Oracle OBIEE Reviews

Most of the use cases were related to financial reporting, project management, and operations.

One of its main features, which is a feature in pretty much every enterprise product these days, is the ability to see a single source of truth (SSOT). It means that of all the different pieces of information in today's contemporary enterprise, you can identify one set of financials, one set of production data, one set of sales, and one set of marketing data, and you can call that the truth or the gold standard. Everybody who accesses the application can refer to the same truth. This is a major benefit of not only OBIEE but many other products, but OBIEE has been doing that for a long time. Being able to access multiple data sources, being able to pull them all together, and being able to establish the same information that everybody can refer to are some of its benefits.

Its robustness is most valuable. It can handle massive amounts of data quickly. If it's properly configured and tuned, it can handle massive amounts of data very quickly to produce results. That to me is the number one feature. Everything else after 10 years becomes like second nature. 

I find it user-friendly, but some people would argue this point. It's user-friendly in the sense that if you have someone who's properly trained, then it has a user-friendly interface for self-service BI. I used to do training on that product. For someone who is not properly trained, it's difficult. 

When they converted to OAC, they made some changes that were good and some that were not so good. In terms of room for improvement, there is nothing that's perfect. One of the things that have been difficult with OBIEE during all the time that I've known it is that when something goes wrong, many times, the error messages are not specific, and you've got to spend a lot of time digging and digging and digging before you say, "Oh, okay. I figured out what it was." There should be more detailed error messages or troubleshooting messages.

I have been using this solution for 10 years.

It's generally rock solid. In fact, when I used to teach people, I used to say, "Don't worry, experiment. You can't break it." It can be broken, but most people with the access that they are given are not going to break it. I would rate it a 10 out of 10 in terms of stability.

Its scalability is very good. It's definitely one of its features for the last several versions. In the last project, there were about a hundred users. I'm probably estimating high.

I definitely have plans to increase its usage because I'm getting certified and that's my experience. So, I would like more people to use it.

I would rate them a 4 out of 5.

Positive

I primarily worked with Crystal Reports.

It's complex to set up an entire installation, especially if someone has never done it before. You've got to know a lot of other things. You can't approach it cold and be easily or quickly successful.

You can deploy it with one person. I've deployed an entire OBIEE installation entirely by myself. It's not recommended, and it's not the best way, but it can be done. I know, I've done it. To administer or manage it once it's in place, the ideal team would be at a minimum a three to four-person team. Some companies, when they say, "We need to put in BI, and we need people to do that," they're also, without saying it, asking for someone to set up a data warehouse, run ETL, build and maintain that, run the BI, build the interface, do the reports, and teach or train the employees, which is something I've done. In that kind of situation, you need a three or four-person team at minimum to distribute everything from the data warehouse work, ETL, report development, training, and so on. If the person you're asking to maintain the BI system is not asked to train users, you don't need that skill either. So, it can be done by one person. It depends on what the client desires and is expecting.

There is absolutely a return on investment with this.

I have looked at its price, but I don't remember it. I would rate it a 4 out of 5 in terms of pricing.

Before going with OBIEE, I didn't evaluate other options. While using OBIEE over the last 10 years, I've evaluated several but not beforehand. The clients that engaged me already had made the choice and did the installation, or I did the installation for them.

Talk to another company that had to put it in place and maintain it. Get the straight story from the people who deal with it every single day—not the CEO who signed the contract, not the vice president or CIO or CTO, not the people who signed the contract and then gave it to somebody else. You should talk to the actual people who put it in place and did it every day. 

If you want to put it in place, do not believe that you must hire someone who has used this product before. What I mean by that is that if someone has used similar tools and knows the basics of BI, SQL language, and so on, with a little bit of time and training, they can become proficient in OBIEE. It's complex but it's not impossible. You don't have to find someone who has used it before. People who have used other things can learn OBIEE. I do training on that product, and I can train them.

I would rate it a 9 out of 10.

My company utilizes Oracle OBIEE, and we have a dedicated local development team responsible for preparing various cases. The data sources we use are locally based, and while we are unsure of their exact nature, they are primarily used for analytics and monitoring purposes. It's important to note that our monitoring is not in real-time but rather involves analyzing past data.

