ibi WebFOCUS

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ibi WebFOCUS
Score 7.0 out of 10
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The ibi™ WebFOCUS® product is an enterprise business intelligence and analytics solution equipped with data management, visual discovery, predictive analytics, and visualizations. Combining these capabilities and data science in one unified containerized platform, the WebFOCUS® solution can be used to make data-driven decisions across the enterprise and provide reports, dashboards, and customer-facing applications at scale.N/A
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Above average. Feature wise [Information Builders WebFOCUS] stands out. User friendliness is OK. It can handle the most complex tasks and its extensions with for example R make it extremely versatile. Support is lagging in western Europe, although i am more than happy with …
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We've looked at Tableau as an alternative and the visuals are good in Tableau. One way that WebFOCUS beats Tableau is it doesn't have any issues with a set number of columns in a report. When you need to have an Excel output, which happens, WebFOCUS is far superior. The …
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Webfocus handles the side of our business that is involved with our catalogs. Our catalogs is a huge revenue driver for us and this tool has been extremely useful with planning feature catalogs. Tableau is used more for marketing and merchandising purchases since we can filter …
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No comparison. Both have their strengths, but WebFocus comes out on top as the clear winner because it is so easy to use and understand for power users. Crystal Reports, like most BI tools, requires more extensive training and is not as easy or user friendly. It is more …
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WebFOCUS has a mature and tested product that speaks well to internal personnel who rely on legacy data systems for day-to-day operations and business processes. It is apparent some newer products provide flexibility in user access with limited previous knowledge or experience …
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I've used a few other development frameworks, but the desition of the company to use WF was not mine. I came and WF is the tool that the company uses.
I think that WF is a very important framework to achieve the goals of the company and I would like this technology to become the …
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WebFOCUS is more visual and easier to build for a non-programming user, where with little knowledge on data management and dedication to learn it, you can easily start creating very well presented reporting that is automated. With the Report Caster system it allows you to fully …
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Years ago I developed in Business Objects and when it came down to a decision to go with WebFOCUS it was a pretty easy choice. There is really nothing you can't do with the platform given all of the available options to develop the solutions with - HTML pages, parameterized …
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I like the ease of development best on webfocus. As compared to QlikView, it is better at handling large amounts of data and the data access process is much easier in WebFOCUS ( very manual in Qlik). Qlik is better for ad hoc drill through and it is nice how a selector easily …
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Haven't used any and not even think of using any. We are very much satisfied with WebFocus.
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Business Objects -WebFOCUS is more centered towards the user accessing data without an administrator setting up reporting objects or setting rules on data access. Access is more free form and allows the user more freedom (for better or worse) to design and create the report …
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I found WebFOCUS a great tool for reporting purposes as I have used it for a long time. They should compare themselves with new reporting tools like Tableau and Splunk. Tableau's interface is mind blowing. IBI should learn from Tableau and how they have penetrated the big data …
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The reason we chose WebFOCUS is because it seemed the easiest to use to create great reporting products. Also, we really liked that the code is transparent and readily available. We were confident in Information Builder's longevity and believed that ultimately, our staff would …
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WebFOCUS was selected because of the rich data interface/adapter
Features
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BI Standard Reporting
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ibi WebFOCUS
7.7
11 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.06 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.011 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.011 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ibi WebFOCUS
9.3
13 Ratings
14% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.013 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.013 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.08 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.012 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
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ibi WebFOCUS
8.2
11 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web10.09 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.09 Ratings
Report Versioning6.010 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling10.011 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
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ibi WebFOCUS
6.3
10 Ratings
25% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.08 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.09 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.07 Ratings
Access Control and Security
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ibi WebFOCUS
9.0
11 Ratings
5% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.011 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.011 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.011 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.04 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
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ibi WebFOCUS
5.9
11 Ratings
30% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.011 Ratings
Mobile Application3.32 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.08 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
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ibi WebFOCUS
8.6
3 Ratings
8% above category average
REST API10.01 Ratings
Javascript API8.02 Ratings
iFrames8.02 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.03 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
ibi WebFOCUS
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(3 ratings)
Online Training
6.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ibi WebFOCUS
Likelihood to Recommend
IBI (Information Builders)
I would less recommend it because it looks like IBI is receding a bit from the European market. I would not be certain for future support. Knowledge in the market in western Europe is limited Functional wise the application suits almost all situations. I would for sure recommend it purely based on its capabilities
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Pros
IBI (Information Builders)
  • One thing that has always been good at WebFOCUS is how they interact with the customer on items. They take suggestions and implement them. In addition technical support is timely and very detailed.
