Good Analysis Tool, Could be better-looking
February 23, 2016
Good Analysis Tool, Could be better-looking
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Professional
Overall Satisfaction with Zoho Reports
I'm the only one who uses Zoho Reports. I am using it to identify and better track key performance indicators for our business, to better understand what's working, and what's not.
- It is able to pull together many different tables of data, without having to pay an IT consultant to do it.
- I can quickly make changes, add or rearrange data myself. I feel I'd have to spend as much time explaining it to someone else than doing it myself. In our business, change comes quickly and often, and I was finding that past reporting tools couldn't keep up without a huge IT spend.
- I know a little about databases, but am by no means a programmer. Zoho Reports allows me to manage and make sense of the data on my own
- The design of the dashboards is a little clunky, and could be much improved by allowing a feed (without branding) to other tools.
- This is very specific, but I do find some of the SQL functions available to be quite limited. In particular, I am currently struggling with how Zoho uses the "Join" function to bring two tables together - it doesn't seem to allow for the more specific "Inner" or "outer" joins.
- I'd love to be able to automate and save specific snapshots in time. I have my data set to update regularly, and need to save pdfs of reports monthly. It might be possible to automate that process, but I haven't found a way yet.