Critical Capabilities - MicroStrategy

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CriticalCapabilitiesforDeployingEnterpriseAnalyticsandMobilityApplications

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ObjectOrientedReusability

Anobject-orientedarchitecturecatalogseveryaspectofthebusiness.Dataassets,KPIs,dimensions,users,reports,anddashboardsareallstoredinacentrallocationasuniquelogicalobjectstosupportreusability.

MicroStrategyoffersacentralizedmetadatarepositorythatisbuiltwithandcontainsobjects,asdefinedbydevelopers,andcanbereusedacrosstheBIproject.Objectscanbecombinedtocreatehigherlevelobjects(e.g.,attributesandmetricsmakeupareport;reports,filters,andpromptsmakeupadocument;documents,andotherreportscanbeembeddedintoadocument-allofwhicharestoredas"metadataobjects"),andthistogetherdeliversasingleBIprojectoradatamodel.•ThereusablemodelenablesobjectsacrosstheBIdeploymenttobesecurelyreusedhundredsoftimesbyusersacrosstheenterprise,withoutanyduplicationofeffort.•Themodelnotonlyincludesdimensionsandmetrics,butalsocoversfilters,reports,prompts,customgroups,reports,dashboards,anddocuments-makingitpossibletoflexiblyreusealloftheseobjectsmultipletimesacrossanyapplicationandBIproject.•Changesormodificationsmadetoanyobjectinthemetadataautomaticallyproliferatestoallotherdependentobjects.Thiseliminatestheneedtomanuallyupdatethechangesacrossthedeployment,whichisparticularlyhelpfulforlargerBIprojects.•Thereusablemodelhelpsensurefasterdevelopmenttimes,increasedplatformscalability,efficientmanagement,andalsomaintainsasingleversionofthetruth.

DataGovernance

Uniquedefinitionstoeverydimensionandmetricboundtogetherbystrictrulesthataredefinedbyalogicalmodel,thusensuringasingleversionofthetruth

TheMicroStrategymetadatamodelmakesitpossibleforanyonewiththerightprivilegestopromotenewandexternalcontenttotheServerandtieittoacertifieddatamodel,allwitheasyworkflows.•Itispossibletomapthemetadataatthedimensionlevel,aswellasthecubelevel,givinguserstheflexibilitytocontrolthedatathatispublishedtothemodel.•Theplatformsupportsgovernancefordatafromdisparatesources,evenexternalnon-certifiedsources,thathelpsbuildasystemofrecordthatuserscantrust--whilealsodeliveringflexibilitytoendusers.•Beyondtheabilitytogovernexternaldatasources,theplatformoffersgranularsecurityfeaturesthatallowprojectownersanddatastewardstograntpermissionsandprivilegestotherightpeople.Thisdeliversdatasecurityandalsopersonalizesreportsanddashboardstoendusers.•WorkflowsavailablewiththeMicroStrategyplatformtopromoteexternaldataintothesystemofrecord,combinedwiththeflexibilityofthesystemtodeliverself-serviceaccesstobusinessteamswillincreasetheoveralladoptionoftheBIplatform.

UserSecurity Rolesandprivilegesthatassignrestrictionstousersandgroupsensurethatendusersonlyseepersonalizedandrelevantcontentandareonlyabletoperformauthorizedactions.

ThesecuritymodelwithintheMicroStrategyplatformisbuiltaroundusersandusergroups,whicharerepresentedaslogicalmetadataobjects.Thisensuresthatdataissecuredatthemostgranularlevels.•Securityfiltersbasedondimensionvalueshelpensurethatusersarerestrictedtoonlyseedatathatisrelevanttothem.Thiseliminatestheneedtobuildmultiplecopiesofthesameapplication,andmakesitpossibletooptimallyscale.•WithMicroStrategy'stools,administratorscanapplyAccessControlLists(ACLs)tolargeusergroups,restrictingtherangeofdataobjectstheycanaccessoractionstheycanperform,andspecifyingthescopeoftheirprivilegesintheenvironment.•WithUsher,itispossibletoprovidesecuredigitalauthenticationoptions,includinggeo-fencingandtime-fencingcapabilities,makingitpossibletorestrictuseraccessbasedonlocationandtime.

Scalability Deliveranalyticstoeveryoneacrosstheenterprise,andbeyond.Allow1000sofusersto

MicroStrategyisoptimizedinitsdesignforenterprisescaleandspeed;assuch,theplatformcansupporttheanalyticalreportingneedsof100softhousandsofusersacrosstheenterprise.•Theplatformcanbeclusteredwithupto8nodeswithwork-anduser-

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Scalability Deliveranalyticstoeveryoneacrosstheenterprise,andbeyond.Allow1000sofuserstoleverageanalyticswithoutsacrificingperformanceandwithoutrestrictionsondatasize.

MicroStrategyisoptimizedinitsdesignforenterprisescaleandspeed;assuch,theplatformcansupporttheanalyticalreportingneedsof100softhousandsofusersacrosstheenterprise.•Theplatformcanbeclusteredwithupto8nodeswithwork-anduser-fencingoptionstohelpensureperformanceandreliabilityacrosstheentireuserpopulation.•Theplatformhasnorestrictionsondatasizeforeitherdirectorin-memoryaccesstodata•MicroStrategycustomersareleveragingtheplatformtostoredatausingin-memorycubeswithover2billionrowswhiledeliveringsub-secondresponsetimestotheirend-users.•MicroStrategyistheonlycomprehensiveanalyticsvendorthatsupportsbigdataanalyticswithnativeconnectorstoHDFStoaccesspetabytesofdatainrealtime.

Performance Publishanddeliverinformationtoend-userswithquickresponsetimes,anddeliveranalyticswithoutbeingimpededbydatasize.

MicroStrategyemploysavarietyofstrategiestoincreasetheoverallperformanceoftheplatform,makingitpossibletodeliversub-secondresponsetimes-evenwithlargedatasets.•MicroStrategywasamongthefirstBIvendorstosupportpush-downanalyticalfunctionsacrossallleadingdatabases.Thiscapabilityhelpsdrivecomputationsintelligentlytothedatabasewhenneeded,therebyimprovingtheoverallresponsetimetoendusers.•Theplatformcancreatemultipleparallelthreadstothedatabase,increasingthespeedatwhichdataisfetchedfromthewarehouse.•WhereasotherBIvendorsattempttoimplementcachingatasinglelevel,MicroStrategyimplementsself-tuningstrategiesthatcreatecachesatkeypointswithinthequeryflow.TheServercachesdatainthefollowingcrucialareas:Metadataobjectcaching,attributeelementcaching,databaseconnectioncaching,resultcaching,anddocumentcaching.•Theplatformisbasedonanin-memoryarchitecturethatcanpartitioncubesandprocessdatainparallel,makingitpossibletoprocesslargercubesthanothervendorsinthemarket.•VLDBsettingsareavailabletofine-tuneandoptimizeconnectivityforeverytypeofdatasource,deliveringcustomsettingstoorganizationswithuniquedeployments.

Automation ReduceburdenonITadministrators,especiallywithlargescaledeployments,bycuttingdownonroutineorredundanttasks.

•MicroStrategyofferstoolsthatallowadministratorstomaintainandupgradesystems,automateworkflows,andensuresuperiordataqualityandsecurity,withoutredundancies.•Theplatformallowsadminstoreducethetimeandeffortspentonroutinemaintenanceandadministrativetasks,likemovingassetsfromtesttoproductionenvironments,tocheckingthedataqualitybetweenupgrades,andschedulinghealthchecksandtaskswithworkflows.•Beyondadministrativetasks,datauploads/refreshesandscheduleddeliveriescanbeautomatedaswell,whichremovestheburdenfromITandhelpsreduceoverallTCO.

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Monitoring Easilymonitor,maintain,manage,fine-tune,andautomateactionsandworkflowstoensurethehealthofthesystem.EliminateredundanttaskstoreduceoverallTCO.

•MicroStrategyofferstoolsthatallowadministratorstomonitoreveryenvironmentinaMicroStrategydeployment,acrossmultipleprojectsandevenservermachines-bothon-premisesandinthecloud.•Theinterfaceenablesadministratorstoquicklyandeasilyviewusagepatterns,systemresources,uptime,andalertsacrossenvironments.•Theplatformcollectsinformationfromeachenvironment’sHealthCenter,andpresentskeyusageandperformanceindicatorsusinggraphsandcharts.•Administratorscandefinethresholdsforsystemusageandperformancethatautomaticallytriggeralertswhenthresholdcriteriaaremetorexceeded.•Beyondthe100sofOOTBreportsanddashboardsavailablewiththeplatform,administratorscanbuildtheirownreportswithcustomKPIstomeasureplatformusage.

Deployment Optionstodeployonanyinfrastructure,regardlessofsize,team,orhardwareresources,thusreducingoverallTCOandmaintenancerequired.

MicroStrategydeliversflexibleoptionsfordeployinganalyticsacrosstheenterprisewithon-premises,cloud,andhybridoptionsforteamsofanysize.•TheplatformissupportedonbothWindowsandLinux,andcanbeclusteredwithupto8Servernodes.•PartneringwithAWS,theleadingcloudvendor,MicroStrategyallowsorganizationsaroundtheworldtospinupinstancesforenterpriseanalyticsandmobilityinminutes,allowingcompaniestostartsmallandexpandasneeded.•Pre-configuredenvironmentsinthecloudcanbecreated,managed,maintained,andupgradedwithself-serviceconsoles,enablingextremelylowTCOs.

HighAvailability

Robustarchitecturethatprovidesthehighestuptimeforuserstoalwayshaveaccesstothesystem,withprovisionsandtuningmechanismsforincreasedsystemstabilityandbetterfailovermanagement.

•WithMicroStrategy,usersacrosstheorganizationcanaccessreliableanalyticsdeliveredonarobustarchitecturethatisdesignedforenterprisescale,performance,andstability.•Disasterrecoveryandfailoveroptionsalloworganizationstoavoiddowntimesforend-users.Systemadministratorshavethechoicetosetuphot,warm,orcoldfailoverstrategies(forbackupnodes)dependingonthehardwareresourcesavailabletothem.•Clusteringandworkfencingcapabilitiesmakeitpossibletoproactivelypreventservercrashesbydeflectingheavyjobstospecificserversortimeperiods.•Reliablegovernorsateverylevelofthequerypathmakeitpossibletoavertsystemcrashes,evenunderpeakuseranddataloads.

In-memoryArchitecture

Architecturethatcanhostterabytesofdatain-memorymakingitavailabletoend-userswithfasterresponsetimes.

•TheMicroStrategyplatformenablesorganizationstotakeadvantageofin-memorycubetechnology,whichincreasesperformancebyreducingtheneedtoaccessdatadirectlyfromthedatawarehouse.•MicroStrategyin-memorycubescanbequicklyloadedwithdatausingparallelthreadsfromthedatabasewhichcanalsobeoptimizedandfine-tunedforspecificdatabases.•Dynamicsourcingisaplatformcapabilitythatautomaticallyroutesqueriestothefastestavailabledatasource—whetherit’sacache,acube,ortheoriginalrelationalsource,thushelpingmaximizeperformanceandthroughput.•MicroStrategy'sparallelprocessingandpartitioningcapabilitiesdifferentiateitfromothervendors,helpingtoboostprocessingspeedsinsituationswherethereareterabytesofdatastoredinmemory.

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Self-ServiceDataDiscovery

Intuitiveworkflowsforend-userstoaccess,visualize,analyze,andshareinsightswithoutthesupportofIT.

MicroStrategydifferentiatesitselffromotherpointsolutionsbycombiningtheease-of-useofdataexplorationwithenterprisecapabilitiesincludingscalability,performance,security,andgovernance,inasingleplatform.•MicroStrategyDesktopandWebprovideaccessto80+datasources,fromExcelspreadsheets,torelationalsources,bigdata,Cloudservices,Hadoop,andmore.•Built-intoolsareavailablefordatapreparation,aswellastheabilitytoblenddataacrossmultiplesources.•ItprovidestheabilitytovisualizedatawithanychartorgraphnativelyandoffersworkflowstoincludeD3,Highcharts,GoogleCharts,andotherlibraries(includingopensourceandNLGoptions)•Includeseasysharingoptions(PDF,email,sendtofilelocation,print,andmore),andworkflowstopromoteexternaldataintoagovernedmodel.AlsosupportsoptionstoexporttoPDFandemailoptions.•MicroStrategyiscompatiblewithMacandWindowsPC.AnalystscanquicklysetupandinstallMicroStrategywithoutITsupport.•Theplatformsupportsadvancedanalyticswith350+out-of-the-boxfunctions,andcanalsointegratewithR.

OptimizedDataConnectivity

Driversandgatewaysthatdeliverinstantandreliableaccesstoavarietyofdatasourcesandinformationinanyformat,regardlessofsize.

•MicroStrategynativelysupports100softhemostpopulardatasources,fromExcelspreadsheettorelationaldatabases,cloudsystems,HDFSandmore.•OrganizationscanalsobuildtheirownconnectorstocustomdataassetswithAPIs,allowingthemtoconnecttoanynewsourceavailableinthemarket.•Eachconnectorisoptimizedforhighperformance,withtheabilitytointelligentlypush-downcalculationstothedatabaseswhenneeded,generatemulti-passSQL,loadparallelthreadssimultaneously,andcanloaddatawithoutrestrictionsonsizeortype.•EasyworkflowsareavailabletobusinessuserstoblenddataontheirownwithoutITsupport.•VLDBparametersareavailabletofine-tuneandoptimizeSQLgenerationspecifictoeachdatabase.•MicroStrategyleveragesanaggregate-awareSQLgenerationenginetotransparentlynavigateaggregatetables,dynamicallydirectingqueriestosummarytables,withouttheuserhavingtospecifytheuseofthetablewhencreatingthequery.•MicroStrategycangeneratemulti-passSQLtoansweranalyticalquestionsthatcannotbeansweredwithasingleSQLqueryblock,coveringscenariosthatinclude:setanalysis,splitmetrics,andcalculationsatdifferentlevelsofaggregation.

DataPreparationandBlending

Transformandarrangedatatomakeitbettersuitedforvisualexploration,withtheabilitytocreatejoinsacrosstablesfromdisparatesources.

MicroStrategyoffersbuilt-indatawranglingandblendingcapabilitiesandissupportedacrossalldatasources.•EnduserscanperformtransformationsondatapriortovisualizinginformationusingdozensoffunctionsavailableviagraphicalinterfacesandwithoutexportingouttoExcel.•Datawranglingandblendingispossiblebybusinessusersacrossspreadsheets,relationalsources,HDFS,cloudsystems,andotherpopulardatabases.•Userscansplitcolumns,identifyspellingerrors,performtextandnumericfacets,eliminatewhitespaces,pivottables,andperformdozensmoretransformationsbasedonintelligentrecommendationsfromtheproduct.•Historylistsareautomaticallyrecorded,sowhenmorecurrentdataisavailable,theactionsdonotneedtoberepeated.

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EnterpriseReports

Optionstoviewlargevolumesofdatainaneasy-to-readgridformat,withtoolstoperformad-hocanalysisforimproveddecision-making.

•MicroStrategyprovidesaflexiblereportingenvironmentthatleveragesOLAPfunctionalitytogiveenduserstheabilitytoquicklysliceanddicedatafromacrossmultiplesources,usingavarietyofoptions:sorting,pivoting,page-by,drilldown,drillanywhere,totalsandsubtotals,one-clickmetrics,derivedelements,viewfilters,lockheaders,switchbetweengrid/graph,fittocontent/window,andmore.•Withtheabilitytopublishbandedreports,theplatformcanrollupandpresentdynamicaggregatesforlargevolumesacross100sofpagesofdata.•WithMicroStrategy,developerscanquicklydesignoperationalreportsandstatementsusingdrag-and-dropfunctionalityandflexibleformattinginordertostructurelargeamountsofdataintoanaturalhierarchyformaximumreadabilityandeaseofnavigation.•MicroStrategyenablesparameter-drivenreportsbysupportingmoretypesofuserpromptsthananyothervendor,allowinguserstoinputselectionsatruntimetoalterthecontentsofthereports.Optionsincludesimpledimensionprompts,hierarchyprompts,listprompts,objectprompts,valueprompts,levelprompts.

Dashboardsanddocuments

Highlyformattedoptionstoauthor,visualize,andinteractwithdatatoidentifytrendsandoutliersandmakeefficientdecisions.

•MicroStrategydeliversgraphicalWYSIWYGdesignertoolstocreatepixel-perfectdocuments,invoices,statements,scorecards,andinteractivereal-timedashboards,allfromasingledesigneditor.•AllstylesofBIdescribedabovesupportresponsivedesignandcanbeconsumedonanybrowserormobiledevice.•Dashboardsarebuiltonthemetadatamodel,sotheyaresecureandpersonalizedforeachuser,andsupporttransactions,offlineconsumption,andcanbedeliveredinanydesiredformat.•Dashboardssupportad-hocdatadiscoveryacross100sofoptionsandletusersvisualizedatawithaccesstonativeandthird-partychartinglibraries.•Transactionalworkflowscanbeembeddedtoenablewrite-backcapabilitiesforbothwebandmobileapplications.

MobileAnalytics

Consumereportsanddashboardsonmobiledevices,withcompleteinteractivity,inordertoperformanalyticsandmakedecisionswhileonthego.

•MobileisfullyintegratedintotheMicroStrategyanalyticsplatform,soorganizationscanleverageexistingvisualizations,reports,anddashboardstoinstantlydeployBIonmobiledevices.•MicroStrategyMobileenhancesthemobileexperienceoniOSandAndroidbydeliveringnativeappsthatletuserstakefulladvantageoftheuniquecapabilitiesoftheirmobiledeviceswheninteractingwiththeirdata,whilealsobeingabletorelyontransactionandofflinecapabilities.•Withflexible,code-freetoolsandaclick-to-configuredevelopmentcanvas,organizationscanmobilizebusinessworkflowsanddeliverahighlyresponsive,nativeuserexperiencewithappsthatcanbebuiltinrecordtimeandatafractionofthecost.

RealTimeAnalytics

Theabilitytodeliverinstantanalyticsandinsightswheredataisavailableinreal-time.

MicroStrategydeliverstheabilitytovisualizedatafromexternalstreamingapplicationsandtriggeralertsfromthesesources.•Theplatformcaninstantlyingestreal-timefeedsfromStorm,Spark,andKafka.Forotherrelationalsystems,theplatformcanalsosupportdatarefreshesatthesmallestintervals,andcanperformatthespeedofincominginformation.•MicroStrategycanmanagereal-timeinformationandgiveaninstantviewofthedata.•Theapplicationcanalsosendthreshold-basedalertstoanydeviceallowingdecision-makerstotakeinstantandproactiveaction,allinrealtime.•MicroStrategycanalsointegratewithvisualizationsandwidgetsthatsupportreal-timemappingofinformationonbothWebandMobile.

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PredictiveAnalyticsandMachineLearning

Advancedalgorithmsandworkflowsforuserstobeabletoperformsummarizations,optimizations,predictions,statisticalcalculations,orcreatecustomgroups,training,andscoringmetrics.

WithminimalhelpfromIT,MicroStrategyuserscancreateandvisualizeadvancedmetricsandperformthemostcomplexcalculations.•EnduserscanbuildsophisticatedstatisticalandmathematicalmodelswiththenativelibraryoffunctionsavailabledirectlywithMicroStrategy.Theycangeneratepredictive,scoring,ortrainingmetricsusingnativelyavailablealgorithms.•MicroStrategyoffersover350nativefunctions,outofthebox,sothatbusinessusersareabletoperformdataminingandcreatehighlyadvancedstatisticalalgorithmsontheirown,withminimalsupportfromIT.•UserscanintegrateMicroStrategywithdataminingmodelsfromotherapplicationsbyimportingPredictiveModelMarkupLanguage(PMML),SAS,andSPSSintothemetadatarepository.•Theplatformintegrateswiththird-partyoptionslikeRusinggraphicalinterfaces.

