We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Essbase, and Yellowfin based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools."The feature I find most valuable is the ability to publish Power Bi reports, using an embedded link, directly onto a website."
"Power BI stands out because it provides considerable flexibility in creating reports, dashboards, and various types of analytics to meet those dynamic requirements. It is lightweight and easy to use with good support."
"I've seen no issues with BI's stability."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft BI are the variety of possibilities to connect to various data sources. The visualizations are easily done, have useful rollover functions, and there are continuous updates being made to the system. You can benefit from the various improvements."
"Its seamless integration with Microsoft products, such as Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Excel, is the most valuable."
"The tool is very flexible so it allows creativity."
"Microsoft BI is very easy to set up and use."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."
"It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."
"The solution can handle a large volume of data."
"I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."
"The solution is scalable."
"Unlike relational, where you're linking together multiple tables, with Essbase, you basically define what the dimensions are beforehand, and you define the hierarchy, and then load the data. This allows you to do a pretty sophisticated analysis so that you can drill into it and slice and dice the data."
"It reduces time to reproduce reports, provides easy access to organisational data, and has the ability to generate a wide range of reports and analysis."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
"It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."
"From an improvement perspective, I think if the Power BI developers of that platform would really focus on being more detailed and specific on the error messages, it would help a lot of developers troubleshoot and maintain the report ECT or the dashboard ECT."
"The visualization aspect, while being the most visible to business users, also happens the be the weakest point in the entire Microsoft BI stack."
"The reporting could be a bit better."
"The formatting template could be improved."
"I'm not overly technical, and so I can't really speak to any shortcomings from a technical standpoint."
"Microsoft BI has its own challenges in terms of user interface and how quickly somebody can learn how to use it."
"Integration with artificial intelligence would help. Humans take time to review the data and eliminate errors. Artificial intelligence based on machine learning and understanding can bring the same functionality."
"I think that there should be visuals for financial reporting videos. It should just be a plug and play because there is a lot of coding that goes into it with different clients."
"I would like to see an integration with application performance management and a version control management tool."
"The initial setup is pretty complex."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"Essbase has a programming language, and it has a couple of functions to do forecasting, however, their feature set for that is not that good."
"The ability to drive external reporting out for development could be improved."
"They should improve the solution's performance."
"There is room for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness."
"It's an expensive product to use."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
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