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Oracle Analytics Server

Oracle Analytics Server
Formerly Oracle BI Foundation Suite

Overview

What is Oracle Analytics Server?

Oracle Analytics Server, replacing the former Oracle BI Foundation Suite is a business intelligence reporting and analytics platform. It provides users with a series of integrated tools for ad-hoc query and analysis, dashboard and scorecard creation, enterprise reporting, mobile analytics,…

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Recent Reviews

Fantastic BI Solution

10 out of 10
March 03, 2022
Incentivized
Multiple departments use Oracle Analytics Server for Data visualization and Operational Data Modeling. It is lightning-fast for accessing …
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Great BI Software

8 out of 10
December 26, 2018
Incentivized
At our cyber services consulting firm we have been long-term customers of Oracle Enterprise products. We purchased the Oracle BI …
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Comprehensive BI suite

8 out of 10
December 24, 2018
Incentivized
We have been using a number of Oracle products at our company and recently purchased the BI Foundation Suite to address our analytics and …
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Popular Features

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  • Publish to PDF (38)
    9.2
    92%
  • Multi-User Support (named login) (38)
    9.2
    92%
  • Formatting capabilities (38)
    8.1
    81%
  • Report Formatting Templates (38)
    7.1
    71%
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Pricing

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What is Oracle Analytics Server?

Oracle Analytics Server, replacing the former Oracle BI Foundation Suite is a business intelligence reporting and analytics platform. It provides users with a series of integrated tools for ad-hoc query and analysis, dashboard and scorecard creation, enterprise reporting, mobile analytics,…

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Product Demos

OAS (Oracle Analytics Server)and DV (Data Visualization)

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8.4
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

8.2
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

9.1
Avg 8.4

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.5
Avg 8.1

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

8.8
Avg 8.6

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

7.3
Avg 7.9

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

7.7
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is Oracle Analytics Server?

Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) supersedes the Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Foundation Suite. It is an on-premises self-service visualization and augmented AI analytics platform. It provides a full range of capabilities including AI that surfaces key insights in datasets, data enrichment features that automatically recommend new elements for analysis, machine learning capabilities for both traditional and citizen data scientists, data visualizations for dashboards and reporting.

Customers that choose this self-managed on-premises or private cloud deployment can manage upgrades on their schedule and implement customization options such as custom skins/styles, metadata, messaging and more.

Key features

  • Easy to use ad-hoc query and analysis
  • Comprehensive suite of data visualizations
  • High quality enterprise reporting
  • Scalable multidimensional OLAP server for forward-looking analysis
  • Mobile app optimized for touch interactions
  • Geospatial mapping and visualization
  • Integrated scorecard and strategy management
  • Ability to act on insight by invoking business processes from within BI
  • Common Enterprise Information Model
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Query

Oracle Analytics Server Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Oracle Analytics Server, replacing the former Oracle BI Foundation Suite is a business intelligence reporting and analytics platform. It provides users with a series of integrated tools for ad-hoc query and analysis, dashboard and scorecard creation, enterprise reporting, mobile analytics, multidimensional OLAP, and predictive analytics.

Microsoft BI (MSBI), MicroStrategy Analytics, and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence are common alternatives for Oracle Analytics Server.

Reviewers rate Report Delivery Scheduling highest, with a score of 9.8.

