Passionned Group™

Oracle BI & Analytics

Business Partner
By: Daan van Beek MSc
Business Partner
Table of Contents

In this background article we give a comprehensive overview of our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey about the software vendor Oracle and its product range (such as Oracle Database, Oracle Essbase and OBIEE). Oracle BI & Analytics scores better in our survey than TIBCO but quite worse than Qlik. Of all the categories in our study, Oracle scored the highest on BI infrastructure and received the least credits in real-time analytics. We have been able to establish this objectively. Within the context of BI & Analytics, we have put together the main advantages and disadvantages of Oracle Analytics, and group them by component (business intelligence, big data, artificial intelligence and data science). We also point out the strengths of key products such as Oracle Database, Oracle Essbase and OBIEE et cetera.

How does Oracle BI & Analytics score on different criteria?

In our study we also investigated the different products of Oracle BI & Analytics software. We examined no less than 710 aspects. The figure below shows the strengths and weaknesses of Oracle Analytics, in general terms. Please note that Passionned Group is 100% independent of the suppliers in the research. We do not sell licenses, we do not make deals or have any legal ties to the vendor. Among other things, we help and advise companies in the proper selection of BI tooling.

Score of Oracle Analytics software.Figure 1: Scorecard of the BI provider Oracle. The best supplier on a particular topic gets a maximum of 100 percent. Source: the BI & Analytics Guide 2023. Do you want to take a deep dive into our research design? Click here to download this guide.

The Oracle analysis was made possible by collecting large amounts of publicly accessible data and from there it was analyzed in-depth. More than 8,387 documents have been analyzed from Oracle since it was included in our research. In this analysis process both algorithms as a senior expert played a decisive role in finalizing the validation process.

Oracle and their complete BI & Analytics product portfolio

The vendor Oracle has (a minimum of) 57 products in the realm of BI & Analytics. Based on relevance we list the products below:

What is Oracle Analytics?

Other names by which this software product is known: Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle Business Analytics

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe Oracle Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Oracle Database, Oracle Essbase, OBIEE, Oracle Big Data, Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Hyperion, Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher, Oracle Analytics Server, Oracle Endeca, Oracle Exadata, Siebel Analytics, Oracle Warehouse Builder, Oracle Data Mining, Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, Oracle Stream Analytics, Oracle NoSQL Database, Oracle OLAP, Oracle Exalytics, Oracle R Enterprise, Oracle Enterprise Data Quality, Oracle Analytics Desktop, Oracle TimesTen, Oracle Fusion Analytics, Oracle Data Integration, Oracle Smart View, Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking, Oracle Retail Analytics, Oracle Financial Consolidation, Oracle Data Science, Oracle Financial Management Analytics, Oracle Insurance Insight, Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management, Oracle Data Hub, Oracle Data Profiling, Oracle Data Management, Oracle Data Warehouse, Ohi Data Marts, Oracle DRM, Oracle AI Platform, Oracle Health Insurance Analytics, Oracle Supply Chain Analytics, Oracle Data Visualisation, Oracle Data Quality Management, Obi Analytics, Oracle Data Modeling, Oracle Bis Discoverer and Siebel TimesTen. This product can be characterized by the following properties:

  • analytics
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • data connectivity > native
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
  • data discovery > data visualization

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Oracle Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Do you want to hire an experienced Oracle Analytics specialist?

Do you want to hire an interim Oracle Analytics consultant who can do a mountain of work for you and implement an Oracle Analytics application? Or do you want to implement an application for one of the related products like Oracle Analytics Server, Oracle Analytics Desktop, Oracle Fusion Analytics, OBIEE, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database? Our interim specialists are happy to help. Indeed, hiring Oracle Analytics developers is sometimes cumbersome and expensive. Leave a message here and we will be happy to come and support you.

What is Oracle Database?

In this section, we report the (main) characteristics of Oracle Database, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

  • data integration > data warehousing
  • performance optimization > in-memory
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • performance optimization > caching
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of Oracle Database? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Essbase?

Other names by which this software product is known: Essbase

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we portrait Oracle Essbase, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Essbase Studio. Oracle Essbase can be best characterized by the following features:

  • analytics
  • business intelligence
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • multidimensional models > cube
  • decision management > performance management
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • multidimensional models > MDX
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • business intelligence > reporting

Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of Oracle Essbase? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Oracle Essbase in action
Figure 2, 3 and 4: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle Essbase. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Essbase Studio?

