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What is Oracle BI Applications?

Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications are complete, prebuilt BI solutions that deliver intuitive, role-based intelligence throughout an organization. These solutions enable organizations to gain more insight and greater value from a range of data sources, including Oracle Fusion Cloud and On-Premise Applications, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel, and third party systems. Oracle BI Applications are built on the Oracle BI Foundation, a comprehensive and market leading BI platform. This enables organizations to realize the value of a packaged BI application, such as rapid deployment, lower TCO, and built-in best practices, all on one common BI Foundation. 

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Oracle BI Applications is the #18 ranked solution in top Business-to-Business Middleware solutions. PeerSpot users give Oracle BI Applications an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. Oracle BI Applications is most commonly compared to IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services: Oracle BI Applications vs IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services.
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As of March 2025, the mindshare of Oracle BI Applications in the Business-to-Business Middleware category stands at 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Valuable Features

Oracle BI Applications' most valuable features include ease of use and rapid implementation due to pre-built data models and developed objects. It offers comprehensive reporting that meets the majority of client needs. It's web-based, enabling multi-user access and easy data export to Excel. Robust dashboards support financial analysis and decision-making. The platform boasts faster calculations, and versatility with Microsoft Office enhances usability. Reporting and graphics stand out as key advantages.
  • "The most valuable features are the reporting and the graphics."
  • "Calculations are a little bit faster. It can do the on-the-run calculations much better than other reporting platforms. You don't need any other specific tool. You can use Microsoft Office to start doing things with these reports."
  • "It has a very robust dashboard and ad-hoc reporting."

Room for Improvement

Oracle BI Applications faces several challenges, such as high costs, outdated JVMs, and complex upgrade processes. Users find integration less seamless compared to alternatives like Power BI and Tableau. Improving charting, adding more visuals, and supporting HTML5 could enhance user experience. Ad-hoc report development needs simplification, and better integration with large data sources is necessary. Customization features and updates for BI Publisher are also lacking, leading organizations to seek more flexible platforms.
  • "The initial setup was difficult because not all the information was included in the implementation model."
  • "It is very cumbersome and slow for making any changes. It doesn't have that many visuals to show different graphs and charts. It should have more visuals. It also doesn't support HTML5, which is useful for interactive sessions and reporting with dashboard etc. We are phasing it out because we need a newer platform that provides us more flexibility and more designs. Our use case is just to get the utility type of monthly reports, and we need visuals, customizations, columns, and certain sections on the report to show performance and other things.They are not updating their BI Publisher product, which was known as XML Publisher before Oracle bought it. It could be because they don't have that many clients using it. We are using it because we have this solution for years."
  • "The initial setup was complex and it took a lot of time to set up the infrastructure."

Pricing

  • "It is expensive. It is more than 100K for support. You pay for support on top of the standard licensing, which is on a yearly basis."
  • "As with any case study that we’ve ever done, it’s not so much a problem with the application or security or anything of that nature. It’s basically the cost infrastructure. Compared to other solutions, it’s one of the more costly solutions out there. It’s the biggest concern nowadays that upper management has."

Service and Support

Oracle BI Applications support is knowledgeable, with internal development teams providing positive experiences, especially for early adopters. Some entities face challenges with technical support, experiencing delays in responses and navigating different departments. Support across different areas like databases and applications sometimes requires multiple contacts. While some find their support satisfactory and responsive, others have noted difficulties in communication when attempting to resolve specific issues. Generally, customer service is regarded as good.

Deployment

Oracle BI Applications' initial setup often proves complex. Entities face a detailed installation process, with potential issues if not followed precisely. Security updates have increased complexity, adding time to installations. Specialists are frequently needed for some configurations due to inconsistent setup difficulty. Many find infrastructure setup time-consuming, with reports requiring customization. Quick deployments are possible with CI/CD components, but some struggle due to incomplete implementation models.

Scalability

Oracle BI Applications exhibit remarkable scalability, with users praising its unlimited capacity both with the data warehouse and ODI. Many experience no issues, citing seamless handling of large transactions and integration with Oracle-engineered systems. Scalability extends to cloud options, enhancing flexibility. However, some find on-premises scalability limited without hybrid or cloud integration, impacting its potential reach. Despite this, numerous users successfully manage expansive user bases, including applications with thousands of active participants.

