IBM Cognos Analytics Update and Product Roadmap

Chris McPherson, Senior Offering Manager

Business Analytics, IBM Hybrid Cloud

October 25, 2017

Agenda

Cognos Analytics overview

R7 recap

Demo

R8 Sneak Peak

Roadmap

Q&A

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Reinvented Business Intelligence• Integrated solution for managed reporting and

business user self-service

• Designed for ease of use with a graduated user experience that enables analytic consumers to progress to access and model data, and create visual dashboards and stories on their own

• Smarter self service uses built in intelligence to guide data modeling and authoring based on intent

• Proven governed solution for performance, security and scalability

INTUITIVE

WEB BASED

ON CLOUD OR ON PREMISES

IBM Business Analytics

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• Continuous delivery for on premise and on the Cloud

• Contains defect fixes and enhancements

• Installs on top, it preserves your settings and configuration

R3 – July 2016•Dashboard calculations and filters

•Multiple packages in Reporting•Interactivity in modeling UI

R8, R9…

R5 – November 2016 •FM packages in dashboards•Mapping and new visualizations

•Infographics and nav model•Embed and share content•Portal customizations

R4 – September 2016 •Dashboard conditional highlighting

•Refresh timer for widgets•Portal theming and extensibility•Storytelling

R6 – March 2017 •OLAP support in Dashboards•Dashboard widget connectivity

•Mapping enhancements•Storytelling enhancements•Shortcuts and report views

R7 – August 2017 •New UI for Portal, Dashboard and Modules

•Filter enhancements in dashboards and Reporting

•Additional visualizations•New logging framework

Cognos Analytics Releases

DEMO

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SELF-SERVICE ANALYTICS

DATA GOVERNANCE

Factors shaping the future

SMARTER, MORE EMBEDDABLE ANALYTICS

Building Community | Always-on

• How-to Videos

• Expert Blogs

• Discussion Forums

• Self-service Support

https://www.ibm.com/communities/analytics/