IBM Cognos Reviews

• Common metadata repository: The most valuable feature is a single and integrated view of any number of heterogeneous data sources through a business perspective. In short, for any attribute or metric defined, a common definition is stored as metadata and available for all other components of Cognos.
• Scalability
• Stability
• Performance

The Cognos Analysis Studio and Cognos Query Studio user interface has room for improvement in the area of user experience. Some of the functions are hard to find and complicated to use, but we're talking about advanced functions rarely used.

I have used it for two years.

The product is very stable.

The product offers enough capabilities for a proper scalable setup.

Technical support is adequate.

We previously used Oracle Discoverer. Cognos' HTML user interface was the main reason we switched.

Initial setup is straightforward, with minor problems in the area of configuring data source connectors. Because the product uses a JDBC data interface, the administrator needs to be familiar with JDBC.

The licensing model had changed from the past and currently needs more flexibility in the area of advanced users. Other products make no difference between the user types. The licensing model should be usage based.

QlikView and Oracle OBIEE were tested.

• Report Studio (ability to make pixel perfect reports and interactive dashboards)
• Framework Manager (the layer between the database and the user)

With Cognos we are able to present and analyze the KPI's and outcomes our hospital needs to take decisions.

• Adding workflow functions to the reports could close the PDCA cycle
• Speed of report-execution.

7 years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

Moderate,.

Good.

No previous solution used.

Initial setup can be straightforward but expertise is needed to fully benefit from the capabilities of Cognos.

One day was needed to implement the product, and this was done by an experienced consultant from the vendor.

No other solutions were evaluated.

Be willing to build up in-house knowledge of Cognos.

We use it for financial purposes, and simple reporting.

It's compatible with the whatever applications we have. That's why we got it.

The scheduling and reports.

It should be more user-friendly. 

Stability is good.

Scalability is okay.

Not very good because we didn't get a deep, back-end partner fit.

The most important criteria when choosing a vendor would be that the product is the very user-friendly and that we can upload the files into the system for reporting purposes.

I give this solution a rating of five out of 10 because it's not very user friendly.

The solution connects to all data sources easily. There is an express and an enterprise version.

As a consultant, I build complete business decision reports with Cognos.

For the current dashboard, it would be nice to have a better layout and more functions.

We have been using this solution for fifteen years.

Each product that I have worked with has bugs, and Cognos is no exception. There will be new releases that will fix these bugs.

Scalability is fine. I never came across any major issues

IBM has a complete knowledge base and support setup.

The installation was straightforward.

Pricing and licensing have many forms and possibilities. Take a good look at the number of users and the profiles needed. This will increase or decrease the price accordingly.

I worked with several BI products. The choice depends on the business size and preferences.

Check all BI products, such as Microsoft, Oracle, and Cognos. Check the pros and cons before making the choice.

- The ease of use and ability to create things.

- The security provided by IBM Cognos compared to other tools.

- Reduced time for answers on business panels; highly visual and interactive control without long waits.

Users used to have to wait long times to see information but can now view their information quickly and easily with IBM Cognos and also given the availability you can create your own reports.

I have been using IBM Cognos for about two years.

No, deployment is all right.

No, no problems were found.

No, no problems were found.

We were given good service, fulfilling all the requirements that were requested.

The technical support provided by IBM is good, helps you with any problems with the tool.

No.

IBM Cognos is a good tool for viewing reports, allows us to use the tool in an interactive and easy way, with the option to display it on various mobile devices.

• Report design
• Very flexible
• Intuitive
• Prompts capabilities, variables, and calculations
• Easy for authors to adapt and elaborate professional dashboards

It includes a dashboard developed for use in all branches across the country. This has improved their time to acquire the proper information to make decisions on a daily basis.

Nowadays, the finance team doesn't use Cognos as they should. They extract a bunch of data and create their spreadsheets all over the place.

With TM1 coming on board next year, this dirty job is going to be replaced by a centralized environment.

I have been using the solution for four years in my current job.

We have not encountered any stability issues.

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

The technical support is good.

I am not aware of any previous solutions.

The setup is a little bit complex with regard to the IT procedures, but the installation is quite easy.

The price is a bit expensive.

I am not aware of any other evaluated solutions.

If you have the budget to implement, then do it.