Under this heading, we provide a description of Essbase Studio, including some of its features and any related products. The product Essbase Studio can be characterized by the following functionalities:

  • multidimensional models > cube
  • business intelligence
  • data connectivity > XML
  • data governance > data management > data modeling
  • data connectivity > Excel
  • decision management > performance management
  • big data > streaming
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • data integration > data warehouse
  • business intelligence > reporting

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Essbase Studio? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 5, 6 and 7: Several images show the operation of Essbase Studio. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is OBIEE?

Other names by which this software product is known: Oracle OBIEE, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of OBIEE, including some of its features and any related products. The product OBIEE can be defined by the following functionalities:

  • business intelligence > reporting
  • BI
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • business intelligence > reporting > conditional formatting
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • business intelligence > reports
  • data discovery > analysis
  • business intelligence > dashboards

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of OBIEE? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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OBIEE in action
Figure 8, 9 and 10: Several images show the operation of OBIEE. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Big Data?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Oracle Big Data, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Oracle Big Data Appliance, Oracle Big Data Connectors, Oracle Big Data Discovery, Oracle Big Data Lite and Oracle BDA. Oracle Big Data can be best characterized by the following features:

  • big data
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
  • data connectivity > Hadoop
  • big data > data lakes
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud infrastructure
  • big data > big data appliance
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure

Are you curious about all features (100+) of Oracle Big Data? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Big Data Appliance?

Other names by which this software product is known: Oracle Bigdata Appliance

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Big Data Appliance, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following functionalities:

  • big data > big data appliance
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • data connectivity > Kafka
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
  • big data > sensors
  • big data > massive volumes

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Big Data Appliance? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Big Data Connectors?

In this paragraph, we display the details of Oracle Big Data Connectors, including some of its features and any related products. The product Oracle Big Data Connectors can be best characterized by the following features:

  • big data
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
  • data connectors
  • data connectivity > Hadoop
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • artificial intelligence > R
  • analytics > advanced analytics
  • data discovery > analysis

Do you want to know everything about all features (100+) of Oracle Big Data Connectors? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 11, 12 and 13: Various figures show the operation of Oracle Big Data Connectors. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Big Data Discovery?

In this part, we describe Oracle Big Data Discovery, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best defined by the following functionalities:

  • big data
  • data discovery
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
  • data connectivity > Hadoop
  • data discovery > analysis
  • analytics
  • data connectivity > Spark
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Spark
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • data connectivity > Spark > Apache Spark

Are you curious about all elements (100+) of Oracle Big Data Discovery? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 14, 15 and 16: Several images show the operation of Oracle Big Data Discovery. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Oracle Big Data Lite?

In this section, we describe Oracle Big Data Lite, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following features:

  • big data
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • artificial intelligence > R
  • analytics
  • data discovery
  • analytics > advanced analytics
  • real-time analytics > real-time
  • data discovery > analysis
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux

Do you want to know everything about all characteristics (100+) of Oracle Big Data Lite? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle BDA?

In this section, we portrait Oracle BDA, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following features:

  • big data
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
  • data connectivity > JSON
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • artificial intelligence > R
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
  • BI infrastructure > authentication > Kerberos
  • data connectivity
  • artificial intelligence > data science

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle BDA? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Data Integrator?

Other names by which this software product is known: ODI

Under this heading, we provide a description of Oracle Data Integrator, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:

  • data integration > data warehousing
  • business intelligence
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Spark
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
  • data governance > data quality
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Data Integrator? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Oracle Data Integrator in action
Figure 17, 18 and 19: Several images show the operation of Oracle Data Integrator. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Oracle Fusion Middleware?

In this paragraph, we describe Oracle Fusion Middleware, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:

  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • business intelligence
  • BI infrastructure > web services
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • BI infrastructure > scalability
  • data connectivity > XML
  • BI infrastructure > high availability
  • business intelligence > reporting

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Fusion Middleware? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 20, 21 and 22: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Hyperion?

Other names by which this software product is known: Oracle Hyperion Financial Management

In this section, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Oracle Hyperion, including some of its features and any related products. The product Oracle Hyperion can be best defined by the following properties:

  • business intelligence > reporting
  • decision management > performance management
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • business intelligence > reporting > financial reporting
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • decision management > performance management > financial consolidation
  • business intelligence
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of Oracle Hyperion? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 23, 24 and 25: Several images show the operation of Oracle Hyperion. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher?