The most common users of Oracle Analytics Server are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We are looking to both use and sell products that help us monitor and aggregate data for us and our clients. Oracle's name and reputation are one that is not surpassed. We believe using advanced analytical programs, like Oracle's, will help us stay on top of emerging technologies as well as accomplish our goal of utilizing the data of our company and clients to its fullest.
  • Find anomalies.
  • Understand anomalies.
  • Fix anomalies.
  • Help prevent the problems that it shows us.
  • More AI but with human back up.
  • Less mumbo jumbo so even IT guys/gals can more easily work.
  • More statistics (math) and orientation for those not familiar with it.
  • More live as well as virtual (live) show casing of real situations in business.
Oracle, for anyone that is slightly interested in the goings-on within companies, especially large influential ones on a world scale, know that like IBM and such, is soo admired, that even entities larger than it, have tried to 'knock it' down. But as in life and with man, it is impossible to keep a good thing 'down'. :)
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
100%
10.0
Pixel Perfect reports
100%
10.0
Customizable dashboards
100%
10.0
Report Formatting Templates
100%
10.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
100%
10.0
Drill-down analysis
100%
10.0
Formatting capabilities
100%
10.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
100%
10.0
Report sharing and collaboration
100%
10.0
Report Output and Scheduling (5)
100%
10.0
Publish to Web
100%
10.0
Publish to PDF
100%
10.0
Report Versioning
100%
10.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
100%
10.0
Delivery to Remote Servers
100%
10.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
100%
10.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
100%
10.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
100%
10.0
Predictive Analytics
100%
10.0
Access Control and Security (4)
100%
10.0
Multi-User Support (named login)
100%
10.0
Role-Based Security Model
100%
10.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
100%
10.0
Single Sign-On (SSO)
100%
10.0
Mobile Capabilities (2)
100%
10.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
100%
10.0
Mobile Application
100%
10.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding (6)
100%
10.0
REST API
100%
10.0
Javascript API
100%
10.0
iFrames
100%
10.0
Java API
100%
10.0
Themeable User Interface (UI)
100%
10.0
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
100%
10.0
  • We are still reviewing this.
  • So far we believe we will be using this product in the future more and more.
  • The speed and smoothness of the interfaces are a pleasure to use even with 'boring' stuff!
  • Acoustic Analytics (formerly IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics)
IBM is also a very fine contributor in these fields of software engineering. They like Oracle are the masters of large data, whether for large entities, or small shops.
2
Learning the processes and testing the benefits of statistics/analytics.
2
Mainly IT and business (accounting and such).
  • The sky is the limit and will only get better the more we learn from it.
  • Check the general state of our modules.
  • Check the state of our clients data.
  • Research for future use and expansion (of both our company and the BI).
  • The great extent that AI has come over the last decade.
  • Checking to see how 'correct' certain predictions are.
It is only a matter of time for us to fully integrate and expand to Oracle products.
No
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
We are still researching & testing. I am sure we will be using this product(s) more and more as time goes on with our company and clients.
Nothing.
  • Implemented in-house
Yes
Typical learning curve because it was a completely new entity.
Change management was minimal
Enjoyed/enjoying the options and new ideas that this program has brought.
  • Learning curve, which is normal.
  • Still researching purchase.
Like most other large implementations of such technical programs, it pays to plan as much upfront as possible, and this is why we are researching this great product so much.
  • Online training
It was a private training site.
Seems just right. We are still implementing it but we don't envision any serious problems based on the trial/demo.
Only what the docs suggest and in-house knowledge based on our requirements.
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
It is there for the taking when we are ready.
No, however, we may in the future should we decide to buy.
It is surprisingly smooth and covers areas we never contemplated.
No
No.. we have not had any issues that required that.
  • Finding issues.
  • Fixing the issues.
  • Help to prevent these issues.
  • some terms we are not familiar with.
  • areas not connected to our business.
Yes, but I don't use it
It is like a Christmas gift to a child with the myriads of options and modules.
We have seen the results of this in our initial research and are not surprised that Oracle does this like it does soo many other things in this area, so well.
No problems, it's that simple.
Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
  • Our in house modules.
We are still attempting this and so far no issues.
  • Any future programs of ours will be considered.
  • Other monitor type programs possibly (ie Nagios, etc.).
Yes.
  • File import/export
  • API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
  • Javascript widgets
PHP programming. C language.
We are not done testing or we would give it a 10.
