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What is ibi WebFOCUS?
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…
Webfocus: a gem with a vast potential
WebFOCUS: Intelligence in your hand
We use Information Builders to perform a couple of functions. In one project different resources across different business units view …
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WebFocus BI tool review - The best BI tool I have used to date!
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WebFocus one of the Best BI analysis tools
Webfocus is used across the whole company. For example in the stores the managers are able to see reports on a daily basis. At the SSC we …
Good reporting system.
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Webfocus is E-Z ..By using the new tools development is a breeze
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Reporting to data mining this tool does it
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Analysis of WebFOCUS reporting tool
Can do with WebFOCUS, but it's not as easy as it looks!
Popular Features
- Formatting capabilities (13)10.0100%
- Report sharing and collaboration (12)10.0100%
- Customizable dashboards (11)9.090%
- Drill-down analysis (13)8.080%
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What is ibi WebFOCUS?
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…
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Features
BI Standard Reporting
Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.
- 7Pixel Perfect reports(6) Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.
- 9Customizable dashboards(11) Ratings
Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.
- 7Report Formatting Templates(11) Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.
- 8Drill-down analysis(13) Ratings
Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.
- 10Formatting capabilities(13) Ratings
Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.
- 9Integration with R or other statistical packages(8) Ratings
Integration with the open-source R predictive modeling environment.
- 10Report sharing and collaboration(12) 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.
- 10Publish to Web(9) Ratings
- 8Publish to PDF(9) Ratings
- 6Report Versioning(10) Ratings
Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.
- 10Report Delivery Scheduling(11) Ratings
Report Delivery Schedule is the ability to have reports delivered to a destination at a specific data and time.
- 7Delivery to Remote Servers(3) 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.
- 6Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)(8) Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats are canned visualization types that can be selected to visualize different kinds of data.
- 7Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization(9) Ratings
Location analytics is the visualization of geographical or spatial data.
- 6Predictive Analytics(7) 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.
- 8Multi-User Support (named login)(11) Ratings
Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.
- 10Role-Based Security Model(11) Ratings
Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.
- 10Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)(11) Ratings
Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.
- 8Single Sign-On (SSO)(4) Ratings
Allows users to use one set of login credentials to access multiple applications
Mobile Capabilities
Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
- 9Responsive Design for Web Access(11) Ratings
Web design aimed at producing easy-to-read sites across a range of different devices.
- 3.3Mobile Application(2) Ratings
A dedicated app for iOS and/or Android.
- 8Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile(8) Ratings
In-app dashboard reports and data visualization.
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another
- 10REST API(1) Ratings
REST is an architecture style for designing networked applications
- 8Javascript API(2) Ratings
A Javascript API is a type of API
- 8iFrames(2) Ratings
An iFrame is an HTML document embedded inside another HTML document on a website
- 8Themeable User Interface (UI)(3) Ratings
A themeable user interface means that a specific visual them can be applied to it
- 9Customizable Platform (Open Source)(1) Ratings
A customizable, open source API Gateway is a fast and scalable type of API
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- Business Problems Solved
Users of WebFocus have found it to be a versatile tool for generating reports and analyzing data. It is widely used across different departments and projects within organizations, including sales, healthcare, marketing, procurement, and R&D. One key use case is the creation of dashboards and executive reporting, which enables key business individuals to build and manage information solutions effectively. Additionally, WebFocus is utilized for generating scheduled reports tied to releases and independent time-triggered reports, making it easier for users to access real-time data in graphical form.
WebFocus addresses the challenges of generating and handling reports efficiently. With its HTML pages, users can select parameters and run queries quickly and easily. The ability to generate custom reports in various formats such as HTML, Excel, or PDF provides flexibility for different users' preferences. Moreover, the integration with Oracle as the backend database enhances the reliability and performance of fetching data for display in reports.
Another notable use case of WebFocus is ad-hoc analysis of data, providing meaningful insights for analysts and executives. This feature allows users to perform predictive analytics using the new version 8 of WebFocus. Furthermore, it serves as a central business intelligence solution for consolidating transactional information from multiple countries, improving data quality and providing valuable insights for decision-making.
Overall, WebFocus is well-regarded by users due to its user-friendly interface, efficient report generation capabilities, support for various data formats, integration with Oracle as the backend database system, and its ability to fulfill diverse use cases across different departments within an organization.
