Oracle Hyperion Reviews

The ability to lock and send data as well as the flexibility of user security are two very important aspects of the product.

The partitioning option between databases allows for users to enter data one time, versus copying data lots of times from one cube to another. This has saved hours of maintenance and eliminates data integrity issues between the cubes.

The product could be improved with a better front end and user experience.

The solution has been in place for 12 years.  

We currently use the product for Financial Reporting, and from a functionality perspective, I would rate the product an 8/10 (once you understand it). As an intuitive, user friendly, GUI application, I would rate it a 4/10.

We have encountered no issues to date with deployment.

At one point, a data package had corrupted, causing our cube refreshes to fail. Having to restore from the backup but losing all the data inputs caused some business issues, but we were able to overcome them.

The Essbase engine does not start up automatically when the server reboots, causing users to log connection complaints.

To date, we have had no issues with an increase in data by date, or as we get newer version.

The initial set up was complex, as we were actually migrating from version 9 to version 11. The upgrade version path was not clear, and it was easier to recreate it.

We implemented it in-house.

We have a corporate global licensing agreement.

Finding highly qualified technical consultants for this application is difficult. There are other products with a larger community available for support and development.

I use it for consolidation and business planning.

Since it is an enterprise-capable solution, people are not worried about security, giving data, the ability to manage complex consolidation, and its ability to modify reporting. So, these are some of the features of the solution.

Evidently, we have a hypothesis. That's why we are building our own product. So, I wouldn't want to dive into the improvements needed in the solution at the moment. Since the UI is outdated, Oracle Hyperion has room for improvement in the area of its UI.

Though I have not directly used the solution much, I have worked with a lot of companies that used Hyperion. So, I've probably had about four to five years of experience with Oracle Hyperion. Also, my company is in no way linked to Oracle.

The initial setup of Oracle Hyperion is very difficult.

I wouldn't suggest others use it since it is too complex to implement.

I rate the overall solution a six out of ten.