You could not find a better candidate.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is attached as a reporting tool to our MRP software and it is being used across the whole company. Departments such as purchasing, finance, sales and manufacturing take advantage of the Oracle BI features on a daily or weekly basis. It helps us to create KPIs and sophisticated dashboards for real time visibility and to allow for making more intelligent business decisions. Remote users and traveling employees take advantage of the of the great reporting tools due to the mobile version of the Oracle BI software. Upper management makes important high level decisions based on the results of the reporting coming from this tool.
  • Easy to use
  • Improved Key Performance Indicators with the use of BI Suite
  • Support for intelligent dashboards creation
  • Real time data visibility
  • Mobile and offline features
  • Ad-hoc reporting
  • Clustering capable
  • Accurate and centralized reports
  • Heavy processes
  • Requires powerful machines and configuration for quick use
  • Relative big cost
  • Requires skillful database background users.
  • Room for improvement in the collaboration section
  • Integration with other software could be done easier; room for improvement
Oracle BI Foundation Suite is a great tool for metric and modern reporting. It's easy to use and user friendly, and has excellent data consolidation features. It is well suited for a large number of transactions or records (likely big or medium sized companies). Based on the cost of the software I would not recommend it for a small database with a reduced number of transactions.
It came with the software we use. It was recommended by the ERP software vendor.
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
90%
9.0
Pixel Perfect reports
90%
9.0
Customizable dashboards
90%
9.0
Report Formatting Templates
90%
9.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
90%
9.0
Drill-down analysis
100%
10.0
Formatting capabilities
90%
9.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
90%
9.0
Report sharing and collaboration
80%
8.0
Report Output and Scheduling (4)
95%
9.5
Publish to Web
90%
9.0
Publish to PDF
100%
10.0
Report Versioning
100%
10.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
90%
9.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
93.33333333333334%
9.3
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
90%
9.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
90%
9.0
Predictive Analytics
100%
10.0
Access Control and Security (3)
93.33333333333334%
9.3
Multi-User Support (named login)
90%
9.0
Role-Based Security Model
100%
10.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
90%
9.0
Mobile Capabilities (3)
93.33333333333334%
9.3
Responsive Design for Web Access
90%
9.0
Mobile Application
90%
9.0
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
100%
10.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
N/A
N/A
No
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Reputation
Product features are the most important criteria when doing a purchase.
I would not change my evaluation process because it proved to be successful and gave us great results.
Daniel J. Lewis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
At the time we used the software it was being utilized by a specific department, account management and technology consulting. The information/data is passed down through all departments (the reporting) but management uses it to determine where time is spent for clients, employees, reoccurring issues, etc. This product is nice so we from an IT prospective can pass off ownership and utilization of the actual product to other members of the team/department so we can continue to manage backend reporting. Once in-house members and clients are taught how to use the software, IT can take a step back and not have to run needed reports.
  • Reporting, for our company and when recommending it to our clients its a huge selling point.
  • Especially the granular graphs, they can be adjusted for what each needed person (CFO, CEO, Managers) specifically requires.
  • It's also helpful to determine where the "bottlenecking" could be occurring within workflow.
  • Although after a quick tutorial or testing from an IT end, some users struggle with learning the software.
  • This is not uncommon for a learning curve but having quicker resources to point users to for learning would be beneficial. Something such as a direct video less than 5 minutes on how to complete specific functions will help the training.
Honestly, IT appreciates the product however pricing is a huge concern when pitching new incentives to clients or internally. We know this going into these meetings and having a proper presentation helps secure a better foundation when pitching to the team. We've been very detailed and straight to the point at the same time which helps. However a small/medium size company has been difficult to pull off. Having a plan that will work overtime for these companies will help get the product in use for clients to see the full potential and consider long term usage.
Oracle is a solid company with solid products. There support has been better then others (depending on service plans) however still very good. There are other options out there such as Salesforce, AutoTask, Sharepoint even PRTG. However they are not as detailed and visually easy to understand(the data as well as the ability to perform in-depth customization of that data).
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Pixel Perfect reports
80%
8.0
Customizable dashboards
90%
9.0
Report Formatting Templates
90%
9.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Drill-down analysis
80%
8.0
Formatting capabilities
70%
7.0
Report sharing and collaboration
100%
10.0
Report Output and Scheduling (3)
80%
8.0
Publish to PDF
60%
