Works at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 10
Feb 16, 2026
When creating a data model in Pyramid Analytics, it's a bit complicated compared to other tools, especially to Microsoft BI. It's a bit time-consuming in Pyramid Analytics just to bring all those boxes and fill them out. Visually, when you want to see the whole model and the connections between tables, the view is not friendly. The whole process takes time with Pyramid Analytics. First, you build the visual, and then you have to add this visual to a presentation. Then if you want some notifications, you need to create another report. I wish the visuals in Pyramid Analytics would be more attractive. The visuals themselves, the graphs and charts and bars, could be improved. The UI and PQX, or however its language is called, is a bit very specific. It's just a logic you need to learn. It's not as intuitive as in Microsoft, for example.
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
Real User
Top 5
Dec 11, 2025
As for how Pyramid Analytics can be improved, I wish that there was a greater degree of customization available. Any advanced user wants to implement an idea that they have, and while the whole idea of a platform is not necessarily to give a custom solution, I would not mind if they had more in terms of AutoML or that sort of capability. I think that is becoming significant now, and I think that would be a good thing to implement.
Software Developer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Nov 28, 2023
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.
Manager, BI Platforms at Refinitiv, an LSEG Business at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
Real User
Sep 12, 2023
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.
Works at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 10
Jan 4, 2022
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.
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
Jan 15, 2021
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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When creating a data model in Pyramid Analytics, it's a bit complicated compared to other tools, especially to Microsoft BI. It's a bit time-consuming in Pyramid Analytics just to bring all those boxes and fill them out. Visually, when you want to see the whole model and the connections between tables, the view is not friendly. The whole process takes time with Pyramid Analytics. First, you build the visual, and then you have to add this visual to a presentation. Then if you want some notifications, you need to create another report. I wish the visuals in Pyramid Analytics would be more attractive. The visuals themselves, the graphs and charts and bars, could be improved. The UI and PQX, or however its language is called, is a bit very specific. It's just a logic you need to learn. It's not as intuitive as in Microsoft, for example.
As for how Pyramid Analytics can be improved, I wish that there was a greater degree of customization available. Any advanced user wants to implement an idea that they have, and while the whole idea of a platform is not necessarily to give a custom solution, I would not mind if they had more in terms of AutoML or that sort of capability. I think that is becoming significant now, and I think that would be a good thing to implement.
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.
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.
I think the graphic number of charts and components could be higher, at least comparable to Brain Power BI.
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.
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.