Oracle seems to be a better-developed and well-created tool than Microsoft Power BI. However, Oracle is a bit complicated, especially for its users. So. I'm a part of the IT team that is involved in the configuration of these BI tools. As a member of the IT team responsible for configuring these BI tools, we aim to cater to both management and KPI areas where users only need to view data on their screens and those who require BI solutions like Oracle OBIEE for their daily tasks. While Microsoft's tool is comparatively easier to use, we are struggling to train or show users how to use the Oracle tool. Nonetheless, Oracle is a tool closer to our company's management.

Training is needed to be provided to Oracle OBIEE's potential users since it is a complicated tool. The potential users of Oracle OBIEE need to possess some IT awareness to be able to operate it. The drawback with the tool is that though it is well-created, its users are under-trained to use it.

Since Oracle OBIEE is an on-premise solution, I face many limitations, and this is also one of the issues that Oracle needs to address in the future. Moving to the cloud is a decision that would make the solution much more efficient than it is currently.

I have experience with Oracle OBIEE for more than a year. I am not sure about the version of the solution I use. I am a customer who uses the solution.

Oracle OBIEE is a scary and stable product since it is a strong and well-created tool, but it can be heavy on our company's systems compared to Microsoft's tools. In short, the solution is stable since it works properly every day.

The solution seems to be more suitable for enterprise-sized companies that are involved in serious businesses. At the same time, Oracle OBIEE is not a solution for users not used to working with such tools.

Our company has not been able to make any enhancements to Oracle OBIEE. However, the process would be relatively easy as we can easily add data sources. The reports are also simple to create. While I am unsure whether we have any servers for balancing at this moment, scaling up seems like a realistic and easy option for Oracle OBIEE.

Our company has a local support team, and in the past, we have only contacted the official Oracle support team for the solution's setup process. We haven't needed to reach out to them for anything beyond that. Even though we don't ask for any technical help from the solution's support team, they are always available to attend to all our queries.

The initial setup process for the solution was done for us by one of the local vendors, and they were able to do it quickly as they were professionals.

Before I recommend Oracle OBIEE to another person, I would ask them about their IT background since it is very crucial for the person planning to use the solution to possess knowledge of IT systems, how data is transferred, and what data types are to be able to use the tool. I would definitely recommend the solution to others if they are well-versed in the technicalities of the IT industry. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

My use case for Oracle OBIEE is reporting, particularly for analytics. I use its dashboards and various reporting for data management. BIApps is also aligned with Oracle OBIEE, a ready-made application plugged into multiple modules for data management, finance, etc.

The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is interactive reporting because it allows better analysis versus conventional reporting, especially in the data warehouse side, where my company has more than ten years of experience.

I also found the dashboards, KPIs, and data utilization better in Oracle OBIEE.

Oracle OBIEE is also more flexible because you can add dimensions and customizations to it on-premises versus cloud solutions.

An area for improvement is that Oracle pushes more users to Oracle BI Publisher rather than emphasizing Oracle OBIEE for reporting. Oracle is promoting Oracle BI Publisher as a reporting solution while introducing Oracle OBIEE into the ERP side.

In terms of data warehousing and getting on-premises reports, you need to use the Oracle Analytics Server, for example, to fetch the data rather than doing it on Oracle OBIEE, which is another area for improvement.

Oracle has more control over the data grid on the cloud versus Oracle OBIEE deployed on-premises, which is a drawback because deploying on the cloud gives you less flexibility in terms of customizations, adding dimensions, etc.

The pricing for Oracle OBIEE could be improved.

I have expertise in Oracle OBIEE, as I've been using it for more than eight years.

Oracle OBIEE is quite stable.

Oracle OBIEE is highly scalable.

I'm very satisfied with the technical support provided by Oracle for Oracle OBIEE.

For a customized deployment for Oracle OBIEE, the end user has to let me take care of reporting instead of the user adding custom dimensions and fact tables in the data grid level or business model. The deployment process is a replication. It's more of a repetition of processes.

