Introduction
All the answers you need in one place
One BI solution can do it all: clean and connect your data, create stunning visualizations, and show you where your business is today while helping predict what will happen tomorrow.
And with the new Cognos mobile app, you can get insights at-a-glance in real time, straight to your phone.
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Why IBM Cognos Analytics?
Accelerate data prep with AI
Use built-in AI to accelerate and improve blending data or finding the optimal tables for your model.
Automate data exploration
AI helps uncover hidden trends and drivers so you can get the facts behind your data and deliver insights in real time.
Visualize and report on data
Create powerful visualizations, tell the story of your data and share insights via email, Slack, or the mobile app.
Scale and integrate
Bring together advanced analytics and data science into daily operations and seize new opportunities.
Protect your data
Governed self-service adapts to your requirements and protects data from misuse.
Modernize and maximize your investment
Deploy where you need it — on premises, on cloud, on IBM Cloud Pak® for Data, or a hybrid option.
Market landscape
BARC names IBM market leader in BI
In the 2020 BARC Score for Enterprise BI & Analytics Platforms, the Business Application Resource Center named IBM a market leader.

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Featured resources
Live COVID-19 dashboard
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Next generation embedded analytics
Learn about next-generation embedded and self-service analytics in this report from Constellation Research.
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