Other names by which this software product is known: Oracle BI Publisher

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following functionalities:

  • business intelligence > reporting
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • BI infrastructure > authentication > LDAP
  • data connectivity > JDBC connectivity
  • BI infrastructure > repository

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher in action
Figure 26, 27 and 28: Various figures show the operation of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is Oracle Analytics Server?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Analytics Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following characteristics:

  • analytics
  • business intelligence
  • data discovery > analysis
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • BI infrastructure > authentication
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > authentication > Single Sign-On
  • analytics > analytics platform
  • business intelligence > reporting

Are you curious about all features (100+) of Oracle Analytics Server? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 29, 30 and 31: These three images give a first impression of Oracle Analytics Server. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Endeca?

Other names by which this software product is known: Endeca

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Endeca, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Oracle Endeca Studio. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following properties:

  • data discovery
  • business intelligence
  • performance optimization > in-memory
  • data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
  • decision management > performance management > KPI
  • performance optimization > in-memory > in-memory technologies
  • big data > complex data
  • data discovery > analysis
  • data governance > data management > data modeling

Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of Oracle Endeca? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Oracle Endeca in action
Figure 32, 33 and 34: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle Endeca. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is Oracle Endeca Studio?

Other names by which this software product is known: Endeca Studio

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Endeca Studio, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:

  • business intelligence
  • analytics
  • data discovery > analysis
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • business intelligence > reporting > freeform SQL
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • data governance > data management > data modeling
  • data discovery
  • data exploration
  • data governance

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Oracle Endeca Studio? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Oracle Endeca Studio in action
Figure 35, 36 and 37: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle Endeca Studio. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Exadata?

Other names by which this software product is known: Oracle Exadata Database Machine

In this paragraph, we describe Oracle Exadata, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be defined by the following properties:

  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
  • decision management > performance management > KPI
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • performance optimization > caching
  • BI infrastructure > scalability
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • data integration > data warehousing

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Exadata? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Siebel Analytics?

In this section, we provide a description of Siebel Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following properties:

  • analytics
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • business intelligence > CRM
  • data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
  • BI infrastructure > repository
  • analytics > analytics platform
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Siebel Analytics? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 38, 39 and 40: Several images show the operation of Siebel Analytics. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is Oracle Warehouse Builder?

Other names by which this software product is known: OWB

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Warehouse Builder, including some of its features and any related products. The product Oracle Warehouse Builder can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

  • BI infrastructure > repository
  • data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
  • data integration > data warehousing
  • data integration
  • data governance > data quality
  • business intelligence
  • data governance > data management > data modeling
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • data integration > data warehouse
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Oracle Warehouse Builder? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 41, 42 and 43: Overlying figures show the operation of Oracle Warehouse Builder. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Data Mining?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Data Mining, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Oracle Data Miner. Oracle Data Mining can be characterized by the following features:

  • artificial intelligence > data mining
  • artificial intelligence > algorithms
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • data governance > data management > data preparation
  • analytics
  • regressions
  • artificial intelligence > data mining > data mining models
  • artificial intelligence > decision tree

Do you want to know the intricacies of all features (100+) of Oracle Data Mining? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 44, 45 and 46: Overlying figures show the operation of Oracle Data Mining. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is Oracle Data Miner?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Data Miner, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following characteristics:

  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • artificial intelligence > data mining
  • BI infrastructure > repository
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • artificial intelligence > algorithms
  • analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
  • artificial intelligence > R
  • data connectivity > XML
  • data integration > data warehousing > star schema

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Data Miner? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 47, 48 and 49: Various figures show the operation of Oracle Data Miner. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Business Intelligence Applications?

In this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:

  • business intelligence
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > repository
  • data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
  • real-time analytics > real-time
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • mobile business intelligence > mobile analytics
  • data discovery > analysis
  • data integration > data warehousing

Are you curious about all properties (100+) of Oracle Business Intelligence Applications? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 50, 51 and 52: Several images show the operation of Oracle Business Intelligence Applications. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Stream Analytics?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Stream Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:

  • analytics
  • stream analytics
  • real-time analytics > real-time
  • big data > streaming
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Spark
  • big data > streaming > streaming data
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • real-time analytics > real time
  • data connectivity > Kafka
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure

Do you want to know everything about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Stream Analytics? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Oracle Stream Analytics in action
Figure 53, 54 and 55: Overlying figures show the operation of Oracle Stream Analytics. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle NoSQL Database?