BigDataAnalytics

AccessdatafromHadoopandotherdistributedfilesystemswithoutlimitationsonsizeandwithoutexperiencingdropsinperformance.

MicroStrategyistheonlycomprehensiveplatformthatsupportsaccesstobigdatawithnativeconnectorstoHDFSwhilealsoprovidingbuilt-inworkflowsfordatapreparationontopofHadoopdata.•Whetherit’sapersonalspreadsheetoradispersedHadoopDistributedFileSystem(HDFS),userscaneasilyconnecttotheirdatawithoutrelyingonITandwithoutlimitsondatasize.It'seasytoaccessdatafromanyflavorofHadoop,includingCloudera,Hortonworks,andMapR,withcomprehensivesupportforSpark,Kerberos,andthetopfileformats.•WithMicroStrategy,userscanleverageinformationfromclickstreams,webactivity,callcenterlogs,andIDscans-andblenditwithdatafromothersourcesusinggraphicalworkflows.•MicroStrategyconnectstobigdatasourcesandNoSQLoptionssuchasMongoDBandCassandra,andalsoconnectstoHDFSvianativeconnectorstoClouderaHive,Impala,MapRDrill,Pigscripts,SparkSQL,andmore.•WithMicroStrategy,userscanalsolimitandmanagetheamountofdataimportedfromHDFS,orperformaggregationsontopofthedatapriortoimportingitintoMicroStrategyforanalysis.•Userscanalsoapplyadvancedfunctionsandfilterstocontrolandrestricttheamountofdata.

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AutomatedDistributionandAlerting

Distributereports,dashboards,anddocumentstolargeaudiencesinapersonalizedandautomatedmanner.Thishelpstoensuretheon-timedeliveryofinformationtoend-userssotheycanmaketimely,informeddecisions.

MicroStrategyisdesignedforhigh-volume,automateddeliveryofreportsanddashboards.•Theplatformmakesitpossibletoscaledistributionofanalyticalcontentto100softhousandsofusers,withtheabilitytoautomateandschedulethedeliveryofreportsanddashboards,basedontime-,event-,andthreshold-basedalerts.•MicroStrategysupportsthewidestvarietyofdeliverymethods,withoptimalformattingforeachdeviceandapplication.•MicroStrategyprovidesburstingcapabilitiestodeliverslicingorpage-byexecutions,allowingasinglereporttobeextractedfromthedatawarehousethatcanbeparsedintosub-reportsforindividualsubscribers.Thisavoidshavingtorundifferentreportsfordifferentrecipientswhilestillbeingabletogeneratepersonalizedreports.•AlertingcapabilitiescanmonitorKPIvalueswhennewdataisavailableandsenddetailedreportsoralertmessageswhenthresholdsarereached.•SecurityfiltersandACLssetontheuserlevelguaranteespersonalizedandsecureinformationto1000sofuserswiththedeliveryofasingledashboard.•MicroStrategyleveragessegmentationcapabilitiestomanageresourceutilizationinlargescalereportdeliverydeploymentsbyanalyzingthelistofsubscriptionstodetermineifseveralsubscriptionssharethesamecombinationofsecurityandpersonalizationandgroupingthemintobucketssincetheyreceivethesamecontent.

FromburstingandsmartpaginationforPDFexportstothedeliveryofhighlypersonalizedcontent,MicroStrategydeliverssophisticateddistributioncapabilitiesthatmakeitpossibletopublishdataandinsightsacrosstheorganizationwithouttheneedtoinvestinothertechnologies.

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TransactionalWorkflows

Write-backcapabilitiesthatallowmobileuserstosubmittransactionstoERP,CRM,orotheroperationalsystems.

•MicroStrategyprovidesmobilewrite-backcapabilitiesthatletusersupdatesystemsofrecordfromthefield.Userscanchangedataonthefly,insertnewinformation,andviewupdatedreportsanddashboards.•Thesetransactionscanincludeone-tapapprovalsanddenials,inputsforcapturingnewinformation,andeditingexistinginformationinERPsystems,CRMsystems,andotheroperationaldatabases.•Appdeveloperscancreatesmartformsthatarecontextualandconditional,basedonauser’spermissionsorlocation.•MicroStrategyoffersabroadsetofinputcontrols,includingbarcodescanners,signaturecapture,starrating,textandnumberfields,calendar,camera,steppers,sliders,andmore.•TransactionServicescanalsoauto-captureadditionalinformationalongsidetheuserinputstofurtherstreamlinebusinessprocesses.Forexample,theuser’sprofileinformationaswellaslatitude,longitude,andatimestampcanbeincludedinatransactionalsubmissionwithoutrequiringadditionalworkbytheuser.•Userscanaccesstransactionalinputsandformsregardlessofinternetconnectivity.Whenoffline,transactionsarequeuedforsubmissionandexecutedwhentheusernextconnects.

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EmbeddedMultimedia

Abilitytodownloadandviewmultimediafilesonlineandoffline,suchaspresentations,videos,PDFs,andePUBbooksonmobiledevices.

•MicroStrategyprovidesin-appviewingofmultimediacontentincludingvideos,PDFs,images,presentations,spreadsheets,documents,email,andwebcontent—allseamlesslyembeddedinthemobileapp.•Asisthecaseforothercontentintheapp,multimediacanbepre-cachedorstoredforconvenient,offlineaccess.•Therearetwowaystoincludemultimediainapps:HTMLcontainersandtheMultimediaWidget.•HTMLcontainersenableaccesstoanywebcontentbyplacingitdirectlyintheapp'siFrame.URLsprovidelinkstopullupentiredocumentsorwebpages.•TheMultimediaWidgetprovidesaframeworkinwhichtodownload,consume,andstoremultimediafiles.WebDAVfolderintegrationenablesuserstodynamicallybrowseandviewexistingfilesandfoldersinaWebDAVfolder,forexampleinMicrosoftSharePoint.Thismakesiteasyfortraditionallynon-technicalpeople,forexampleinMarketingorHR,todistributeupdatedversionsofcollateralortrainingvideostoemployeesinthefield.•MicroStrategyalsoprovidesawidgetthatisespeciallydesignedforvideos.Theinteractive,elegantVideoPlayerWidget(thatleveragesthenativeOSvideoplayer)loadsandplaysavideofromaremotelocationorfromthelocalcache.Thewidgetcandisplay:videosfromastreamingservicesuchasYouTube,videosfromafileserverlocation,oracachedvideofromtheWebDAVcache.Ifthemobiledeviceisonline,theVideoPlayerWidgetloadsthevideofromtheremotelocationbutissmartenoughtocheckfirstifalocalcachealreadyexistsonthedevice’sWebDAVcachestore.

GeospatialAnalysis

Abilitytodisplaygeospatialdataoverlaidonaninteractivemap(ESRI,GoogleMaps,andcustomimages).

•MicroStrategyabstractsallthegeospatialanalysiscapabilitiesfromthebasemaplayer,socustomerscanleveragewhicheverbasemaptheywant,dependingonexistingmapinvestmentsorpreferences.•MicroStrategyMobileprovidessupportforbuildingmapvisualizationsonESRIandGoogleMaps,aswellascustomimagesasmapswiththeImageLayoutWidget.Thesemapsrenderseamlesslyontheappropriatenativemobilemap(AppleMapsoniOSandGoogleMapsonAndroid).•BothESRIandGoogleMapsdisplaygeospatialdataoverlaidonaninteractivemap.Userscanswipe,scroll,andzoomindirectlyonthemap,orevenfilterthedatashownbyselectingelementswithintheirmobileapp.Datacanbedisplayedusingapinmarker,adensitymap,orabubbletoprovidemultipletypesofanalysiswithineachmap.Inaddition,ESRImapscandisplaydatafromacustomgeographicalregion,suchasthecountiesofastateordistrictswithinacity.Theimagelayoutwidgetallowsappdeveloperstoincludevisualizationsrepresentativeofdifferentgeographicregionssuchascountries,states,andregions,orvisualizationsthatrepresentcustomspatialanalyseslikeastorelayout.

OfflineAccess Abilitytosupportapplicationsinofflinemoderegardlessofconnectivity.Thisincludesinteractivitywithdata,multimediacontent,andtransactionalworkflows.

•MicroStrategyMobileappscanbeconfiguredtoworkentirelyoffline.Thisincludessupportforanalytics,visualizations,multimedia,andtransactions.•MicroStrategyprovidesadvancedofflinefunctionality,including:promptpanelsthatdisplayvalidcachesformultiplepromptscenarios;visualcuessuchasanofflinemodeindicatorandshadingtoindicateavailability;aviewoftransactionqueues;andtheabilitytodeleteoredittransactionsbeforeaconnectionisreestablished.Inasituationwhereauserwantstoavoidusingdata,theusercanmanuallyswitchtoofflinemodeusingtheappsettings.•Whileusersareinofflinemode,mobileusagestatsarestillcapturedandsubmittedtotheserveroncetheuserreconnects.Additionally,data-at-restishighlysecured.Thestoreddataisencrypted;theappcanstillrequirecredentials,andtheofflinecachecanbesettoexpireatadesiredtime.

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MobileClientCachingforHighPerformance

Abilitytocachedataonthedevicetooptimizeappperformance.Deliversub-secondresponsetimesevenwhendealingwithlargevolumesofdata,numerousconcurrentusers,orslow,unreliableconnectivity.

•MicroStrategyoffersthreemaincachingstrategiesthatcustomerscanleveragewhenconfiguringtheirapps:automaticcaching(devicescheckfornewandupdatedcontentandsynccontentinthebackground),pre-cachingfolders(asetofobjectsarepre-cachedwhentheappstarts),andadaptivemobilecaching(theappprioritizesbackgroundcacheloadingbasedonwheretheuserisanddownloadscontenttheuserwilllikelywanttoseebeforetheytaponit).•MicroStrategyhasasophisticatedanalyticalenginewithinthemobileclient,sothemobileclientitselfcanperformcomputationsonlocallycacheddatawithouthavingtogobacktotheserver.Becausethecomputationscanbedonelocallyonthedevice,thisalsohelpstospeedappperformance.•Asa100%nativeapp,MicroStrategyusesOpenGLframeworksavailableonthemobileOSwhichhelptoachievemaximumappperformance.Allofthedrawings(renderings)ofvisualizationsleveragenativedevicedrawingcapabilitieswhichareoptimizedforhighperformance.

PersonalizedAlertsviaPushNotifications

Abilitytosendalertstomobileusersintheformofpushnotifications.Thesenotificationsshouldbetriggeredbypresetthresholds,orbeavailableondemand.

•MicroStrategy’sscalablealertingengineprovidespersonalizedalertstoeveryuser.•Thealertingengineisbasedonarobustdistributionserverthatsupportsmonitoringmultipledatasources100sof1000softimeseveryminuteandcreatingpersonalizedalertsformobileuserswhenasetconditionhasbeenmet.•Thresholdscanbesetonanymetriconanyreport.•Alertsarehandledthroughthedevice’snativepushnotificationsysteminoneofthreeforms:abadge(agraphicassociatedwiththeapplication),ahomescreennotification(amessagewhichtheusercanviewandinteractwith),and/orasound.•Smartbadgescanshowmetricvaluesorthenumberofalerts.

InstantUpdatestoCustomAppswithNoRecompilation

Updateandpublishchangestocustomappswithouthavingtorecompileandredistribute.Changesaredistributedandavailabletouserswithoutrequiringanappupdate.

•MicroStrategyletsappdevelopersmakeupdatesandpublishchangestotheirmobileappswithouttheneedtorecompile(inXcodeforiOSandinAndroidDevelopmentStudioforAndroid)andredistributeapps.Anychangeinfunctionalityorconfigurationisinstantlyreflectedinthemobileappwithoutrequiringtheusertoupgradetheapponthemobiledevice.Thisflexibilityisverypowerfulwhenusersaretryingtooperateonanagiledevelopmentcycle,whereusersneedtoaccessthechangesinstantlywithouthavingtoconstantlyupgradetheirapp.•MicroStrategyalsoprovidesadrag-and-dropinterfacetomigrateappsfromdevelopment,totest,toproductionbyusingMicroStrategyObjectManager.

Customize/WhiteLabel

Abilitytorebrandthemobileappbyincludingcustomizedicons,aswellassplash,launch,andloginscreens.

•TheMobileSDKprovidesappdeveloperswithamultitudeofcustomizationoptions.Thisincludesacode-freeapproachtowhite-labelingandrebrandinganyMicroStrategyMobileapp.•Customizationincludeschangingicons,aswellassplash,launch,andloginscreens.Itenablesdeveloperstomatchcorporatebrandingandlook-and-feelstandards.

NativeIntegrationwithEMMVendors

NativeSDKintegrationwithleadingEMMvendorsAirWatch,MobileIron,andBlackberryDynamics,andAppConfigcommunityguidelines.

•MicroStrategy'snativemobilesecurityfeaturesprovideextensivecapabilitiestoprotectsensitivecompanydata,butMicroStrategyprovidestheflexibilitytoleverageadditionalthird-partycapabilities,includingthoseprovidedbyEMMvendors.•MicroStrategyoffersnativeSDKintegrationoniOSwiththreeEMMproviders:MobileIron,BlackberryDynamics,andAirWatch.MicroStrategyoffersnativeSDKintegrationonAndroidwithAirWatch.•MicroStrategyMobilealsosupportsEMMcapabilitiesviaimplementationoftheAppConfigguidelines,nativelyonbothiOSandAndroid.

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MobileAppUsageMonitoring

Abilitytocollectmobileusagestatisticsandpopulateadatabaseforanalysis.

•Mobileappclient-sidemonitoringcapturespersonalizedanalysiseverytimeausertapsonanappscreen.Statisticsaregatheredontimespentoneachappscreen,explorationpaths,GPSlocation,appusage,devicetype,operatingsystemversion,andcacheusage.•Withthisinformation,appdeveloperscantrackoverallappadoptionandgeo-locationofusage,performcohortanalysis,supportcontinuousdevelopmentcycles,analyzeappperformance,spotnetworkissues,andtrackadoptionratesofnewdevices,operatingsystems,andclients.Thesestatisticsarecriticaltodrivingappenhancementsandtohoningtheappexperience.•Mobileusagestatsarecapturedevenwhileauserisoffline.Oncetheuserreconnects,thestatsaresubmittedtotheserver.

EmbeddedAnalytics

CreateCustomWebApplications

Theabilitytomodifyandextendexistingfunctionality,createacustomwebapplication,embedcontentinportals,orsimplychangethelookandfeelwithpersonalizedbrandingandlogosthroughapplicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs).

•Akeycomponentofanenterprise-classplatformistheabilitytomodifyandextendexistingfunctionalitytomeettheuniqueneedsofanorganization.Forbuildingcustomizedapplications,arobustBIplatformmustprovideaccesstoallofitsfunctionalitythroughAPIs.TheMicroStrategyBIplatformisamodern,sophisticatedservice-orientedarchitecturethatisdesignedforflexibilityandextensibilitysothatitcangrowwiththedemandsofenterpriseapplications.

•TheMicroStrategyWebSDKenablesdeveloperstobuildafull-fledgedwebapplicationorchangethelookandfeelofanexistingwebapplicationwithanintuitivecustomizationtool.TheWebCustomizationEditorisintegratedwiththemostwidelyusedJavaIDE,Eclipse.Withover5000classesexposedintheWebAPI,thisintegrationnotonlysimplifiesdevelopment,butalsoallowsdeveloperstowritetheircodewithoutmodifyinganysourcecodeorout-of-the-boxconfigurationfiles.Thisapproachishelpfulinmaintainingandupgradingcustomizations.

•TheWebSDKalsoallowsdeveloperstowritetheirownWebServicesthatencapsulateMicroStrategyfunctionalityandexposethisfunctionalitytothird-partyapplications.SincetheservicesusestandardprotocolssuchasHTTPorHTTPSandgeneratearesponseinstandardW3C-compliantformatssuchasXMLorJSON,anythird-partyapplication(webormobile)canconsumetheseservicesandembedMicroStrategyfunctionalityintotheirproduct.MicroStrategy'sservice-orientedarchitectureguaranteesefficiencyforeachserviceorcomponentwithnocoderedundancy.Thisarchitectureisinstarkcontrasttotheservice-orientedarchitecturesofotherBIvendors,whichareaproductofdisparate,separatelydevelopedarchitectures,inheritedfrommergers,andmashedtogether.

•Inaddition,MicroStrategyprovidesaplug-inarchitecturethatenablesdeveloperstoextendout-of-the-boxMicroStrategyWebcodewithstand-alonecustomizationswithouttheneedtochangethesourcecode,thus,makingupgradeswithoutrecodingpossible.MicroStrategysupportsthefollowinglanguagesforWebSDK:Java,XML/JSON,JavaScript,and.NET.

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CreateCustomMobileApplicationsiniOSandAndroid

Theabilitytocreatecustomizedmobileapplications,embedBIinthird-partyapps,orrebrandthemobileappbyincludingcustomizedicons,aswellassplash,launch,andloginscreens.

•TheMicroStrategyMobileAPIenablesmobileappdeveloperstocustomizeMicroStrategyMobileappsonAndroidandiOSmobiledevicesbychangingthelookandfeeloftheapp,ordevelopingnewMobileappsthatuseMicroStrategyBIcontent.MicroStrategyprovidesdifferentAPIsforAndroidandiOSdevices.TheflexibilityoftheMobileAPIsenabledeveloperstobuildcustommobileapplicationstoaccommodategrowingneedsoftheorganization.

•TheMobileSDKforiOSconsistsofXcodeprojectsthatallowdeveloperstocompileanddistributecustomMicroStrategyMobileapps.WithoneoftheXcodeprojects,userscanrebrandtheappbyaddingicons,splashscreens,andanappnamethroughsimpleconfigurationchanges.Inaddition,theMobileSDKforiOSenablesuserstoembedMicroStrategyinanexistingapplicationorbuildcustomwidgetsthatcanconsumeMicroStrategydata.

•TheMobileSDKforAndroidletsuserscustomizetheMicroStrategyMobileapplicationtomatchcorporatebrandingrequirements.Italsoallowsuserstopreconfiguretheapplicationtoallowmultipleinstancesoftheapplicationtoexistonasingledevice.

•MicroStrategysupportsthefollowingprogramminglanguagesforMobileSDK:iOS-ObjectiveC,Swift;Android–Java.

EmbedThird-PartyDataasDatasets

Theabilityforthird-partyapplicationstopushdatadirectlyintoaBIapplicationforuseindashboardsorreports.

•Organizationsarealwayslookingtoconnecttoavarietyofsourcesthatmaynotbenativelysupportedwiththeplatform.UsingthePushAPI,organizationscanpushexternaldatainJSONformatusingRESTAPIsintoin-memorycubesontheMicroStrategyIntelligenceServer,souserscanreadilyconsume,process,andanalyzethecorrespondingdata.•MicroStrategymakesitpossiblefororganizationstoleveragenewdataassetsbyenablingapplicationssuchasETLtoolsthatconnecttothesedatasourcesandmovedataintoMicroStrategy.•ThePushAPIenablesthird-partyvendorstogenerateMicroStrategydatasets,thus,unlockingnewend-userworkflowsandopportunitiesforpartnerintegrations.

CreateCustomHTML5Visualizations

TheabilitytoembedorcreatecustomHTML5visualizationswithopensourcelibrariessuchasD3,thatcanbedeployedontopofdatasources.

•MicroStrategyintegrateswiththird-partyandopensourceJavaScriptvisualizations,souserscantellevenmorecompellingstorieswiththeirdata.•MicroStrategyprovidesAPIs,tools,samples,anddocumentationtohelpusersbuildcustomHTML5visualizationsusingopensourceandcommerciallibrarieslikeD3andGoogleCharts.•Userscanbuildoutsupportforfunctionalityincludingselectors,dropzones,colorpalettes,andthresholds.Itisalsopossibletotransformvisualizationsintotext-basednarrativesbyintegratingwithnativelanguagegeneration(NLG)platforms,suchasthoseofferedbyAutomatedInsightsandNarrativeScience.

