Oracle Essbase

Essbase Administrator Review

What do you like best? Essbase has the ability to improve analytics through the multi-dimention view of the application, as well as integration with Office products. What do you dislike? Essbase can be challenging to administer when on-prem. The complexity of the enviroment is a difficult for non-technicial staff to learn. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Analyzing large amounts of data much more quickly than traditional relational ...

Excellent product

What do you like best? It is s flexible product that provides the needed requirments What do you dislike? I dislike and have loads of problems with Oracle Support that is not providing the needed support. Recommendations to others considering the product: Just do it What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? business management requirements

Essbase product review

What do you like best? I have been using Essbase for the past 15 years and loved the product. What do you dislike? Orcale Essbase speed of response can be improved What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Multidimensional databases for financial planning, analysis and reporting

Oracle survey

What do you like best? The flexibility to design any data set my way What do you dislike? The restrrictions with aso, i want full bso functionality in aso size and sope What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? GL Reporting, Planning, specific functional reporting

Essbase is a cool tool

What do you like best? Using Essbase for analytics and reporting What do you dislike? there is not much to dislike about Essbase It is a great product and has been for 20+ years What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? analyzing budget and forecast data. Analyzing trends

great application using for many years

What do you like best? analytics and reporting and easy understanding of metadata What do you dislike? syncing between cubes structures and security What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? calculations, reporting, financial analytics, easy access of data through Smart View

how essbase can make you a work hero

What do you like best? I can write anything I want in essbase. I can do advanced analytics, custom diminsions, and forecasting and budgeting. What do you dislike? I dislike that sparse dynamic members cause me to have to restart databases due to the memory leak. I cannot always prevent users from needing calculations on sparse diminsions. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? multi-million dollar savings with the identification of lower ...

Essbase Experience Review

What do you like best? Vast array of options to analyze and arrange data. Powerful database that is easily customizable. What do you dislike? MDX and calc scripts can be a bit complex. Would be great if there could be an analyzer for performance of cubes. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We are using it with our planning application as well as reporting cubes

Over 15 years experience with Essbase, BSO and ASO, Partitions, etc.

What do you like best? Solving interesting business needs, allowing users to improve their data needs What do you dislike? Some design desicions can have negative impacts on user experience. Recommendations to others considering the product: Get in person training, never stop learning! What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Storing large volumes of data in an ASO database, using partitions to allow for fewer aggregations of data.

Powerful engine, used at the right levels

What do you like best? very usable and easy to understand for users. I've used SAP and it's inredibly difficult to navigate What do you dislike? the best performance is when you limit the dimensionality and members but this can be good to focus the reporting group to a proper level (vs too detailed) What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? we are running PL analytics for product and customer. We also push allocations