Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Reviews & Ratings 2024

Overview

What is Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)?

Oracle'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…

Recent Reviews

Oracle BI Discoverer Review

8 out of 10

November 08, 2021

Incentivized

We use Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer as part of ERP for our purchasing and financial reports.

Best Tool Set for Ad-Hoc Database Management

9 out of 10

September 10, 2020

Incentivized

We are using Oracle Business Intelligence discoverer for generating ad hoc reporting, data analysis, web publishing and reporting for …

See how can Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer can help you

7 out of 10

March 07, 2020

Incentivized

Business Intelligence Discoverer is used to access and analyze data in the database and create reports. Since it supports web-based …

BI Analysitcics

7 out of 10

November 20, 2019

Incentivized

We use it in data analysis.

Browser-based tool for your simple data needs.

9 out of 10

November 04, 2019

Incentivized

The Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Discoverer is used by teams across the entire organisation for easy access to data and …

Oracle BI Discoverer Review

10 out of 10

October 30, 2019

Incentivized

Business Intelligence Discoverer is being used by my current department. We use it to analyze worker's compensation data, and run reports. …

Oracle BI Discoverer - Your one stop solution to enterprise reporting and analytics!!!

9 out of 10

October 25, 2019

Incentivized

The BI Discoverer is being used by our Finance/HR and Payroll departments. A lot of instant mission-critical reports are being generated …

Amazing Business Intelligence suite

9 out of 10

October 23, 2019

Incentivized

Oracle BI Discoverer enables business users at all levels of the organization to make faster and more informed business decisions. Using …

Oracle BI Discoverer

8 out of 10

October 17, 2019

Incentivized

It is being used by our business as well as implemented to our clients. Business Intelligence discoverer is a tool-set for ad hoc …

A Media Customer's Review of Business Intelligence Discoverer

7 out of 10

October 16, 2019

Incentivized

Business Intelligence Discoverer is used for reporting purposes by different departments across the company. The tool helps the business …

Awesome tool to analyze data and reports

9 out of 10

September 18, 2019

Incentivized

OBIEE is a great tool by Oracle and we are using this tool to generate reports. We have more than 1000 users using this tool to analyze …

Great at-a-glance reporting tool

8 out of 10

September 17, 2019

Incentivized

Business Intelligence is used across all departments in the organization and it is used to provide analytical information to all business …

Business Intelligence Discoverer and OBIEE

2 out of 10

September 16, 2019

Incentivized

Business Intelligence Discoverer is being used agency wide. Our entire company supports our clients in the use and development of …

Data Extraction Made Easy

9 out of 10

July 28, 2019

Incentivized

We use the Discoverer to extract and analyze data from our Avalon database. We are a manufacturing business and create a significant …

Raw Data Mining with Ease

7 out of 10

January 28, 2019

Incentivized

Data mining is a key element for our estate and we use Business Intelligence Discoverer to mine our CRM and Portfolio Manager data. We …

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Popular Features

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Multi-User Support (named login) (22)
10.0
100%
Report Delivery Scheduling (22)
8.0
80%
Formatting capabilities (22)
8.0
80%
Drill-down analysis (21)
7.0
70%

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Pricing

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What is Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)?

Entry-level set up fee?

No setup fee

Offerings

Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

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

7.9

Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

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

7.9

Avg 8.1

7
Drill-down analysis
(21) Ratings
Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.
8
Formatting capabilities
(22) Ratings
Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.
7.5
Integration with R or other statistical packages
(14) Ratings
Integration with the open-source R predictive modeling environment.
9
Report sharing and collaboration
(20) Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.3

Avg 8.3

8
Publish to Web
(21) Ratings
9
Publish to PDF
(20) Ratings
9
Report Versioning
(18) Ratings
Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
(22) Ratings
Report Delivery Schedule is the ability to have reports delivered to a destination at a specific data and time.
7.7
Delivery to Remote Servers
(16) Ratings
Ability to deliver reports to remote servers

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.

Avg 8.0

8.4
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
(16) Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats are canned visualization types that can be selected to visualize different kinds of data.
7.8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
(15) Ratings
Location analytics is the visualization of geographical or spatial data.
7.8
Predictive Analytics
(15) Ratings
Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.

Access Control and Security

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

9.7

Avg 8.5

10
Multi-User Support (named login)
(22) Ratings
Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.
10
Role-Based Security Model
(20) Ratings
Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
(21) Ratings
Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
(17) Ratings
Allows users to use one set of login credentials to access multiple applications

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

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

7.5

Avg 7.9

8
REST API
(8) Ratings
REST is an architecture style for designing networked applications
8
Javascript API
(9) Ratings
A Javascript API is a type of API
8
iFrames
(8) Ratings
An iFrame is an HTML document embedded inside another HTML document on a website
7
Java API
(8) Ratings
A Java application programming interface (API) is a list of all classes that are part of the Java development kit (JDK)
8
Themeable User Interface (UI)
(7) Ratings
A themeable user interface means that a specific visual them can be applied to it
6
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
(8) Ratings
A customizable, open source API Gateway is a fast and scalable type of API

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Product Details

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What is Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)?

Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Competitors

Tableau Desktop
Microsoft
IBM

Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Technical Details

Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No

Frequently Asked Questions

Tableau Desktop are common alternatives for Oracle Discoverer (discontinued).

Reviewers rate Multi-User Support (named login) and Role-Based Security Model and Single Sign-On (SSO) highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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October 16, 2019

A Media Customer's Review of Business Intelligence Discoverer

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Director in Information Technology

Broadcast Media Company, 1001-5000 employees

Score 7 out of 10

Vetted Review

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Business Intelligence Discoverer is used for reporting purposes by different departments across the company. The tool helps the business gain visibility to transactional data entered in the core Oracle ERP system.

Pros and Cons

User friendly interface
Ease of use
Fast report building

The generated SQL queries should be standardized so that they could be re-used in TOAD
Enable reading from different sources, not necessarily Oracle DB

Likelihood to Recommend

It regarded as a tool that can primarily be used by Oracle core users versus the general public where other tools such as Tableau seem to have more traction.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop

Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Feature Ratings

BI Platform

N/A

Supported Data Sources

N/A

BI Standard Reporting (3)

70%

7.0

Pixel Perfect reports: 70%
7.0
Customizable dashboards: 70%
7.0
Report Formatting Templates: 70%
7.0

Ad-hoc Reporting (4)

80%

8.0

Drill-down analysis: 80%
8.0
Formatting capabilities: 70%
7.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages: 80%
8.0
Report sharing and collaboration: 90%
9.0

Report Output and Scheduling (5)

84%

8.4

Publish to Web: 90%
9.0
Publish to PDF: 90%
9.0
Report Versioning: 70%
7.0
Report Delivery Scheduling: 80%
8.0
Delivery to Remote Servers: 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 (4)

97.5%

9.8

Multi-User Support (named login): 90%
9.0
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

N/A

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

N/A

Expand to the use to non core users

Business Processes Supported

Financial transactions summary
Human Resources records
Payroll Reconciliation

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