ExtractSubsetsofDataUsingRESTfulAPIs

Theabilityforcustomthird-partywebapplicationstousetheBIplatformasadatasourcetoextractsubsetsofdatafromareportorexistingcube.

•WithRESTfulAPIs,organizationscanuseMicroStrategyasadatasourcetoquicklyextractsubsetsofpre-processeddatainJSONformat.ThisaddressestheneedsoflargeenterprisesandOEMpartnersthatconsumedatathroughMicroStrategy'sgovernedandsecuredarchitectureviacustomizedbusinessapplications.

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CreateCustomDataConnectors

Theabilitytocreateacustomdatasourcethatuserscanconnecttoandleverageintheirreportsanddashboards.

•Withnewandupdateddatasourcesbeingpublishedbydatabasevendorsalmostweekly,organizationsneedfastaccesstoconnecttoandusethedatastoredinthesevariousdatalocations.•MicroStrategynativelysupports100softhemostpopulardatasourcesandcontinuestoenhanceconnectivitywitheachdatabaseupgrade.•MicroStrategyalsoallowsorganizationstobuildtheirownconnectorstocustomdataassetswiththeDataConnectorSDK.OrganizationscanleverageHTMLandJavaScripttobuildcustomconnectorsfortheMicroStrategyDataImportinterfaceandbuildtheirowncustomizedintegrationsforthesedatasourceswithinMicroStrategy,thus,providingusersaccesstoanydatasourcewithoutwaitingforthemtobecertifiedbytheplatform.

MultitenancySupport

Theabilitytodeployasingleinstanceofasoftwareapplicationtoservemultiplecustomers,whereeachcustomeriscalledatenant.

•MultitenancyenablesanOEM’svariouscustomerstoexperiencecustomapplications,allbuiltonasinglearchitecture.Sharingresourcesresultsinlessadministrativeoverhead,reducedresourceconsumption,andlowoverallTCO.•MicroStrategysupportsaspectrumofmultitenantarchitecturesfromhighisolationtohighsharing.Inaddition,MicroStrategyallowsforpersonalizationinasharedprojectsuchascustombrandingandlogosforeachtenant,personalizedobjectnames,andinternationalizationcapabilities.

EnterpriseCloud

SimplifiedEnterpriseDeployment

TheabilitytoeasilydeployanenterprisecloudenvironmentwithoutITsupport.

•MicroStrategyonAWSwillenablecustomerstodeployenterprisenetworksthatarefullyconfiguredandreadytouseinlessthan30minutes.Thissavesuserstimeandmoneybyeliminatingtheneedtodownload,install,andconfiguretheenvironmentsthemselves.Userscanchoosefromdifferentinstancetypesandsizesbasedoncostorusagerequirements.•Cloudenvironmentscanalsobedeployeddirectlyintoacustomer'sAWSaccountformaximumcontrol.•Userscanlaunch3differentenvironmenttypes,rangingfromanall-in-onesystemtoanenterprise-gradedistributedandredundantsystem.

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GlobalAvailability

Theabilitytodeployenvironmentsglobally.Globaloptionsmakeiteasyforcustomerstodeploytheirenvironmentsclosertohomesotheycanmeetperformance,compliance,anddatarequirements.

•MicroStrategyCloudcandeploydistributedandredundantsystemsinover42AWSAvailabilityZonesin16geographicregionsaroundtheworld.ThisincludescountriesacrossNorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,Asia,Europe,andAustralia.ThisenablesorganizationstodeployMicroStrategyclosertoitsusers.Thisdecreaseslatencyandenablesfasterresponsetimes.Byhavingdatacentersclosertohome,italsoallowsthedataenterstocomplywithlocallawsandregulations.

RegionandNumberofAvailabilityZones

•AWSGovCloud(2)

•USWestOregon(3),NorthernCalifornia(3)

•USEastNorthernVirginia(5),Ohio(3)

•CanadaCentral(2)

•SouthAmericaSãoPaulo(3)

•EuropeIreland(3),Frankfurt(2),London(2)

•AsiaPacificSingapore(2),Sydney(3),Tokyo(3),Seoul(2),Mumbai(2)

•ChinaBeijing(2)

•NewRegions(comingsoon)ParisNingxia

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APIEnabledOperations

JavaScriptframeworksthatprovideanumberofAPIstohelpcustomersbuildapplications.

•TheMicroStrategyCloudAPIgivescustomersunlimitedflexibilitytocreatetheirowncustomworkflows.Customershavetheabilitytobuildpersonalizeduserinterfacesfordeployingandmanagingtheircloudenvironments.ThisempowersdeveloperstoautomatetheirMicroStrategyCloudcapabilities.•ThroughAPIs,itispossibletolaunch1000MicroStrategyinstanceswithasinglelineofcode,resizethemtoanysize,andthenterminatethemoncedone.WithoutAPIs,thiswouldbeamanualprocess.It’seasytointegratewithotherautomationtoolsandtheAPIworkswithanyprogramminglanguage.

CloudSpecificAPIswesupport:•Retrieveorsearchforenvironments•Createnewenvironments•GetEnvironmentContactDetailsList•ResendEmailtotheownersoftheenvironments•Restartenvironment/s•Startenvironment/s•GetEnvironmentStates•Stopenvironment/s•Terminateenvironments•FindenvironmentdetailsbyenvironmentID•UpdateEnvironmentContactDetails•Updateexpirationdateforenvironment•FindalltheinstancesinanenvironmentbyenvironmentID•FindalltheinstancesstateinanenvironmentbyenvironmentID•RestartInstance•StartInstance•StopInstance•Findschedulesbyenvironmentid•Createscheduleforenvironment•Inactivatetheselectedschedulebyscheduleidandenvironmentid•Findschedulebyscheduleidandenvironmentid•Updatescheduleforenvironment•Resizeallserverinstanceorselectedserverinstanceofanenvironment•Createnewenvironments

DisasterRecoveryandFailover

Clusteredserversthatrestorebackupsafterfailuresonoworkortimeislost.

•MicroStrategyCloudclustersenterprisedeploymentswithmultiplenodes,andgivesorganizationstheflexibilitytoaddadditionalnodes.•Clusterednodesprovideloadbalancing,highavailability,failover,andredundancy.Eachnodesynchronizesmetadatainformation,historylists,andreportcaches.Incaseofdisasterorfailure,MicroStrategybackupsarestoredredundantlyacrossmultipleavailabilityzonesandcanbeaccessedandrestoredinanalternateavailabilityzone.ThisaffordszerodowntimeanduserscanalwaysaccesstheirMicroStrategyenvironment.

CentralizedAdministration

Asingleinterfacethatprovidesalltheadministrationtoolstomanageandmonitoranenterprisecloudenvironment.

•MicroStrategyallowsthecustomertostart,stop,andrestartanAWSenvironmentwhileretainingitscontents.Customerscantakeadvantageofstoppingtheirenvironmentstosaveoncosts,especiallyduringnon-peakhours.•ThenewEnvironmentManagertoolallowsuserstoscheduletheseroutinetaskstooccuratspecificdatesandtimes.•ForPOCordevelopmentpurposes,anadministratorcanstopthesemachinesduringnon-peakhourstoreducecosts.•Customersonlypayforwhattheyuse.

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AutoScaling Theabilitytoresizecloudenvironmentsbasedontheconditionsthecustomerdefines.

•MicroStrategyCloudcustomershavetheabilitytoscaletheirenvironmentupordownwithover6differentinstancesizeoptionsfromAWSrangingfrom4vCPUand15.25GiBto64vCPUand488GiBofmemory.•Environmentscanscaleon-demandorschedulebasedonusagepatterns,applicationusagepatterns,anddatasize.Customerscanaddnewusersatanytimeanddeploymultipleenvironmentsandprojectsastheyseefit.•Customerspayforwhattheyuseaccordingtolengthoftime.

SeamlessUpgrades

Upgradetheplatformandcorrespondingserverswithoutanydowntimeoradditionalwork.

BymovingtotheMicroStrategyCloud,customerscanensurethattheyhavethelatestplatformandversionrelease,allowingthemtotakeadvantageofthelatestplatformsecurityandfeatureenhancements.WiththenewCloudEnvironmentManager,customerscanscheduleupgradesduringnon-peakhourstoguaranteeseamlessupgradeswithzerodowntime.Testingandhealthchecksareautomaticallyperformedtohelpensureasuccessfulupgrade.

HighPerformanceandReliability

Maintainhighperformanceandreliabilitywithoutsacrificinguserexperienceorsecurity.

•EachMicroStrategydeploymentisinasingle-tenant,privatecloud.Thisallowsorganizationstocustomizethesoftwaretomeettheirneeds.Queriesrunbycustomerswillnotaffectothers.Eachinstanceisisolatedfromothersformaximumprivacy.

•TheMicroStrategyCloudoperationsteamhasthecloudexpertsandsupporttohelpensurehighperformanceandreliability.WearebackednotonlybyAWS’sworld-classinfrastructure,butalsoAWSexpertswhohelpeddesignandautomateourclouddeployment.OurCloudenvironmentwasbuiltwiththelatestAWStechnologyandaccordingtoAWS’sbestpractices.Ourteamproactivelypatchesinfrastructure,operatingsystems,andapplicationstooptimizeperformancewhiledeterringsecuritythreats.Wehaveprocessesinplacesothatsystemsaremonitored,includingtheanalyticsandmobilityservers.

•MicroStrategyallowsorganizationstoclusterupto8servernodes.Beyondbeingabletofurtherscaleinvolumeofanalyticscontent,thiswillimproveoverallSLAsbyreorganizinglargeclustersforhigheravailabilityandfasterservicerecovery,reduceTCObyconsolidationofmultipleenvironments,andremovefrictiontodeploynewapplicationsandincreaseusercapacity.

DataConnectivityandMigration

Servicesforcustomerslookingtomovetheirdataintothecloudorconnecttheiron-premdatatotheircloudenvironment.

•MicroStrategyprovidesdataconnectivityanddatawarehousesolutionstomeetcustomerneeds.Customersmaychoosetomigratetheirdataintothecloud.WeofferoptionstomigrateintoAmazonRedshift,SQLServerEnterprise,SQLServerStandard,MySQL,orAuroraDWHplatforms.Whencustomerschoosethisoption,MicroStrategybuildsthechosenDWHwithinthesameVPCastherestoftheBIcloudenvironment.MicroStrategyworkswithcustomerstoselectthecorrectsize(CPU/RAM)DWHmachinethatmeetstheirneeds.ETLoptionsarealsoavailable.

•Ifacustomerchoosestomaintaintheirdatabaseon-premorinanotherclouddatasource,atypicalimplementationinvolvesestablishingaVPNconnectionbetweentheMicroStrategyCloudanditsdatabaseordata.Theperformanceofthisarchitecturecanvarybasedonavarietyoffactors,includingthephysicaldistancebetweentheMicroStrategyClouddatacenterandthecustomerdatasource,thelatencyofthedataconnection,thebandwidthoftheconnection,theamountofusage,itsqueryintensiveness,thequery-responselatencyofthecustomerdatasource,andothervariables.

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DataSecurity Securitytoprotectcustomerdata24/7/365.

•MicroStrategyCloudsecuritymeetsorexceedsindustrystandardsandbestpractices.MicroStrategyimplementsstrongcontrolpracticestoeffectivelymaintainthesecurityandavailabilityoftheMicroStrategyCloudandassociateddata.Wehelpensurethatyourdataissecureatnetworkandapplicationlevelsfromanyattacks.WefollowthelatestindustrystandardsonmanycompliancesandcertificationssuchasSOCI&II,HIPAA,PCI,andPrivacyShield.

EnterpriseIoT

DigitalBadge Useasingledigitalidentifiertotrack,report,andmanagealluserinteractionswithenterpriseassets.Thebadgeverifiesidentitiespriortograntingaccesstoenterpriseassets.

•MicroStrategy,viaUsher,deliverssmartphone-baseddigitalbadgesthatprovideseamlessaccesstophysicalandlogicalassetsacrosstheenterprise.•Digitalbadgesreplacephysicalbadges,keyfobs,passwords,andotheridentifierswithdigitalcredentialsdeliveredviaamobileapp.Badgesarebrandedbytheissuingorganizationandaredynamicallyandsecurelylinkedtoanindividuals'privilegesandaccessrights.•Badgescanberemotelyissuedandrevokednearlyinstantaneously.Theyareprovisionedviasecure,out-of-bandmeans,andtheirusecanbegatedbybiometric,geographical,ortemporalconstraints.•Thedigitalbadgeprovidesauniqueidentifierthatcanbeusedbyanysinglebadgetovalidatetheidentityofanyotherbadge.Italsoprovidesone-timepasscodesforasecondfactorofauthentication.

PhysicalAccess

Controlandmanageaccesstoanyentrywayacrossanenterpriseusingadigitalbadgetoenhanceorreplaceexistingaccesscardsforemployees,contractors,andvisitors.

•MicroStrategyprovidessmartphone-basedphysicalaccessfunctionalitypre-integratedwithleadingPACSvendors.Usherworkstoconsolidatemultiplephysicalaccesscontrolsystemsthroughoutanenterprise.•WithanOpenAPImodel,MicroStrategycanintegratewithpartnerphysicalaccesscontrolsystems,buildingautomationsystems,manufacturingsystems,InternetofThings(IoT)grids,andnetworksandmanagementsystemstodelivermoreadvancedfunctionalityandimplementationoptionstocustomers.

LogicalAccess

AccessalltypesofdigitalassetsinanorganizationincludingBIapplications,webapplications,VPNs,andworkstationsfromasinglepoint.

•MicroStrategyprovidessecuredigitalidentitythatallowsuserstoaccessnearlyanysysteminanenterprise(devices,applications,andVPNs)fromasinglepoint.InordertobothprotectthecurrentITinvestmentsofcorporationsaswellasenablefutureinvestments,logicalaccesswithMicroStrategyiscompatiblewithbothindustry-standardprotocolslikeSAMLandRADIUSaswellasemergingstandardssuchasOpenIDConnect.

BluetoothSensing

Enablecontextualinteractions,security,andseamlessuserexperiencesviaBluetoothdeliveringreal-timelocationalawarenessofenterpriseassets.

•IntheMicroStrategyplatform,Usher’sBluetooth(BLE4.0)integrationenablesreal-timemicro-locationalawarenessofenterpriseassetsaswellastouch-freephysicalandlogicalaccess.•Thisallowsthousandsofuserstoprojecttheiridentityandmoveaboutacorporateenvironmentaccessingdoorwaysandsystemssecurelywithdrasticallydecreasedamountsoffriction.TheBluetoothsensingcapabilitycanalsobeconfiguredtologproximityataparticularplaceandtime.

BarcodeScanner

TrackenterpriseassetsbyscanningbarcodesorQRcodeswheneverauserinteractswiththem.Thisabilitysetsthefoundationforseamlessrepair,maintenance,andinventorymanagementofenterpriseassets.

•TheintegratedbarcodescannerinMicroStrategybadgescanscanvirtuallyanykindofQRorbarcodetag,securelyloggingalinkagebetweenanemployeeandaproduct,machine,oranyvaluableenterpriseasset.•ThiscapabilityallowsthetrackingofofflineassetsusinglabelsandtagswithbarorQRcodesandcanimproveprocessauditingandenforcementforcustomerservice,maintenance,andmore.Scanningbarcodeshelpstakedatafrommultiplecomponentsandsystemsandcombinethemtoimprovethepredictabilityofperformanceissuesthatariseinday-to-daybusinessoperations.

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Communication&Collaboration

Empowermanagementanddecision-makingtobemoretimely,informed,andcollaborativethroughdirect,in-app2-waymessagingbasedonlocationandsystemsaccess.

•TheUsherout-of-the-boxproductivityapplicationallowsmanagerstoquicklyidentify,verify,coordinate,andcommunicatewithotherusers–eitherin-personorbyremotelocation.•UsershavethecapabilitytoexchangemessagesfromanyclientinterfaceviatheIdentityserverastheintermediary.Thisfeaturesupportsanumberofusecasesincludingemployeesafety,support,andcoordination,particularlyforfieldworkforcesorduringspecialevents.

Real-timeTelemetry

Generateconsumablereal-timeintelligenceviadigitalidentityinteractionswithalltypesofenterpriseassets(physicalandlogical)andconstituents.

•WithMicroStrategyUsherbadges,userpresenceandactionscreatereal-timetelemetryviaanApacheKafkaCluster–anopen-sourceprogramdeliveringadistributed,partitioned,andreplicatedcommitlogservicesupportingreal-timedataprocessingandbigdatavolumes.Thistelemetrydataisarichandunderutilizedsourceofinformationthatisthekeytounlockingasmarter,moreproductiveworkforce.Toexpeditevaluecreation,MicroStrategyhelpsorganizationsefficientlycreateandharnessmassiveamountsoftimelyinformationarrivingfromEIoTdevices.

OTBReportingModule

Deployreportingbasedontelemetry,pullingdatafromallassetsandaccesspointstodeliverinsightintooperationsandcomplianceinaunified,“singlesourceoftruth”dashboard.Reportsshouldbecustomizablewiththeabilitytoblenddatafromotherenterpriserepositories.

•UsherAnalyticsisaMicroStrategyprojectincludedout-of-the-boxwithabadgeimplementation.MicroStrategytakescareoftheETLprocessessoaccessandauthorizationdatageneratedontheback-endisautomaticallyloadedintoadatawarehouseandleveragedbyapre-builtdataschema.Thisprojectincludesmultipledashboardsandamobileapplicationforvisibilityintointeractionsbetweenenterpriseconstituentsandassets.

IntegrationwithDirectoryServices

Synchronizetodirectoryservicesastheauthoritativesourceforemployeerecordsandattributes.Supporttheenforcementofdirectoryprovisioningforauthorization(privileges,entitlements,andrestrictions).

•WithintheMicroStrategyplatform,UsherNetworkManagerhaspre-builtdirectoryintegrationswithMicrosoftActiveDirectory,AWSDirectoryServices,andOktaUniversalDirectory.UsherisalsocompatiblewiththeOpenLDAPstandard.ThisallowsMicroStrategytoquicklyissuestandardizedcredentialstoallusers,eveninorganizationswhichutilizemultipleidentityrepositories-orevenmanuallyaddtemporaryuserswhodonotexistinanyrepository.

IdentityServer Manageanetworkofusersbyconfiguringrelationshipsthatprompt,enable,orsecureinteractionsamongemployeesandassetswithinthenetwork.IdentityServersenableadministratorstocreate,configure,distribute,revoke,andmanagedigitalidentitieswithuserbadges.

•TheMicroStrategyUsheridentityserver,whichassignsandissuesdigitaltwinstousersintheformofbadges,isFIDOAlliance-certifiedonaUAFprotocolfordeliveringpassword-freeauthenticationbasedonpublickeycryptography.Itisstronglyresistanttophishingandcanmakeuseraccesssubjecttogeographicandtemporalconstraints.

TheUsherserverarchitectureisbuilttoensurethatonlyauthorizedbadgeuserscommunicatewiththeidentityserver,andonlyfromauthorizeddevices.TheUsherserverhasthesoleauthoritytoconvertamobiledeviceintoanauthorizeddevicethroughaprocessthathelpsensurethatroguedevicesorapplicationswillnotbeabletocommunicatewiththeidentityserver.Theidentityserverprovidessupportforencryptionofdataatrestandintransit,encryptionkeymanagement,andtransactionloggingtiedtoanindividualuser’sidentity.

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100%FocusonEnterpriseAnalytics

Corebusinessisexclusivelyfocusedonenterpriseanalytics.

•MicroStrategyisdedicatedtoasinglebusinessline,exclusivelyfocusedonenterpriseanalyticsandmobilitysoftware.•MicroStrategy’smissionistoprovideenterprisecustomerswithaworld-classsoftwareplatformandexpertservicessotheycandeployuniqueintelligenceapplications.

