IBM Cognos Analytics Update and Product Roadmap Chris McPherson, Senior Offering Manager Business Analytics, IBM Hybrid Cloud October 25, 2017
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/