Dundas BI

Affordable, flexible solution for manufacturing operations BI

Opmerkingen: We needed a self-service BI solution that would cover manufacturing operations dashboards and use cases. We wanted a tool that would allow for the distribution of centralized common dashboards but also allow for self-service customization. It needed to connect to multiple disparate data sources, and provide native ETL. It also needed to allow for real-time refresh capability. Finally, it needed to be affordable and scalable to our global operations footprint. DundasBI was the only solution that checked all of these boxes, and so far the tool has been a great help to reducing external spend and internal, custom-coded solutions.

Pluspunten:

-Real-time dashboard refresh capability -Built-in ETL -Flexible seat types and affordable licensing -Superior flexibility and customization, without the need for coding -Out of the box performance and usage tracking

Minpunten:

Customization and flexibility come at the cost of a steeper learning curve compared to other solutions.

Amazing Experience for Your Dashboard's Users

Opmerkingen: The Creation GUI is very quirky, but the results are well worth putting up with it.
I have never had an idea that I could not eventually create (sometimes, some java script is needed).
The fact that they expose all of their API tools to the end user is amazing, and allows you to create some awesome things.

Pluspunten:

- Support team is very helpful with basic use cases. - After a dashboard has been created, it looks great and works well for the end user. - People with zero programming experience are able to create dashboards.

Minpunten:

(All very minor things, which might be addressed in future updates) - Data cube creation, metric sets, and dashboards must be created using their GUI- they cannot be generated using scripts or edited as script. - You cannot copy and paste sections of one dashboard or datacube to another. - Data cube nodes cannot be copied. - All programming scripts are stored in an sql database, which means you cannot use version control systems (such as Git Hub).

Powerfully Intuitive: A Review of Dundas BI

Opmerkingen: Overall, Dundas BI is an excellent choice for businesses looking for an intuitive and feature-rich business intelligence platform. It is highly customizable and easy to use, making it a great option for businesses of any size.

Pluspunten:

Dundas BI is incredibly user-friendly and provides a wide range of features to help you easily create powerful dashboards and reports.

Minpunten:

While the dashboard customization options are plentiful, the data visualization tools are somewhat limited and can be difficult to use.

Promising, good and high potential but not there yet

Opmerkingen: Dundas BI is a very good contender in the BI segment and has great potential. At the moment it is a tool for developers proficient with JavaScript and not recommended for end users. There are great potential with DBI. Unfortunately v4 got the wrong focus on non-essential upgrades thus put the bar high for version 5. To compete with Power BI, Tableau and QlikView DBI need much improvement on user-friendliness. If DBI can be really improved on administration and formatting and keeping the flexibility it will surpass most of it's competitors.

Pluspunten:

Relatively easy to get started and creating visualizations and dashboards. The scorecard, which is a kind of repeating panel is brilliant and undervalued. The report is a great addition which makes DBI an all-in-one BI tool. Dashboard layers and pop-ups enhances the experience. Data driven notification adds to a useful experience. ETL cube with data warehouse has powerful transformations and much capabilities. The open API with JavaScript makes it flexible beyond expectations.

Minpunten:

Project and file and content management is amongst the worst in class! This need to be completely changed in v5! It's a frustrating experience to organize content. Auto save is okay, but need to be able to decide where. Check in /out is over-used and add frustration to developing dashboards. Poor cube management; need option to process multiple cubes and have incremential processing as option. Need an equation writer for those who is not proficient in JavaScript. Need more formulas for metric sets. Hidden metric sets in dashboards are a bad idea. Properties tab need complete re-organization.

Impressive BI platform is provided by Dundlas BI.

Pluspunten:

More than 80 different data sources are accessible to me! Dundlas BI is simply amazing. a fantastic, feature-rich business intelligence tool. Both Tableau and Dundlas BI have been used by me. But to be completely honest, I think Dundlas BI is much easier to use. Any organisation looking for a BI tool should use this, in my opinion.

Minpunten:

The only shortcoming of Dundlas BI is that it cannot create customised infographics as quickly as Tableau. In addition, Dundlas BI holds up well against other BI tools that are currently available.