IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews & Product Details - Page 40

easier to develop the reports. report template mechanism is very good. ability to generate cross functional reports is amazing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As it is, cost of IBM products are expensive. On top of it, initial consultant work is adding lot of cash to the budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cognos has a bit of a steep learning curve, but is very powerful once you become more accustomed to using it. Changes are relatively easy to make Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

some solutions can require very complex table joins and the GUI for viewing them can get hairy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can create many reports easily with sophisticated functions. This is great for the power user. Filters mechanism is easy to use - can either type or use their pre-built templates as a guide. Automation of on-going scheduled reports and reminders are helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not as user friendly for a novice user. It can be intimidating looking at it for the first time. Would like this to work in Chrome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used Cognos for reporting with Cincom Synchrony. It is a very powerful reporting tool. Not only can you set up standard reports, but it allows you to use extremely flexible Analytical reports on the fly as well as to see cube views. You can filter, sort, swap rows and columns, change how your data is displayed, and show exceptions in different colors, just to name a few of its features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not the easiest product to install. There is a long process for its installation. It is also not a cheap product. On the high end of the list of reporting tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can make very complicated or very simple reports ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance can be a bit poor at times. Sometimes I notice the web app crashes (overcome this by saving constantly though) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have supported Cognos BI products since 2000 - mostly in an administrative and support function. When we worked with Cognos Series 7, the PowerPlay Transformer cubes and IWR reports could answer any question that the end user needed to find an answer for. I was really pleased to see that Cognos incorporated versions of those products into Cognos 8. Over the years, the support I have received from the Cognos support people could not have been better, even after the company was acquired by IBM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From a technical aspect, at time the Cognos applications did not perform well with large amounts of data. Also because the tool offered the user much flexibility, at times a very poorly written report could impact the performance of the entire system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Good ad-hoc capability

- In the hands of a seasoned developer/power-user can be very powerful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Susceptible to badly written reports performing slow.

- Requires lot of support

- Training material has been slow coming by as versions have upgraded Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We achieved great user adoption with a focused investment of our time. The navigation, features and functions have greatly improved over the past 5 years. It is scalable and adaptable to meet our needs as they have evolved over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Training materials haven't kept up with newer versions. Upgrades have been cumbersome without professional services. Licensing is expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The web based cube technology is intuitive and powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tighter integration between the components would be nice and a more powerful ETL component would be a big improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ad hoc capability is great and several years ago it was the only tool that provided that level of functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Slow and hard to use and requires LOTS OF SUPPORT. Most ERP software comes with its own reporting capability so why go to the effort, cost and demand of integrating another tool on top. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.