using formulas based on existing data elements, users can create and calculate new field values. | 81% (Based on 149 reviews) | |
Data Column Filtering | Based on 166 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Business users have the ability to filter data in a report based on predefined or automodeled parameters. | 84% (Based on 166 reviews) | |
Data Discovery | Based on 150 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Users can drill down and explore data to discover new insights. | 80% (Based on 150 reviews) | |
Search | Based on 138 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to search global data set to find and discover data. | 76% (Based on 138 reviews) | |
Collaboration / Workflow | Based on 133 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability for users to share data and reports they have built within the BI tool and outside the tool through other collaboration platforms. | 75% (Based on 133 reviews) | |
Automodeling | Based on 100 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Tool automatically suggests data types, schemas and hierarchies. | 72% (Based on 100 reviews) |
Advanced Analytics
Predictive Analytics | Based on 104 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Analyze current and historical trends to make predictions about future events. | 78% (Based on 104 reviews) | |
Data Visualization | Based on 140 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Communicate complex information clearly and effectively through advanced graphical techniques. | 80% (Based on 140 reviews) | |
Big Data Services | Based on 91 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to handle large, complex, and/or siloed data sets. | 80% (Based on 91 reviews) |
Building Reports
Data Transformation | Based on 97 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Converts data formats of source data into the format required for the reporting system without mistakes. | 82% (Based on 97 reviews) | |
Data Modeling | Based on 97 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to (re)structure data in a manner that allows extracting insights fast and accurate. | 81% (Based on 97 reviews) | |
WYSIWYG Report Design | Based on 82 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides business users an interface to easily design and refine their dashboards and reports. (What You See Is What You Get) | 79% (Based on 82 reviews) | |
Integration APIs | Based on 69 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications. | 75% (Based on 69 reviews) |
Statistical Tool
Scripting | Supports a variety of scripting environments This feature was mentioned in 20 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. | 82% (Based on 20 reviews) |
Data Analysis
Analysis | As reported in 22 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. Analyzes both structured and unstructured data | 89% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Data Interaction | Interacts with data to prepare it for visualizations and models 22 reviewers of IBM Cognos Analytics have provided feedback on this feature. | 90% (Based on 22 reviews) |
Decision Making
Modeling | Offers modeling capabilities 20 reviewers of IBM Cognos Analytics have provided feedback on this feature. | 88% (Based on 20 reviews) | |
Data Visualizations | As reported in 22 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. Creates data visualizations or graphs | 88% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Report Generation | Generates reports of data performance This feature was mentioned in 22 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. | 86% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Data Unification | Unifies information on a singular platform 20 reviewers of IBM Cognos Analytics have provided feedback on this feature. | 83% (Based on 20 reviews) |
Data Preparation
Connectors | Based on 48 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to connect the analytics platform with a wide range of connector options for common data sources, including popular enterprise applications. | 83% (Based on 48 reviews) | |
Data Governance | Based on 47 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Connects to enterprise data governance software, or provides integrated data governance features to avoid misuse of data | 84% (Based on 47 reviews) |
Data Modeling and Blending
Data Querying | Based on 51 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Using formulas based on existing data elements, users can create and calculate new field values | 84% (Based on 51 reviews) | |
Data Filtering | Based on 52 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Business users have the ability to filter data in a report based on predefined or automodeled parameters. | 87% (Based on 52 reviews) | |
Data Blending | Based on 48 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows the user to combine data from multiple sources into a functioning dataset. | 83% (Based on 48 reviews) |