PlatformCohesion

Cohesionisanimportantconceptinsoftwaredesignbecauseitreducescomplexity,enhancessystemmaintainabilityandincreasesreusability,whichtogetherpromoteperformance,scalabilityandelegance.

•MicroStrategy10hasaunifiedplatformarchitectureuniquelysuitedtodeliverhigh-performanceapplicationsthatarehighlyreusableandsecure,andcanmeetthebusinessintelligencedemandsofvarioususersandorganizations.•Sinceitsinception,MicroStrategyhasbeendevelopingitsplatformtechnology100%organically.

VisionaryCEO

CEOanticipatesanddrivestechnologytrendsintheenterpriseanalyticsindustry.

•MicroStrategy’sCEO,MichaelSaylor,hasanticipatedtechnologytrendssuchasmobiletechnology’stransformationofbusinessoperations,andledthecompanythroughmultiplewavesofinnovationsuchasclient-server,web,mobile,cloudandenterpriseinternetofthings.•Mr.SaylorisalsotheauthorofTheNewYorkTime’sbest-sellingbook,“TheMobileWave.”

CEOEngagementwithCustomers

CEOengagesdirectlyandsubstantiallywithcustomersaroundtheworld.

•MicroStrategy’sCEOdirectlyengageswithcustomersaroundtheworldbypersonallyparticipatinginamajorityofthe100+SymposiumeventsthatMicroStrategyholdsperyearin35differentcountries,inadditiontoothercustomermeetingsandeventsonaregularbasis.

TenuredExecutiveTeam

Executiveteamhasextensiveexperienceinenterpriseanalyticsandmobility.

•MicroStrategy’sCEOandCTOcollectivelyhaveover50yearsofexperienceinenterpriseanalyticsandmobility.•Additionally,MicroStrategy’sCEOhassciencedegreesfromMITandmorethan50patentstohisname,andhasbeenthedrivingforcebehindMicroStrategy’stechnologysinceitsinception.

ShareholderAlignment

Principalshareholderandmanagementinterestsarealignedwiththecompany’slong-termsuccess.

•Mr.Saylor,thecompany’sChairmanoftheBoard,President&CEO,foundedMicroStrategyin1989andhasbeenthecompany’scontrollingshareholdersinceitsinception.Accordingly,shareholderandmanagementinterestsarefullyalignedinpursuingMicroStrategy’svisionandlong-termsuccess.

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PubliclyTradedCompany

Withgreatertransparency,stabilityandaccesstofunding,apubliclytradedcompanygenerallyhasastrongermanagementteam,instillsgreaterconfidenceincustomersandhasmorefinanciallevers.

•Havinggonepublic18yearsago,MicroStrategyisamaturepubliclytradedcompany.

StrongFinancials

Aprofitableorganizationwithastrongbalancesheetcanbetterwithstandmarketvolatilityandfluctuations.

•MicroStrategyhasbeenprofitableoverthelast13years,withcombinednetincomeof$197millionoverthelast2fiscalyearsandanoperatingmarginof21%for2016.•Inaddition,MicroStrategy’sbalancesheetisstrongwithzerodebt.

WorldwideSalesPresence

Companyhastheabilitytodirectlyengagewithorganizationsaroundtheworld.

•MicroStrategyhasofficesin26countriesacrosseverymajorregionoftheworld.

WorldwideServicesPresence

Companyhastheabilitytoprovidesupportandservicestocustomersaroundtheworld.


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•Tableau’ssolutionfora“semanticlayer”isaccomplishedwithTableauDataSources.TheTableauDataSourceisthedocumentthatconnectstothedatarepository,joinsthedata,andmaintainsadditionalcalculations.BuildingaTableauDataSourceisdoneinTableauDesktop,usedtocreatevisualizations,dashboards,andreports.•TableauDataSourceneedstobepublishedseparatelyfromtheTableauWorkbook,otherwiseitbecomesembeddedandnotreusable•UsersareadvisedtopublishtheTableauDataSourcetotheTableauServerfromtheDesktoptool.Then,createanewTableauWorkbookdocumentandconnecttothatTableauServerDataSource.ThispublishedDataSourcebecomeswhatTableaucallsthesemanticlayer.Rulesandcalculationscanbemaintainedhere.MultipleTableaudocumentscanbecreated,allpointingtothisTableauDataSource,andreusingthesamemetrics.

•Tableaudeploymentstypicallyinvolvemultipledatamodelseachtiedtoaspecificdatasource.Withthisfragmentedapproach,usersareunabletoleverage"metadata"objectsacrossallthedatasources.

•Tableauusershavelimitedabilitytoreusemetadataobjectstiedtospecificdatasources(suchascalculatedmetrics,customgroups,hierarchies)acrossworkbooksandunderlyingdataextracts.Forinstance,afilterobjectcannotbereusedtodefineametric,andametriccannotbeusedwithinafilterdefinition.

•IfTableauusersneeddifferenttypesofjoinstoanalyzedata,theyneedtocreatespecificcubesforeachdashboard.Thisnecessitatesmoreworktomaintainsynchronization,andincreasesmemoryusage.

•Fieldsinthedatamodel,suchascalculationsandparameters,canbecopiedandpastedintootherdatamodels,butit’samanualprocess.

•Tableau’slimitedobjectreusabilityforcesdeveloperstorepeatedlycreatethesameobjectdefinitions,whichishighlyinefficient.Theythenmustredefinethosedefinitionsinmultipleplacesanytimeacommonbusinessdefinitionchanges,creatingatediouschangemanagementprocess.

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TheMicroStrategymetadatamodelmakesitpossibleforanyonewiththerightprivilegestopromotenewandexternalcontenttotheServerandtieittoacertifieddatamodel,allwitheasyworkflows.•Itispossibletomapthemetadataatthedimensionlevel,aswellasthe

•UnlikeMicroStrategy,Tableaudoesnotsupportacertified,enterprise-widelogicaldatamodelandisnotarchitectedforenterprisedeployments.Tableauenablesindividualuserstoexploredata,

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•Tableau’ssolutionfora“semanticlayer”isaccomplishedwithTableauDataSources.TheTableauDataSourceisthedocumentthatconnectstothedatarepository,joinsthedata,andmaintainsadditionalcalculations.BuildingaTableauDataSourceisdoneinTableauDesktop,usedtocreatevisualizations,dashboards,andreports.•TableauDataSourceneedstobepublishedseparatelyfromtheTableauWorkbook,otherwiseitbecomesembeddedandnotreusable•UsersareadvisedtopublishtheTableauDataSourcetotheTableauServerfromtheDesktoptool.Then,createanewTableauWorkbookdocumentandconnecttothatTableauServerDataSource.ThispublishedDataSourcebecomeswhatTableaucallsthesemanticlayer.Rulesandcalculationscanbemaintainedhere.MultipleTableaudocumentscanbecreated,allpointingtothisTableauDataSource,andreusingthesamemetrics.

•Tableaudeploymentstypicallyinvolvemultipledatamodelseachtiedtoaspecificdatasource.Withthisfragmentedapproach,usersareunabletoleverage"metadata"objectsacrossallthedatasources.

•Tableauusershavelimitedabilitytoreusemetadataobjectstiedtospecificdatasources(suchascalculatedmetrics,customgroups,hierarchies)acrossworkbooksandunderlyingdataextracts.Forinstance,afilterobjectcannotbereusedtodefineametric,andametriccannotbeusedwithinafilterdefinition.

•IfTableauusersneeddifferenttypesofjoinstoanalyzedata,theyneedtocreatespecificcubesforeachdashboard.Thisnecessitatesmoreworktomaintainsynchronization,andincreasesmemoryusage.

•Fieldsinthedatamodel,suchascalculationsandparameters,canbecopiedandpastedintootherdatamodels,butit’samanualprocess.

•Tableau’slimitedobjectreusabilityforcesdeveloperstorepeatedlycreatethesameobjectdefinitions,whichishighlyinefficient.Theythenmustredefinethosedefinitionsinmultipleplacesanytimeacommonbusinessdefinitionchanges,creatingatediouschangemanagementprocess.

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•UnlikeMicroStrategy,Tableaudoesnotsupportacertified,enterprise-widelogicaldatamodelandisnotarchitectedforenterprisedeployments.Tableauenablesindividualuserstoexploredata,regardlessofthesourceorvalidityofthatdata.Asusersgeneratetheirown"siloed"datamodels,thepotentialforproliferatinginvalidorinconsistentdataacrosstheenterprisegreatlyincreases.

•Tableaulacksthecentralizeduseradministrationneededtoenforcedatasecurity.UnlikeMicroStrategy,Tableauhasnooverarching,automatedmechanismtocontinuouslyensurethatusersseeonlythedataappropriateforthem,basedontheirrolesandprivileges.

•TableauDesktopisusedtocreatethelogicaldatamodel,butitsWebimplementationdoesnothavethesameparity.Datamodeleditingisnotsupportedontheserver.Storiescannotbecreatedormodifiedontheserver.WebauthorscancreatenewworkbooksonlyfromdatasourcespublishedtoTableauServer,andcanconnecttopublisheddatasourcesonly.

•TableauhasannouncedplanstolaunchTableauCertifiedContent,adatagovernancecapability,bylate2017/early2018.ThiswillsupposedlyenableITtocertifydatasourcesinTableauServer,butitwilllikelybeahighlymanualprocess,andwillnotnecessarilyenforcedatagovernanceacrossanentireenterprisedeployment.

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•UnlikeMicroStrategy,Tableaulackscentralizeduseradministrationtoenforcedatasecurityonanenterprise-widebasis.Thereisnooverarching,automatedmechanismtocontinuouslyensurethatusersseeonlythedataappropriateforthem,basedontheirrolesandprivileges.

•User-levelsecuritycanbeimplementedonanad-hocbasis,butitrequiresextramanualworkbythedevelopertosetupintheTableauServerdatasourceand/orTableauworkbooksthatuseaparticularTableauDataExtract.

•User-levelsecuritycanalsobeimplementedusingsecurityfiltersthat"join"toa"securitytable."Again,thisoptionrequiresactionbythedeveloper,anditwouldhavetobedefinedredundantlyforeveryTableauDataSource.Thesesecurityfilterscannotbereusedacrosstheentiredeployment.Also,thisapproachwillnotautomaticallystaysynchronizedwithchangestotheuserpopulation.

•Tableausupportsrow-levelsecurity(RLS)only.MicroStrategynotonlysupportsrow-levelsecurity,butalsoenforcessecurityonindividualmetadataobjects,enablingmuchmoregranularcontroloverdataaccessandusercapabilities.



•Tableauisnotarchitectedtofunctionasanenterprise-scale,system-of-recordanalyticsplatform;itisreallydesignedfordepartmentaluserstovisualizedataandsharedashboards.Itisnotdesignedorintendedtosupport100softhousandsofusers,thousandsofsimultaneousreports,orautomatedreportdistributionacrosstheenterprise.

•TableauServercanbeinstalledinasingle-nodeormulti-nodeconfigurations.UnlikeMicroStrategy,Tableaudoesnotsupportclusteringorwork-fencing.

•Asofversion10.0,TableauServerisonlyavailableina64-bitversion.

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•Tableauisnotarchitectedtoserveasanenterprise-scaleanalyticsplatform;itisdesignedfordepartmentaluserstovisualizedataandsharedashboards.Enterprisesystemsmustsupport10,000sofusers,process1,000ofreportsimultaneously,anddistributepersonalizedreportsandalertstothousands.Tableaudoesnotoperateatthatlevel.

•InTableauv10,userscanperformwildcardunionsandcross-databasejoinsonthefly,joincross-departmentaldataacrossmultipleExcelworkbooks,aswellasbuildandadjustvisualizationsonthefly.Ifusersneeddifferenttypesofjoinstoanalyzedata,theywillneedtocreatespecificcubesforeachdashboard;thisrequiresadditionalmaintenancetoensuresynchronizationandleadstomorememoryusageandperformancedegradation.

•Largein-memoryextractsinTableauoftenexperiencepoorperformance,whichrequiresmodelinginaseparatedatabase.Thismayimproveperformance,butconsumesevenmoreresourcesandcreatespotentialgovernanceissues.

•Tableaudoesnotsupportmulti-passSQL,soperformanceinaquery-intensiveenvironmentislikelytosuffer.(TableaucreatesandmodifiesitsownSQLqueries‘onthefly’whichmayresultindegradedperformance).



•Tableauisnotanenterprise-scale,system-of-recordbusinessintelligenceplatform.ItisdesignedfordepartmentaluserstovisualizedataandsharedashboardswithminimalITadministration.Assuch,Tableauofferslittleintermsofautomatedadministration.

•Tableauprovidesverylimitedcapabilitiestobuildautomationworkflowsusingagraphicaluserinterface.Itprovidesabasiccommandlineutilitytoperformalimitedsetofadministrationtasks.

•TableaudoesnothaveatoolequivalenttoMicroStrategyIntegrityManagerforautomatedregressiontestingordataandreportconsistencychecking.

•Dashboardandreportconsistencycheckinghavetobeperformedmanually.

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•Tableauisnotanenterprise-scale,system-of-recordbusinessintelligenceplatform.ItisdesignedfordepartmentaluserstovisualizedataandsharedashboardswithminimalITadministration.Assuch,Tableauprovidesonlybasicserverusagemonitoring,suchasreportsonuseractivity,traffic,loadtimes,andtasks,aswellasWindowsPerformanceServermonitoring,serverprocesses,andresourceutilization.



•TableauServerissupportedforWindows(andasof10.3Linux).ItdoesnotsupportAIX,orSolaris.

•Tableauhas2offeringsavailableonthecloud,AWSMarketplaceandTableauOnline--andbothhavesignificantflaws.TableaudoesnotprovideaversionofitsproductthatisoptimizedonAWSServices,andbotharewatereddown-versionsofthefullproduct.

•TableauontheAWSmarketplaceisserveronly.UsersmuststilldownloadandinstallaDesktopversionofTableauontheirownlocalmachinestopublishandinteractwithdashboards.

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•Tableaudoesnotofferformalservice-levelagreements(SLAs).

•Tableausupportsarudimentaryfailoverconfigurationusingdedicatedserversinahot-standbymode,butthisisnotcomparabletothesophisticatedclusteringandwork-fencingcapabilitiesinaMicroStrategydeployment.

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•Tableaudoessupportin-memorycubesintheformof"DataExtracts"dedicatedtospecificdatasources,buttheimplementationissiloedinnature–itisnotanenterprise-scalemechanism.

•Tableau"Extracts"aretiedtoindividualdatasources,resultinginaproliferationofsmall,stand-alonecubesthatmaybeduplicativeandconsumeresources.Incontrast,MicroStrategyin-memorycubescombinedatafromamultitudeofsourcesandhaveenterprise-widescope,enablinghigh-performancereportingthroughouttheorganization.

•Largein-memoryExtractsinTableauoftenexperiencepoorperformance,whichrequiresmodelinginaseparatedatabase.Thismayimproveperformance,butconsumesevenmoreresourcesandcreatespotentialgovernanceissues.

•Tableau’ssupportforincrementalloads,slowlychangingdimensions,andupdatestoexistingrowsisminimaltonon-existent.

EnterpriseAnalytics




•Tableauleveragesitsproprietaryvisualquerylanguage(VizQL)thatsimultaneouslydescribeshowtoquerydataandpresentitvisually.•Asusersdraganddropmeasuresanddimensions,TableaucreatesandmodifiesitsownSQLqueries‘onthefly’whichmayresultindegradedperformance.•UserscandraganddroptablesintotheJoinarea.

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•Userscantransformandenhanceunderlyingdatamodels,createcalculatedmeasures,definecustomgroups,andcreatehierarchies,buttheyaretypicallynotabletoleveragemetadataobjectsacrossallthedatasourceswiththesameeaseasMicroStrategy.•InTableauWeb,Webauthors,cancreatenewworkbooksonlyfromdatasourcespublishedtoTableauServer,andcanconnecttopublisheddatasourcesonly.AsoftheTableau10release,TableauWebcannotcombinedatafromend-userswithdatafromacentralDWH.•UserscannotuseadatasourcefromTableauServerinacrossdatabasejoinoruseaTableauExtractasasourceforcrossdatabasejoins.Userscannotperformconditionaljoinswithease.•Fieldsusedinthecrossdatabasejoinsmustbeofthesamedatatype.•Anydatasourceisconstrainedtoasinglestarschema.•ThecubedatasourcessupportedinTableauareOracleEssbase,TeradataOLAP,MicrosoftAnalysisServices(MSAS),SAPNetWeaverBusinessWarehouse,MicrosoftPowerPivot,AnalyticalViewsinSAPHana•CubedatasourcesaresupportedonlyforTableauDesktoponWindows—notfortheMac.•WhileTableauworksgreatwithgranulardata,itstallswhentryingtobuilddashboardsoncubesandmanybasicfeaturesofTableaucan’tbeusedinsuchcases,forexampleinMSASdrill-downactionsdefinedinthecubearenotavailableinTableau.,aggregationfunctions,suchasSUM(),AVG(),andCNT()arenotsupported,Datasourcefiltersarenotavailableforcubedatasources,etc.




•BasicdatacleansingcanbeperformedinTableauDataInterpreter,forexample,removingemptycellsorflatteningcross-tabbeddata.•Asmallnumberofformulasareavailable,butmoreadvancedoperationssuchasfill-downsaretypicallydonethroughathird-partylikeAlteryx.•Eachdatasourceisconstrainedtoasinglestarschema;multiplefacttableswithinthesamephysicaldatasourcearenotsupportedandmustbecreatedelsewherewhenneeded.•Automateddataprofilingandtransformationsarenotsupported.

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•Tableaudoessupportforpixel-perfectreportsorbandedreports.•TherearenoOTBschedulingand/orpublishingcapabilities.•Tableaudoesnotsupportreportbursting.•Tableauwayof‘drilling-down’isbyfilteringmultiplevisualizations.




•Tableauusesaworkbookandsheetfilestructure,muchlikeMicrosoftExcel.Aworkbookcontainssheets,whichcanbeaworksheet,adashboard,orastory.Aworksheetcontainsasingleviewalongwithshelves,legends,andtheDatapane.Adashboardisacollectionofviewsfrommultipleworksheets.•Tableaudoesnotsupportin-placedashboards.Inordertocreateadashboardusershavetocreateaseparateblanksheetandthenaddpre-createdvisualizationontheblanksheet.

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•TableauprovidesahybridmobilesolutionthatservesasacompaniontoTableauServerandTableauOnline.TableausupportsappsforbothiOSandAndroid.•Multimediacontentisnotsupported.Tableaudoesnotprovidetransactional(write-back)capabilities.•Thereisnoflexibilitytocreatecustomworkflows.•ThereislimitedofflineinteractivitysinceTableauprovidesonlysnapshotsofdashboardsforofflinesupport(iPadandiPhoneonly),whichofferslimitedinteractivitywithofflinedata.•Thereisnomobile-specificactivitymonitoring–itissupportedattheTableauserverlevel.•Thereisnoclient-side(mobile-devicespecific)activitymonitoringcapability.

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•TableauDataExtracts(TDEs)donotincludealiveconnectiontothesource.ThismeansthatTDEsarenotusefulforproviding“real-time”datainaTableauvisualization.Also,iftherefreshtimeofaTDEismorethanthedesireddatarefreshtime,thenTDEsaren’tfeasible.Whenusingliveconnection,alotofanalyticalcapabilitiesarelimitedcomparedtoTDEapproach.

•RefreshingTDEsputsmoreloadontoTableauServer,whichcanimpacttheperformanceofvisualizations.Therefore,itmaybepreferabletodotheworktomaketheunderlyingsourcefastenoughtousealiveconnectionratherthanimplementingtheextrahardwareandconfigurationneededtomaketheTDErefreshfastenough.

