Asking for key drivers and influencers

You can ask the Assistant to show key drivers and influencers that impact your data.

When you ask What impacts sales?, the Assistant responds with a spiral chart with insights and a list of key drivers that impact sales.

Assistant displays spiral chart and key drivers

The key drivers are sorted in the list by their predictive strength and you can click these drivers to explore them further.

When there are no key drivers that impact the data, the Assistant shows a list of influencers instead.

Note: If you're using IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.2, when you ask for key drivers that impact data, the Assistant displays a list of influencers.