Oracle OBIEE Initial Setup
The solution's initial setup was straightforward.
The deployment process for the solution takes time since we have many users. But because we have been doing it for a while, we're getting to more and more users while improving our learning curve. Basically, the deployment process is not that complicated.
We're doing fine with the deployment process even though it takes time for us to train its users to give them the ability to understand what they're doing, what to do and how to do certain things on the solution.
For the deployment and maintenance of the solution, we have about six to seven people, consisting of engineers and developers, in our organization.
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Rama G
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Setting up Oracle OBIEE can be challenging due to the complexity of installation and maintenance tasks, such as managing multiple product tables and configurations. Debugging issues and upgrades also require SME knowledge and can be time-consuming. Maintenance tasks are simpler, and upgrades are typically smoother.
The initial deployment of Oracle OBIEE can take some time due to the need to configure the setup and manage multiple developers working on the same file. However, its multi-user development concept allows for collaborative work and submission of changes, albeit with some integration and deployment complexities.
The solution's initial setup is straightforward. It takes a day for deployment and requires a small team of two.
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I rate the product's initial setup phase a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup process, and ten is an easy setup process. If you talk about Oracle Cloud Analytics, I rate the product's initial setup phase a seven or eight out of ten.
The solution is deployed on the cloud. I have used OAC in the past, but for my current project, I use Microsoft Azure. Within two or three months, I will be back to using OAC.
Oracle OBIEE's configuration settings and deployment areas are much more difficult than those of products like OAC and Power BI.
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Muhammad Ibrahim
General Manager Information Technology at International Steels Limited
In my opinion, Ooracle has better documentation for installation, however, in our case, migration is a difficult challenge which involves lots of arrangements and importing and exporting of large amount of data. Even though I am not a technical person, I believe that upgrading on-premises requires creating a new installation, while on the cloud, it's simpler. I'm not exactly sure about the process, but these are the discussions I've had with my team.
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AhmedEssam
Process Engineering Manager at a logistics company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The time for the setup phase of the solution depends on the client and how big the project is, along with another factor, which is the partner who will be a part of the implementation phase of the product.
The solution is deployed on a hybrid cloud.
For a customized deployment for Oracle OBIEE, the end user has to let me take care of reporting instead of the user adding custom dimensions and fact tables in the data grid level or business model. The deployment process is a replication. It's more of a repetition of processes.
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Bennett K.
Senior Business Intelligence Consultant at a transportation company with 11-50 employees
It's complex to set up an entire installation, especially if someone has never done it before. You've got to know a lot of other things. You can't approach it cold and be easily or quickly successful.
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Prasad Karuturi
Senior Erp Developer at CACI International Inc.
I'm a developer, so I don't feel much complexity in the solution's initial setup. So, I will have to step into a user's shoes to see what complexity is involved in the setup phase. I think that there are three areas, in which one area is to connect to the database and create your own use and then drag that view into a middle layer. The middle layer is the data modeling layer, where you join different tables, and regarding such technicalities, if I look at them from a user perspective, it's a little difficult for them, which I think is solved with visualization by dragging, dropping and visualizing how the data looks and all that stuff. So Oracle OBIEE has tried its best to make the solution easier for users. Even though I try to look at the user's perspective, my mindset is that of a developer, so it is easy for me. I think Oracle OBIEE is doing a good job.
View full review »The initial setup could have been more straightforward and presented some complexity, especially concerning hardware requirements. However, once you understand the system, it becomes quite easy.
View full review »The initial setup process for the solution was done for us by one of the local vendors, and they were able to do it quickly as they were professionals.
View full review »The initial setup was straightforward.
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AnandSingh
Senior Software Developer at Sopra
The initial setup is not completely straightforward but it's not overly complex either. It requires a lot of planning and a lot of effort to implement but it's okay.
View full review »Setup can be quite complex for this system,.
View full review »The initial setup of Oracle OBIEE is straightforward. Once it is deployed then we can add other modules. The installation process took approximately two hours.
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Adam Elliott
Obiee HR Technologies Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I was not a part of the initial setup.
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Jakkamsetty Kumar
Technical Team Lead at Rotary International
The solution's initial setup is a bit complex. However, since it's only a one-time thing, it shouldn't be an issue.
