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 177 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 177 reviews) | |
Steps to Answer | Based on 137 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 137 reviews) | |
Graphs and Charts | Based on 167 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers a variety of attractive graph and chart formats. | 81% (Based on 167 reviews) | |
Score Cards | Based on 119 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Score cards visually track KPI's. | 76% (Based on 119 reviews) | |
Dashboards | Based on 161 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 | 79% (Based on 161 reviews) |
Self Service
Calculated Fields | Based on 150 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 150 reviews) | |
Data Column Filtering | Based on 167 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 167 reviews) | |
Data Discovery | Based on 151 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 151 reviews) | |
Search | Based on 139 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 139 reviews) | |
Collaboration / Workflow | Based on 134 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 134 reviews) | |
Automodeling | Based on 101 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Tool automatically suggests data types, schemas and hierarchies. | 72% (Based on 101 reviews) |
Advanced Analytics
Predictive Analytics | Based on 105 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 105 reviews) | |
Data Visualization | Based on 141 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 141 reviews) | |
Big Data Services | Based on 92 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 92 reviews) |
Building Reports
Data Transformation | Based on 98 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 98 reviews) | |
Data Modeling | Based on 98 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 98 reviews) | |
WYSIWYG Report Design | Based on 83 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 83 reviews) | |
Integration APIs | Based on 70 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 70 reviews) |
Statistical Tool
Scripting | Supports a variety of scripting environments This feature was mentioned in 21 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. | 83% (Based on 21 reviews) |
Data Analysis
Analysis | Analyzes both structured and unstructured data This feature was mentioned in 23 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. | 88% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Data Interaction | Interacts with data to prepare it for visualizations and models 23 reviewers of IBM Cognos Analytics have provided feedback on this feature. | 88% (Based on 23 reviews) |
Decision Making
Modeling | As reported in 21 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. Offers modeling capabilities | 87% (Based on 21 reviews) | |
Data Visualizations | Creates data visualizations or graphs This feature was mentioned in 23 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. | 87% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Report Generation | As reported in 23 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. Generates reports of data performance | 85% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Data Unification | As reported in 21 IBM Cognos Analytics reviews. Unifies information on a singular platform | 82% (Based on 21 reviews) |
Data Preparation
Connectors | Based on 49 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. | 84% (Based on 49 reviews) | |
Data Governance | Based on 48 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 48 reviews) |
Data Modeling and Blending
Data Querying | Based on 52 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 52 reviews) | |
Data Filtering | Based on 53 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 53 reviews) | |
Data Blending | Based on 49 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. | 84% (Based on 49 reviews) |
