Data Capture
Updated January 09, 2019

Data Capture

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Birst

Birst has been used across the orgnainization. It is used for reports bookings.
  • Tabular visualisation
  • Exporting into excel
  • Filtering
  • Updating. It has been very slow
  • Easy to use. People find it difficult and not intuitive
  • Maintenance. Difficult to address errors and find a solution

Easy to import data and build relationship.

Easy to create ad hoc analysis.

BIRST is ideal when you have small data to report and very systematic reporting. It is not user friendly when changes need to be made.

Infor Birst Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
6
Customizable dashboards
7
Report Formatting Templates
7
Drill-down analysis
7
Formatting capabilities
6
Integration with R or other statistical packages
5
Report sharing and collaboration
7
Publish to Web
7
Publish to PDF
8
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
6
Multi-User Support (named login)
7
Role-Based Security Model
7
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
7
Responsive Design for Web Access
7

Additional Questions on Birst Capabilities

Users can access the dashboards easily, but performance could be an issue.

Using Birst

217 - Sales, Finance, IT
2 - SQL Developers
  • Performance/sales reports
  • Integration of different data sources
  • KPI
  • New metrics built that are feeding into global measures
  • Forecasting analysis
  • Expand to other departments
  • Build connection to new platforms
  • Integrate all data sources available
  • Product Features
Possibility of building the ETL

Birst Support

The answers are not always immediate
ProsCons
Knowledgeable team
Kept well informed
None
Yes - A different URL had to be used for a month
We had an issue with a user. Birst provided extra support.

Using Birst

ProsCons
Like to use
Unnecessarily complex
Requires technical support
Cumbersome
Lots to learn
  • KPI
  • Simple Graphs
  • Simple reports
  • ETL structure
  • Date and time analysis
  • Implied greins

Evaluating Birst and Competitors

If possible, I would look into Birst Pronto