Item: Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Rating: 7
Author: Rob Bates

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Data mining is a key element for our estate and we use Business Intelligence Discoverer to mine our CRM and Portfolio Manager data. We have scheduled reports setup that are dispatched across the company to various departments. Users create ad-hoc reports when required. Our Accounting departments also use the tool. Its widely used and very well respected by staff.

Pros and Cons

Data analytics across the company, with ease.
Scheduled reporting and ad-hoc queries.
Clean and easy layout, very ease to use, even for lesser trained staff.

A level of SQL knowledge is required for more complex arguments.
The layout of the interface could be better.

Alternatives Considered

Sisense and Tableau Desktop

We have used several products over the years, including Sisense and Tableau. They both stack up well against Business Intelligence Discoverer, however, the costs for us are what split them apart. Feature-wise, there isn't much to separate the products.

Other Software Used

Sisense

Likelihood to Recommend

The ease of being able to data mine makes this tool perfect for a company that has a lot of raw data being shifted around. Our staff relies on data and BI Discoverer makes sure that data is accurate. We have set up all of the reports in BI Discoverer to ensure that what we are paying correctly and what we're doing is certainly what we wanted to do for that week. It helps to make sure that we're also not duplicating payments and customers are also given the correct invoices.

Raw Data Mining with Ease

Overall Satisfaction with Business Intelligence Discoverer

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros and Cons

Alternatives Considered

Other Software Used

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Feature Ratings