•Whenpublishingadatasource,TableauwillsaveitasaTDS(TableauDataSource)forliveconnectionorTDSX(TableauserverDataextracted)forextractbasedconnections.TDSisafilewhichexistsinsilos.ItcanbeusedbymultiplereportsanddashboardsbutitisnotacommonsemanticlayerinthecontextandscaleofMicroStrategy.




•RandPythonintegrationsaresupported,aswellasstatisticalfiles.However,TableaudoesnotoffermanyOTBfunctions.

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•TableausupportsarangeofconnectorstoClouderaHadoop,GoogleBigQuery,Hortonworks,Hive,HPVertica,IBMBigInsights,MapR,SparkSQL,andSplunk.





•Tableaudoesnotofferfunctionalitytodotraditionalproductiontypereporting.Userscan’tcreatestaticlayoutsordatatables,anditdoesn’tofferfeaturesrelatedtodistribution,orschedulingandnotificationofreports.Userscansubscribetoaworkbookorview.Asnapshotoftheviewisthenemailedtothemonascheduledbasis,sotheycanseethelatestupdateswithouthavingtosignintoTableauServer.•Neitherexception-basedorproactivenotificationsaresupportedout-of-the-box.•Event-baseddeliveryisnotsupportedout-of-the-box.•Data-driven(threshold)alertswillbesupportedinbetastartingwithversion10.3

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•Tableaumobiledoesnotprovidedatainputordatabasewrite-backcapabilities.•Out-of-the-boxTableaupreventswritingoralteringSQLentirely,sosomeworkarounds(i.e.URLactions)thatpeoplehaveimplementedsufferfromvulnerabilitiesintermsofperformance,security,andlimitedfunctionality.

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•Tableaudoesnotsupportembeddedmultimediacontent.•Somepeopleuseaworkaround(usingURLactions)toembedanonlineimage,sound,orYouTubevideo.Thisprovidesonlylimitedfunctionalityandcanonlybeaccessedwhentheuserisonline.

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•TableaudoesnotintegrateOTBwithESRIorGoogleMaps.TableauonlysupportsintegrationwithMapbox,limitingflexibilityforenterprisecustomerswhowanttoleverageexistingmappinginvestmentsorhavedifferentpreferences.



•Tableauprovidesonlysnapshots(images)ofdashboardsforofflinesupport(iPadandiPhoneonly),resultinginlimitedinteractivitywhenoffline.•Theupdateprocessconsistsofsnapshotsbeingrefreshedinthebackgroundatavariablefrequency.Userscantapascreenshottogetaliveview.•OfflinesnapshotsareavailableonlyforTableauOnlineorTableauServer9.0.6andlater.Forversions8.2–9.0.5,theFavoritestabsupportsliveviewsonly.•ThereisnocachingorofflineaccessontheAndroidversionofTableauMobile.




•TheiOSversionofTableauMobilecachesnon-interactivesnapshotimagesoffavoriteworkbooksandsheetsaswellasmetadataaboutfavoriteworkbooksandsheets,suchasname,owner,andlast-modifieddate.•ThereisnocachingontheAndroidversionofTableauMobile.




•Mobilealertsarenotsupported.TableaudoesnotinteractwiththenativealertingfeaturesavailableiniOSorAndroiddevices.•Thereisanopen-sourcesolutionavailablecalledVizAlertsthatenablesthreshold-drivenalertingviaemailandSMS,butthisisnotanativeappalert.Thisopen-sourcesolutionisnotsupportedbyTableautechnicalsupport,soit'sause-at-your-own-riskadd-on.

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•SincetheTableaumobileappcan'tbecustomized(mustusetheOTBappinpublicappstores),thereisnoappthatacustomerwouldupdateorcompile.




•TableaudoesnotprovideanSDKanddoesnotallowcustomizationofbrandinginthemobileapp.•WiththeopensourceMobileAppBootstrap(MAB),customerscancreatecustommobileappswiththeirownpersonalizationandbrandingforiOSasaworkaround;however,thiscapabilityisnotsupportedbyTableau'stechnicalsupport.MABalsodoesnotsupportrebrandingandcustomizedlogos/splashscreensinAndroid.




•TableauprovidesAPIsforintegration,butdoesnotdirectlysupportnativeintegrationwiththird-partyproductssuchasMobileIronorAirWatch.TableauisusingtheAppConfigapproachtosupportAirWatchandMobileIron.•TheAPIforAppConfig-basedintegrationisonlyavailableforiOS,notAndroid




•Somelimitedserver-sideusageinformationisavailable,butthereisnomobileclient-sideactivitymonitoringcapability.

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•Tableau'sWebapplicationisnotonparwithTableau'sDesktoptool;thefeaturesandcapabilitiesavailableinWebareverylimited.Tableau'sAPIsdonotallowdeveloperstorebrandwebapplicationswithcustomizedlogosorcolors,extendorcustomizeexistingWebfunctionality,ortheabilitytocreateanewwebapplicationfromscratch.







•TableaudoesnothavetheirownnativeAPIstocustomizemobilebranding.•WiththeopensourceMobileAppBootstrap(MAB),customerscancreatecustommobileappswiththeirownpersonalizationandbrandingforiOSasaworkaround,howeverthiscapabilityisnotsupportedbyTableau'stechnicalsupport.•MABalsodoesnotsupportrebrandingandcustomizedlogos/splashscreensinAndroid.

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•Tableau'sRESTAPIallowsdatatobereceivedinXMLorJSONformat.Aslongasthird-partyapplicationdataisinoneofthoseformats,Tableaucanimportit.




•TableauallowsuserstoembedD3visualizationswithinTableau.However,thereisnowayforadevelopertocreatetheirowncustomvisualizationswithminimalcodingbyimportingaD3script.




•Tableau'sAPIsdonotsupportTableautobeusedasadatasource.ThereiscurrentlynowaytoextractdatafromTableautobeusedincustomwebapplications.




•Tableau'sWebDataConnectorSDKprovidesamechanismforcreatingcustomdataconnectors.However,itrequirestheschematobedefined.Thereisnowaytoautomaticallydetectdimensionsormeasures,whichrequiresmanualeffort.

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•Tableauusescompartmentalizedcontainerscalledsitesformultitenancy.Thereisnosharingorcommunicationbetweensites,soeachsitehastohaveitsownuseradministration.Thereisalsonowaytoaddatenant'sbrandingorlogotoasite.

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•Tableauhas2offeringsavailableonthecloud,AWSMarketplaceandTableauOnline,andbothhavesignificantflaws.TableaudoesnotprovideaversionofitsproductthatisoptimizedonAWSServices.Botharewatered-downversionsofthefullproduct.

•TableauontheAWSmarketplaceisserveronly.UsersmustdownloadandinstallaDesktopversionofTableauonlocalmachinestopublishandinteractwithdashboards.

•TableauOnlinerequiresuserstodownloadandinstallDesktop.Asof10.3Tableaucannowsupporthybridconnectivitymode.

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•TableaudoesnothavetheabilitytolaunchafullyconfigureddedicatedandredundantsystemintheAWSDatacenters.TableauontheAWSMarketplaceonlyallowsthelaunchingofasimplesinglenodeenvironmentwhichisnotsuitableforenterpriseorganizations.

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•TableaudoesnotprovideanyAPIsatthecloudinfrastructurelevel.Organizationscan'tcreatecustomcodesforeventhemostbasicinfrastructuretaskssuchasstartingandstoppinginstances.Tableauusersmustmanuallyinitiatethesetaskswhichtakesadditionaltimeandeffort.




•Tableaudoesnotprovideanyautomatedwaytoconfiguredisasterrecovery.Itisamanualprocessandaburdenonitsusers.ManuallysettingupDisasterRecoveryforTableauispronetohumanerrorsandisunreliableforenterprisedeployments.IfanythingweretohappentoTableaucustomerdataanddisasterrecoverywasnotsetup,alldatawillbelost.




•Centralizedadministrationissupported,butTableauusersmustmanuallyscaleenvironmentsupordown.Thereisnosupportforschedulingroutineadministrativetasks.TableauusersarelimitedtotheAWSconsole,whichiscomplicatedforenduserstounderstand.

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•Tableaudoesnotprovideautomatedscalingofenvironments.Administratorsmustmanuallyscaletheenvironmentsupordown.UsersareforcedtousetheAWSconsolebuiltfordevelopersandpowerusers,whichmaybetoocomplicatedforbusinessusers.•Tableaucannotcluster8nodes.Largeenterpriseorganizationsmayneedtoclusterupto8nodestosupporthundredsofusersandpetabytesofdata.

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•UpgradingTableauCloudinvolvesmanymanualstepsandoperations.UsersmustdownloadandinstallthenewversionthemselvesordeploythelatestversionontheAWSMarketplacebeforemanuallymigratingobjectsfromanoldenvironmenttoanewone.•UsersmustmanuallyupgradeDesktopandServer.•Thenewmajorversiondoesn'treplaceanexistingmajorversiononthemachine.ThiscausesconfusionasuserswillhavemultipleversionsofTableauandmaynotknowwhichversiontouse.Thiswillalsocreateversioncontrolissues.






•TableauontheAWSMarketplaceandTableauOnlinedonothavehighperformanceandreliabilitybecausetheyareasingleinstanceonamultitenantenvironment.Asaresult,acustomer'squeriesmayimpactperformanceforallothercustomersonthesametenant.Ifthesinglenodegoesdown,thewholeenvironmentwillbeinaccessible.Ifthecustomerdecidestoclustermachines,itwillbeamanualprocesswhichwillrequireinstallingandconfiguringadditionalnodesandtakeadditionaltime,resourcesandexpertise.•Tableauonlineisamultitenantenvironment.Asaresult,acustomer'squeriesmayimpactperformanceforallothercustomers.

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•Whiletheservercanbehostedinthecloud,TableaurequiresitsDesktopproductfordatamodelauthoring.Thisisn'tatruecloudmodelandwillrequireenduserstodownloadandinstalltheirproductontheirowncomputers.•Webislimitedtointeractingwithpublisheddashboardsandcreatingnewdashboardsandsheets.•Nomigrationplanstomovetoon-prem.Usershavetochoosetostayon-premormovetocloud.



•PhysicalSecurity–SAS-70certifiedDataCenter•TableauSingleSignOn(SSO)istheaccesscontrolsystemthatprovidessecureauthenticationtosystemsincludingTableauWebsite,TableauCustomer/PartnerPortal,TableauForumsandTableauOnline.•SSLEncryption•Permissionscanbeaddedtoworkbooksanddatasourcestogovernthecapabilitiesavailabletospecificusersandgroups.•UserscanonlydefineadditionalsecurityinworkbooksanddatasourcesbyaddingUserFiltersandDataSourceFilters.

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•DigitalbadgesarenotprovidedinTableau.MicroStrategyistheonlyBIplatformthatofferspassword-freeloginviaamobileapp.

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•Physicalaccessisnotsupported.TableaudoesnotsupportOTBintegrationwithleadingPACSvendorsonmobiledevices.

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•TableaudoesnotofferlogicalaccesstodigitalsystemsotherthanitsownBIsuite.TableaucanbeconfiguredtouseSAML(securityassertionmarkuplanguage)orOpenIDConnectforpassword-freelogins/singlesign-on,butthisrequiresathird-partyauthenticationsolution.

BluetoothSensing



•TableaudoesnotintegratewithBluetooth.

BarcodeScanner



•TrackingassetswithbarcodescannersisnotsupportedinTableau.ThisisinpartduetoTableaunotprovidingadigitalbadgeforuseininteractingwiththeEnterpriseInternetofThings.




•ForTableau,thisisnotofferedoutsideofannotationsandcollaborationfordashboardsinitsBIinterfaces.SinceTableaudoesnotprovideadigitaltwinthatiscarriedbyuserswiththeminamobileform-factoratalltimes,itfurtherlacksaconvenientmeansofreachingusersinatimelyfashion.Additionally,thismeansthereismuchlesscontextualinformationavailableaboutusersinanygivenpointintimetoinfluencethedirectionofcommuniques.

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•TableauDataExtracts(TDEs)donotincludealiveconnectiontothesource.ThismeansthatTDEsarenotusefulforproviding“real-time”datainaTableauvisualization.Also,iftherefreshtimeofaTDEismorethanthedesireddatarefreshtime,thenTDEsaren’tfeasible.•RefreshingTDEsputsmoreloadontoTableauServer,whichcanimpacttheperformanceofvisualizations.Therefore,itmaybepreferabletodotheworktomaketheunderlyingsourcefastenoughtousealiveconnectionratherthanimplementingtheextrahardwareandconfigurationneededtomaketheTDErefreshfastenough.•Tableau'slackofadigitalbadgepreventsitfromgeneratingcomprehensive,real-timetelemetrystemmingfromtheinteractionsbetweenenterpriseassetsandconstituents.

OTBReportingModule



•OTBreportingforanaccess-centricEIoTimplementationisnotsupportedbyTableau.ForTableautodeliverdashboardsthatshowaconvergedlogofphysicalandlogicaltransactionsbyeachuserinanenterprise,asignificantamountoflabor(connecting,ETL-ing,architecting,dashboarding)wouldneedtooccur.




•TableauprovidesauthenticationandsecuritysupportviaMicrosoftActiveDirectory,SAML,oAuthandanativeauthenticationmanagedbyTableauServer.However,itintegratesnativelywithfewerthird-partyidentityrepositoriescomparedtoMicroStrategy.

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•TableaudoesnotprovideOTBsupportforidentityservers.UserandassetadministrationinTableauislimitedtocontrollingBIapplicationsandenvironments.

EnterprisePartner




•Tableauwasdesignedasaself-servicedatadiscoveryandvisualizationsolutionaimedatandadoptedprimarilybyteamsanddepartments.•Tableauhasmultiplegapsasanenterprisesolution.

PlatformCohesion



•Tableauhasstartedtomeldtogetherdisparatetechnologiestotrytofillgapsinitssolution.•In2015,TableauacquiredInfoactive,whichspecializesininfographics.•In2016,TableauacquiredHyPer,anin-memorydatabaseresearchprojectthatneverlaunchedcommercially.AccordingtoTableau’sroadmap,itplanstouseHyPertoreplaceTableau’sdataextractsinordertosupportlargerdatasets.

VisionaryCEO



•AdamSelipskywasappointedTableau’sCEOinSeptember2016andhasnosignificantpriorexperienceleadingormanagingananalyticsbusiness.•Mr.Selipskywaspreviouslyinmarketingandsales,andisn’tavisionaryintheanalyticsindustry.




•TableauoffersonlyalimitednumberofCEOattendedconferences.




•Tableau’sCEOwashiredlessthanayearago,andhasnopriorexperienceintheanalyticsindustry.•Tableau’sCEOandChiefDevelopmentOfficercollectivelyhaveonly14yearsofexperienceintheanalyticsindustry.




•Tableau’sCEOholdslessthan1%ownershipinterestinthecompany.•In2016,Tableauwasreportedlyindiscussionswithaninvestmentbanktoexploreapotentialsaleofitsbusiness.

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•Tableauhasbeenpubliclytradedforonly4years.

StrongFinancials



•Tableaureportedacombinednetlossof$228millionforthelast2fiscalyears.•Tableau’soperatingmarginfor2016was-17%.




•Tableauonlyhasofficesin10countries.•TableauhasnodirectpresenceintheMiddleEastorLATAM.




•Tableauonlyhasofficesin10countries.•TableauhasnodirectpresenceintheMiddleEastorLATAM.

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1ObjectOriented

ReusabilitySelf-Service

DataDiscoveryTransactionalWorkflows





2 DataGovernance


EmbeddedMultimedia

CreateCustomMobile


GlobalAvailability

PhysicalAccess

PlatformCohesion

3 UserSecurity


GeospatialAnalysis EmbedThird-PartyDataasDatasets


CEO


CreateCustomHTML5

Visualizations

DisasterRecoveryand


CEOEngagement

withCustomers

5 Performance Dashboardsanddocuments



RESTfulAPIsCentralized

AdministrationBarcodeScanner



PersonalizedAlertsviaPush

NotificationsCreateCustomDataConnectors AutoScaling Communication

&CollaborationShareholderAlignment



MultitenancySupport

SeamlessUpgrades

Real-timeTelemetry

PubliclyTraded

Company

8 DeploymentPredictive

AnalyticsandMachineLearning



OTBReportingModule

StrongFinancials

9 HighAvailability

BigDataAnalytics




WorldwideSales

Presence


AutomatedDistributionand

AlertingMobileAppUsage

Monitoring DataSecurity IdentityServerWorldwideServicesPresence



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ReusabilitySelf-Service

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2 DataGovernance


EmbeddedMultimedia

CreateCustomMobile


GlobalAvailability

PhysicalAccess

PlatformCohesion

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CEO


CreateCustomHTML5

Visualizations

DisasterRecoveryand


CEOEngagement

withCustomers




RESTfulAPIsCentralized

AdministrationBarcodeScanner




NotificationsCreateCustomDataConnectors AutoScaling Communication




MultitenancySupport

SeamlessUpgrades

Real-timeTelemetry

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Company





OTBReportingModule

StrongFinancials

9 HighAvailability

BigDataAnalytics




WorldwideSales

Presence


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AlertingMobileAppUsage

Monitoring DataSecurity IdentityServerWorldwideServicesPresence



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•QlikSenselacksasinglereusablemetadatalayer.EachQlikapplicationisessentiallyastandaloneself-containedapp.Withthisfragmentedapproach,usersareunabletoleverage"metadata"objectsfromacrossalldatasources.

•QlikSenseislimitedinitsabilitytoreusemetadataobjects(suchascalculatedmeasures,customgroups,hierarchies)acrossworkbooksandunderlyingdataextractssincethey’retiedtospecificdatasources.

•QlikSenseusersmustmakechangestoanydatafield,datamodel,orbusinessformuladirectlyineachindividualapplication,creatingatediouschangemanagementprocess.

DataGovernance



•UnlikeMicroStrategy,QlikSensedoesnotsupportacertified,enterprise-widelogicaldatamodel.QlikSensedashboardsareself-containedwithdataandmetadata,regardlessofthesourceorvalidityofthatdata.Asusersgeneratetheirown"siloed"datamodels,thepotentialforproliferatinginvalidorinconsistentdataacrosstheenterprisegreatlyincreases.

•QlikSenselacksthecentralizeduseradministrationneededtoenforcedatasecurity.UnlikeMicroStrategy,QlikSensehasnooverarching,automatedmechanismtocontinuouslyensurethatusersseeonlythedataappropriateforthem,basedontheirrolesandprivileges.



•UnlikeMicroStrategy,QlikSenselackscentralizeduseradministrationtoenforcedatasecurityonanenterprise-widebasis.Thereisnooverarching,automatedmechanismtocontinuouslyensurethatusersseeonlythedataappropriateforthem,basedontheirrolesandprivileges.

•WithQlikSense,adminsmustcreateandmaintainSectionAccesstablesthatholdinformationonuseraccessprivilegesandthenreferencethesetablesfromthescriptofeachQlikSensedocumenttoincorporaterow-levelsecurity,whichisalotofredundantwork.

•QlikSensesupportsrow-levelsecurity(RLS)only.MicroStrategynotonly

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•QlikSenselacksasinglereusablemetadatalayer.EachQlikapplicationisessentiallyastandaloneself-containedapp.Withthisfragmentedapproach,usersareunabletoleverage"metadata"objectsfromacrossalldatasources.

•QlikSenseislimitedinitsabilitytoreusemetadataobjects(suchascalculatedmeasures,customgroups,hierarchies)acrossworkbooksandunderlyingdataextractssincethey’retiedtospecificdatasources.

•QlikSenseusersmustmakechangestoanydatafield,datamodel,orbusinessformuladirectlyineachindividualapplication,creatingatediouschangemanagementprocess.

