MicroStrategy Reviews

1. Synchronized drilling
2. Custom display forms for selectors
3. Export a single report in a dashboard
4. Dynamic metric alias
5. Filter panel

I think it shall be very helpful if the future versions allow much more customization following a simpler procedure

I think it would be very helpful if the future versions allow much more customization and simplify this procedure.

The customisation was difficult.

There was no issue with the stability.

There was no issue with the scalability.

My advice would be that it's a great product especially for reporting but you should also keep in mind that in the end it is still a product and it can't replicate all that can be achieved through a code or a full fledged database.

I think the total cost of ownership is lower than other products, it is flexible and enterprise class.

The licenses model is complicated. New features are slow to get to market (in comparison to other niche tools).

• BI reporting
• Dashboard
• Mobile

Provides seamless integration between browser-based BI and Mobile BI.

Mobile. It brings reports/dashboards closer to the business user. They can access it whenever they want with their mobile devices. It also provides consistent user experience similar to the same reports/dashboards on browser, and it is very intuitive. 

The product is designed for enterprise. A lightweight version would be easier for a smaller workgroup.

More than five years.

Not at all. MicroStrategy is known for its enterprise ready platform. 

Every software with a flawed design has issues. MicroStrategy is not an exception.

I would rate technical support as an eight out of 10.

Initial setup was straightforward.

MicroStrategy needs a certain level of back-end design skill. Choose the right back-end system.

Dashboarding first and foremost for financial power users.

Web authoring and report bursting for enterprise-wide business user community.

Mature product with a lot of features and connections to almost all back-end technologies used in the BI space.

• Semi-automatic support of implementing date dimensions, including delta to prior year implementation.
• Speed for high level aggregation by using Intelligent Cubes.

More flexibility for hierarchy displays, especially tree views with ad hoc expand and close. Consolidate the functional offering to be more concise in the front-end for web reports, dashboards, and self-service. 

Currently, the client view looks completely different depending on what you are building.

Still implementing.

Ease of use was valuable. It enabled our end users to do their own reports as self-service with little to no training, thus requiring less support.

It allowed end users to self-service their reports.

Metadata management could be improved. When you delete an object, if there is any object directly linked the metadata, this may become corrupted and break the software. The only way to restore it is to delete the linked objects, whether or not you know which of them have this issue.

I have used this solution for eighteen months.

We did encounter stability issues. We had a serious metadata corruption problem.

The cost of licensing made scalability unprofitable.

We would give technical support a rating of 5/10. The existing whitepapers and documentation were very useful, but actual support never answered us.

I cannot comment, as I took the server that was already set up by a previous colleague.

This all depends on your budget.

Ensure there is enough of a budget for continued support, or look for a different product where there is a bigger community.

I am a report developer and find it a very useful tool. It has everything I need and with your intelligence you are able to make fantastic reports.

The only problem is report performance.