Pyramid Analytics Room for Improvement

Shyam Pendyala - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, BI Platforms at Refinitiv, an LSEG Business at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

When developing multidimensional IMDS models in Pyramid Analytics, there is a need for better features to maintain and analyze data. The application currently lacks the ability to easily track the original physical table and field names, making it challenging to relate them to business names. It would be desirable to have the possibility to generate a data dictionary, detailing the original physical tables, renamed fields, and derived fields. Such features would simplify documentation, facilitate understanding of how calculations depend on physical fields and aid in explaining the development process to others. Having this lineage and easy-to-generate data dictionary would greatly enhance the usability of Pyramid Analytics for developers.

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RA
VP DATA at Nogamy

The platform has encountered several bugs during programming. Their support team collaborated with us to find solutions, even if the bugs were new to them as well. While they managed to eventually resolve issues, it is acknowledged that there may be some bugs that they did not anticipate, especially in regions where the platform is less commonly used. There is room for improvement in terms of the user interface, particularly when it comes to modifying connections between filters and visual components in a dashboard. The process currently requires making changes one by one, which can be tedious. The platform developers are aware of this limitation and they have been working to enhance the user experience and provide more efficient ways of modifying dashboards.

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Coby Jefferson Gardner - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Consultant at Align BI

Even though the solution has a functionality for every step, it's not so well- defined. That needs to be improved. 

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David Carbery - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analytics Consultant at Snap Analytics

There is room for improvement in terms of documentation and examples, especially for newcomers like me who are learning both business intelligence and Pyramid. I have occasionally struggled with understanding the syntax, so more extensive documentation with practical examples would be really helpful. Additionally, I have encountered challenges with loading large amounts of data into memory. While working in the cloud is fine, managing and processing data in memory has been a struggle. I have had to raise technical support tickets to address these issues.

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Roman Domin - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Adastra Česká republika

I think the graphic number of charts and components could be higher, at least comparable to Brain Power BI

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SK
Software Developer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Pyramid Analytics could improve by speeding up data refresh, especially for large datasets. While it is currently an in-memory tool, efforts are underway to enhance direct connections to source systems and potentially move to the cloud for faster reporting. There is also room for improvement in supporting additional reporting formats like D3.js and web reports.

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OB
Data Analyst at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I find that this is quite a heavy, time-consuming tool for developers. It's also missing some tools - for example, there's no dates table in Pyramid- and has no solution for languages.

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CV
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

A few of our internal team members mentioned that they are struggling to find solid info on Pyramid training courses. We could really benefit from a video studio. Most of our team members are experimentally fumbling through the platform as of now. As part of the included architecture, I'd love it if they actually introduced some guides and better information on Pyramid.

The general amount of negative comments that I am hearing from my team makes me very wary. So much so that if it were possible, at this point, I would direct our client in another way; however, it's too late for that now given the amount of legacy and stuff they've already put into it. I don't think it's even commercially viable to suggest that — people would start crying.

It's not very user-friendly. From my experience and from listening to our team, even basic functions, like moving graphic artifacts, can be a nightmare.

It could use a built-in training library as Sequel and Tableau have. This way you wouldn't have to guess, you could just click the menu and find out what to do and how.

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