Version 2.4 advances connected analytics with stronger integrations, measurable governance, and smarter metadata management helping every team move faster with trust.

Simplifying Enterprise Analytics

Modern enterprises rely on multiple analytics platforms to measure performance and plan for the future. Cognos Analytics in governed reporting and dashboarding, and IBM Planning Analytics in predictive planning and forecasting, Tableau excels in data visualization, Power BI in self-service departmental analytics.

Each tool is essential but when used independently, they create silos that slow decision-making.
IBM Analytics Content Hub (ACH) unites these systems under one governed, searchable experience.

With version 2.4, ACH strengthens how organizations connect, manage, and trust their analytics environments aligning authentication, governance, and discovery across BI and planning systems.

Integration That Meets Enterprise Standards

For CIOs and IT leaders, ACH 2.4 delivers stronger, enterprise-grade integration that simplifies rollout and ensures secure access across analytics platforms.

It now connects to:

• Cognos Analytics via OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication

• IBM Planning Analytics using the Mode 5 connector

• Tableau Cloud & Server using Personal Access Tokens (PAT) or JWT authentication

• Power BI Report Server through Azure Service Principal

These options align authentication with enterprise identity standards, so teams can configure connections once and apply consistent security everywhere.

IT teams spend less time on manual setup, maintain compliance, and provide users with seamless, governed access across visualization, reporting, and planning tools breaking down silos and accelerating adoption.

Governance You Can Measure

For Heads of BI and Analytics, governance in ACH 2.4 becomes proactive and quantifiable.

The new Operational Metrics Dashboard gives instant visibility into usage, adoption, and search behavior helping leaders see which reports drive engagement and which need attention.
Administrators can also:

• Flag never-used or redundant assets

• Apply rule-based filtering to refine search results

• Manage recursive permissions for inherited access

• Track downloads and enforce file-upload allow-lists

This makes governance measurable and actionable so BI teams can cut waste, optimize licensing, and focus effort on the analytics that create the most value.

Metadata Management That Scales Globally

For Chief Data Officers, ACH 2.4 introduces smarter metadata management to maintain consistent governance worldwide.

New capabilities include:

• Bulk custom-field uploads via XLSX

• Recursive inheritance across folders and content

• Administrative override to correct poor source descriptions

• Multilingual metadata support in six languages

• Global tag export for migration and backup

These enhancements ensure that governance policies and metadata standards are defined once and inherited automatically across the organization.
Enterprises gain consistent, high-quality metadata that scales globally supporting data trust and lineage everywhere analytics lives.

A Faster, Cleaner User Experience

For business executives and analytics consumers, ACH 2.4 enhances the experience of finding, comparing, and reusing trusted content.

Key improvements include:

• Scoped search by folder or sub-folder for precise discovery

• Unified filters that can be hidden or locked for clarity

• Pinned favorites for instant access to key assets

• Sub-pages for regional or role-specific content views

• Launch Tableau workbooks in a new tab without leaving context

• Controlled artifact cards and pop-ups for cleaner visuals

The result is smoother navigation, less tool-hopping, and faster access to insights all within a consistent, governed environment that reinforces confidence in every report.

From Complexity to Coordination

With version 2.4, IBM Analytics Content Hub continues to turn complexity into coordination.
It synchronizes authentication, governance, and discovery across BI and planning systems allowing teams to manage access, ensure consistency, and extend trust across every analytic asset.

As data landscapes expand, ACH 2.4 keeps governance and performance in sync, ensuring decision-makers, analysts, and planners all work from one reliable source of truth.

Learn more: IBM Analytics Content Hub 2.4