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# Introduction 

**Introduction to Lab 3**

Welcome to the Visualization and Insights Lab!

Authors: [Srikanth Manne](https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanth-manne-6532065/), [Rahul Reddy Ravipally](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-reddy-ravipally/), [Manoj Jahgirdar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/manojjahgirdar/)

IBM Cognos Analytics on IBM Cloud Pak for Data integrates reporting, modeling, analysis, and exploration so you can understand your organization's data - and make effective business decisions. It's a proven, self-service, dependable analytics solution that provides scalability and analytics governance. IBM Cognos Analytics can help you create visualizations and dashboards without needing a data science background.

When you have completed this Lab, you will understand how to:

* Build IBM Cognos Analytics dashboards on IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
* Use AI capabilities of Cognos Analytics.
* Derive meaningful insights from data using dashboards.

This chapter will introduce you to the overview of the lab.

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