DataGovernance



•UnlikeMicroStrategy,QlikSensedoesnotsupportacertified,enterprise-widelogicaldatamodel.QlikSensedashboardsareself-containedwithdataandmetadata,regardlessofthesourceorvalidityofthatdata.Asusersgeneratetheirown"siloed"datamodels,thepotentialforproliferatinginvalidorinconsistentdataacrosstheenterprisegreatlyincreases.

•QlikSenselacksthecentralizeduseradministrationneededtoenforcedatasecurity.UnlikeMicroStrategy,QlikSensehasnooverarching,automatedmechanismtocontinuouslyensurethatusersseeonlythedataappropriateforthem,basedontheirrolesandprivileges.

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•UnlikeMicroStrategy,QlikSenselackscentralizeduseradministrationtoenforcedatasecurityonanenterprise-widebasis.Thereisnooverarching,automatedmechanismtocontinuouslyensurethatusersseeonlythedataappropriateforthem,basedontheirrolesandprivileges.

•WithQlikSense,adminsmustcreateandmaintainSectionAccesstablesthatholdinformationonuseraccessprivilegesandthenreferencethesetablesfromthescriptofeachQlikSensedocumenttoincorporaterow-levelsecurity,whichisalotofredundantwork.

•QlikSensesupportsrow-levelsecurity(RLS)only.MicroStrategynotonlysupportsrow-levelsecurity,butalsoenforcessecurityonindividualmetadataobjects,enablingmuchmoregranularcontroloverdataaccessandusercapabilities.



•QlikSenseisnotarchitectedtofunctionasanenterprise-scale,system-of-recordanalyticsplatform;itisreallydesignedfordepartmentaluserstovisualizedataandsharedashboards.QlikSenseisnotequippedtosupport100softhousandsofusers,thousandsofsimultaneousreports,orautomatedreportdistributionacrosstheenterprise.

•QlikSensehasadistributedarchitectureofindependentnodes,knownasSites.WhileSitescanscalelinearlywithdatavolumesbyaddinghardwareelements,theydonothaveenterprise-widescope.Theresultisa"siloed"analyticsdeploymentwhichincreasesthepotentialforproliferatinginvalidorinconsistentdataacrosstheenterprise.

•UnlikeMicroStrategy,QlikSensedoesnotsupportworkloadoruserfencing.Qlikcan'tscalehorizontallyorsplitprocessingofaquerytoseveralnodes.

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•QlikSenseappsareself-containedandessentiallycarrytheirowndataandmetadatawiththem,andthatdatacanbecompressedbyupto90%.Thesedata-heavyapppackagesconsumelargeamountsofRAMwhenopened,solargescaledeploymentswillsufferperformancedegradationsunlessthey’resupportedbymultiplehigh-endserverswithmassiveamountsofRAM.

•AnalysisinQlikSensealwaysoccurswhiletheappisnotdirectlyconnectedtoitsdatasources.So,torefreshthedata,usersneedtoreloadthescript,whichcreatesaconsiderableworkloadandconsumestime.Thislimitsthepracticalfrequencyofdataupdatesinthecaseoflargerdatavolumes.

•QlikSensedoesnotsupportreal-timequeriestodatasources,anditsDirectDiscoverydoesnotsupportcomplexqueriesormulti-passSQL.



•QlikSenseisnotanenterprise-scale,system-of-recordbusinessintelligenceplatform.ItisdesignedfordepartmentaluserstovisualizedataandsharedashboardswithminimalITadministration.Assuch,QlikSenseofferslittleintermsofautomatedadministration.

•QlikSensehasonlylimitedcapabilitiestobuildautomationworkflowsusingagraphicaluserinterface.QlikdoesnothaveatoolequivalenttoMicroStrategyIntegrityManagerforautomatedregressiontesting.

•TheQlikSenseScalabilityToolcontainsasetoftoolsforcreation,execution,andanalysisofload/performancetests;however,Qlikdoesnotprovidemaintenanceandsupportservicesforthetool.

•Dashboardandreportconsistencycheckinghastobeperformedmanually.

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•TheQlikSenseOperationsMonitorprovidesrudimentarymonitoringintheformofservicelogscoveringtheperformancehistoryofhardware,activeusers,proxyconnections,taskreloads,errors,andwarnings.

•DataintheOperationsMonitorisupdatedwhentheappisreloaded-itisnotlive.

•QlikSensedoesnothavetoolsequivalenttoMicroStrategyIntegrityManager,CommandManager,orObjectManagerforautomatedregressiontesting.



•QSServerisWindowsonly.ItdoesnotsupportLinux,AIX,orSolaris.

•QlikSenseCloudisSaaSonly.Currently,QlikdatacentersareonlylimitedtoNorthAmerica,Ireland,andSydney.Thiswillcauseadditionalworkandpainforcustomersnotintheseregionsasitwillincreaselatency.Securityandcompliancelawswillbedifferentaswell.

•WhileQlikhastheabilitytomanuallylaunchasinglenodeintoanyAWSdatacenter,theydon’thavetheabilitytolaunchafully-configured,dedicatedandredundantsystem.Thisisamanualprocesswhichwilltakeadditionaltimeandexpertisefromcustomers.

HighAvailability



•Qlikdoesnotofferformalservice-levelagreements(SLAs).

•QlikSensedoessupportclusteringconfigurationswithload-balancingacrosstheservers.UnlikeMicroStrategy,theseclustersdonothaveenterprise-widescope,nordotheyincludefeaturessuchasworkfencingorgovernorstoensurereliabilityunderpeakuseranddataloadsacrossallformsofenterprisereporting.

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•QlikSensedoessupportin-memoryoperation,sinceeverydashboardapplicationessentiallycontainsitsowndata,metadata,andvisualizations.Buttheimplementationisfundamentallysiloedinnature–itisnotanenterprise-scalemechanismandthere’snoconceptofasinglemetadata.

EnterpriseAnalytics




•Qlik'sassociativedataengineunderstandsthelinksbetweenvariousdatasourcesandcansuggestpreviouslyunsuspectedrelationships.•XIFcolorcodesdatasourcestoindicatetherelationshiptheyhavewithdatasourcesalreadybeingused.Greenindicatesadatasourceisalreadybeingused,whitemeansthereisanassociation,andgrayindicatesthereisnorelationship.,•QlikSense3.0featuresacreativeSmartSearchcapabilityandVisualSearchforfindingpublishedcharts.




•QlikSenseoffersfewnativedataconnectors.MostoftheconnectorstodatasourcesareeitherODBCorWebconnectors.•Duringthedataload,QlikSenseidentifiescommonfieldsfromdifferenttables(keyfields)toassociatethedata.Theresultingstructureofthedataintheappcanbemonitoredinthedatamodelviewer.•Changestothedatastructurecanbemadebyrenamingfieldstoobtaindifferentassociationsbetweentables.

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•QlikSenseusesadataloadscript,whichismanagedinthedataloadeditor,toconnecttoandretrievedatafromvariousdatasources.Inthescript,thefieldsandtablestoloadarespecified.•Itisalsopossibletomanipulatethedatastructurebyusingscriptstatementsandexpressions.•InQlikSense3.0,intheAssociationsviewofthedatamanager,tablesareillustratedvisually,buttablesaddedviascriptcannotbeassociatedwithtablesaddedviadatamanager,andmultipleQVDtablescannotbeloadedatthesametime.•TheassociativeengineinDirectDiscoverystillworks,buttherearelimitationstoblendingitwiththein-memorydata.Manyoftheirmainfeaturesdon'twork.YoucanquerytomultipledatasourceswithDirectDiscovery,butblendingfromthesedifferentdatasourcesisreportedlyweak.

EnterpriseReports



•QlikSenseandQlikViewdonotprovideOTBWYSIWYGdashboardreports.Instead,theyintegratewithNPrinting(aQlikacquisitionrequiringaseparateserver/license)•BandedreportsandschedulingareonlysupportedthroughNPrinting.•QlikusestheNPrintingClienttobuildreporttemplates,whichaccessthedatafieldsfromQlikapps,reports,anddocuments.ThetemplateisuploadedtotheNPrintingServertorunonascheduledorevent-triggeredbasis,usingXMLfiles.Thegenerateddocumentsarethendistributedaccordingtothemethodsdefinedinthetemplate(email,networklocation,etc.).•QSCustomerswouldneedthesecomponentsinordertohaveafullreportingsolution:QlikSenseServer,NPrintingServer,NPrintingClient,andrelevantuserlicenses/tokens.

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•Thereisnoclearseparationbetweenadashboardapplicationandthedatamodel.Thedashboardsareself-containedwithdata,metadata,andvisualizations.•VisualizationsinQlikSensefeaturedrag-and-drop-styleexplorationwithgooddashboardsandstorytellingcapabilities(i.e.combininggraphics,text,andinfographicstogethertosupportahypothesisorfinding).•InQlikSense,ausercanassembleimages,individualinteractiveworksheets,shapes,andtextontoacanvas.Textcanbeasimpleannotationoraparagraphexplanation.

MobileAnalytics



•QlikSenseisaccessedthrougharesponsive,touch-basedHTML5browserclientthatadaptslayout,information,andfunctionalityforthedeviceinuse.Browser-basedmobileisnotsuitablefordeliveringrichdashboardappsonsmallerscreendevices.QlikSensemobileappsprovidelimiteddevelopmentflexibilitybecauseofthewebbrowserarchitecture.•Thereisnosupportfordeliveringmultimediacontent.•QlikSensedoesnotprovidetransactional(write-back)capabilities.•QlikSensemobileappsprovidelimiteddevelopmentflexibilitybecauseofwebbrowserarchitecture.•Thereisnosupportforofflineinteractivity.

RealTimeAnalytics



•Qlikneedsthedatatobeextractedinordertoprocessitand"associate"itwithinitsin-memory"cube."Thisisatwo-stageprocessthatprecludesanyreal-timequeriestodatasources.•ItalsomeansQlikreportsanddashboardsarenotreal-timeorevennear-real-timewithdataupdates.Userscanschedulerefreshes.

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•Qlikhasnopredictiveanalyticssupport;simpleforecastingandclusteringarenotsupportedinQlikSense.•WhiletherearesomestatisticalfunctionsaspartoftheQlikSensefunctionlibrary,thereisnoabilitytocallouttoanRscript.Thisisontheproductroadmap.•Advancedcharttypes,suchasdecisiontrees,arenotnativelysupported,butcouldbeaddedviaanextension.•ThereisnoPMMLsupport.

BigDataAnalytics



•QliksupportsarangeofconnectorstoSplunk,MongoDB,HortonWorks,ClouderaImpala,ApacheSOLR,andApacheHIVE.•QlikSenseusesDirectDiscovery,andaspecialscriptsyntax,DirectQuery,tobringinverylargedatasets.OncetheDirectDiscoverystructureisestablished,DirectDiscoveryfieldscanbeusedalongsidein-memorydatatocreateQlikSenseobjects.•DirectDiscoveryisonlyusefulwhenusersquerybigdatawithspecificparametersandcontextafterdoingdatadiscoverywithQlikSenseonregulardatasources.DataisleftinHadoop,meaningtheworkloadispusheddowntoHadoop.Dataisqueriedonthefly,andthequerieddatacanbecached(comparabletoMicroStrategy).•DirectDiscoveryislesscapablethantheMicroStrategySQLEngine,andtherearelimitationstowhatitcando.Forexample,itcan'tdocomplexqueriesormulti-passSQL.

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•Noout-of-the-boxsupportforthreshold-orexception-basedalerts.OrganizationsmustuseQlikNprinting.

EnterpriseMobility




•QlikSensemobiledoesnotprovidetransactional(write-back)capabilities.•Therearesomethird-partyextensionsavailabletopurchasethatallowcustomerstoenablewrite-backfromQlikSense.Buttheseprovidelimitedfunctionality,andQlikSensemobile,beinganHTML5app(insteadofnative),doesn'ttakeadvantageofnativemobileinputcontrols(i.e.cameratowritebackaphoto).

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EmbeddedMultimedia



•Qlikmobiledoesnotsupportembeddedmultimediacontent.•TherearesomeextensionsavailableonQlikBranchtoembedalimitednumberofmultimediafiletypes,butusersmayencounterissueswithfiletypeincompatibilitywhenviewedonamobiledevice.

GeospatialAnalysis



•MapcapabilitiesonQlikSensemobileareinheritedfromthedesktop/server.•MobilelocationisderivedfromthebrowseranddoesnotleveragethenativedeviceGPS.



•QlikSensedoesnotsupportofflineinteractivitysincetheydonothaveanativeapp,onlyanHTML5implementation.•OnlyQlikViewofferssomelevelofofflineaccess(foriPadonly).

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•QlikSenseisaccessedthroughatouch-basedwebbrowserapplication,andthereisnoclientapponthedevicetoparticipateinthecachingprocess.•Thebrowser-basedmobileexperienceisnotsuitablefordeliveringrichdashboardappsonsmallerscreendevicesandislargelydependentonbrowserperformanceandthequalityofinternetconnectivity.




•Mobilealertsarenotsupported.•QlikSensereliesonanwebbrowserformobile.Asaresult,itdoesnotinteractwiththenativenotificationfeaturesavailableiniOSorAndroiddevices.




•Instantupdatestoapparenotsupported.•QlikSenseisessentiallya"viewer"fordashboards;itisnotaplatformforenterprisestobuildcustomizedappswithembeddedcontent.Thereisnomechanismforpopulatingamobileappwithcontentorsubsequentlyupdatingthatcontent.




•Asawebbrowser-basedsolution,thereisnoapptocustomizeinQlikSense.•ThereisalsonoOTBmechanismforreskinningQlikSensedashboards.




•ThereisnonativeSDKintegrationavailableforQlikSense.•QlikViewmaysupportsomelevelofintegrationwithAirWatchviaAppConfigoniOS.TheyoffernosupportforotherleadingEMMvendors.•ThereisnosupportforAndroid.




•Asawebbrowser-basedsolution,thereisnomobileclientthatwouldbecapturingmobileappusagestatistics.

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EmbeddedAnalytics







•QlikdoesnotofferanyAPIsthatallowdeveloperstorebrandwebapplicationswithcustomizedlogosorcolors,extendorcustomizeexistingWebfunctionality,ortheabilitytocreateanewwebapplicationfromscratch.







•AsanHTML5implementation,thereisnomobileapptocustomize.CustomershavetodeploytheapponaQlikserver,andthenaccesstheappwithanHTML5capablebrowserfromeitheraniOSorAndroiddevice.Thus,QlikoffersnoAPIsthatallowdeveloperstoeithercreateacustomizedmobileapp,orbuildcustomwidgetstoconsumeQlikdata.

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•Qlik'sRESTConnectorenablesQlikSensetoloaddatafromanyRESTdatasource.




•QlikallowsuserstoembedD3visualizationswithinQlikSenseanddevelopQlikSenseextensionsfromd3.js.




•Qlikcannotbeusedasadatasourcebycustomwebapplications.




•Qliksupportsthecreationofcustomdataconnectors.However,thereisnosupportfortheautodetectionofschemaobjects,whichrequiresmanualeffort.

MultitenancySupport



•QlikoffersSectionAccess,whichisusedtocontrolcolumn-androw-levelsecuritybasedonthedataloadedintotheapp.Eachtenantisgiventheirownapp;however,thereisnowaytoaddatenant'sbranding,logo,orschema.

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EnterpriseCloud




•Forthe"Enterprise"option,usersmustgothroughQlikeachtimetheyneedafullyconfiguredenvironmentormanuallyinstallandconfiguretheplatform.Thiswillslowdowndevelopmentandincreasewaitingtime.•Qlikfortheenterpriserequiresa‘token’modelwhichdoesnotallowunlimitedusageofitsproductandlimitsthenumberoftimesausercanrunqueriesandreports.ThetokenmodelisconfusingandorganizationsmustestimatehowoftentheiruserswilluseQliktoallocatethenumberoftokensperuser.•Thereisanadditionalfeeforsharing.Thislimitscollaborationanddistribution.

GlobalAvailability




•AWSGovCloud(2)



•CanadaCentral(2)




•ChinaBeijing(2)


•WhileQlikhastheabilitytomanuallylaunchasinglenodeintoanyAWSdatacenter,theydon’thavetheabilitytolaunchafully-configured,dedicatedandredundantsystem.Thisisamanualprocesswhichwilltakeadditionaltimeandexpertisefromcustomers.•QlikdatacentersareonlylimitedtoNorthAmerica,Ireland,andSydney.Thiswillcauseadditionalworkandpainforcustomersnotintheseregionsasitwillincreaselatency.Securityandcompliancelawsmayvarybycountry/region.

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•Qlikdoesnothaveanycloud-specificAPIs.Thisdoesnotgiveuserstheflexibilitytocreatecustomworkflows.UsersmustusetheQlikinterfaceandareunabletopersonalizetheirownuserexperience.Becauseofnocloud-specificAPIs,Qlikusersareunabletoautomateanyprocesses.




•ThereisnoautomateddisasterrecoveryandfailoveroptionswithQlik;itisentirelyamanualprocessthatinvolvesbackingupfilesandapplicationstoanewserver.Inacasewhereacustomerdoesmanuallyconfigureamulti-nodedeploymentofQlikSenseonaserver,therearelimitationsandadditionalchangesthatneedtobemadeandthisrequiresheavyITinvolvement.




•TheQlikDeploymentConsole(QDC)isusedtocreateandmanageQlikSensesitesthataredeployedincloudcomputingenvironments.

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Qlikisunabletocluster8nodes.Largeenterpriseorganizationsmayneedtoclusterupto8nodestosupporthundredsofusersandpetabytesofdata.

SeamlessUpgrades



•Upgradesarenotaseamlessprocess.CustomersonQlikSenseEnterprisemustdownloadandmanuallyapplytheupgradesthemselves.ThiswillrequireheavyITknowledgeandmaycauseerrorstohappen.•ThereisQlikontheAWSMarketplacebutitisn'tthelatestversion.QlikisnotseriousaboutitscloudofferingonAWS.






•QlikCloudamultitenantenvironment.Asaresult,acustomer'squeriesmayimpactperformanceforallothercustomers.





•QlikrecentlyannouncedQlikSenseEnterprise,butitisnotoptimizedonAWS.QlikEnterpriseisbeingofferedasdeployablebothon-premisesorinthecloud.CustomersmustdeployQlikenterprisethemselvesorgothroughQliktodoitforthem.

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•QlikSenseCloudreliesonAWSinfrastructureforsecurephysicalaccess,redundant(faulttolerant)infrastructure,andscalability.•AdditionalsecurityforQlikSenseCloudisimplementedthroughtheuseofAWSservicesandthird-partysolutionsinavirtualprivatecloud(VPC).Thereisalackofgranularsecurityandtheabilitytocreateworkgroups.•AnyappintheMySharedCloudareaisconsideredsharedandcanbeseenbyallfollowers.Itisnotpossibletojustshareoneappwithaparticularuser.

EnterpriseIoT



•DigitalbadgesarenotprovidedinQlik.MicroStrategyistheonlyBIplatformthatofferspassword-freeloginviaamobileapp.

PhysicalAccess



•Physicalaccessisnotsupported.QlikdoesnotsupportOTBintegrationwithleadingPACSvendorsonmobiledevices.

LogicalAccess



•QlikdoesnotofferlogicalaccesstodigitalsystemsotherthanitsownBIsuite.QlikcanbeconfiguredtouseSAML(securityassertionmarkuplanguage)forpassword-freelogins/singlesign-on,butthisrequiresathird-partyauthenticationsolution.

BluetoothSensing



•QlikSensedoesnotintegratewithBluetooth.

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BarcodeScanner



•TrackingassetswithbarcodescannersisnotsupportedinQlik.ThisisinpartduetoQliknotprovidingadigitalbadgeforuseininteractingwiththeEnterpriseInternetofThings.




•ForQlikSense,thisisnotofferedoutsideofannotationsandcollaborationfordashboardsinitsBIinterfaces.SinceQlikdoesnotprovideadigitaltwinthatiscarriedbyuserswiththeminamobileform-factoratalltimes,itfurtherlacksaconvenientmeansofreachingusersinatimelyfashion.Additionally,thismeansthereismuchlesscontextualinformationavailableaboutusersinanygivenpointintimetoinfluencethedirectionofcommuniques.

