Oracle BI Review

PROS: Accessing real-time information is essential in developing business strategies and responding to situations. Oracle BI greatly helped us in this aspect.

CONS: It still has a lot of room for improvement in making its layout neater.

PROS: Oracle has powerful data search, analytics, and reporting capabilities that you can leverage and turn into the visual report. Its trove of visualization features is also effective in unearthing new trends you would not have noticed in other basic templates.

CONS: There are still features I don't entirely understand how to utilize. Although customer care has been very helpful, I hope it could find more ways to help me more quickly flatten the learning curve.

PROS: Oracle has become central in our strategies for accomplishing our business objectives. Its customer service has also been superb in resolving our concerns.

CONS: The visual components make it look outdated, shadowing their underlying usefulness.

PROS: Oracle fits all kinds of businesses, whether small or a multinational. Features that got us instantly hooked include visualization tools, expansive data collection, flexible reporting, and data modeling, among others. Although we initially needed external platforms to boost Oracle's functions, we eventually dropped it after learning how to utilize certain functions to our full advantage. We are still learning to this day.

CONS: Developers should consider making navigation easier to do. They can start by putting the basic functions in the most accessible parts of the dashboard.

PROS: Oracle BI provided us an easy way to create analytical performance reports which serve as our basis in creating action plans and practicable business goals. It significantly augmented the functions of our current Oracle Business Suite, especially in terms of capturing accurate and relevant data either internally or externally. Apart from its reporting, Oracle offers a secure central platform for backup, cloning, exporting, and testing. We continuously find ways to optimize each of its features, with its customer care service always readily available to help us in this endeavor.

CONS: Because operating mechanics and placements of features within Oracle are a lot different from most BI tools, being able to move around the platform with comfort will take a while. To be able to effectively harness the Oracle solution, newbies will have to go through a training process.

PROS: Oracle can provide extensive details. It allows me to extract all the data I want without any system interference, then I can lay them out visually and in a way I prefer when analyzing data.

CONS: It's been a while since we started using Oracle but we remain to have issues in finding certain components and features.

PROS: If you're looking for a universal solution for busines problems and requirements, that's Oracle Busines Intelligence! I am impressed by such speed and power, and I'm constantly noticing improvement in our knowledge and skills when managing the system. I am also looking forward to their updates, I am sure they will make our work even easier!

CONS: I wish it was a bit easier to use! The setup consists of too many steps, and operations are time-consuming in general. Sometimes, it takes hours to deal even with the simplest issue, not even to mention how hard it is to understand why a feature is not performing well in a given moment. I think that the system needs some special kind of design facility to enable users to understand errors, that would be a huge improvement.

PROS: Being able to access all my business data through my smartphone, tablet, or any portable device is an excellent feature for convenience. Such easy and mobile accessibility allows us to respond to business needs wherever we are, important when an urgent matter or concern is at hand. Also, creating an interactive app version is intuitive enough that it doesn't require one to have coding expertise.

CONS: Oracle is helping us achieve our business goals but I hope it could churn out online video tutorials to help us more effectively optimize features within the platform.

PROS: On the Oracle platform, it would only take a few drags and clicks to come up with a comprehensive report on daily transactions, among other data.

CONS: The designs are not as appealing as those in other modern platforms.

PROS: It was impressive how Oracle allows you to create interactive and dynamic visuals without requiring you to possess expert-level coding skills. Sharing with others in various formats is also a plus for me.

CONS: Oracle can be quite restrictive on personalizing reports, unlike other newer BI platforms.

PROS: The star among its features is definitely the ability to generate optimum cost queries, I think it adds incomparable value to the product. I am also pleased to have discovered its flexible reporting: it is just incredible how you can create any type of report you need, especially after they added Publisher BI. Our specific interest was to discover a tool for creating Excel sheet reports, and Oracle's macro coding proved to be the right tool to do it. It takes only few steps and smart combinations, and you've got your report!

CONS: There are some issues, I have to admit that. Introducing a Multi User Development Environment, for instance, was a great idea, but they didn't seem to have understood the difficulty and responsibility of doing it. Deploying incremental release changes is tricky too, sometimes even impossible.

PROS: I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it! In fact, I can associate every BI expereince I've had with Oracle BI, it does everything for me! I've used other reporting systems, but nothing compares to the easiness, simplicity, and versatility of OBI. That's what makes the system suitable for the needs of all business sizes and types.

CONS: One doesn't really have an insight on bug fixes and common patches, as they are automatically produced. This is somehow understandable from a security perspective, but it is not helpful for managing multiple environments and gainiling ultimate benefits from your business.

PROS: Oracle BI is a fantastic tool for displaying complex executive in a visually appealing, organized dashboard. The dashboard functions amazingly even when we are importing large datasets from multiple sources that require constant and dynamic updating. Now that the process is automated, we are saving a lot on labor costs, and I think that the presence of drill-downs contributes to it as well.

CONS: We used to struggle a lot to display data visually and to modify our datasets. Facing the lack of a coherent system, our support team had to deal with daily requests by rearranging data manually, either in Excel or another format sutable for the users. As difficult as this sounds, users demand it, and you have to stay flexible to respond to their needs. Oracle BI, however, doesn't allow such tweaking between formats, but it cuts time, at least.

PROS: I'm not recommending a product, I am introducing a friend and an assistant! Oracle BI has been my right hand for few years so far, and I'm fascinated by its structured approach higher management and financial data. I believe this is the most powerful tool the school has used so far, since it deals also with student enrollment, and load and revenue analytics. I've seen it analyze fast and smooth, in a transparent process that displayes results on your very own dashboard. A diamond to have, indeed!

CONS: My overall opinion is that this is an amazing product, but knowing how picky some of us can get, I feel the obligation to share that ad hoc reporting is not the best one ever. There are also some other small disadvantages, as for instance the lack of a customized SQL creativity which forces our developers to work with the RPD and SQL reports that have been given to them. It may not be an issue for smaller organizations, but ours often requires writing our oen SQLs and generating our own functionalities. As I said, I think this is nothing compared to the good features of the product, and I am standing behind my words.