In this paragraph, we describe Oracle NoSQL Database, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following features:

  • BI infrastructure > authentication > Kerberos
  • analytics
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • data connectivity > JSON
  • BI infrastructure > scalability
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • data governance > data management
  • data connectivity > MongoDB
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle NoSQL Database? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle OLAP?

In this section, we portrait Oracle OLAP, including some of its features and any related products. The Oracle OLAP can be characterized by the following features:

  • multidimensional models > OLAP
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • data connectivity > OLE DB
  • multidimensional models > cube
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • multidimensional models > OLAP > OLAP cubes
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • data connectivity > Microsoft Excel

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle OLAP? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Exalytics?

Under this heading, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Oracle Exalytics, including some of its features and any related products. The Oracle Exalytics can be best defined by the following characteristics:

  • performance optimization > in-memory
  • business intelligence
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
  • analytics
  • performance optimization > in-memory > in-memory technologies
  • BI infrastructure > scalability
  • performance optimization > in-memory > in-memory analytics
  • performance optimization > in-memory > in-memory database
  • BI infrastructure > high availability
  • decision management > performance management

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Exalytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 56, 57 and 58: Various figures show the operation of Oracle Exalytics. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle R Enterprise?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Oracle R Enterprise, including some of its features and any related products. The product Oracle R Enterprise can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

  • artificial intelligence > R
  • BI infrastructure > open source
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • big data
  • analytics
  • data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
  • analytics > advanced analytics

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of Oracle R Enterprise? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 59, 60 and 61: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle R Enterprise. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Enterprise Data Quality?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Oracle Enterprise Data Quality, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following functionalities:

  • data governance > data quality > data quality management
  • data governance > data management > master data management
  • business intelligence
  • data governance > data management > data migration
  • data integration
  • business intelligence > CRM
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • BI infrastructure > authentication > LDAP

Do you want to know everything about all characteristics (100+) of Oracle Enterprise Data Quality? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 62, 63 and 64: Various figures show the operation of Oracle Enterprise Data Quality. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Oracle Analytics Desktop?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Analytics Desktop, including some of its features and any related products. The Oracle Analytics Desktop can be defined by the following characteristics:

  • analytics
  • business intelligence
  • data connectivity > Vertica DB
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • BI infrastructure > SDK
  • data discovery > data visualization
  • analytics > advanced analytics > predictive modeling > predictive models
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure

Are you now curious about all features (100+) of Oracle Analytics Desktop? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 65, 66 and 67: These three images give a first impression of Oracle Analytics Desktop. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Oracle TimesTen?

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Oracle TimesTen, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following characteristics:

  • performance optimization > in-memory > in-memory database
  • performance optimization > caching
  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • data connectivity > ODBC
  • data connectivity > JDBC connectivity
  • real-time analytics > real-time
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • BI infrastructure > high availability
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java

Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of Oracle TimesTen? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 68, 69 and 70: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle TimesTen. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Oracle Fusion Analytics?

Under this heading, we report the (main) characteristics of Oracle Fusion Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. The Oracle Fusion Analytics can be defined by the following characteristics:

  • analytics
  • decision management > performance management > KPI
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • data connectivity > native
  • data integration > data warehouse
  • data discovery > analysis
  • data governance > data management > data preparation
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • BI infrastructure > authentication > Single Sign-On
  • self-service BI > self-service analysis

Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of Oracle Fusion Analytics? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 71, 72 and 73: These three images give a first impression of Oracle Fusion Analytics. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Oracle Data Integration?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe Oracle Data Integration, including some of its features and any related products. The product Oracle Data Integration can be characterized by the following features:

  • data integration
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • data integration > data integration platform
  • real-time analytics > real-time
  • data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
  • data governance > data management > data transformations
  • data governance > data quality
  • real-time analytics > real-time data
  • data governance > data management

Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of Oracle Data Integration? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Smart View?

In this section, we provide a description of Oracle Smart View, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best characterized by the following characteristics:

  • data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • data connectivity > Microsoft Office
  • business intelligence
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • decision management > performance management
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud services
  • analytics
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • data discovery > analysis

Do you want to know everything about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Smart View? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 74, 75 and 76: Several images show the operation of Oracle Smart View. Click on an image to magnify.

What is Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking?

