Oracle OBIEE Review
We can create ad hoc analyses and present data with Dashboards, Alerts, and BI Publisher.
Valuable Features
Dashboards, Alerts, BI Publisher. Together these 3 features make this product a great tool to present data. Users can also create ad hoc analyses easily. Integrates very well with a wide variety of data sources making it easy to present data from multiple sources in a single place.
Improvements to My Organization
One stop shop for all reporting, data integrity, and compliance with company standards.
Room for Improvement
Performance for large data sets.
Use of Solution
Deployment Issues
Setting up SSL can be complex. Documentation is confusing. But other sources of information such as blogs really help.
Scalability Issues
Sometimes when lots of users get in and try to run the same report at the same time with different parameters.
Customer Service and Technical Support
Customer Service:
Prompt but not always helpful.
Technical Support:
Poor
Initial Setup
Depends on the requirements and infrastructure, but proper planning makes it pretty straightforward.
Implementation Team
Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing
Being rollover customers from a previously owned company there was confusion about licensing. Talking to an Oracle rep helped.
Other Advice
Excellent BI tool that is flexible and user-friendly, and getting better with each new release.
Which version of this solution are you currently using?
11.1.1.7