Stability

Initially, Oracle BI Applications lacked stability upon its release in 2013, but it has improved progressively. Some users have experienced issues with upgrades, requiring multiple steps and clean installations. However, many users report no stability problems and consider it a very stable application, especially those fully utilizing Oracle systems. Some still encounter minor glitches and require workaround solutions during upgrades, indicating mixed but generally positive experiences in terms of stability.
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RM
Senior Manager, Software Engineering Client Reporting at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Oracle BI Applications
Mar 24, 2021
Product version discussed: 12c
Fast calculations, stable, and good support, but needs more visuals, support for HTML5, and BI Publisher updates

Pros

"Calculations are a little bit faster. It can do the on-the-run calculations much better than other reporting platforms. You don't need any other specific tool. You can use Microsoft Office to start doing things with these reports."

Cons

"It is very cumbersome and slow for making any changes. It doesn't have that many visuals to show different graphs and charts. It should have more visuals. It also doesn't support HTML5, which is useful for interactive sessions and reporting with dashboard etc. We are phasing it out because we need a newer platform that provides us more flexibility and more designs. Our use case is just to get the utility type of monthly reports, and we need visuals, customizations, columns, and certain sections on the report to show performance and other things. They are not updating their BI Publisher product, which was known as XML Publisher before Oracle bought it. It could be because they don't have that many clients using it. We are using it because we have this solution for years."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for the monthly reports for our business. These monthly reports are similar to the reports that you get from any utility company.

How has it helped my organization?

We use it for regulatory requirements. We need to send regulatory reports to a client every month, and we use this application and some other applications for that.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Senior Vice President Of Operations at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Verified user of Oracle BI Applications
Jul 31, 2016
The pre-built data models are great and scalability is unlimited. Setup is complex and it hasn’t been stable.

What is most valuable?

It’s valuable because it’s easy. The pre-built data models are great, as is rapid implementation so that you can use all of the pre-developed Oracle features rather than doing the heavy lifting. For the most part, there is such a comprehensive amount of delivered reports with pre-built OBIA that we are finding it to meet 90% or better of the client requirements in relation to that functionality.

What needs improvement?

There are upgrade issues, but we have heard that they are being fixed. There are some JVMs in the product that are outdated as well, and there are some default configuration parameters that it would be nice for Oracle to fix instead of leaving them up to the implementers to tweak the settings after the fact. This is a known thing, so it is something that could easily be corrected in the future.

*Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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AM
Contractor Logistics Support IPT Lead with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Oracle BI Applications
Dec 3, 2020
A robust dashboard with ad-hoc reporting, good support, and positive ROI

Pros

"It has a very robust dashboard and ad-hoc reporting. "

Cons

"The initial setup was complex and it took a lot of time to set up the infrastructure."

What is our primary use case?

We needed a reporting solution to replace Oracle Discoverer. Oracle Discoverer was going end of life. Our primary use case was ERP reporting and EPM reporting.

ERP reporting included accounts payable invoice and payment data, general ledger account data, supply chain purchase order and inventory data, fixed asset data, cost accounting data, and job costing accounts data.

EPM data included a full replacement of our financial reports to the interactive dashboard and ad-hoc reporting. Our past solution was PDF.

How has it helped my organization?

Oracle BI has improved our organization by having a more robust solution than Oracle Discoverer. Oracle Discoverer did not have interactive dashboard capabilities.

Our executives wanted a dashboard tool to keep track of our financials and data that would populate our financial statements. Oracle BI was a good fit.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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RP
SubDirector of Project Management at DISH
Verified user of Oracle BI Applications
May 9, 2022
Great reporting and graphics but integration needs to be improved

Pros

"The most valuable features are the reporting and the graphics."

Cons

"The initial setup was difficult because not all the information was included in the implementation model."

What is our primary use case?

I mainly use Oracle BI to provide information and business intelligence, including CRM, the billing system, and EIP.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are the reporting and the graphics.

*Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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PeerSpot user
Database/Application Layer Architect at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of Oracle BI Applications
Aug 15, 2018
Web-based solution enables multiple users to access the same data

Pros

"It's web-based so that I can have multiple users accessing the same data. It provides ease of use and its formatting means we can use the data, export it to Excel, and we manipulate the data afterward if we need to."

How has it helped my organization?

Since we're an Oracle shop, it's an integrated solution with our database.

What is most valuable?

It's web-based so that I can have multiple users accessing the same data. It provides ease of use and its formatting means we can use the data, export it to Excel, and we manipulate the data afterward if we need to.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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PeerSpot user
Oracle BI Consultant at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Oracle BI Applications
Jul 30, 2019
Product version discussed: 11.1.1.10.1
There are already developed objects that allow you to create or improve existing reports. Financial could be improved.

How has it helped my organization?

Improving reports that users use today, providing better reports.

What is most valuable?

There is a multitude of already developed objects that allow you to create and/or improve existing reports in a reasonably easy way.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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