Attribute Ratings
Reviews
(1-2 of 2)- Great technical support - If you have a question or issue they will get back to you very fast and get it resolved. Never had a problem with their support.
- I can get ANY data I want from practically any source, read it, filter it and display it quickly in a report, graph, etc...
- I love the way LDAP is used in WebFocus 8 to grant user access. We use this through portals, folders, etc... This way if a user is in a certain LDAP group or groups they have access and can see and run certain reports. If not, they can't see anything.
- I love the ability to completely customize reports, graphs, dashboards, portals, etc... We can finetune anything to any data and present it in anyway we see fit and do it quickly. Far quicker turn around then SAP Crystal Reports or any other comparable BI platform.
- Very high reliability and uptime. No other BI product comes close. It's basically set it and forget it. It runs like a tank.
- The admin console can be a little confusing for new people, but it doesn't take long to figure out where everything lives and how it works.
- SAP Crystal Reports
- Pixel Perfect reports
- 90%9.0
- Customizable dashboards
- 100%10.0
- Report Formatting Templates
- 90%9.0
- Drill-down analysis
- 100%10.0
- Formatting capabilities
- 100%10.0
- Integration with R or other statistical packages
- 90%9.0
- Report sharing and collaboration
- 100%10.0
- Publish to Web
- 100%10.0
- Publish to PDF
- 100%10.0
- Report Versioning
- 90%9.0
- Report Delivery Scheduling
- 100%10.0
- Delivery to Remote Servers
- 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
- 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
- Responsive Design for Web Access
- 100%10.0
- Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
- 80%8.0
- REST API
- 100%10.0
- Javascript API
- 100%10.0
- iFrames
- N/AN/A
- Java API
- N/AN/A
- Themeable User Interface (UI)
- 90%9.0
- Customizable Platform (Open Source)
- 90%9.0
- Report Caster was simple to learn and setup. We have hundreds of scheduled reports that run through ReportCaster every morning.
- Creating dashboards with the portals that are tailored by department and loaded with key metrics is super easy and fast. I can build heatmaps, bubble maps and more in a matter of seconds. There is no other BI tool that can access the large data that we have and display it like this in such a quick and easy manner.
- None really. Upgrades take some time for planning and testing, but this is the same with any application. If you are a large company with a lot of data then there is no such thing as a worrisome free upgrade. If you do the right planning, test appropriately and then do the rollout in stages it all goes fine. The only hiccups we hit was with customizations and porting over old code. Some old reports didn't work or needed to be rebuilt. Minor things like that.
Reporting to data mining this tool does it
- Allows users to connect to and combine data from various sources
- Allows users to create HTML launch pages even if they don't have previous experience in developing web pages. Users can tie a launch page back to a report that they wrote for their workgroup to share data access.
- Saved queries can be scheduled to send the results so that data is automatically emailed in various formats (text, spreadsheet, Word document, etc.) as often as needed.
- Exception reports can be scheduled so that the necessary person is emailed only when needed.
- 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
- Business Objects SRC,Crystal Reports
Crystal Report -WebFOCUS is more intuitive and easier to use and has more powerful capabilities.
- Drill-down analysis
- 100%10.0
- Formatting capabilities
- 100%10.0
- Integration with R or other statistical packages
- 60%6.0
- Report sharing and collaboration
- 80%8.0
- Responsive Design for Web Access
- 90%9.0
- Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
- 80%8.0
Marketing
Engineering
Labor Relations
Operations
- Additional mobile reporting with the html5 capability.
- Report Library would be useful at storeing required documents and version control.
- Visual analytics in the newer version look promising.
- Finance getting regularly scheduled reports and documentation
- Operations getting near real time batch exception reporting
- Marketing seeing trends and customer information
- Sourcing accessing stock levels and purchase orders
- alerts going out to pagers by utilizing phone to text combined with exception reporting
- writing to tables in batch processes
- automating information updates such as webpages
- Implemented in-house
- Security in the newer version is complicated on how to access secured data though the scheduler.
- Good data with proper indexes on a robust database are necessary for efficient reporting.
- Getting users that have not seen the software before started requires some initial training.
- Drag and drop functionality on creating a report
- Formatting a report with fonts, colors, size, output formats
- Point and click webpage design
- Joining tables
- Customizing connectins between reports and webpages
- Going back to GUI after manually editing a report or vice versa