The solution's deployment is something we do manually in our company. We were wondering if there is a tool for automated deployment.
For the solution's deployment and maintenance, we need three resources, including the deployment team in our organization. So, we don't need a manager for this.
View full review »I rate the initial setup of Oracle OBIEE an eight out of ten.
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reviewer1782720
Technical Lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The implementation of Oracle OBIEE was very complicated in the older versions, but now it has become much easier.
The initial setup was straightforward. We haven't had any issues.
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reviewer1241061
Principal Business Intelligence Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The deployment can be done in a day. Once you understand it, the deployment isn't too bad, but the deployment complexity is still very high in comparison to other solutions.
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VishalGoyal
Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
OBIEE's overall setup is really complex because it relies on Oracle Forms, the Oracle Fusion technology, which requires a middleware.
We require both the front-end and the back-end. It was really difficult to manage the entire setup. Dealing with OBIEE was tough in some circumstances when we had to make infrastructure-related modifications.
The entire setup is extremely complex, and troubleshooting any errors is incredibly difficult due to the large number of logs generated by the WebLogic Server.
Setup is really difficult, which is an area where they are lacking.
If you only consider Tableau, Qlik Sense, or Power BI, where you will simply download the software, all you have to do is apply it if you have an enterprise license. It's incredibly simple to install and configure these products. It's very easy compared to OBIEE.
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Andrej Shendov
IT manager at Farmatrejd
The initial setup is straightforward.
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Ricardo Giampaoli
EPM/BI certified Consultant, Oracle ACE and TeraCorp Consulting CEO at TeraCorp Consulting
EPM is an enterprise suit that is made of some independent tools and to have all working together it makes it complex no matter your level of knowledge. The bigger the environment the bigger is the challenge you need to face. Maybe one day Oracle will integrate all their tools. It'll be easier and the good thing is that I saw a lot of improvements over the years.
View full review »I did the setup by myself in my organization. I did the delivery destination production from scratch, with the help of the documentation logs from various forums. You just have to follow the instructions which are straightforward. As long as you follow the instructions, it was easy to use.
View full review »Setting up is pretty easy in terms of infrastructure and so on. When customization comes along, that's when it's never easy. Any customization is never easy. It's always complex.
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DurgaprasadMedisetti
Architect Team Lead at ITC Infotech
The solution is a platform as a service. We pick and choose our requirements as we like. If we need more CPU or RAM or hardware, we make sure we have that in the setup. We decide how many users we want, et cetera, and the system is set up to accommodate for that.
View full review »The setup is straightforward but it needs expertise. The normal IT guys cannot do this. In other words, for the setup, BOMs, scaling ups and other supporting requirements, you need to have proper domain expertise and product knowledge individuals for carrying out the setup properly. Otherwise, you will not get the proper output. It is very resource intensive. If you get the wrong output, then all your assumptions and forecasts goes wrong; so it's very sensitive.
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Mahmoud Ahmed
Enterprise Performance Management Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The initial setup is complicated and time-consuming.
View full review »The initial setup of version 10.7 was fine, but when we upgraded from version 10 to 11, it was a whole new technology stack; it took extremely long. The nice thing about going from 11 to 12 is that it is the same technology framework, so it looks straightforward for an upgrade. The first upgrade took 15 months; this should take a week.
View full review »I did not set it up my myself; my guys did it. It was somewhere in between straightforward and complex; it was not that complex, but it was not straightforward either. We had to get an expert Oracle consultant to help us with it, but that went well.
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AnandGupta
AVP at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup was quite complex and I didn't do it in one go because when we deployed something, there were some problems that needed sorting out and that took around five to six hours. Deployment probably took close to six hours. The deployment was carried out internally. In my department we have over 300 users and the solution is used on a daily basis.
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reviewer1427955
Senior Consultant at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup is not straightforward. It is complex. Oracle introduced another product called Oracle Analytics Cloud, and in that case, the installation of the product is very easy. Comparatively, this product's installation is difficult. It takes time and needs mission instants.
View full review »The setup was OK and it was not that complex. It was quite straightforward.