6.0
Report Versioning
90%
9.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
90%
9.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
100%
10.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
100%
10.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
100%
10.0
Predictive Analytics
100%
10.0
Access Control and Security (3)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Multi-User Support (named login)
90%
9.0
Role-Based Security Model
80%
8.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
90%
9.0
Mobile Capabilities (1)
70%
7.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
70%
7.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
N/A
N/A
Legal Services
4
Database management, secure communication, permissions, and software configuration/support.
  • Productivity
  • Billing
  • Weaknesses and time lost working on client reoccurring issues.
  • Reporting
  • Showing clients where time is most spent on issues
  • Time management
  • Creating revenue.
  • Helping clients identify where weaknesses are lying within their network.
Yes
Saleforce is a good product but the company was growing and we were using other Oracle products. The demo was an easy sell.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Analyst Reports
Reporting, support and reputation!
The questions were fair for the outlined product. I like the option where I can select that I haven't used that "feature" which helps make for a more accurate review.
  • Implemented in-house
Yes
In phases each part was confirmed working before the next step. Typical best practices.
Change management was minimal
Tricks of the trade, to keep all associated members in the loop of any major implementations; on both ends.
  • Scheduling downtime.
  • Licensing from all needed software vendors, determining network/hardware resources appropriately.
  • Configuring the virtual machines correctly.
Typical product roll out however once again support was with us at all times.
Yes
Yes most of the time we push for this or ball it in with other Oracle packages when adding BI.
It's fast, efficient and easy to work with. Scheduling could help when planning out a day however overall it's a big plus when rolling out and supporting Oracle.
No
We had a highly visable database authentication issue which was resolved by reinstalling a few components via the command line which resolved the issue. This was huge and it was impressive they made it a priority (it needed to be) and in reasonable time.
  • Reporting
  • Troubleshooting (database management)
  • Dashboard
  • Teaching the staff. It's easy to use however there is always the learning curve.
  • More short video's for staff to review on their own for specific tasks.
For me or a staff memeber that uses it frequently, its usability is sufficient. However newbies could have a few issues but find their workflow.
Satyendra Yenugula | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are in process of re-building the entire BI for our organization and we've selected Oracle Business Intelligence as our Enterprise Reporting platform which we can use for our day to day Analytical and Operational reporting needs. I've personally led, managed and implemented many large scale transformations using this product and seen great results. In my current role, I am in the process of shifting all the existing reporting landscape to Oracle Business Intelligence platform for all the departments
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Reporting platform is well enhanced with many advanced features like Visualization Recommendation for Power users when building the dashboards and Reports like which view to use based on the type of data that we are presenting to the end users.
  • Oracle BI Mobile APP Designer is very rich and has useful functionality to develop the dashboards and reports and display them on the mobile devices via Apps
  • Oracle Essbase, multi-dimensional Online Analytical processing system which uses the advanced calculation engine for financial forecasting, planning and management reporting.
  • Oracle BI Publisher Reporting capabilities caters to the needs of real time pixel perfect reporting with out lot of development time.
  • Overall Oracle BI Foundation Suite is a conglomeration of Enterprise Reporting, Real time quick reporting, multi-dimensional analytical processing, BI Mobile, Geo-spatial capabilities which every organization needs today for Analytical and Reporting needs
  • Oracle BI Reporting Administration needs to be simplified for easier Administration and maintenance. Today Admins need to deal at different levels (Enterprise Manager, Weblogic Console, BI Admin Tool) to handle the day to day Admin and Maintenance operations
  • In order to take advantage of the Geo-Spatial (maps) capabilities you need to have Oracle Database at place as the pre-built maps related data is developed and available only in Oracle Database. Organization who doesn't use Oracle Database have to struggle to get this feature work.
  • BI Mobile APP Designer configuration and set up needs to be simplified when upgrading from previous versions
With Oracle Business Intelligence, we can do quick reporting using BI publisher as well as build huge enterprise reporting capability for the entire organization. When one reporting platform is built with the required subject areas then power users and analysts can build their own reports and dashboards with out IT team involvement and this makes the business groups happy as the turn around time to build reports will be in minutes to hours.
Compared to Microsoft BI, Oracle BI has got good data modeling, adhoc reporting, scheduling and some rich visualization capabilities which definitely made us to choose Oracle BI against Microsoft BI.