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking, including some of its features and any related products. The product Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking can be best defined by the following characteristics:

  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • data connectivity > connectivity
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
  • data integration
  • big data > massive volumes
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • business intelligence
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface

Do you want to know the intricacies of all properties (100+) of Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 77, 78 and 79: Several images show the operation of Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is Oracle Retail Analytics?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Oracle Retail Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. Oracle Retail Analytics can be defined by the following functionalities:

  • analytics > retail analytics
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • artificial intelligence
  • data integration > data warehousing
  • analytics > analytics platform
  • data integration > data warehouse
  • data discovery > analysis > forecasting
  • data discovery > analysis

Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of Oracle Retail Analytics? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 80, 81 and 82: Several images show the operation of Oracle Retail Analytics. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Financial Consolidation?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Oracle Financial Consolidation, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following properties:

  • decision management > performance management > financial consolidation
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • decision management > performance management
  • data governance > data management
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud services
  • business intelligence > reporting > financial reporting
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
  • business intelligence > reporting > IFRS
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • business intelligence > dashboards

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of Oracle Financial Consolidation? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 83, 84 and 85: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle Financial Consolidation. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Oracle Data Science?

Under this heading, we describe Oracle Data Science, including some of its features and any related products. Oracle Data Science can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

  • artificial intelligence > data science
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • artificial intelligence > data science > data science platform
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud infrastructure
  • analytics
  • artificial intelligence > Python
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning > machine learning models

Do you want to know everything about all the functions (100+) of Oracle Data Science? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Financial Management Analytics?

In this section, we describe the key elements of Oracle Financial Management Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following functionalities:

  • analytics
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • business intelligence
  • decision management > performance management
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • decision management > performance management > KPI
  • business intelligence > reporting > IFRS
  • data governance > data management
  • data discovery > analysis

Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of Oracle Financial Management Analytics? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 86, 87 and 88: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle Financial Management Analytics. Click on an image to magnify.

What is Oracle Insurance Insight?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we describe Oracle Insurance Insight, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following characteristics:

  • business intelligence > reporting
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • business intelligence > CRM
  • BI infrastructure > web server
  • data discovery > analysis
  • data connectivity > XML
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
  • data governance > data management > data modeling
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of Oracle Insurance Insight? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management?

In this section, we display the details of Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following characteristics:

  • business intelligence > CRM
  • data governance > data management
  • business intelligence
  • data governance > data quality
  • BI infrastructure > authentication > LDAP
  • BI infrastructure > high availability
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > embedded analytics
  • BI infrastructure > web services
  • BI infrastructure > WSDL

Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Data Hub?

In this part, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Oracle Data Hub, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following characteristics:

  • data integration > data hub
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • data connectivity > Apache Cassandra
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud services
  • data governance > data management
  • analytics
  • data connectivity > JSON

Do you want to know the intricacies of all elements (100+) of Oracle Data Hub? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 89, 90 and 91: Overlying figures show the operation of Oracle Data Hub. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Data Profiling?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we portrait Oracle Data Profiling, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best defined by the following functionalities:

  • data governance > data quality > data profiling
  • data governance > data quality
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • BI infrastructure > repository
  • data integration
  • data governance > data quality > data quality server
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems
  • business intelligence
  • data connectivity > ODBC
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix

Are you curious about all properties (100+) of Oracle Data Profiling? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 92, 93 and 94: Several images show the operation of Oracle Data Profiling. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is Oracle Data Management?

Under this heading, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Oracle Data Management, including some of its features and any related products. The Oracle Data Management can be characterized by the following characteristics:

  • data governance > data management
  • enterprise data management
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > repository
  • data governance > data management > MDM
  • decision management > performance management
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • data integration
  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs

Are you now curious about all features (100+) of Oracle Data Management? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Data Warehouse?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Data Warehouse, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following properties:

  • data integration > data warehousing
  • data integration > data warehouse
  • analytics
  • business intelligence
  • data discovery > analysis
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • big data > data lakes
  • performance optimization > in-memory

Are you curious about all properties (100+) of Oracle Data Warehouse? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 95, 96 and 97: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Oracle Data Warehouse. Click on an image to magnify.

What is Ohi Data Marts?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Ohi Data Marts, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:

  • data integration > data warehousing > data mart
  • insurance > health insurance
  • data governance > data management
  • business intelligence
  • BI infrastructure > web services
  • BI infrastructure > repository
  • artificial intelligence > R
  • BI infrastructure > authentication
  • data integration > Extract-Transform-Load

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Ohi Data Marts? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle DRM?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle DRM, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be defined by the following characteristics:

  • BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
  • analytics
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • data governance > data management
  • enterprise data management
  • BI infrastructure > WSDL
  • data governance > data quality
  • data governance > data management > MDM
  • decision management > performance management
  • BI infrastructure > web services

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle DRM? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 98, 99 and 100: Several images show the operation of Oracle DRM. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Oracle AI Platform?

