In collaborative data environments, numbers alone rarely tell the full story. Dashboards may reveal sudden spikes, unexpected drops, or emerging trends without explaining the underlying business or operational causes. To bridge this gap, IBM Cognos Analytics provides a built-in feature called Content Notes, which enables teams to document insights, share Read more
Creating a dashboard in traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools often requires choosing visualizations, configuring measures, and arranging charts. With the AI Assistant in IBM Cognos Analytics, users can simplify this process by asking questions in natural language. Instead of manually starting every visualization from scratch, users can describe their analytical Read more
The Report Recommendation Agent in IBM Cognos Analytics leverages semantic search to help users discover relevant reports and other indexed content without having to memorize specific folder paths or exact file names. By allowing users to search using natural-language business questions, it simplifies report discovery and helps users access the Read more
The Cognos Summarization Agent in IBM Cognos Analytics demonstrates how AI can transform traditional business reports into meaningful, easy-to-understand insights. Instead of manually reviewing every row of a report, users can ask the AI assistant to summarize the report and quickly understand the organization’s financial performance. IBM’s documentation also highlights Read more
In business intelligence, dashboards help users monitor KPIs, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions. However, sometimes a high-level summary is not enough. Users need to explore specific data points and understand the details behind them. IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1 provides drill-through functionality that allows users to navigate from one dashboard Read more
Static presentation slides and screenshot-heavy decks are quickly becoming a thing of the past. When presenting to boardrooms, modern business leaders face a common challenge: standard reports are excellent for deep compliance data, and dashboards are ideal for real-time monitoring, but neither effectively explains the context or narrative behind the Read more
IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.3 introduces a useful enhancement for crosstab reports: interactive expand and collapse for hierarchical row headers. This allows report consumers to start with a summarized view and expand individual hierarchy levels when they need more detail — without having to redesign the report or navigate to another Read more
The 12.1.1 release introduces a Responsive Layout feature for dashboards. This feature improves both the authoring experience and dashboard usability across different devices by automatically optimizing layouts for various screen sizes, including mobile devices. It can also be used to group content and better organize visualizations. To use a responsive Read more
Cognos 12.1.1 introduces a powerful enhancement to dashboards: Bookmarks & Saved Views. These new capabilities make it easier for users to return to the exact dashboard state they use most—whether that’s a specific region, tab, or personalized set of filters. To use these features in dashboard:
