Most popular features of all Business Intelligence & Analytics apps
25 reviewers had the following to say about Dundas BI's features:
The smart drag and drop design tools, the rich set of data visualizations customizable to the lowermost detail, the style and themes feature, turns possible to create rich and interactive dashboards in a breeze!
Pros
The drag and drop feature for creating views is a very productive feature.
Cons
It needs to take a step further and aboard predicted analytics!
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
ts a versatile platform
Pros
It allows to combine data from numerous different data sources (SQL Server, Oracle, SAP BW, Excel, etc.) into combined data cubes allowing the data to be presented in cohesive dashboards and reports that are not broken up by where the data is stored.
Cons
The amazing flexibility of dashboarding tools comes complexity and a bit of a learning curve.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Flexibility - Ability to customize , extend and integrate with one fully programmable platform for data integration , reporting , dashboards and analysis Innovation Easy to use BI solution designed with flexibility and customization in mind including data integration , self-service data discovery , unified single experience and powerful visualizations Enterprise-ready Ease of management with full control .
Flexibility - Ability to customize , extend and integrate with one fully programmable platform for data integration , reporting , dashboards and analysis Innovation – Easy to use BI solution designed with flexibility and customization in mind including data integration , self-service data discovery , unified single experience and powerful visualizations Enterprise-ready – Ease of management with full control .
We have chosen Dundas BI because of its flexibility and the ability to integrate with wide range of data sources, the open API platform that allows to do non-traditional integrations with our in-house systems.
Pros
Flexibility to do whatever you want, Open API and known scripting languages like HTML5 and JS where 99% of your word can be accomplished through drag and drop including preparing the connections to database, you can do all the task which usually have to be done through SQL language by using Dundas and only drag and drop like join, sort , filter, union, aggregation and more.
Cons
The tool doesn't support the 3D Charts even it is clear that 3D charts are not professional.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
All you need is to visit Dundas website and watch the videos and step by step you will be a great developer/designer in dundas BI.
We have been using Dundas BI for over a year now and everyone loves it. The visuals look good,are very customizable and the data loads quickly.
Pros
Quick time to market - drag and drop excel sheet for instant analysis, connect to SQL (including SSAS) easily for quick browsing of data.
Cons
No out of the box funnel chart - I really had to think about a con, I couldn't think of anything I don't like about Dunas BI
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
I used Dundas BI for almost the last two years, Dundas BI is Enterprise end to end solution where you can connect to your data through wide range of data sources available and the ability to add extra data sources through its open API, Dundas BI contain embedded ETL engine to transform the data and it allows for multiple data access options (Datawarehouse, In memory analysis and direct connection to data). by using Dundas BI you can build your dashboards, reports and scorecard with friendly interface and with rich library of visualization charts from bar and pie charts and ending with relationship chart and histogram chart.
Pros
Flexible tool where you can do what ever you want, I beleive that 95% of use cases can be build in Dundas BI as quick-wins and the rest is possible through JS and HTML5.
Cons
I wish Dundas BI to have out the box integration with web-services as this will be helpful and currently not available but it can be done through programming,
Rating breakdown
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
I recommend to watch all videos on Dundas website before trying the tool as this will help the user to get the value of the tool
Pros
Dundas BI has quick responsive support team to seek for development help; plenty of very nice looking visual components; Powerful tool with many features to quickly build up reports.
Cons
lacking of mature version control no source code visibility to do versions comparison on report, data cube, hierarchy etc lengthy click click and click on the UI many hidden tricks to learn bound to MS platform need more detailed api document with advanced usages and samples
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Other
Likelihood to recommend
I am working with Dundas BI since the day it was born (roughly 2014 begining) and I can say that I had only good experiences with it, as long as you know it very well.
Pros
- ease of use - really intuitive - extremly open to external integration, like javascript D3 charts, tools like TinyMCE, picture uploaders etc. - writeback option to send data to a database - R and Python Integration - big array of visualisations and also some interesting ones, like Sankey Driagram, Tree Node Map, Chord Diagram etc.
Cons
- big learning curve for developers - not so self service BI orientated - Dundas diferentiates a dashboard from a report or scorecars, so you have to learn how to do 3 things
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
I rememered how we choosed dundas from 10s of options for to many aspects like flexibility to do whatever you want , variety of data sources and the open API. Moreover, the price od dundas is reasonable comparing to the features that it provides and cheaper comparing to other products in the market.