Real-timeTelemetry



•Qlik'slackofadigitalbadgepreventsitfromgeneratingcomprehensive,real-timetelemetrystemmingfromtheinteractionsbetweenenterpriseassetsandconstituents.Further,Qlikwouldnothavethecapabilitytohandlethisdatainreal-timeduetoitsneedtohavedatabeextractedandprocessedpriortoanalysis.

OTBReportingModule



•OTBreportingforanaccess-centricEIoTimplementationisnotsupportedbyQlik.ForQliktodeliverdashboardsthatshowaconvergedlogofphysicalandlogicaltransactionsbyeachuserinanenterprise,asignificantamountoflabor(connecting,ETL-ing,architecting,dashboarding)wouldneedtooccur.




•QlikSensesupportsActiveDirectory.However,itintegratesnativelywithfewerthird-partyidentityrepositoriescomparedtoMicroStrategy.

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•QlikdoesnotprovideOTBsupportforidentityservers.UserandassetadministrationinQlikislimitedtocontrollingBIapplicationsandenvironments.

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•Qlik’srootsareinapointsolutionfordatadiscoveryandvisualizationandnotinenterpriseanalytics.

PlatformCohesion



•Qlikhasstartedtomeldtogetherdisparatetechnologiestotrytofillgapsinitssolution.Todothis,Qlikhasacquiredanumberofothertechnologies,includingtheonesbelow.•In2014,QlikacquiredDatamarket,adataanalyticscompany.•In2015,QlikacquiredVizubianditsproductNPrinting,whichisareportgeneration,distributionandschedulingapplicationfortheQlikplatform.•In2016,QlikacquiredIndustrialCodeBox,thecompanybehindQVSource,sothatQlikSenseuserscouldincludedatafromcloud-basedsources.•In2017,QlikacquiredIdevio,aproviderofgeographical-relatedsoftwareandservices,sothatQlikSenseuserscouldaddmapstotheirapps.

VisionaryCEO



•Qlik’sCEOreportstoaprivateequityfirm.Privateequityfirmstypicallyfocusonimprovingcashflowandtightlycontrollingoperations,ratherthanfosteringinnovation.•Qlik’sCEOisn’tatechnologistandpriortoQlik,servedprimarilyinfinancialrolesinnon-softwarecompanies.




•Qlikoffersonlyoneworldwideuserconference,anddoesn’tofferanyotherlarge-scaleconferenceswherecustomerscanengagewithitsCEO.

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•Qlik’sexecutiveteamrepresentstheinterestsofaprivateequityfirmthatdoesn’tfocusontheanalyticsindustry.•Followingtheacquisitionbytheprivateequityfirm,anumberofexecutivesresponsibleforthedevelopmentofQlikSense,includingDonaldFarmer,VPofInnovationandDesign,departedthecompany.




•InAugust2016,QlikwasacquiredbytheprivateequityfirmThomaBravo.Privateequityfirmstypicallyfocusonshort-termfinancialgrowthinthehopesofquicklysellingoffcompaniesataprofit.•Evenbeforethen,Qlik’slargershareholderswereinvestmentmanagementcompanies.




•Qlikisprivatelyheldbyaprivateequityfirm.•Qlik’sfinancialsaren’ttransparent.•Bygoingprivate,Qliklostcredibilityandtransparencywithcustomers.

StrongFinancials



•Inthe2fiscalyearsbeforegoingprivate,Qlikhadacombinednetlossof$61million.•InQlik’slastreportedfiscalyear-endfinancials,ithadanoperatingmarginof-2%.



•MicroStrategyhasofficesin26countriesacrosseverymajorregionoftheworld.•WhileQlikhasasimilarglobalpresenceasMicroStrategy,therearereportsofdownsizingfollowingtheprivateequityacquisition.•Historically,Qlikwasmoreregionallyfocused,and,basedonitslastpublicfinancialfilings,itcontinuedtogenerateamajorityofitsrevenuefromnon-U.S.markets.



•MicroStrategyhasofficesin26countriesacrosseverymajorregionoftheworld. •WhileQlikhasasimilarglobalpresenceasMicroStrategy,therearereportsofdownsizingfollowingtheprivateequityacquisition.•Qlik’sprofessionalservicesrevenuein2015wasamuchsmallerpercentageoftotalrevenuesthanMicroStrategy’s.

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•Cognosdoessupportsomereusabilityofmetadataobjects,butnotallobjectscanbere-used.It’sdifficulttomigrateexistingobjectstonewprojects,anditschangemanagementfeaturesarelimited.

•CognosAnalytics11.0.5introducedsupportforlinkeddatamodules,whichallowsuserstoreuseadatamoduletobuildnewoneswithalinktotheoriginaldata.Contentobjects,suchasreports,dashboards,stories,datasets,andmodulescanbesharedwithaURLthatopensthecontentobjectdirectly.Whileuserscanreuselayoutobjectsacrossmultiplereports,theycannotreusequeryobjectsacrossreports.•ObjectsinIBMCognoscanonlybemigratedfromthecontentstoreinpackages.Usershavetocreatethepackages,uploadthemtothecontentstore,andthenmovethemtothenewproject.Thismultiplestep,manualprocessincreasesthechanceforerrorsandinconsistenciesonobjectdefinitions.

•Cognosdoesnothaveanautomatedorcomprehensivechangemanagementprocesstoensurethatchangestometadataobjectsautomaticallyripplethroughtoalldependentobjects.

DataGovernance



•CognosAnalyticsandTM1cubesstillrequiretheirownuniquesetsofmetadata,creatingafragmentedmetadatasituationwhichcanleadtoinconsistentobjectdefinitionsandreportinginconsistencies.

•Anymetadatachanges(i.e.levelnamechanges)requiretheTM1cubetobereimportedintoFrameworkManager.ThelevelnameswillnotautomaticallyrefreshthemselvesinCognosBI.DevelopersmustdefinelevelnamesfirstbeforepublishingthecubestoCognosBI,creatingmoremanualworkandincreasingthelikelihoodoferrors.•Incontrast,MicroStrategy’sunifiedarchitecturerunsonasinglemetadata,singleserver,andasinglecodebasethatenablesacertifiedandflexibledatamodel.

•In11.0.5,onlyrelational,dynamicquerymodepackagesaresupportedindatamodules;dimensionallymodeledrelational

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•Cognosdoessupportsomereusabilityofmetadataobjects,butnotallobjectscanbere-used.It’sdifficulttomigrateexistingobjectstonewprojects,anditschangemanagementfeaturesarelimited.

•CognosAnalytics11.0.5introducedsupportforlinkeddatamodules,whichallowsuserstoreuseadatamoduletobuildnewoneswithalinktotheoriginaldata.Contentobjects,suchasreports,dashboards,stories,datasets,andmodulescanbesharedwithaURLthatopensthecontentobjectdirectly.Whileuserscanreuselayoutobjectsacrossmultiplereports,theycannotreusequeryobjectsacrossreports.•ObjectsinIBMCognoscanonlybemigratedfromthecontentstoreinpackages.Usershavetocreatethepackages,uploadthemtothecontentstore,andthenmovethemtothenewproject.Thismultiplestep,manualprocessincreasesthechanceforerrorsandinconsistenciesonobjectdefinitions.

•Cognosdoesnothaveanautomatedorcomprehensivechangemanagementprocesstoensurethatchangestometadataobjectsautomaticallyripplethroughtoalldependentobjects.

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•CognosAnalyticsandTM1cubesstillrequiretheirownuniquesetsofmetadata,creatingafragmentedmetadatasituationwhichcanleadtoinconsistentobjectdefinitionsandreportinginconsistencies.

•Anymetadatachanges(i.e.levelnamechanges)requiretheTM1cubetobereimportedintoFrameworkManager.ThelevelnameswillnotautomaticallyrefreshthemselvesinCognosBI.DevelopersmustdefinelevelnamesfirstbeforepublishingthecubestoCognosBI,creatingmoremanualworkandincreasingthelikelihoodoferrors.•Incontrast,MicroStrategy’sunifiedarchitecturerunsonasinglemetadata,singleserver,andasinglecodebasethatenablesacertifiedandflexibledatamodel.

•In11.0.5,onlyrelational,dynamicquerymodepackagesaresupportedindatamodules;dimensionallymodeledrelational(DMR)andOLAPmetadataarenotyetsupportedindatamodules.

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•Cognossupportsuserauthenticationandsomerole-baseddataaccesscontrols,butithasalimitedrangeofsecurityprivilegesandrequirestoomanymanual/redundantprocesses.

•WhileCognos11.05allowsthecreationofCognosgroupsandtheadditionofActiveDirectorygroups/users,thesecuritysettingscannotbereusedacrosstheentiredeploymentandhavetobedefinedredundantlyforeveryusergroup.

•ModulesinCognosAnalytics(Cognos11)canbesavedtoafolderwithroleandgroupsecurity,buttheydonotcurrentlysupporthierarchiesorrow-levelsecurity.Developerscanimplementrow-levelsecurity,butithastobeconfiguredwithinthedatabase.

•Column-levelsecurityrequiresmanualcodingfromFrameworkManagerandcanbeappliedonlyforusergroups.Incontrast,MicroStrategynotonlysupportsrow-levelandcolumn-levelsecurity,butalsoenforcessecurityonindividualmetadataobjects,enablingmuchmoregranularcontroloverdataaccessandusercapabilities.

•Usersareauthenticatedbydirectlyconnectingtoanyv3LDAP,includingActiveDirectory.Cognosprovidesanout-of-the-boxauditsolutiontomonitorwhenandhowusersinteractwiththeplatform.



•Cognosenablesscalabilityandperformancevialoadbalancingthroughvariousadministratorcontrolledsettingsthatoptimizeresourceavailability.Additionally,Cognospushesdownanalyticalfunctionstothedatabase,andprovidesmultilevelcachingandaggregateawareness.

•IBMCognoscanscalevertically(byusingmorepowerfulservers),orscalehorizontallybyaddingmoreserversandbalancingtheprocessingloadamongtheservers.

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•IBMCognosdoesnotdynamicallygeneratemulti-passSQL.Therefore,itcannotfullyleveragetheprocessingpowerofthedatabasetoanswercomplexqueries;insteaditmustplacetheburdenontheanalyticalengineinthemiddle-tier.Multi-stagecalculations,suchaspercentagetototal,andcontributionmetricsneedtobehandledatthereportlevel,whichwilldegradeperformance.

•MicroStrategy’smulti-passSQLqueriesprovidegreateranalyticalpowerandminimizestheamountofdatathatispulledbacktothemid-tier.



•IBMCognosAnalytics(v11)doesnotprovideautomatedcommandlinescriptsforadministrativetasks.

•Cognosdoesnotautomaticallyandcomprehensivelycheckfordependencieswhenchangesinmetadataobjectsoccur,asitdoesnotsupportmetadatacontentacrosstheentireproductset.



•CognosBIprovidesmetricsforcheckingtheperformanceofthesystem,servers,dispatchers,orservices.Adminscansetthresholdsformetricstoidentifywhentheperformanceexceedsorfallsshortofexpectedrangesandnotifyanyonewhoshouldbemadeawareoftheproblemwhenaperformanceissueoccurs.•CognosAnalyticsalsoprovidesanout-of-the-boxauditsolutiontomonitorwhenandhowusersinteractwiththeplatform.

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•Cognosisavailableinacloudenvironment,butcustomersarenotabletolaunchacloudserverwithIBMCognosAnalyticsalreadyinstalledonit.ThiswillrequireuserstoinstallandconfiguretheBIplatformthemselves,whichwilltaketimeandadditionalresources.Incontrast,MicroStrategyenablesorganizationsaroundtheworldtospinupinstancesforenterpriseanalyticsandmobilityinminutes.

•IBMCognosAnalyticssupportsanumberofoperatingsystemsincludingAIX,Linux,Solaris,andWindows,andsupportsanumberofopenstandards.

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•IBMCognosoffers99%systemavailabilityfortheenterpriseoffering

•IntermsofSLAs,theavailabilityofthecloudserviceduringacontractedmonthdependsforeachapplicableoffering.




•CognosDynamicCubesaremodeledwithadesignatedtoolcalledIBMCognosCubeDesigner,whichrequiresadditionalschemaworkinsteadofdirectlyleveragingthealready-builtschemamodel.Duetotheiridiosyncrasies,DynamicCubeshavenotyetbeenwidelyadopted.

EnterpriseAnalytics




•CognosAnalyticsuserscanauthorreportsbasedonmodelscreatedineitherModules(Cognos11)ortheFrameworkManager(Cognos10.2.2)interface,butdashboardscanonlybeauthoredagainstthenewdatamodules.

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•CognosuserscancreatedatamodelsbasedonrelationaldatasourcesandsomeHadoop-baseddatasources(ClouderaImpala,IBMBigInsights,Hive),butnotfromapplicationssuchasTwitterorSalesforce,orOLAPdatasources.ThesedatasourcesaresupportedinFrameworkManagermodels.




•IBMCognosAnalyticsdoesnotprovideaccesstounstructured/semi-structureddatasources.•Itisnotpossibletotransformandcleandatafromthespreadsheetduringtheloadprocess.•ThesizeofExcel,.txt,.csv,andsimpledatafilesiscappedat100MB.•Thedatamustbeincolumnarform--nopivottablesorcrosstabs.

EnterpriseReports



•Theplatformsupportsformattedreports,authoredbyITorbusinessusers,withschedulinganddistribution.Bandedreportsaresupported.•Thereareseveralreportingtools:self-servicereportingandanalysisaredonethroughIBMCognosQueryStudioandIBMCognosAnalysisStudio,andscheduledreportsarecreatedinIBMCognosAnalytics.•ReportscanbeauthoredagainstexistingFrameworkManagermodelsasofv11.•Bandedreportsaresupported.•IBMsupportsreportdistributionviaPDForXLS,andbasedonuser-definedbusinesseventssuchassalesbelowtarget.However,thisisnotsupportedfordashboards.

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•Reportscanruninlimitedinteractivityorfullinteractivitymode.Anyreportcanbesettoeithermodebytheauthorusingthe‘Runwithfullinteractivity’reportproperty.•Bydefault,newreportsarefullyinteractive(‘Runwithfullinteractivitydefault’setto‘Yes’).Theauthorcanlimittheinteractivitybysetting‘Runwithfullinteractivity’to‘No’.•Bydefault,existingC10reportsrunwithlimitedinteractivitytoensurethereportshavethesamebehaviorasthepreviousrelease.Theauthorisabletosetthemtofullinteractivity.

MobileAnalytics



•Mobilecapabilitiesdependonthetypeofcontentcreated.DashboardcontentisaccessedandinteractedwithprimarilyviaanHTMLbrowser-basedinterface.•OnlyreportscreatedinReportStudioandCognosWorkspacecanbeviewedonmobile.Inaddition,thesereportshavetobespecificallyformattedformobiledevices,whichcreatesmultiplesilosofinformation.•Forofflinecontentandusewithinanativeapp,thereportmustbeexplicitlydesignedasanActiveReport;dashboardsarenotsupportedoffline.Furthermore,onlyactivereports(reportscreatedinReportStudio)aresupportedoffline(fromiPadsonly).•CognosMobileforAndroid(notanativeapp)doesnotsupportofflinereporting.•Userscan’tperformtransactionsoraccessmultimediaoffline.

RealTimeAnalytics



•WhileIBMoffersreal-timecomputingviaIBMStreamComputing,itisnotyetnativetoCognos.•IBMStreamComputingoffersasolutionwithadevelopmentenvironment,andanalyticstoolkitssuchasnaturallanguageprocessing,image/voicerecognition,andspatial-temporalanalysis.

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•IBMCognosAnalyticslacksout-of-the-boxcapabilitiesforembeddedadvancedanalytics.Thereisnobasicforecastingoradvancedanalytics.Fortheserequirements,customerswouldneedtouseeitherIBMWatsonAnalyticsorFrameworkManagermodels,integratedwithIBMSPSS.•IBMCognosonlyintegrateswithSPSS.•IBMCognosAnalyticsstilldoesn’tfullyintegratewithIBMWatson.

BigDataAnalytics



•IBMallowsuserstocreatedatamodelsbasedonrelationaldatasourcesandsomeHadoop-baseddatasources(ClouderaImpala,IBMBigInsights,Hive).

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•Time-basedalertsaresupportedbutconditionalalertsarenot.

EnterpriseMobility




•UnlikeIBMAnalyticsdesktop,themobileclientdoesnotsupporttransactional(write-back)capabilitiesfrommobiledevices.Thislimitsusers'abilitytotakeactiondirectlyfromtheirdevicesandautomaticallyapplychangestodatasets.

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•IBMCognosmobileanalyticslimitsaccessibilitytomultimediacontentbyonlyallowinguserstodownloadselectivecontent.

GeospatialAnalysis



•ThoughIBMCognossupportsMapboxintegration,functionalityisonlylimitedtodashboards.Furthermore,GoogleandESRImaprenderingisunavailableforCognosAnalyticsMobileviaactivereports.•Street-levelmappinganalysisisnotsupported.•Customgeospatialfeaturessuchassalesregions,flightordrivingroutes,sensorlocations,etc.arenotsupported.



•OfflinesupportforreportsanddashboardsisavailableforiPadsonly.•Transactions(notsupportedinmobile),geospatialanalysis,andmultimediacontentarenotsupportedinofflinemode.•CognosMobileforAndroiddoesnotsupportofflinereporting.

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•CognosMobileanalyticsappsdonotprovidearesilientcachinginfrastructure.Thereisalimitationtothemaximumnumberofpagesstoredonmobiledevicesforeachreport.IBMCognossuggestsusingthedefaultof5unlessthemobileenvironmentonlyincludesiPadmobileclients.Inthatcase,thedefaultcanbesetupto50pages.Pagesoverthespecifiedlimitareautomaticallydiscarded.•Furthermore,thereisalsoalimitof999daystostoreareportinthedatabase.Ifareportexceedsthislimit,itisremovedfromthemobiledevice.




•IBMCognoshaslimitationsonitsalertingcapabilitiesforthemobileproduct.UserscanreceivepushnotificationsfromCognosAnalyticsserversforiOSonly.CognosmobiledoesnotprovidealertsorpushnotificationstoAndroidusers.




•Instantupdatestoappsarenotsupported.•IBMCognosmobiledoesnotprovideuserstheflexibilitytoinstantlyviewactivereportsinthemobileapp,astheactivereportshavetobemanuallyimportedintheappviamail,iTunes,webserver,orfilestorage.




•CognosdoesnotprovideanyAPIsforiOSorAndroidthatallowappdeveloperstocustomizethelookandfeelofthemobileapp,orembedCognosBIcontentintoanexistingmobileapplication.




•IBMdoesnottestorsupportEMM"wrapping"tools,likeMobileIronorAirWatch,buttheyclaimthatCognosMobilecustomershavesuccessfullyusedthoseproducts.•IBM'sCognosMobilecustomershaveprovidedfeedbackthattheyhavedeployedusingMobileIron,AirWatch,Citrix,MaaS360,andMocana,andhavedemonstratedpartialcompatibilitywithAppConfig.IBMdoesnotconfirmorvalidatetheaccuracyofthislist.

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•IBMCognosMobileAnalyticslimitsitssupporttobasiclogfilesfordebuggingpurposes.•IBMmonitorsuserbehaviorwithinthemobileappitselfbutofferslimitedmonitoringofsecurity,performance,andoperationalstatistics.

EmbeddedAnalytics







•TheIBMCognosSDKisaseparateinstallationthatallowstheintegrationofCognosBIcontentintootherapplications.Userscanautomatetasksthatincludescheduling,changingpermissions,anddisplayingCognosreportsinacustomwebapplication.However,theCognosSDKdoesnotallowuserstomodifyportalpages,loginscreens,branding,oranyotheruserinterfacewidgets.