I implemented Oracle OBIEE, so one staff is enough for its implementation. I also implemented the BIApps at the time. However, I also had the help of four consultants during the Oracle OBIEE implementation, mainly financial and supply chain consultants and a database administrator.

The company had twenty-five Oracle OBIEE licenses and never expanded. Price-wise, the solution is expensive.

My company is moving from Oracle OBIEE to SAP Analytics soon. It's been decided.

I will recommend Oracle OBIEE to others over SAP Analytics, though my company is switching to SAP Analytics. If I have to choose between Oracle OBIEE and Oracle Analytics Server, I'll go with Oracle Analytics Server.

My rating for Oracle OBIEE is eight out of ten. It's more user-friendly than Microsoft Power BI and has excellent scalability and technical support. The solution was introduced here in the Middle East in 2009. Still, it seems everyone on Oracle OBIEE is forced to move to Oracle Analytics Cloud when most people here have expertise on Oracle OBIEE. Everyone has started moving to the cloud, so Oracle Analytics Cloud will soon grow its user base.

In my company, they use Oracle ERP. So they build reports based on ERP tables. So, basically, my job is to create subject areas for the client so that they can play around with the subject areas. And sometimes, we develop reports based on the subject areas.

Oracle OBIEE is very easy to use. Looking at analytics, I think they have come a long way by adding new features like visualization, which is really cool. Also, I don't have experience with really other products in the market.

Improvements are something I think they have pretty much done. They have improved many areas, like adding visualization and all that, by making it easy. So, any business analyst can play around with it without much knowledge. I think Oracle OBIEE is going step by step.

Oracle needs to improve its technical support. If they can improve in that area, it will be nice. Oracle products have a lot of complications. And sometimes what happens is, especially since I work on Oracle ERP. So when they release some modules, I don't know what kind of testing they do, but there are a lot of complications. And we break our heads and eventually end up with Oracle support because only Oracle support can solve those issues because it's software-related. So when you open a ticket, it depends on where that ticket goes. Sometimes it goes to a knowledgeable person, and then your life becomes easy. Generally, it won't end up there. So those are the things that Oracle has to improve in its support area. They have to improve significantly in that area because I see a lot of guys moving away because of that reason.

I have some experience with Oracle OBIEE. As of now, I have one year of experience. I am a customer, but sometimes we enter into partnerships with Oracle to develop certain ERP products. So, we developed Contract Lifecycle Management along with Oracle, and that product is in the market now, and a lot of government agencies are using it. We are not resellers since Oracle owns the products, but we help them develop the CLM module within ERP.

The stability of the solution depends on how much data. Right now, I don't have the scope to look into that kind of environment with a large data scale. Maybe people working in banks, like those who operate worldwide, with a lot of data, can speak on the solution's stability.

Scalability, especially considering its availability on the cloud, I think, is fine.

Oracle has a history of not really providing great support. I rate the technical support a five out of ten.

Neutral

I'm a developer, so I don't feel much complexity in the solution's initial setup. So, I will have to step into a user's shoes to see what complexity is involved in the setup phase. I think that there are three areas, in which one area is to connect to the database and create your own use and then drag that view into a middle layer. The middle layer is the data modeling layer, where you join different tables, and regarding such technicalities, if I look at them from a user perspective, it's a little difficult for them, which I think is solved with visualization by dragging, dropping and visualizing how the data looks and all that stuff. So Oracle OBIEE has tried its best to make the solution easier for users. Even though I try to look at the user's perspective, my mindset is that of a developer, so it is easy for me. I think Oracle OBIEE is doing a good job.

Since I am a bit impressed with Oracle OBIEE, I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.

Our primary use case is for getting reports.

It is very useful for doing your reports, and invoices, with great integration of other systems.

I have found the most valuable features are business intelligence and reporting.

The main problem we face is migrating all of the reports into the solution.

I have been using Oracle OBIEE for the past year.

There is high stability with this solution.

The initial setup was straightforward.

We have seen a return on investment.