View full review »The overall architecture of getting OBIEE up and running is complex and the sequence must be followed very attentively.
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reviewer1584153
Regional Director at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The initial setup of Oracle OBIEE is easy.
I rate the initial setup of Oracle OBIEE a five out of five.
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Atif_Khan
Technical Consultant at AAK
The solution was easy to deploy and install. However, I have used the solution for a very long time and I am familiar with the technology, this could be why it was extremely easy for me to install and configure but might not be for others.
View full review »OBIEE was installed with our partner. We're a hosted environment so we have an important staff there, including DBA's and staff like that, that will do our installing. I don't think we ran into any issues with getting it configured and up and running. Again, it seems to be fairly stable and we've got a pretty good DI staff that can work with it. It's probably in between straightforward and complex.
View full review »The setup is quite straightforward, unless you need to deploy with a cluster. Components in a model/presentation layer can do it simply by dragging and dropping, if all the calculations are done in the database. Although, some settings,such as "Write Back", is not that easy. They need to be configured, but you have no idea where to configure it unless you go through the documentation, and even some blogs perhaps.
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VishalGoyal
Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I wasn not involved in the initial setup. When I joined the organization, it was already set up. I would say that we're using only 20 to 25 percent of the features of OBI.
Setup and migration are very complex. Technically, Oracle accessory is extremely complex. These days, the industry demands a kind of Excel analysis, which is very easy to install, set up, and it's very developer-friendly as well as end-user friendly. OBIEE lacks all those features. We had to migrate from 11g to 12c and it took around six months because of the extreme complexity of the tool.
View full review »The initial installation and configuration was relatively straightforward. Installing the software is a little complex for someone doing it for the first time; there are quite a few steps, but it was just a case of slowly working through them.
The big boon for this client was that they already had a data warehouse containing the data required for reporting; it was currently being assembled by an overnight process and then manually downloaded into Excel. OBIEE was able to directly connect to this warehouse and access the table/view objects within. The client was quickly able to start producing some of the simpler reports.
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reviewer1494948
Senior Manager Analytic & Insights at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
The installation is complex and they could improve by making it straightforward.
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reviewer1537578
Director- IT Strategy & Transformation at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
It is pretty easy and very straightforward. It is just a web link that you click. After you have the access and everything is set up, you can just easily access it.
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Jp Hoedenaeken
Data Architect & BI Manager at RTBF
The initial setup was not really complex. Our deployment tooks approximately six months.
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Alan Yves
Big Data / Business Intelligence / Datawarehousing at DWgrain (Client Health BIS)
The installation and initial setup requires specialist knowledge .
View full review »With every release, the setup is getting easier and easier. When we started out, it was more complex; now it's getting more and more easy.
View full review »Setting it up or even upgrading it is definitely not for someone within the first year of their career. You really need to to be experienced and to know a lot of things, such as integration, how it behaves, its parts, and a million other things before you start to get the hang of it.
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Muhammad Ibrahim
General Manager Information Technology at International Steels Limited
It is straightforward. Basically, if you look at the technical part of it, it is very simple. You can just follow a step-by-step process, and you can easily finish it.
View full review »It's a pity that they are moving from on-premises in a lot of ways. There are two changes in the cloud site because they have introduced a few new steps to configure OBIEE in the cloud. There are pretty easy steps to configure OBIEE in the cloud. As a service-oriented company, we are only using their interface.
Every technology now has been shifted to Cloud. Every technology now has been introduced to the cloud instance. If you're talking about Microsoft, they have also introduced Azure cloud as well as Amazon and Oracle clouds. However, now they want to shift their Oracle technology to only cloud and in the future, we are seeing that most of the companies will shift their data to the cloud.
I was involved in the setup of both the cloud and on-premises versions of Oracle OBIEE.
The basic difference between on-premise and cloud is the fact that we as implementers are responsible for the entire picture. We have to build and install the server then handle the installation configuration and then move the data from the source application tool to the warehouse. That's only for on-premise whereby the whole responsibility is taken by us.
The cloud, the infrastructure service, means that the responsibility is taken by Oracle. The cloud handles the technical aspects for the most part. We are only using to the warehouse because the source application moves the target in-house. The on-premise solution has three basic processes: infrastructure, installation, and configuration and then we do the implementation. In the cloud, you mostly just have to implement it.