In this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Oracle AI Platform, including some of its features and any related products. The Oracle AI Platform can be characterized by the following features:

  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • big data > IoT
  • BI infrastructure > open source
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • artificial intelligence > data science
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning > machine learning models
  • BI infrastructure > SaaS
  • artificial intelligence > Python

Are you curious about all properties (100+) of Oracle AI Platform? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Health Insurance Analytics?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Oracle Health Insurance Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:

  • insurance > health insurance
  • analytics
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • BI infrastructure > repository
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • data discovery > analysis > profitability analysis
  • BI infrastructure > scalability
  • data connectivity > connectivity
  • BI infrastructure > authentication

Are you curious about all elements (100+) of Oracle Health Insurance Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Supply Chain Analytics?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Oracle Supply Chain Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. Oracle Supply Chain Analytics can be best defined by the following functionalities:

  • analytics > supply chain analytics
  • business intelligence
  • data connectivity > PeopleSoft
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • real-time analytics > real-time
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
  • data connectivity > CSV

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Supply Chain Analytics? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Data Visualisation?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Data Visualisation, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be defined by the following functionalities:

  • data discovery > data visualization
  • analytics
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • data integration > data warehousing
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud computing infrastructure
  • artificial intelligence > machine learning
  • big data > massive volumes
  • business intelligence

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of Oracle Data Visualisation? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Data Quality Management?

In this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Oracle Data Quality Management, including some of its features and any related products. The Oracle Data Quality Management can be defined by the following functionalities:

  • data governance > data quality > data quality management
  • BI infrastructure > web services
  • business intelligence
  • data integration
  • data governance > data management > data migration
  • data governance > data quality > data profiling
  • data governance
  • business intelligence > CRM
  • data integration > data warehousing

Are you curious about all features (100+) of Oracle Data Quality Management? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 101, 102 and 103: Several images show the operation of Oracle Data Quality Management. Click on an image to magnify.

What is Obi Analytics?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Obi Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following properties:

  • analytics
  • business intelligence > dashboards
  • business intelligence > reporting
  • data discovery > analysis
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • BI infrastructure > infrastructure
  • business intelligence > dashboards > interactive dashboards
  • BI infrastructure > authentication
  • analytics > HR analytics

Are you curious about all features (100+) of Obi Analytics? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Oracle Data Modeling?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of Oracle Data Modeling, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best defined by the following features:

  • data governance > data management > SQL
  • data governance > data management > data modeling
  • data governance > data management
  • data connectivity > JSON
  • business intelligence
  • data connectivity > XML
  • data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
  • BI infrastructure > web services
  • BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
  • BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Oracle Data Modeling? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 104, 105 and 106: Several images show the operation of Oracle Data Modeling. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Oracle Bis Discoverer?

In this paragraph, we display the details of Oracle Bis Discoverer, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following functionalities:

  • business intelligence > reporting > report bursting

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Oracle Bis Discoverer? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 107, 108 and 109: Several images show the operation of Oracle Bis Discoverer. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Three recent innovations Oracle Analytics-tools and the version history

Over time, Oracle has seen a negative trend in terms of BI & Analytics functionality and support for operating systems, cloud platforms and connectivity. The latest innovations are in the areas of decision management > enterprise decision management, data discovery > data visualization > tile chart and big data > big data computing.

We reviewed Oracle’s most current versions of its product portfolio. Below you can see the structure of the history of the different versions of the BI & Analytics products of Oracle:

