Spotfire: great to use, easy to learn. Luckely, because the trainings are of poor quality
Updated March 17, 2023
Spotfire: great to use, easy to learn. Luckely, because the trainings are of poor quality
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Desktop
Overall Satisfaction with Spotfire
we are using Spotfire as our main reporting tool. Previously we used Business Objects, but we don’t use it anymore. With Spotfire we make daily reports about our production results, OEE, etc. Also we use Spotfire-dashboards for management. We are using it through the whole organization from CEO to Teamleader.
- The drill down of data works very well. No static reports anymore, but fancy reports, from which you can check the details (by the drill down).
- the relations which can be found in the data can be very helpful.
- I find it very useful that we can make one report with several datasources underneath. (I'm used to Business Objects, you couldn't do that very easy in that too.)
- You can make a basic report with different tabs in it, f.e. For stock and use this report as a ‘linked report’ in several other reports. So you keep your maintenance low.
- We use often the possibility of using one report for several kind of users. = one view!
- Spotfire reports are very ‘visual’, you can see, in one view where the deviations are.
- The courses aren't good. No documentation and I think it's called 'robotcourses'. You get to know what you can do with Spotfire (how to click), but principles, pros and cons aren't explained.
- Spotfire could pay more attention to the dataset, how it's best organized to get the best results from your reports.
- It would be helpful if the course could be held in Dutch.
- A reduced set of reports, instead of all different kind of reports
Tibco TDV, i don’t like it very much
Oracle
db2, etc
db2, etc
- SAP Business Objects
See previous answers. Business Objects is better in static reports and better in nicely printable reports. Spotfire is better for dynamic reports, also with the 'tag'-possibility, I think we can better exchange knowledge.
Do you think Spotfire delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Spotfire's feature set?
Yes
Did Spotfire live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Spotfire go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Spotfire again?
Yes
Spotfire Feature Ratings
Spotfire Training
Using Spotfire
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
None | None |
- Give a highlight of the current situation
- A visual lear picture
- Make a printable report.
- Display text which is sometimes a lot of text and sometimes almost nothing.
Yes - We have problems with the Security. So it’s not working very well.