Tableau BI is a very simple and easy tool to implement and helps business users and analysts to do quick reporting and information discovery but this wouldn't be able to serve the needs of an enterprise reporting tool. With Tableau we still need to purchase a tool which will satisfy the enterprise reporting needs. Hence we decided on Oracle BI which gives us the enterprise reporting platform and also the quick reporting capabilities by leveraging the BI publisher reporting capability.
Scalability and rich integration capabilities. In the future, if we go with Hyperion for the Financial Consolidation and planning purposes -BI integration with Hyperion is going to be much simpler as it has native interface connectivity and even integration capabilities with well known CRM products (Siebel) and ERP Products (Oracle EBS, Peoplesoft, SAP) is going to be easy and straight forward.
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Pixel Perfect reports
80%
8.0
Customizable dashboards
90%
9.0
Report Formatting Templates
90%
9.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
82.5%
8.3
Drill-down analysis
90%
9.0
Formatting capabilities
90%
9.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
60%
6.0
Report sharing and collaboration
90%
9.0
Report Output and Scheduling (2)
90%
9.0
Publish to PDF
90%
9.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
90%
9.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
76.66666666666667%
7.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
90%
9.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
80%
8.0
Predictive Analytics
60%
6.0
Access Control and Security (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Multi-User Support (named login)
90%
9.0
Role-Based Security Model
80%
8.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
80%
8.0
Mobile Capabilities (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Responsive Design for Web Access
80%
8.0
Mobile Application
90%
9.0
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
80%
8.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
N/A
N/A
30
Field, Finance, Accounting, Sales & Marketing
4
Good SQL Skills, OBIEE Admin and Reporting building skills
  • Adhoc Reporting Capability
  • Ease of use and simplicity in creating reports and dashboards
  • Good scheduling capabilities
  • Good integration capabilities with future CRM and ERP products
  • Real time reporting needs by leveraging the BI publisher
  • In house integration capabilities of Hyperion Applications with BI
  • BI Mobile APP Designer
  • Leverage the power of integration of Essbase cubes with BI platform and report
  • Integrate the Hyperion Financial Applications with BI
Yes
Microsoft BI and SAP Crystal Reports. We replaced these BI Production with Oracle BI foundation suite as this product has rich dash-boarding, interactive reporting, self service functionality and it can truly serve as one enterprise reporting application. Oracle BI Foundation Suite comes with OBIEE reporting platform as well as BI Publisher which can be useful for real-time reporting neeeds
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Product Usability and Scalability is one important factor which pushed our decision towards Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite. Oracle Business Intelligence has many rich features like Interactive Reporting, Self-Service, Mobile, Geo-Spatial reporting. Also this product can be very well integrated with major CRM and Financial Applications like SAP, Siebel, Oracle Ebusiness Suite and Hyperion Applications.
Along with the initial evaluation factors such as one enterprise reporting platform, dashboarding, interactive reporting, Geo-Spatial , Mobile, self-service capabilities I will also look into additional ones like Data Discovery, Hadoop Integration and Data mining functionality, All these factors would help us build a successful one enterprise reporting platform for all organizational analytical, real-time and data discovery reporting needs
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