  • Essbase Studio: 11.1.2.4 11.1.2 11.1.1.3 11.1.1.2 11.1.1
  • OBIEE: 12.2.1.4.0 12.2.1.4 12.2.1.3 12.2.1.2 12.2.1.1.0 12.2.1.1 12.2.1.0 11.1.1.9 11.1.1.7.0 11.1.1.6.2 bp1 11.1.1.6.0
  • Oracle Analytics: 15.0
  • Oracle Analytics Desktop: 7.0.0 6.8.0 6.7.0 6.3
  • Oracle Analytics Server: 2022 6.4 5.9
  • Oracle Big Data Appliance: 5.2.0 5.2 4.12 4.8 4
  • Oracle Big Data Discovery: 1.2.2 1.1
  • Oracle Big Data Lite: 4.11 4.5.0 4.2.1 4.1 2.5
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Applications: 11.1.1.10.1
  • Oracle Data Integrator: 12.2.1.4.0 12.2.1.4 12.2.1.3.0 12.2.1
  • Oracle Data Miner: 17.4 4.1
  • Oracle Endeca: 12.1.3.3 12.1
  • Oracle Enterprise Data Quality: 12.2.1 11.1.1.7.4
  • Oracle Essbase: 21.4.0.0.0 21.1 11.1.2.4 11.1.2.2.100 11.1.2.1
  • Oracle Exalytics: 2.0.0.0
  • Oracle Financial Management Analytics: 11.1.2.3.000
  • Oracle Flexcube Universal Banking: 14.5.0.0.0 14.4.0.0.0 12.87.02.0.0 12.0.87.1.0 12.0.3.0.0 12.0.3 12.0.0 11.9.0.0.0 11.5.0.0.0 july 2014 11.3.0
  • Oracle Hyperion: 11.2 11.1.2.4 11.1.2
  • Oracle Insurance Insight: 7.0 6.0
  • Oracle NoSQL Database: 22.3 22.1 may 22.1 21.2 20.3 january 20.3.19 20.3 20.1 18.3 18.1 2.0
  • Oracle OLAP: 12.1.0.1
  • Oracle R Enterprise: 1.5.1 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2
  • Oracle Retail Analytics: 14.1 13.2.3
  • Oracle Stream Analytics: 19.1.0.0.3 19.1.0.0.0 19.1 18.1 12.2.1.3.0
  • Oracle Warehouse Builder: 11.2.0.3.0 11.2 10.2

Behind each product are the version numbers, the most recent updates are listed first.

What are the licensing costs of Oracle Database, Oracle Essbase and OBIEE?

It is difficult to determine exactly what a license of Oracle Database, Oracle Essbase and OBIEE costs because it depends on the country, the number of users (also consider the amount of CPUs for server versions), the connectors to data sources, and at what point in the year you request a quote. And before the end of a fiscal quarter of Oracle, you may be able to look forward to a decent discount. In addition, nowadays it is recommended running the software in the cloud, you only pay for the actual use. The purchase cost of Oracle Database, Oracle Essbase and OBIEE may not be the most important costs, but maintenance and support of course do limit your future investment scope.

What makes Oracle BI & Analytics unique?

In our study, we see that Oracle in the field of BI & Analytics software has a number of specific features and thus differentiates itself from the competition. This makes Oracle Analytics more or less unique: financial consolidation, materialized views, health insurance, stream analytics and ad hoc analysis.

The advantages and disadvantages of Oracle Analytics

Tag cloud of the Oracle Analytics tools.Figure 110: Tag cloud with the strength-weakness analysis of Oracle BI & Analytics

Get to know the key features of Oracle BI & Analytics in the following topic paragraphs. There we describe all the advantages and disadvantages of Oracle BI & Analytics, Oracle Database, Oracle Essbase and OBIEE, et cetera. They are not cemented in place, i.e.: Oracle can currently work to creating features that meet specific customer needs at this time (such as support for open source, Azure Active Directory and data storytelling). In addition, documentation may lag behind current events.

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1. Oracle BI Infrastructure

92%

The company has an excellent score in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘BI Infrastructure’ with a score of 92%, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: authentication, infrastructure, repository, embedded analytics, open source, web services and web server. In total, we examined 162 criteria within this section. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘BI Infrastructure’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2023.

2. Oracle Business Intelligence

82%

The vendor Oracle has an excellent rating in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Business Intelligence’, given that they score 82% on this, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: reporting, enterprise business intelligence, embedded business intelligence and business process monitoring. In doing so, we investigated the following five products: Oracle Essbase, Oracle Hyperion, Oracle OLAP, OBIEE and Oracle Exalytics. In total, we examined 73 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Business Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study. Or take a deep dive in the following content:

3. Oracle Data Integration

81%

The company has an excellent rating in our study on the section ‘Data Integration’, given that they score 81% on this, compared to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: data warehousing, data virtualization, data wrangling and cross-database joins. In doing so, we assessed the following five products: Oracle Warehouse Builder, Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Data Management, Oracle Data Integration and Oracle Enterprise Data Quality. In total, we examined 76 features within this discipline. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Data Integration’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.