Pros
Flexibility in design, variety of charts and data sources, open API and the great dundas support
Cons
No 3D charts even it is clear to me that 3D is not professional but some people just like to see it.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
All you need is to get a training on dundas BI or watch the videos on dundas and steo by step you will be great developer of Dundas.
We are well ahead of schedule at moving from our old visualizations to new Dashboard and reports in Dundas.
Pros
Once created a cube can be used immediately to begin providing very high-quality visualization to customers, or super users in analytics-heavy departments can start creating their own visualization for their members.
Cons
For developers there are several things that take a little while to wrap your head around. Retraining ourselves to simplify our queries will make our whole ETL process more maintainable in the future, but it is a paradigm shift that takes a little while.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
I say system because it is more than just a chart generator.
At the moment it is a tool for developers proficient with JavaScript and not recommended for end users.
Pros
Relatively easy to get started and creating visualizations and dashboards.
Cons
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.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
The rendering of graphs, charts and other visualization is very appealing to novice as well as experienced users.
Cons
As the resultant information that Dundas produces are viewed in different kinds of mediums, the responsive design architecture needs to a bit more intuitive and easy to design and develop.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
The training courses will give the understanding and hands on experience is the best way of learning the software.
Pros
The easy to us drag and drop capabilities make going from pure data to visual representations in no time.
Cons
Some features desired still have to be scripted. Some bugs have been found - but none that the support team haven't fixed in future versions.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
Dundas BI allows you to display data with a large variety of visualization that can match nearly any data set.
Cons
Notably with the maps feature and some inconsistencies in data cube construction.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
We do like the flexibility, especially through the open API as well as the performance of the entire dashboard.
Cons
Because the product is very new, I wouldn't call it feature complete yet. On the data visualization side of things, we have everything we need, but we need more options in the (still brand new) ETL module.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
Building simple dashboards can be done in a couple of minutes. Do invest the time to build the most complex dashboard your organization requires to know that all requirements are met.
Pros
easy to use and responsive design is helps users to design their own dashboards and reports without technical support
Cons
For mobile devices, mobile design option should be created in a different option.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
Dundas does the thinking for us with advanced functionality and great canvass components that accomodates large data sets with ease.
Cons
Thou the dashboard construction is really easy and allows for a lot of controls and flexibility.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
Go for a software that is scalable, robust and innovative and has a strong self service and ad hoc reporting. Technology is moving fast, so you want to partner up with the best in the Industry.. Pay attention to the ease of setting up data connectors, if you using multi tenancy the software provider has to cater for such an environment. Also look out for mobile and tablet compatibility.
We have had a great first week learning and building. It has been challenging in the most productive ways and our trainer is amazing! We are all enjoying how interactive and hands on the training is and we appreciate all of the best practice advice up front.
Pros
Dundas BI lets you install, prepare data, visual, and explore your data within minutes.
Cons
There is only a small community of users compared to bigger solutions. It's not the fault of Dundas. It's a niche product and it's something to consider.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
Download the trial and get ready for incredible data discovery.
Never before has the ability to profile previous periods and events had such speed and accuracy (our data goes back over 15 years).
Pros
The flexibility. A developer (license type) can do almost anything imaginable.
Cons
There's a lot of details to attend to, and the complexities can lead to misinformation if you don't continuously validate the visualizations of the data.
Rating breakdown
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
Best ROI in the industry, you'll love their product, and more importantly, their customer support. They really care about my success in using Dundas BI 24x7.
Pros
Everything is self-contained--from security to data extraction to visualization. I don't have to spend time cobbling things together with JavaScript and bailing wire; I can just create dashboards.
Cons
It would be nice if their support hours extended a little later for those of us in the Pacific time zone.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Dundas BI
You should be able to get started using a product you are evaluating quickly. You shouldn't need the full evaluation period to get a feel for the product and start creating something cool.
Metric set color/base changes need to apply automatically to the same metric set where it used in dashboard instead of editing each dashboard and do changes manually.
Pros
Many advantages/functions inside the Dundas BI . example Good Visulizations,Responsive dashboards (mobile friendly), User friendly and easy use for development of dashboards and many more.
Cons
Score cards ,Table & Reports are not responsive and after refreshing the parameterized URL its lost the base parameters (In general case if URL captured with parameter its should hold the parameters even user refresh the URL).
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
