2014-06-12T11:29:00Z

What are the key advantages of OBIEE compared to Microsoft BI?

it_user125577 - PeerSpot reviewer
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it_user108354 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2014-06-17T09:21:17Z
Jun 17, 2014

I used both products rather briefly. In my experience, OBIEE is better product than MSBI. While both products have limitations in ETL, reporting performance is better in OBIEE. Further, Oracle has proven credentials in handling large volumes of data, whereas MS SQL Server Suite struggles in processing large volume (and complex) of data. Oracle offers many features at database level and reporting level to enhance performance as well as usability experience. MSBI lags providing similar degree of capability to both the developer or the user.

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Vendor
2014-06-12T18:00:40Z
Jun 12, 2014

I would concur with Reviewer78465 above, and suggest you strongly consider Information Builders - a vastly superior platform and much easier to work with as a company.

it_user125577 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vendor
2014-06-12T13:44:24Z
Jun 12, 2014

Thank you all.

it_user74910 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vendor
2014-06-12T13:29:54Z
Jun 12, 2014

I'd suggest you look at these links:

http://www.itcentralstation.com/products/comparisons/obiee_vs_microsoft-bi

http://www.itcentralstation.com/products/obiee

Thanks,
Biswojit Sen

it_user116742 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
2014-06-12T12:46:45Z
Jun 12, 2014

OBIEE is very powerful when it comes to huge data volumes

it_user79650 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vendor
2014-06-12T12:12:22Z
Jun 12, 2014

I think OBIEE isvery powerful when it comes to huge data volumes. You can set up a so called aggregate content, which means that if you have a for example a materialized view, you can configure OBIEE to use your fact table for low level data, and your MV for aggregated data. Your aggregate content can even be in a separate database.
Also a huge advantage is that you are not restricted to the MS world. If for example you use a different LDAP server than MS AD, you can very easily connect it to OBIEE. And this is not a pathological example, that can be a real world and license sensitive question.
You can also run OBIEE over Linux (Red Hat or Oracle Linux).
You can scale OBIEE both vertically and horizontally for availability and performance improvements.
These are my first thoughts, there are probably other advantages as well.
Kind regards:

Gyuri

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it_user78465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
2014-06-12T12:08:27Z
Jun 12, 2014

I don't have any experience with these two BI solutions, but just came back from a Information Builders Users Summit, in Orlando, FL yesterday, and they are doing some tremendous things in the BI space!

Vendor
2014-06-12T11:52:56Z
Jun 12, 2014

I haven't used either, but I can Imagine that if you already have an Oracle 12g database established maybe OBIEE will be best bet for integration.

By the way, if you need to BI something from (say) SAP (SAP-PS or SAP-PM) then you won't gain much of an advantage from using OBIEE compared to MS BI.

Of course if there is no other restrictions (say financials)…

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