View full review »When I came in, there was a framework already existing. I was more stabilizing the issues, and this is what my knowledge is about. Setup was not straightforward. There are a lot of things that my friend was initially doing and was going through. I came and then helped them and stabilized it more; not specific to the OBIEE, but from the OBIEE stack. Those are some things that need to be improved.
View full review »We needed some technical expertise, including me - I have some background in using different business value tools - so I knew. It was not that hard after reading their documentation. It was easy.
View full review »I wasn't involved in the initial setup, thought I haven't heard that it was particularly difficult or complex.
View full review »It was complex, firstly for the platform setup, and secondly, it is required to have a large amount of knowledge and experience of the product before becoming an expert.
View full review »I think the install of OBIEE is not so complex; it's quite straightforward. Of course, the configuration can be complex, if we would like to use completely different settings from the default.
View full review »The instructions and information that Oracle provided were very detailed. The challenge was that we didn’t have any prior experience with the installation and configuration. Oracle support has been great and helped us with the process.
View full review »You can go from download to fully-installed in just a couple of hours.
View full review »It was straightforward because we had external assistance. However, due to the expertise we developed, we were able to build and test our backup server from scratch internally. We also restored the Exalytics system with ease after power issues caused the disks to crash.
View full review »The initial setup is never simple. It was a long and difficult journey. It needed a lot of cooperation from the ERP consultants.
View full review »Obviously, I can't answer that because, as an end user, setup is more a matter of configuring parameters, like, if I need to generate certain reports on basis of certain dimensions, for different quarters, and so forth. Apart from that, as an end user, I don't customize or configure the application.
View full review »For the end user, the product runs inside the web browser; technical setup requires a specialist.
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Rajesh S
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Oracle OBIEE is easy to implement.
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Satish Kopalle
BI Analytics-Tech Lead at StratApps
The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult. It's quite straightforward. A company shouldn't have too many issues with the process.
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Leonardo Salvino
Business Intelligence Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It was straightforward in the begining, but became complex later.
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Jp Hoedenaeken
Data Architect & BI Manager at RTBF
Relatively straightforward.
View full review »The setup process was straightforward.
View full review »Initial setup was straightforward; I don't know if it was simple. They sent people to us and we also had an in-house team.
We have trained OBIEE users writing their own reports, and we have our internal IT department for more complex reports, and for scheduling.
View full review »I was involved in the setup and I was involved with migration for various versions. I worked with an earlier version of this product, which was called Siebel Analytics. Then Oracle acquired Siebel and they named it as Oracle BI. I've done various large upgrades for three or four companies.
View full review »The initial setup was straightforward. We had an issue with the servers, but other than that it was smooth.
View full review »It was complex because we had views built for discovery and we had to transfer the reports and views over to OBIEE. We had a third-party contractor that was helping us do that. It just took a long time.
View full review »It's pretty straightforward if we have the right requirements.
View full review »Initial setup was complex because we needed many components:
1) A database to store the OBIEE master data (MDS and BIPLATFORM schema)
2) A web logic server to host the Java component.
3) After that, you need to know how to start all components in sequential order:
Admin Server->Node Manager->Managed Server->opmnctl
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reviewer938061
Sr. Solution Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I was not involved in the installation process.
View full review »Surprisingly, this was straightforward. If you follow the implementation guide or installation guide, it was very well written, so we were good.
View full review »I was involved in the installation multiple times. It was straightforward, at least with the earlier versions. With the new versions, there are some issues you might face. If you have the proper documentation, then you won't have any issues.
View full review »The initial setup is fairly straightforward, but I wasn't around when the implementation was done.
View full review »Designing and building the entire set up of Data Warehousing and Dashboard Reporting implementation has been challenging in terms of resources and time. It took at least six months to a year to see the first results of our hard work.
View full review »Initial setup was pretty complex, but we had help from the vendor, so that helped.
View full review »Initial setup was straightforward. By the way, I’ve only worked with Windows installations.
View full review »It's pretty good, but as with all things Oracle you have to read the install notes first.