4. Oracle Data Governance

79%

The company has a good performance in our current BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Data Governance’. The company scores 79% on this topic, compared to other vendors. The following criteria were used: data management, data encryption, data lineage and data acquisition layer. In doing so, we analyzed the following products: Oracle Enterprise Data Quality. In total, we examined 91 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to become more proficient in the topic ‘Data Governance’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2023. Or take a deep dive in the following content:

5. Oracle Decision Management

77%

Oracle has a good score in our independent BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Decision Management’. The score amounts to 77%, relative to other vendors. We considered the following factors: performance management and decision support. In total, we examined 30 aspects in this category. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Decision Management’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study.

6. Oracle Mobile Business Intelligence

76%

The company has a good rating in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Mobile Business Intelligence’, given that they score 76% on this, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: push notification, mobile analytics and mobile push notifications. In total, we examined 10 features within this discipline. Are you planning to specialize further in the topic ‘Mobile Business Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

7. Oracle Analytics

69%

The company has a good score in our current BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Analytics’. The score amounts to 69%, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: advanced analytics, geoanalytics, web analytics, customer analytics, retail analytics and marketing analytics. In doing so, we analyzed the following five products: Oracle Essbase, Oracle Database, OBIEE, Oracle Exalytics and Oracle Big Data. In total, we examined 130 aspects in this category. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Analytics’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

8. Oracle Data Connectivity

68%

The vendor Oracle has a good score in our objective BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Data Connectivity’. The score amounts to 68%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: Sharepoint, Salesforce, connectivity and native. In doing so, we studied the following three products: Oracle Big Data, Oracle Big Data Connectors and Oracle Big Data Lite. In total, we examined 91 features within this discipline. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Data Connectivity’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2023.

9. Oracle Big Data

68%

Oracle has a good score in our independent BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Big Data’ with a score of 68%, relative to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: big data analytics and unstructured data. In doing so, we analyzed the following five products: Oracle Big Data, Oracle Big Data Appliance, Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle Big Data Connectors. In total, we examined 59 criteria in this category. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Big Data’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

10. Oracle Multidimensional Models

65%

The company has a good score in our independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Multidimensional Models’. The company scores 65% on this topic, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: OLAP, cube and MDX. In total, we examined 14 criteria in this category. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Multidimensional Models’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

11. Oracle Performance Optimization

63%

Oracle has a good score in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Performance Optimization’ with a score of 63%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: caching and parallel processing. In total, we examined 29 criteria in this category. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Performance Optimization’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.

12. Oracle Data Discovery

61%

Oracle has a good performance in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Data Discovery’ with a score of 61%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: time series, standard deviation, data storytelling and share insights. In doing so, we looked at the following five products: Oracle Big Data, Oracle Analytics, Oracle Analytics Desktop, Oracle Big Data Discovery and Oracle Data Science. In total, we examined 400 features within this discipline. Are you excited about the topic ‘Data Discovery’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

13. Oracle Artificial Intelligence

60%

Oracle has a good performance in our study on the subject ‘Artificial Intelligence’ with a score of 60%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: machine learning, data science, natural language processing, linear regression, business rules, cognitive services and computer vision. In doing so, we analyzed the following three products: Oracle Data Science, Oracle AI Platform and Oracle Retail Analytics. In total, we examined 164 criteria within this section. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Artificial Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

14. Oracle Self-service BI

60%

Oracle has a good rating in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Self-service BI’ with a score of 60%, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: self-service data preparation, self-service reporting and self-service analysis. In total, we examined 14 features within this discipline. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Self-service BI’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

15. Oracle Real-time Analytics

59%

Oracle has a good score in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Real-time Analytics’, given that they score 59% on this, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: real-time, real-time data, data ingestion, near real-time, real-time insights, live connection and real-time data warehousing. In total, we examined 19 criteria in this category. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Real-time Analytics’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.

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In which sectors is Oracle BI & Analytics most active?

In our recently updated, independent BI & Analytics research on, we also looked at which industries a supplier has a track record. These are the industries where Oracle is most frequently used: automotive, banking, biotech, construction, energy, fashion, financial services, food, health care, higher education, hospitality, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, pharma, pharmacy, public sector, restaurants, retail, steel, universities and utilities.

Oracle software is most used by…

The BI & Analytics software from Oracle is most often mentioned in combination with the following functions: data scientists, Database Administrators, director, marketers and product manager.

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Final Verdict: Oracle Analytics scores high

Oracle has a extensive product portfolio with which it scores high in our BI & Analytics survey. Oracle BI & Analytics innovates (approximately) at an average rate of more than 15 features per year, is active (for now) in lots of different sectors, and has developed best in BI infrastructure.

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