  • I think they keep up with and lead in implementing new technologies in the BI space. One case of this are the ability for user to create their own easy dashboard using the green plus buttons. Also the ability to link d3 into and have the ability to implement new types of graphs is nice.
  • I have been to a spoke at one of their user conferences and they are worth going to. In addition to all of the great seminars the interaction you get with vendors and other users is key in the growth of your knowledge. I've learned so much for my time at these conferences.
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Cons
IBI (Information Builders)
  • The newest versions of WebFOCUS have an unnecessarily complicated security layout that makes configuration difficult to accomplish without bringing in the vendor for installs.
  • This software tries to cover too many bases allowing you to switch from writing code manually to creating reports using only GUI tools. This sometimes complicates screens and functionality where the two methods don't always work well together. -though its nice to have the choice.
  • The sales force is not as top notch as many software companies
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Likelihood to Renew
IBI (Information Builders)
This software is deeply engrained with my organization and has become a tool that would not easily be replaced without spending more money and resources to get the same results. License cost is comparable to other report writing tools and the capabilities are greater than the competition without having to buy multiple apps to do the same thing.
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Usability
IBI (Information Builders)
Best BI tool/product I have used. The others don't compare overall. Some can look fancier, but when you actually use them with large data and data from numerous systems/sources that is where most of the competition falls away. I also don't like downtime. I have basically none for a large user base with WebFocus. Even SAP Crystal Reports went down for 4 days once - 4 days because the admin password got locked out due to a glitch and we had zero reports for 4 days. WebFocus has never had more than a few minutes of downtime. It's like a tank that just keeps rolling. There is no other choice for reliable BI.
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Reliability and Availability
IBI (Information Builders)
Tracking availability formally for almost two years and we are at 99.8%
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Support Rating
IBI (Information Builders)
They have extremely knowledgeable techs that I have worked with over the years. Some have actually become really good friends of mine. I see them often at local user groups and when we show them how we are using their tools to save millions of dollars throughout the company
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Online Training
IBI (Information Builders)
It's hit and miss, the last class was overcrowded and people were having trouble connecting which took up much of the time. Instructors vary
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Implementation Rating
IBI (Information Builders)
Plan ahead on what data will be accessible and the type of security required on the database and if you will want to use security that is built into the software. It is worth consulting with the vendor on what your plan is and how they recommend you proceed in order to get results you are happy with.
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Alternatives Considered
IBI (Information Builders)
Webfocus handles the side of our business that is involved with our catalogs. Our catalogs is a huge revenue driver for us and this tool has been extremely useful with planning feature catalogs. Tableau is used more for marketing and merchandising purchases since we can filter data based on website sales.
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Return on Investment
IBI (Information Builders)
  • We are not yet a success story. Though we've been implementing WebFOCUS for over a year, we have very few products in our Production portal. Of course, this is not all the responsibility of Information Builders, but we were ill-advised by our 'training coordinator' in our training of staff and coming up to speed with the tools has been very slow.
  • Once skilled analysts and professional IT staff achieve a grasp of the products, they are able to very quickly create polished and well-received products.
  • The DW/BI project has helped us to establish standards and protocols of communication that will allow us to more quickly meet knowledge transfer requirements
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