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reviewer2312412
Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The initial setup takes two or three days to complete. I rate the process a seven out of ten.
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reviewer2092269
Oracle Application Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup is easy.
View full review »The initial setup and configuration of the product was complex as it involved a lot of steps. We also encountered a few errors during installation, but with the help of technical support, we were able to resolve those.
View full review »The initial setup of OBIEE depends on the data sources and their complexity. There is a great community with tons of blogs and the OTN Forums where professionals are willing to share and help out with any setup questions.
View full review »Setting up all the metadata and the RPD takes a lot of work. Then, of course, it migrates through the physical layer, the business model layer, and the presentation layer. At that point, we can turn OBIEE loose to some of our customers. Some of them are quite skilled, and they like the hands-on. Some of them are not.
View full review »We set it up with the stock Oracle solution because we purchased a lot of the stock reporting cubes. We've slowly added our own custom ETL processes to pull data as needed. Since we're a 24/7 manufacturing company, there's a lot of data that wasn't there that we've had to slowly bring in. We're still fighting through a lot of it, and since it's not a priority service, it's kind of a secondary function. There's gain on it, but it's definitely lower on our priority list than a lot of the day-to-day, 24/7 operations.
View full review »It was pretty straightforward and simple. All we had to do was follow the installation manual, which provides a UI to setup the tool.
View full review »Depends on the requirements and infrastructure, but proper planning makes it pretty straightforward.
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Kumar T
CEO & PRACTICE HEAD at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The initial setup is not easy, although it is not very complex either.
The average deployment will take a week, although this will increase depending on the complexity of the environment.
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reviewer1444320
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is straightforward. It doesn't take much time. If you do the setup and implementation, it will take two to three days.
View full review »It's straightforward for installation and configuration. The complexity of the development varies depending on the business requirements. We have complex reports and dashboards being sourced from different data sources.
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The initial setup was pretty complex due to the fact that very complicated aggregation rules were defined, but I think this would have even more complicated to be implemented with other BI tools.
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VaclavBiba
BI/DW Consultant at Neit consulting
The initial setup is not complex. It's pretty straightforward. Deployment typically takes three days or so.
View full review »The setup was challenging because we were upgrading from version 10. We had challenges with services and cores, especially with Java memory. It kept running out, particularly with the WebLogic implementation. We really didn't know where to go from there because it change the Java memory.
View full review »I have not dealt with implementations a lot.
View full review »Initial (simple) set up is straight forward, but complex environments (multiple nodes, complex security requirements) can be complicated. That said, once set up the tool is very flexible and addresses enterprise-wide requirements
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Initial setup is straightforward through a wizard based interface.
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reviewer1266738
BI Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup was complex.
View full review »Setup is good; easy and simple.
View full review »It is not that simple and requires a lot of configuration. The 12c version is supposed to be much easier.
View full review »Initial setup was relatively average in terms of difficulty. We had an Oracle consultant come in and help us. It ended up being pretty quick, and the consultant was good. We had it stood up in six months.
View full review »It’s a straightforward setup initially. A simple Windows style - Next... Next... etc. - installation to start a BI server. It’s when you want to add roles and users when things starts getting interesting and complex.
View full review »It was complex because the installation of the product presented some problems, and there was not much information about it. The issues were with security for the BI server and the middleware.
View full review »I was not involved in the initial setup, but I did hear about it from the other team members. As I’ve mentioned, we had an implementation partner involved with this, and it didn't work out as well. I think that they tried to give us a tool out-of-the-box, and then we definitely needed customizations to work with our data.
View full review »It was straightforward.
View full review »We first used Oracle 10, then Oracle 11, and afterwards moving to 11.3 until we got to Oracle 12. The initial setup was not complex. Although, in the past, when we had to upgrade, we had to install another version, and move the reporting to it. Now, we can do an in-place update. So, it is not so complicated.
View full review »Straightforward and easy to setup.
View full review »It was straightforward.
View full review »It was straightforward.
View full review »It was straightforward.
View full review »Straightforward set-up.
View full review »It was quite complex, due to many business-specific requirements. OTB extracts and reports couldn't be used, so customized ones were created.
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