Oracle BI Foundation Suite is robust
July 18, 2019

Oracle BI Foundation Suite is robust

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11g
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher 11g
  • Oracle data visualization

Overall Satisfaction with Oracle BI Foundation Suite

Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite, which I will refer from hereon as OBIEE has been heavily used by my current company. We have been using OBIEE for a while but in a limited area. In 2015 thru the 1ADM project, JDE was implemented as an ERP system in ADM. Then OBIEE and its suite of products were chosen for the reporting, data and analytics portion. OBIEE is being used by the whole organization. Some are heavy users and others are moderate. Adhoc query, robust dashboards and enterprise-level reporting are some of the most used features in our company. OBIEE has helped us to solve many business issue and concerns but the main area where it brings value is in operation thru the timely supply of vital information.
  • OBIEE does the ad-hoc query very well. as long as the data is governed, the ad-hoc query is a robust and heavily used feature.
  • OBIEE has one of the best dashboard feature in enterprise level reporting.
  • It has a robust feature for the analytics and data analysis.
  • If scorecards are designed and implemented properly, OBIEE can become every department's go-to tool for reporting.
  • It is expensive to implement.
  • It is time consuming to implement.
  • The learning curve is not as flat as some of the other products in the market for general users.
OBIEE is comparable to SAP BO in many respects, even more so than MS Power BI. It stacks up strong compared to another similar tool in the market with respect to enterprise-level reporting. Among various other financial and strategic reasons, OBIEE was chosen because of its capacity to scale and provide long term data and analytics solutions.
For a larger sized company that is very process-oriented, this tool can be a blessing. Governed data will give good results, otherwise, it can be a waste of time and money. Compared to the cost and time of implementation and training, participation and buy-in from all departments are important to see the ROI.

Oracle Analytics Server Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
6
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
9
Drill-down analysis
10
Formatting capabilities
7
Integration with R or other statistical packages
7
Report sharing and collaboration
6
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
10
Report Versioning
10
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
Delivery to Remote Servers
8
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
Predictive Analytics
7
Multi-User Support (named login)
9
Role-Based Security Model
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Single Sign-On (SSO)
9
Responsive Design for Web Access
9
Mobile Application
6
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
7
REST API
6
Javascript API
6
iFrames
6
Java API
6
Themeable User Interface (UI)
6
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
6