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Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

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What is Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)?

Oracle's Business Intelligence Discoverer is an ad- hoc query and analysis reporting tool oriented for end users to have easy access to relational and multi-dimensional data. The product is now end of life. The vendor has stated that Discoverer 11g release 11.1.1.7.0 is the terminal release of Discoverer.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 634 ratings of Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)'s features
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Top Performing Features

  • Multi-User Support (named login)

    Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Role-Based Security Model

    Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Single Sign-On (SSO)

    Allows users to use one set of login credentials to access multiple applications

    Category average: 8.5

Areas for Improvement

  • Drill-down analysis

    Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Java API

    A Java application programming interface (API) is a list of all classes that are part of the Java development kit (JDK)

    Category average: 8.1

  • Customizable Platform (Open Source)

    A customizable, open source API Gateway is a fast and scalable type of API

    Category average: 7.7

Reviews

What users are saying about Oracle Discoverer (discontinued).
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Oracle BI Discoverer Review

Incentivized
Akin Tunc
Principal Analyst in Information Technology at Turkcell (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • We get very fast reports.
  • Being compatible with ERP makes our work easier.
  • As it is a safe application, we use it comfortably in every field.

Cons

  • Sometimes we have difficulties in preparing reports.
  • There may be problems in importing the reports we have prepared into live environments.
  • We are having trouble preparing reports of very big data.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Analytics Server (formerly Oracle BI Foundation Suite)

Other Software Used

Oracle Analytics Server (formerly Oracle BI Foundation Suite), MicroStrategy Analytics, QlikView

Best Tool Set for Ad-Hoc Database Management

Incentivized
Shashank PathakView profile
Internet Marketing Analyst in Information Technology at Dotsquares (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Find data that you know.
  • Drilling up and down through data.
  • Share data with other people.
  • View data in a familiar spreadsheet-style.

Cons

  • Control access to data.
  • Manage summary data.
  • Administer batch scheduling.
  • End User Layer management.

Oracle BI Discoverer Review

Incentivized
Jatel DesaiView profile
Programmer Analyst in Information Technology at Department of Industrial Relations (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with our Reporting team. We are able to run reports needed immediately using this tool.
  • Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with getting analysis of monthly and yearly medical data from across the state.
  • Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with web publishing and sending information to the trading partners.

Cons

  • There is always room for more scalability and optimization of performance.
  • Oracle BI changes a lot from version to version. A smoother transition into a new version would be very helpful.
  • Oracle BI's reporting tool is a little hard to use at first. The UI/UX of the tool can use improvement.

Alternatives Considered

Axibase Enterprise Reporter (AER)

Other Software Used

Oracle Analytics Cloud, Toad Decision Point, Epicor Eclipse

Amazing Business Intelligence suite

Incentivized
Eduin ZuloagaView profile
IT Architecture Manager in Information Technology at Edenred México (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Access data quickly without waiting for the computer to search through the entire database
  • View data in a familiar spreadsheet-style format that is easy to read and understand
  • Analyze data using a variety of powerful techniques
  • Share data with other people, and in other applications (for example, Microsoft Excel)

Cons

  • You have to know relational database and SQL
  • Slow when you manage a lot of data
  • Run in Java VM, you have to buy Java SE

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Other Software Used

Microsoft Azure, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Windows Server, Windows Server AppFabric, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Redis Cloud, Apache Kafka, Microsoft Power BI, RabbitMQ, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Mule ESB, IBM Business Automation Workflow on Cloud, ARIS Business Process Management (BPM), Bizagi Digital Business Platform, Automation Anywhere, UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS

Business Intelligence Discoverer and OBIEE

Incentivized
Sherif SaidView profile
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder in Information Technology at eSolytics LLC (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Detailed report generation
  • Drag and drop report creation
  • Exporting data for integration with other tools

Cons

  • Visualization
  • Star Schema Integration with different tables

Alternatives Considered

Tableau Prep and Tableau Desktop

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