Oracle OBIEE Reviews

The way we are able to send data out to users and the ability for them to do acquiring themselves are valuable features.

I'd like to see easier paths for upgrades. We also have some technical difficulties that we are trying to work around.

I’ve used the solution for two-and-a-half years.

It has been consistently stable for us, and we have not had any downtime. We haven’t pushed it that much.

We haven’t scaled the product yet. Our size has grown, but we did not have to scale the servers. Since we are managed on the cloud, though, scalability would be pretty straightforward. Oracle manages the product on the back end.

They are knowledgeable. Reaction times can take a while, but once you find the right people, they can solve any issue.

Initial setup was relatively average in terms of difficulty. We had an Oracle consultant come in and help us. It ended up being pretty quick, and the consultant was good. We had it stood up in six months.

Make sure the product meets your needs and that your enterprise is able to use it for a long period of time. You should also look at the evaluation and the support. I would rate OBIEE an 8 or a 9 out of 10, since most other products are not as user friendly. From a user perspective it’s good, but from a maintenance perspective it needs a little work.

We got OBIEE for its dashboard reporting and for getting mining data out. OBIEE was a good fit with the Hyperion products we already had. We love it.

Dashboard reporting could be more dynamic and easier to drill down into.

We have used it for about three years.

It has been pretty stable.

It has been scalable.

We use partners for Oracle, so when we ask for support, we are forwarded to the partner that works with the solution in question. They are really good. If there is an issue where I can just drill down or look into the online forums, I do that as well.

OBIEE is amazing in its integration with Hyperion and dashboard reporting. I would give it a nine out of ten, because there are still changes happening to the platform.

The upgrade from version 10 to 11 drastically changed the perspective of our company's users from the perspective of the data analysis they can do. It's now much easier for our developers to mash up their repositories from different data sources, create new dashboards, create graphs, and send emails via agents.

I think OBIEE is going to go away and I don't see new things to be added to it. If anything, it needs a diagnostic tool for looking at logs.

Also, Oracle needs to make WebLogic much simpler to use. With WebLogic you have a vast number of things in there. If you're not an OBIEE admin, then you don't know what you're doing. You can't have developers do the admin stuff and it needs to be a little simpler to navigate between. Also, you have an enterprise manager and then you have a console manager. Combining those two in one place would make it simpler.

I don't recall for sure, but I've used it for a number of years now, from version 10 to the current version 12.

We've had no issues with deployment.

We've had issues with stability, both hiccups and large. One issue we had was difficulty with error logs. We've had to dive really deep in order to find error logs. If someone asks for them, you really have to know where to look.

We run a homogenous data set and OBIEE has been scalable.

Technical support has been nice. When we create a ticket, Oracle reps get back to us via email or phone depending on the severity of the incident. Some tickets take a while, and some don't take long at all.

The setup was challenging because we were upgrading from version 10. We had challenges with services and cores, especially with Java memory. It kept running out, particularly with the WebLogic implementation. We really didn't know where to go from there because it change the Java memory.

Before using it, make sure you really understand the product. It also helps to know Java. You also need to know how WebLogic works, as well as how the integration between EM and OMB works.

Exalytics combined with Exadata server makes it possible to query ~ 50TB of datamart data (uncompressed size), that's really great and ~ 1000 of simultaneous requests.

In the past it was not possible to join data from so many different sources due to the performance limitations imposed by the size of the data

Self service BI. It's clear that Endeca tends to be integrated into BIFS and probably self-service functionality will be covered by Endeca.

3 years

Sometime copy-paste of report metadata is quite complicated.

No

No, scalability is a big positive for the product.

We didn't get into contact with support. From previous projects I have very various experience with Oracle support. It happened to me to get very helpful solutions almost immediately, in other cases, we were just ping-ponging emails, but no breakthrough.

No

The initial setup was pretty complex due to the fact that very complicated aggregation rules were defined, but I think this would have even more complicated to be implemented with other BI tools.

I was part of a vendor team.

N/A

We are not involved in this phase.

Oracle BI combined with Exadata/Exalytics is a perfect tool for ROLAP/HOLAP type reports especially for extreme data sizes. I don't know any other tool suitable for that.

Oracle OBIEE is used for financial reporting.

The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is its ease of use.

Oracle OBIEE could improve the visualizations, such as diagrams, charts, and graphical user interface. Other tools on the market have better graphical visualizations this Oracle OBIEE.

I have been using Oracle OBIEE for approximately three years.

I have found Oracle OBIEE to be stable.

Oracle OBIEE is scalable.

We have three people using this solution in my organization.

I have not contacted the support because the solution was easy to use and the problems I faced were solved by our technical team in our enterprise.

I have evaluated Tableau and Microsoft Power BI and they have better charts and graphical visualizations than Oracle OBIEE.

My advice to others is they should explore other tools to get an idea of how they compare to one another. There are better solutions on the market, such as Tableau and Microsoft Power BI.

I rate Oracle OBIEE a seven out of ten.

On-premises

In respect of the rates comparison, the client uses the solution to generate BI reports around relevant data. 

I like the solution's stability. 

I have encountered certain performance issues which have required us to play around with and streamline the data. The performance could be better. 

Regarding the announcements, the data integration should be simplified, as the work is also with the clients. Since we have our different sources of data, those integrations must be maintained, which translates into a cost for our clients. Simplifying the process would save them a lot. 

As one of our clients is using Oracle OBIEE, we have been with the solution for ten years now. 

A great feature of the solution is its stability. 

I have not had experience with technical support. 

I was not involved in the installation process. 

The technical team is actually divided between us and our clients. Some of the reports are being built by the client engineering team, so I am not aware of the relevant account. There are around five to ten people who manage the auxiliary activities concerning the reports or donate any data entry forms to them. This is the type of working we have been undertaking. 

Simplifying the data integration process would save our clients considerable costs. 

Our clients would be in a position to address any licensing costs. I cannot comment on the account, since we only make use of it. 

The solution is also cloud-based. 

I have been using the solution for quite awhile and, in line with what is reported in the media, I would recommend it to others. While each business scenario should be examined independently, I feel the solution definitely warrants use. 

The ability for users to generate analytics without developer involvement is valuable. The best feature of the Virtual C, of course, is data visualization.

The self-service BI and the dashboards for high-level management have brought improvements. We develop and produce insights with these dashboards, and make management take actions according to the knowledge we find there. The dashboards are also the power users, so the analytics build themselves. They create reports about the subject area that is relevant to them.

They could improve the connection with the ASCP base. The integration is not so good. There are a lot of bugs, hangs and freezes. If the ASCP base goes down or hangs, the OBIEE server is down, and we have to restart the VI server for the whole company.

I have used the product for 5 years.

Other than the integration with the ASCP base, there are some issues with exporting big Excel files. Oracle support says we should expect this though, because there is a limitation on the size of export files. Everything else is quite stable.

Response times are good and some of the support staff is good, but not everyone. They ask for a lot of logs that are not related to the issue and it takes time for them to understand the problem. In some cases, we beg to do a WebEx just to show them the problem so they can figure it out and proceed.

It is not that simple and requires a lot of configuration. The 12c version is supposed to be much easier.

It’s a very good application, but it’s not straightforward in the traditional BI. Take Oracle’s advice in best practices and how to implement it. I would rate it an 8 out of 10.