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Our focus... [Read More](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/cognos-analytics-versus-watson-analytics) [![](https://www.envisn.com/hubfs/images/numberss.jpg) ](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/validating-cognos-audit-data) ### [Validating Cognos Audit Data](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/validating-cognos-audit-data) by [The Envisn Team](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/author/the-envisn-team) on September 8, 2016 *By Paul Hausser, *[*Envisn, Inc.*](https://www.envisn.com/) Our **[recent blogs on Cognos audit data](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/maximizing-utilization-of-cognos-audit-data)** have focused on getting it to where it can be used easily for anything you want to use it for. Once it’s been normalized this... 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