We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Essbase, and Yellowfin based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools."The way data is presented is very valuable. The amount of information that we can get at a glance is also valuable. You can then drill-down and see data from many different angles in the same chart by selecting certain things. Based on the selection, everything changes automatically. If we have four parameters in a particular item, when you select a parameter, the remaining charts on that page automatically change for that particular parameter."
"We are able to collaborate on things and get insightful data visualizations."
"It is easy to use. It has got a desktop where people can develop their own dashboards. Basically, we have figured out how to connect finance contracts and all programs for the government agency. So, they can see everything in a dashboard. So, it is very easy to use from a technical standpoint of view."
"The fact that you can visualize items is great."
"Considering that it's Microsoft, it can be integrated with the Power Platform, which is also Microsoft-based, like SharePoint, Power apps, Power Automate, and Power BI, which is the most user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the visual aspect and the DAX capabilities to virtually do anything."
"It integrates better with other Microsoft products. It is very easy to use and has very powerful visualizations. It has also got a lot of development going on."
"Everything that's in M Query and DAX is the heart of Power BI because with these tools you can make up for a lot of other missing features."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution is scalable."
"Unlike relational, where you're linking together multiple tables, with Essbase, you basically define what the dimensions are beforehand, and you define the hierarchy, and then load the data. This allows you to do a pretty sophisticated analysis so that you can drill into it and slice and dice the data."
"The solution can handle a large volume of data."
"It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."
"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."
"I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features."
"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
"It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."
"It reduces time to reproduce reports, provides easy access to organisational data, and has the ability to generate a wide range of reports and analysis."
"Integration with products that are not Microsoft could be more improved."
"I have to write scripts to query data for analyzing performance."
"At times, I feel that the system needs improvement in single sign-on, especially for the on-premises side of the tool."
"There's always room for improvement for Microsoft Power BI, especially for the UX and the menus to make it more accessible to business users."
"You do need to do some hard coding for certain things in Microsoft BI."
"The only concern I have faced with Microsoft BI is the time it takes to find out an issue and rectify it."
"Their technical support can be better. They normally take too long to escalate and resolve a case."
"The mobile app is very poor."
"The ability to drive external reporting out for development could be improved."
"The initial setup is pretty complex."
"Essbase has a programming language, and it has a couple of functions to do forecasting, however, their feature set for that is not that good."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"There is room for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness."
"It's an expensive product to use."
"I would like to see an integration with application performance management and a version control management tool."
"They should improve the solution's performance."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
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