Category: Miscellaneous
OBIEE – Users struggle with it, try really hard to learn and use it, and eventually give up because of its complexity! But organizations love its meta data model, security model, and the governance it provides. Tableau – Users love it, find it easy to learn, and several have become Visualization Ninjas and Zen Masters by learning […]
How does BI connector compare to the native ODBC driver that comes with OBIEE? Why should you use BI connector rather than the OBIEE ODBC driver to connect from Tableau to OBIEE? These are valid questions asked by some of the BI Architects that we have spoken with. After learning about the difference between the […]
For several years Tableau users have wanted a way to connect to OBIEE and visualize the data or mashup OBIEE data with other external data. Before BI connector became available and made it as easy as pie, Tableau users were presented with two options – download the data from OBIEE reports and import it into Tableau or connect […]
Believe it or not, you are not alone. Many companies are still using OBIEE 10g as their business intelligence tool. We have seen several reasons for it. Many organizations do not have time, resources or budget to work on the upgrade. There was one case where the customer allocated significant resources to OBIEE 11g upgrade […]