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    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AOracle's Business Intelligence Discoverer is an ad- hoc query and analysis reporting tool oriented for end users to have easy access to relational and multi-dimensional data. The product is now end of life. The vendor has stated that Discoverer 11g release 11.1.1.7.0 is the terminal release of Discoverer.N/A
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    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    We prefer Oracle BI because it continues to support and is more user-friendly.
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    We have chosen for particular tasks or according to requirements of clients, we are also use this because we are well familiar about this tactics and features too.
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Oracle BI publisher
    Oracle Analytics Cloud
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Very easy to use and understanding the technology could work well for your organization. Sometimes the majority of the business unit's key stakeholders don't utilize the data for the needs of the business.
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    BI Discoverer is simpler and lighter. It offers a much lighter option for data access when compared to most other business intelligence tools. However, the features on BI Discoverer are limited and cannot solve deeper analytics requirements. For such use cases, it might be …
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Oracle BID was a better alternative than AER for our department. Since we are an Oracle-heavy department, using Oracle software for all tasks, from data storage to reporting was the way to go. BID has proven to be a cheaper, more efficient alternative to AER. It has served its …
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Power BI is mostly for visualization and dashboards whereas Discoverer is for lifting heavy reports outputs. Oracle APEX can be used for building reports but not very complex ones. Pivot functionality in apex reports is not all good when it involves multiple nested groupings …
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Regarding to Power BI and Business Intelligence Discovery I think the principal difference is Business Intelligence Discovery allow discoverer data from web services and there are a lot of tools for only one purpose, manage data! Regarding to SAP BusinessObjects and Business …
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Both produce the same end results for creating reports used by higher management for decision making. The way they are designed and featured, the process is what makes them different.
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    We selected this tool because it is easy to create an end-user layer which is the repository in the database. The data that is being used is from the datamart which we have built on a daily basis. This tool was selected because it is a web-based and available 24/7.
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    They offer completely different functions. OBIEE is better for detailed data and Tableau is for visualization and summary of data.
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    We have used several products over the years, including Sisense and Tableau. They both stack up well against Business Intelligence Discoverer, however, the costs for us are what split them apart. Feature-wise, there isn't much to separate the products.
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. OBIEE is much more expensive compared to Discoverer. OBIEE needs an ETL and Reporting team to develop reports. OBIEE involves complex modelling of RPD whereas it is much simpler with Discoverer. With Discoverer, it is as simple as …
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    I did not select Discoverer.....however, I do prefer it to the other tools that I have used for report creation. I do like the mix of GUI and SQL direct code avail. I have mostly used the desktop version, but migrating over to the web based version and starting to build reports …
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    TIBCO Spotfire or SaaS BI are much more flexible and comprehensive, being compared with Business Intelligence Discoverer, they support many ways of scripting and has rich data visualization options, and furthermore, they can be linked with recent popular ML/DL frameworks.
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Before our team grew to incorporate more database savvy members, Discoverer was an easy and efficient tool for reporting and analyzing data. As our team added more database members, though, we quickly outgrew the need for a simpler program and expanded into one where we could …
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    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Both Tableau and Argos are newer products and have much improved features. Argos in operation is closer to how Discoverer is. Tableau is a top rated analytics product.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Discoverer was already in place when I joined the company so I was not involved in the selection process. However, I have been involved in the review of Discoverer as compared to alternatives including Business Objects, OBIEE, and SSRS. On a cost benefit analysis Discoverer …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.9
    20 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.017 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.717 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.020 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.9
    22 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.021 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.022 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.514 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.020 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.3
    22 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web8.021 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.020 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.018 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.022 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.716 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.416 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.815 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.815 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    9.7
    22 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.022 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.020 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.021 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.017 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.915 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.811 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.811 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.5
    9 Ratings
    3% below category average
    REST API8.08 Ratings
    Javascript API8.09 Ratings
    iFrames8.08 Ratings
    Java API7.08 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.07 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)6.08 Ratings
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    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Discoverer is well suited as a reporting tool where data integration doesn't play a major role. Discoverer suits very well situations where a user has to run a query every day. Discoverer reports can be scheduled and the user can just view the data instead of running the query manually. Also, Discoverer takes away the pain of managing the database credentials. Discoverer is not well suited to situations where the whole enterprise wants to view the same dashboard. Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. Discoverer doesn't offer many options to integrate data unless one has to create and handle integration using PL/SQL.
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    Pros
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    • SQL friendly which allows for fast adoption for those users who know how to write in SQL. This makes integration with other programs much easier.
    • Accessing data is very fast even with larger data sets.
    • The layout is clean and organized similar to a spreadsheet which allows for easier viewing and analyzing of the data.
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    Cons
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    • There is always room for more scalability and optimization of performance.
    • Oracle BI changes a lot from version to version. A smoother transition into a new version would be very helpful.
    • Oracle BI's reporting tool is a little hard to use at first. The UI/UX of the tool can use improvement.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Discoverer was already in place when I joined the company so I was not involved in the selection process. However, I have been involved in the review of Discoverer as compared to alternatives including Business Objects, OBIEE, and SSRS. On a cost benefit analysis Discoverer always came out on top. Changing to another tool never provided enough additional functionality to overcome the cost of conversion and ongoing maintenance.
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    Return on Investment
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    • We have used Discoverer to respond to state sales and use tax audits and saved the company more than the cost of the product. Discoverer has thus assisted in our objective of managing costs.
    • Discoverer is used to provide reports for EEOC reporting assisting our goal of complying with all government requirements.
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