Powerful data analytical tool
November 18, 2018

Powerful data analytical tool

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with ThoughtSpot

Since coming to the ThoughtSpot conference I have seen how other companies use it. I see it is very powerful.
I see that when the data is organized as a transactional database, it is possible to get very quick responses and do searches of the database for certain patterns very easily and quickly.
We are in the process of training users. It speeds up and simplifies users queries of financial information. We also use it to find possible fraud through database queries. It allows users to query our database without knowing SQL.

Pros

  • It shows charts, based on the database
  • It is easy to do searches. Even non expert users can do searches without knowing how to use databases.
  • It allows you to drill down to the data in tables.
  • ThoughtSpot queries are much faster than with our previous database.

Cons

  • Deployment is difficult. The instructions for deployment could be more detailed so we don't need to ask ThoughtSpot for help.
  • ThoughtSpot could use a Windows GUI for the backend.
  • Using command line is difficult and complicated.
  • Even a Unix GUI would be usefull.
  • ThoughtSpot will help our analytics team analyze a large quantity of data.
  • This will allow us to find more services to provide to our customers.
  • ThoughtSpot will allow us to find evidence of fraud by searching our database for unusual patterns of financial use and notifying our customers when we find anything unusual. This can save both us and our customers money.
  • ThoughtSpot allows our non-database users to get up to speed quickly on doing searches and accessing the data, which will save us money on training and allow more users to access the database.
It is very useful for our transactional data. It doesn't work as well when there are many filters.

ThoughtSpot Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
5.7
Pixel Perfect reports
5
Customizable dashboards
6
Report Formatting Templates
6
7.0
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
6
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
Not Rated
4.0
Report Versioning
5
Report Delivery Scheduling
3
Delivery to Remote Servers
Not Rated
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
6.0
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
7
Single Sign-On (SSO)
3
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding ()
Not Rated

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