Many people are using Microsoft Power BI because they are competitive, and Oracle OBIEE is more expensive.

I would rate Oracle OBIEE an eight on a scale of one to ten.

Some of the product's most valuable features include the ability to automate tasks through the agent option, which enables us to schedule reports according to specific requirements. Additionally, features such as pivot tables, charts, and tables have proven invaluable for analyzing and visualizing data effectively.

The platform's data visualization features need improvement. In comparison, Tableau and Power BI have more powerful features for this particular area.

We have been using Oracle OBIEE for three years.

It is a stable platform. I rate the stability a ten out of ten.

Accessing information about the platform can be challenging, and acquiring knowledge often requires purchasing training courses. This can make scalability seem difficult at first. However, it becomes much easier to scale once you grasp the complete structure and understand how Oracle OBIEE works.

I rate the scalability an eight out of ten.

The initial setup could have been more straightforward and presented some complexity, especially concerning hardware requirements. However, once you understand the system, it becomes quite easy. 

I tried learning Tableau and Power BI.

The process of managing reports and data was straightforward. We were able to automate our reports and deliverables efficiently. For instance, regarding hotel sales, we could easily determine metrics such as the number of occupied and available rooms and make informed decisions about investment in specific regions.

Dashboards provide us with various views and perspectives on our data, allowing us to analyze metrics such as revenue, occupancy rates, etc. Having multiple views available simultaneously on a dashboard enables us to compare data and identify trends or variances easily. We can concurrently assess revenue against occupied rooms, simplifying our analysis process.

I recommend Oracle OBIEE to others, but the recommendation depends on the specific requirements and resources available. For individuals or small companies, Power BI or similar tools might be more suitable due to the accessibility of resources. However, it is quite a good tool if one has the expertise to use all of the capabilities. It is complicated to use compared to competitors.

I rate it a nine out of ten.

Oracle OBIEE is a database tool that is comparable to many other databases. It is commonly used to demonstrate to clients how their business is performing. With the use of graphs and visual aids, companies can be shown their current and future performance.

The utilization of Oracle OBIEE enables businesses to track their cash flow and identify areas where costs can be reduced. The solution offers valuable insights into customers' businesses, which can be used to make improvements and drive progress.

The most valuable features of Oracle OBIEE are the ease of logging in, the dashboard, and showing the problems in the data. Additionally, the reports are well integrated and it has good technology.

There should be more integration in the solution. For example, there should be one solution with multiple functionalities so that other solutions are not needed. Having one solution with all the needed functionality would be helpful.

I used Oracle OBIEE within the last 12 months.

This solution is suited for larger-sized companies.

There are many community forums that can provide a lot of information. It is helpful for everyone. We have used it often to help us in many areas.

I rate the support of Oracle OBIEE a ten out of ten.

Positive

The price of Oracle OBIEE is expensive, it is difficult for a small business to afford.

I rate the price of Oracle OBIEE a seven out of ten.

My advice to experts that might use Oracle OBIEE is it's a good tool and has many features. You are able to make reports to display where a company is going overall for success.

The solution is useful for developers and regular business users.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Oracle OBIEE a nine out of ten.

We use the solution for reporting purposes. We use it to generate interactive and format-based reports and to print and export them in an Excel file.

The solution's most valuable feature is interactive analysis. Also, the layout or design of the report is easy to understand as it is similar to Excel.

They should make the dashboard more intuitive.

We have been using the solution for 15 years.

It is a stable solution. But, once in a while, it needs to restart due to memory issues.

It is a scalable solution. We have 120 users of the solution in our organization.

The solution's initial setup is straightforward. It takes a day for deployment and requires a small team of two.

We implemented the solution in-house while doing the proof of concept.

The solution's ROI is good if you have published it on WebLogic, as it needs a very slim setup to work fine.

We have to pay for the licenses. But, if developers want to try out technology to get proof of concept, they allow them to do it. There are no additional costs, but there might be some charges for the Java feature.

I recommend the solution to others as it is a good product. It's an antique product from the Oracle vendor, and they are known for being one of the top IDBMS.

I rate the solution as an eight out of ten.