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Oracle OBIEE pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle

3.9 out of 5

158 reviews
87% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Oracle OBIEE excels in handling large data volumes rapidly and integrates seamlessly with ERPs and diverse data sources. It offers customizable reports and dashboards through its RPD feature. Despite its robust capabilities in data visualization and analysis, data modeling is cumbersome, and setup requires technical expertise. With high costs and inconsistent support, small firms may find it challenging. Limited cloud functionality restricts its adaptability for some users.

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PROS

Oracle OBIEE offers robust connectivity with Oracle E-Business Suite, allowing ease of integration and access to standard and customized dashboards.

It provides efficient reporting and analytical features, enabling quick decision-making through real-time data access and insights.

The scalability and performance of Oracle OBIEE facilitate handling massive amounts of data quickly, making it suitable for large enterprises.

There are advanced features like built-in connectors and adapters with various ERPs, making configuration and usage seamless.

Oracle OBIEE includes powerful automation capabilities, reducing manual efforts and enhancing operational efficiency.

CONS

OBIEE's integration with other solutions like Microsoft Office could be improved for better compatibility.

OBIEE requires significant technical expertise for setup and migration, making it complex for beginners.

The performance of OBIEE can suffer, leading to issues with error logging and debugging processes.

OBIEE's cost and licensing model are seen as confusing and expensive for many organizations.

The complexity of migrating reports and the inherent technical demands pose challenges for users.

Oracle OBIEE Pros review quotes

Oracle Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 24, 2017

Inter Process Communication.

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Oracle Hyperion Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 24, 2017

It's easy to create fully-functional Dashboards.

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Business Analysis Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 29, 2017

Easy to create ad hoc reporting for different solutions.

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CEO at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 28, 2016

For me, it makes the difference is in terms of our users being able to take advantage of a product which allows you to get access to data, reports, make decisions quickly, and have better insights regarding operations.

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Vp at Ifusion solution inc

Sep 28, 2016

It's the connectors, the adapters. Built in connectors with different ERPs, you can plug in XL, other sources of data. It's very easy to configure. It's very easy to use.

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BI Team Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Sep 19, 2017

It has a lot workaround in order to do the report. data blending, and getting information from big data sources.

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Consultant at a tech services company

Sep 19, 2017

It has helped to consolidate data and report on a single version of the truth.

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JH

Data Architect & BI Manager at RTBF

Sep 20, 2017

The “Business Model & Mapping” layer in the Administration Tool, because the maintenance and evolution processes are greatly facilitated.

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Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 24, 2017

User-friendly look and feel.

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Strategic Management Office Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Jul 23, 2018

We can see almost-real-time performance in our operations. When there is a problem, it is easy to escalate it to top management and the time for management to make a decision about it is much shorter than it would be using a manual process.

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Oracle OBIEE Cons review quotes

Oracle Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 24, 2017

BI Server

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Oracle Hyperion Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 24, 2017

Essbase integration needs to be worked on.

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Business Analysis Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 29, 2017

Retail, Finance, Wholesale

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CEO at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 28, 2016

n the beginning it had it's stability issues, but it became stable.

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Vp at Ifusion solution inc

Sep 28, 2016

We needed some technical expertise during setup.

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BI Team Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Sep 19, 2017

Supply chain and finance.

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Consultant at a tech services company

Sep 19, 2017

The development effort takes longer than other BI tools currently on the market.

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JH

Data Architect & BI Manager at RTBF

Sep 20, 2017

Customer service/technical support gets five out of 10. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

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Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 24, 2017

Particularly on the Cloud, a lot of functionality has yet to be ported.

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Strategic Management Office Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Jul 23, 2018

From the point of view of strategic management, I would like to have a feature, perhaps a form after we get to the KPI dashboard, to be used to note if something unusual happens in the operations. That way we could record extreme KPI situations, and track why a number is very low or too high.

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