User manuals are a thing of the past. People simply don’t refer to them anymore. It’s just expected that being able to operate any new product or piece of equipment should be intuitive. If people can’t get what they need by clicking a button or following some clear prompts, they lose patience with the project or the process and are likely to not bother with it.
The IBM Cognos Analytics interface has been designed for this new reality.
So much thought has gone into the design of the new IBM Cognos Analytics interface. It’s not just intuitive and easy, it reflects current business realities in which people are required to manage multiple tasks and are expected to accomplish great things with very little, if any, training.
With one unified interface, users are able to seamlessly transition between different tasks, and become increasingly adept at how to leverage the tool for more sophisticated analytics without the need for any training. By simply engaging with the tool, users continuously sharpen their expertise to be capable of creating more insightful analytics. This is accomplished through the guided experience that recommends the best visualizations and data models.
Since studies show that the vast majority of the data that’s created today comes from lines of business, it stands to reason that a great boost to productivity can be unleashed if business users are able to analyze their own data without needing to rely on IT.
It’s very easy, in fact, for an individual to be able to start with one, seemingly simple task, and proceed to graduate to increasingly complex data analysis. For example, a user could quickly progress from being a report consumer—someone who views and digests data—to being someone who interacts with that data. The next step might be taking that same data and personalizing it with different aggregations or different filters that are more specific to the individual’s role. From there, a user might want to edit the report, possibly add in additional data or new visualizations to augment it and extend the report’s value relative to a specific role.
Without ever reaching out to get help from IT, an IBM Cognos Analytics business user could seamlessly transition from a data consumption role to authoring and right on to data modeling.
Another essential advantage of IBM Cognos Analytics is the ability to scale effortlessly. Companies are increasingly wanting to share reports and information beyond their own walls and to involve customers and suppliers into their information ecosystem.
IBM Cognos Analytics is designed to allow for the incorporation of data from the entire ecosystem and the sharing of insights among the entire community.
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