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•CognosdoesnotprovideanyAPIsforiOSorAndroidthatallowappdeveloperstocustomizethelookandfeelofthemobileapporembedCognosBIcontentintoanexistingmobileapplication.




•Cognosdoesnothaveawayforthird-partyapplicationstopushdataascubes.Thus,customerscanonlyusethelimiteddatasourcesthatarecertifiedbyCognos.Inordertouseanyotherdatasource,customerswouldhavetowaituntilit'sincludedasapartoftheplatform.




•Currently,CognosdoesnotsupportintegrationwithD3visualizationortheabilityforcustomerstocreateanewHTML5visualization.IBMCognosVisualizationCustomizerletsusersonlycustomizethevisualizationsavailablethroughIBM.




•Onlythereportspublishedasawebservicecanbeconsumedbyotherapplications.Thereisnowayforcustomwebapplicationstoextractsubsetsofdata(basedonfilters)fromexistingcubesorreports.

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•IBMCognosAnalyticsdoesnotprovideanyAPIsforcustomerstocreatetheirowndataconnectors.

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•IBMCognosprovidesbuilt-inmulti-tenancycapabilities.However,thereisnowaytocustomizeanenvironmentwiththetenant'sbranding,logo,orpersonalizedschema.

EnterpriseCloud




•ThereisnowayausercanprovisionanewcloudenvironmentwithCognosalreadyinstalledonit.UsersmustgothroughIBMeachtimetheyneedafullyconfiguredenvironmentormanuallyinstallandconfiguretheplatform.Thiswillslowdowndevelopmentandincreasewaitingtime.

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•AWSGovCloud(2)



•CanadaCentral(2)




•ChinaBeijing(2)


IBMCognosutilizestheirowndatacenters.IBMgeographiccoverageislimitedtotheUSA,Canada,UK,Netherlands,Germany,andAustralia.Thismaycauseadditionalworkandeffortforcustomersoutsidetheseregionsbecauseitincreaseslatency.Securityandcompliancelawsmayvarybycountry/region.

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•IBMdoesnothavecloudAPIsthatallowitsuserstolaunchafullyconfiguredIBMCognosenvironment.ThisrequiresuserstoinstallandconfiguretheBIplatformthemselveswhichwilltaketimeandadditionalresources.




IBMCognosfortheEnterpriseonlyallows500GBofuserstorageand500GBfordisasterrecoverybackup.Ifanythingweretohappenforlargeenterprisecorporationswherethereismorethan500GBofdata,organizationswillnotbeabletorecoverit.Thiswillcauseincrediblepainforcustomers,resultinginwastedtimeandresources.




IBMCognosontheclouddoesnotsupporttheabilitytostartandstopthecloudenvironment.ThiswillincreasecostsforPOCordevelopmentasusersarepayingforliveinstancesduringunusedtimes.

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•IBMCognosdoesnotprovideautomatedscalingofenvironments.Administratorsmustmanuallyscaletheenvironmentsupordown.•IBMCognosisunabletocluster8nodes.Largeenterpriseorganizationsmayneedtoclusterupto8nodestosupporthundredsofusersandpetabytesofdata.

SeamlessUpgrades



•IBMmanagesadministration,monitoring,ongoingmaintenance,andupgrades.






•IBMCognosEnterpriseonlyoffersa99.75%uptimeSLA,whichisbelowindustrystandards.Everyminutecountsforlargeenterprisecustomers,andanydowntimecanbecatastrophic.99.75%isunacceptableforenterprisecustomers.





•AfterimportingdataintoIBMCognos,userscanonlyrefreshdatafromonedatasourceatatime.Thisincreasestimeandisunintuitiveforenterpriseuserslookingtorefreshmultipledatasourcesatonce.•IBMCognosanalyticscustomerscanconnecttomoston-premisesorclouddatasources.•IBMCognosanalyticscustomerscanstarton-premises,movetoahybridcloudoptionortoaprivatecloud,ormovebackandforthamongmultipledeploymentoptions.

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•IBMCognosfocusesonenforcedstandards,testedprocesses,anddedicatedtools.•Itmonitorsaglobalsecurityincidentprocess24/7/365.•DatacentersthathostIBMCognosclouddeploymentsareallSOCIIcompliant.

EnterpriseIoT



•DigitalbadgesarenotprovidedinIBMCognos.MicroStrategyistheonlyBIplatformthatofferspassword-freeloginviaamobileapp.

PhysicalAccess



•Physicalaccessisnotsupported.CognosdoesnotsupportOTBintegrationwithleadingPACSvendorsonmobiledevices.IBM'sIoTproductsalsodonotprovidesuchfunctionality.

LogicalAccess



•IBMCognosdoesnotofferlogicalaccesstodigitalsystemsotherthanitsownBIsuite.CognoscanbeconfiguredtouseSAML(securityassertionmarkuplanguage)forpassword-freelogins/singlesign-on,butthisrequiresathird-partyauthenticationsolution.

BluetoothSensing



•CognosdoesnotintegratenativelywithBluetooth.IntheEIoTcontext,acustomerwouldneedtomakeaninvestmentinIBM'sWatsonIoTplatformtoacquireBluetoothcapabilities.

BarcodeScanner



•TrackingassetswithbarcodescannersisnotsupportedinCognos.ThisisinpartduetoCognosnotprovidingadigitalbadgeforuseininteractingwiththeEnterpriseInternetofThings.TheWatsonIoTplatformcanpulldatacollectedbythird-partybarcodescanners,butthesearedistinctproductswithseparatelicensingandintegrationprocesses.

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•ForCognos,thisisnotofferedoutsideofannotationsandcollaborationfordashboardsinitsBIinterfaces.SinceCognosdoesnotprovideadigitaltwinthatiscarriedbyuserswiththeminamobileform-factoratalltimes,itfurtherlacksaconvenientmeansofreachingusersinatimelyfashion.Additionally,thismeansthereismuchlesscontextualinformationavailableaboutusersinanygivenpointintimetoinfluencethedirectionofcommuniques.

Real-timeTelemetry



•WhileIBMoffersreal-timecomputingviaIBMStreamComputing,itisnotyetnativetoCognos.Cognos'lackofadigitalbadgepreventsitfromgeneratingcomprehensive,real-timetelemetrystemmingfromtheinteractionsbetweenenterpriseassetsandconstituents.ToaccomplishsomeofthiswithIBM,customerspurchaselicensesandserversforaseparateproduct(WatsonIoT)thatisnotfullyintegratedwithCognos.

OTBReportingModule



•OTBreportingforanaccess-centricEIoTimplementationisnotsupportedbyCognos.AlthoughCognoscanintegratewithWatsonIoTtopullinsensordata,forCognostodeliverdashboardsthatshowaconvergedlogofphysicalandlogicaltransactionsbyeachuserinanenterprise,asignificantamountoflabor(connecting,ETL-ing,architecting,dashboarding)wouldneedtooccur.




•InCognos,usersareauthenticatedbydirectlyconnectingtoanyv3LDAP,includingActiveDirectory.Anout-of-the-boxauditsolutionmonitorswhenandhowusersinteractwiththeplatform.However,itintegratesnativelywithfewerthird-partyidentityrepositoriescomparedtoMicroStrategy.

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•IBMCognosdoesnotprovideOTBsupportforidentityservers.UserandassetadministrationinCognosislimitedtocontrollingBIapplicationsandenvironments.AsitpertainstotheEIoT,IBMhasaseparateoffering(WatsonIoT)whichallowsfortheprovisioningandconfigurationofrelationshipsbetweenconnectedsensorsanddevices(thoughthesearegenerallynotusedasidentityextensionsforemployees).

EnterprisePartner




•IBMisaconglomeratewith5distinctbusinesssegments,noneofwhichfocusonenterpriseanalytics.•IBMhastwodozencategoriesofproductsolutions,andCognos(acquiredbyIBMin2008)ismerelyoneofmanyproductsofferedunderoneofthecategories.•Cognosisn’tevenmentionedinIBM’smostrecentannualreport.

PlatformCohesion



•Cognosistheresultofeffortstomelddisparatetechnologies.•BeforeIBMacquiredCognosin2008,IBMhadnothingintheareaofanalytics.•Cognositselfrepresentstheamalgamationofnumerousotherthird-partytechnologiesthatwereacquiredbyCognosovermanyyears.•AfteracquiringCognos,IBMacquiredanotheranalyticsprovider,SPSS.•WatsonAnalyticsisbeingdevelopedseparatelyfromtheCognosbaseplatform,withlimitedintegrationbetweenthetwo.•CognosmustcompeteforattentionandfundingwithintheIBMconglomerate.

VisionaryCEO



•TheattentionofIBM’sCEOisdividedamong5businesssegmentsthatareadvertisedtocomprisea“cognitivesolutionsandcloudplatformcompany,withafocusonindustrycapabilitiesandexpertise.”It’sunclearwhattheCEO’svisionisforCognos,particularlywithIBM’srecentmarketingactivitiesaroundWatson.




•CognosisaverysmallportionofIBM’sconglomeratebusiness.GiventhelargenumberofIBMbusinesssegmentsandproductsolutions,itsCEOcan’tbefocusedonengagementwithCognoscustomers.

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•Enterpriseanalyticsisn’tthecorebackgroundofanymemberonIBM’sseniorexecutiveteam.




•IBM’sstockownershipisdispersedanditslargershareholdersareinvestmentmanagementcompanies.•IBM’smanagementcollectivelyholdslessthan1%ownershipinterestinthecompany.




•IBMisapubliclytradedcompany,butCognos’sfinancialperformanceisunknownbecauseit’ssuchasmallportionofIBM’soverallbusinessandIBMdoesn’tseparatelyreportonit.ThismakesitmoredifficulttopredictIBM’splansforCognosandcreatessignificantuncertaintyforcustomers.

StrongFinancials



•IBM’srevenueshavebeenshrinkingforeachofthelast20quarters.•IBMisaconglomerate,andthefinancialperformanceofCognosisunclear.




•WhileIBMhasofficesinanumberofcountries,IBMisaconglomeratebusiness,andtheextenttowhichthoseofficessupportenterpriseanalyticssalesandcustomersisunclear.




•WhileIBMhasofficesinanumberofcountries,IBMisaconglomeratebusiness,andtheextenttowhichthoseofficesprovideenterpriseanalyticsservicesisunclear.

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EnterprisePlatform




•SAPdoesdefineanddescribebusinessobjecttypesandtheirmethodsinaBusinessObjectRepository(BOR),buttherearesignificantlimitationsintohowthoseobjectscanbereusedandexpandedupon.

•Localreportingobjectsarenotshareableamongusers:Manycalculations,conditions,andpromptsaretypicallycreatednewforeachreportandcannotbeeasilyusedasbuildingblocksforotherreportingobjects.

•Reportdeveloperscannotcreatestandalonereportobjectsandreusethemacrossdifferentreports.Thiscreatesextraworkandgeneratesmanyredundantobjectsthatservethesamepurpose.

•WhilethereissomeinteroperabilityonthedatasourceanddataaccesslevelsbetweenSAPBOBJ4.2andSAPBOBJCloud,contentcreatedbyoneplatformcannotbepromotedtoorreusedbytheother.

DataGovernance



•BusinessObjectsisacollectionofseveralBItoolsthatarenotfullyintegratedtogether,creatingafragmentedandinconsistentmetadataenvironment.Incontrast,MicroStrategy’sBIplatformisorganicallydevelopedfromtheground-up,providingasingle,unifiedmetadatathatenablesasingleversionofthetruth.

•DatalineageandimpactanalysisisnotsupportedineitherSAPLumiraortheSAPBusinessObjectsplatformoutofthebox.Itrequiresanothertool,theSAPInformationSteward.Itisnotconsistentandvaries,forinstance,whetherthesemanticlayer"universe"isusedornot.

•WhiledatamodelinginSAPLumiraisdesignedforbusinessusers,modelingintheuniverse,SAPHanaviews,orSAPBusinessWarehousequeriesremainsanIT-centrictask.

•LumiradoesnotinheritalloftheSAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseplatformcapabilitiestobettersupportthegovernedanddecentralizeddatadiscoveryusecases.Forinstance,Lumiradocumentscanbesharedontheplatform,andDesignStudiocancreatecontentthatisthenexportedtoLumira.SchedulingandalertingarenotsupportedinLumirabuttheyaresupportedinSAPBOBJ.

UserSecurity Rolesandprivilegesthatassignrestrictionstousers

ThesecuritymodelwithintheMicroStrategyplatformisbuiltaroundusersandusergroups,whicharerepresentedaslogicalmetadataobjects.Thisensuresthatdataissecuredatthemostgranularlevels.

•SAPBOBJsupportsuserauthenticationandrole-baseddataaccesscontrols,butthesehavelimitedgranularityandoftenrequireredundant

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•SAPdoesdefineanddescribebusinessobjecttypesandtheirmethodsinaBusinessObjectRepository(BOR),buttherearesignificantlimitationsintohowthoseobjectscanbereusedandexpandedupon.

•Localreportingobjectsarenotshareableamongusers:Manycalculations,conditions,andpromptsaretypicallycreatednewforeachreportandcannotbeeasilyusedasbuildingblocksforotherreportingobjects.

•Reportdeveloperscannotcreatestandalonereportobjectsandreusethemacrossdifferentreports.Thiscreatesextraworkandgeneratesmanyredundantobjectsthatservethesamepurpose.

•WhilethereissomeinteroperabilityonthedatasourceanddataaccesslevelsbetweenSAPBOBJ4.2andSAPBOBJCloud,contentcreatedbyoneplatformcannotbepromotedtoorreusedbytheother.

DataGovernance



•BusinessObjectsisacollectionofseveralBItoolsthatarenotfullyintegratedtogether,creatingafragmentedandinconsistentmetadataenvironment.Incontrast,MicroStrategy’sBIplatformisorganicallydevelopedfromtheground-up,providingasingle,unifiedmetadatathatenablesasingleversionofthetruth.

•DatalineageandimpactanalysisisnotsupportedineitherSAPLumiraortheSAPBusinessObjectsplatformoutofthebox.Itrequiresanothertool,theSAPInformationSteward.Itisnotconsistentandvaries,forinstance,whetherthesemanticlayer"universe"isusedornot.

•WhiledatamodelinginSAPLumiraisdesignedforbusinessusers,modelingintheuniverse,SAPHanaviews,orSAPBusinessWarehousequeriesremainsanIT-centrictask.

•LumiradoesnotinheritalloftheSAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseplatformcapabilitiestobettersupportthegovernedanddecentralizeddatadiscoveryusecases.Forinstance,Lumiradocumentscanbesharedontheplatform,andDesignStudiocancreatecontentthatisthenexportedtoLumira.SchedulingandalertingarenotsupportedinLumirabuttheyaresupportedinSAPBOBJ.

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•SAPBOBJsupportsuserauthenticationandrole-baseddataaccesscontrols,butthesehavelimitedgranularityandoftenrequireredundantimplementationprocesses.

•ReportedlySAPBusinessObjectsofferslimitedgranularityforadministratorstosetgroupsanduserprivileges.Incontrast,MicroStrategynotonlysupportsrow-levelandcolumn-levelsecurity,butalsoenforcessecurityonindividualmetadataobjects,enablingmuchmoregranularcontroloverdataaccessandusercapabilities.

•Securitymustoftenbedefinedinatleastthreetools:UniverseDesignerorInformationDesignTool,CentralManagementConsole,andBusinessViewManager,creatingextramanualworkand"spread-mart"issues.



•SAPBOcandeliveranalyticstoalargenumberofusers,butrequiresexpensivehardwareandmultipleserversforheavierneeds.

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•SAPBusinessObjectsdoesnothaveascalableROLAPengineacrosstheproductsetintheformofamulti-pass,aggregate-awaredynamicSQLgenerationengine.TheBOBJROLAPengineprovideslimitedcapabilitiestogeneratemulti-passSQLstatements,andthereforeforcesmanycalculationstobeperformedinthemiddle-tierserver,whichdegradesperformance.

•Incontrast,MicroStrategy'smulti-passSQLengineprovidesgreateranalyticalpowerandminimizestheamountofdatathatispulledbacktothemid-tier,helpingtoaccelerateperformance.

•BusinessObjectsSQLenginedoesnotsupportautomaticaggregateawareness;thus,itisunabletomapasingleattributetomanyfacttablesandthenselectthemostefficienttabletoobtainthedataduringrun-time.

•SAPMicroCubeloadingwilloftenrequiremoretimetobuildthanacomparableMicroStrategyqueryduetothenon-optimizedSQLthatwasgenerated,theextensiverawdatawhichmustberetrieved,andtheinefficiencyofperformingdataprocessingondesktoporawebserver.



•UnlikeMicroStrategy,SAPBusinessObjectsdoesnotprovideworkflowautomationtoolsoutofthebox.

•SAP'smultipleserverinstallationsrequiremultiplepointsofadministration,placinganadditionalburdenonITandincreasingthepotentialforerrors.

•SAP’slackofreusablemetadataobjectsresultsinhighermaintenanceeffortsandincreasesthetotalcostofownership.



•SAPprovidesabasiclevelofsystemhealthmonitoring,butlacksmoresophisticatedmonitoringtoolsforensuringmetadataconsistencyandforrecommendingperformanceimprovements.

•SAPdoesnotautomaticallycheckfordependencieswhenchangesinmetadataobjectsoccur,asitdoesnotsupportmetadatacontentacrosstheentireproductset.

•SAPdoesnotprovideanyCubeAdvisortoolthatwouldrecommendin-memoryROLAPcubestoreducedatabaseprocessingandresponsetimes.

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•SAPBusinessObjectscanbesupportedonavarietyofhardwareplatforms,andonthecloudasaSaaSoffering.But,interoperabilitybetweenthoseenvironmentsislimited.

•SAPBusinessObjectssupportsWindows,Linux,AIX,andSolaris.SAPBOBJCloudisSaaSonly.

•InteroperabilitybetweenSAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseandSAPBusinessObjectsCloudremainslimited.Thetwoplatformssharesomeinteroperabilityondatasourceanddataaccesslevel;however,thecontentcreatedbyEnterprisecannotbepromotedtoorreusedbyCloudandviceversa.

HighAvailability



•SAPBusinessObjectsCloudoffersanSLAof99.5%systemavailability.




•SAPBusinessObjectsmakesheavyuseofSAPHigh-PerformanceAnalyticAppliance(SAPHANA),anin-memorydatabasethatcomplementsBOBJ’sin-memoryanalyticscapabilities.

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•SAPBOBJEnterpriseleveragesSAPBusinessObjectsDesignStudiotobuildmulti-dimensionaldatavisualizationsandconnecttoSAPBWandSAPHANAdata.DesignStudiocaterstoprofessionallyauthoreddashboardsandapplicationsthatprovideaveryguidedandstructureddataanalysisexperience.•SAPLumiraisthemorecommontoolforself-servicedatadiscoveryanddashboards(a.k.a.'Stories')creation.•SAPLumiraoffersadrag-and-dropUItocreatevisualizations,canconnecttoandblendmultipledatasourcesinthesameview,andcandisplaydatausinginteractivemapsandvisuals.•SAPLumiraServerrunsontopofHANA.Itsupportsweb-basedauthoringofSAPHana-basedstories.Thesolution,however,hascertainlimitations.Forexample,transformationssuchasconvertingdatetoday-of-weekisamanualprocess.Userscannotconditionallychangethesizeofabarinabarchart.•SAPLumirastoryboardsofferlimitedinteractivityandcross-componentinteraction.ThereisnofullscreenmodeforStoryconsumption(onlypreview).InputControlaffectsallvisualizationsinaStory(inMicroStrategyuserscancontrolwhichvisualizationsareaffectedbyafilter).




•SAPBOBJEnterprisedataaccesscapabilitiesarecomparabletoMicroStrategy.•Liveaccessforin-databasequeriesisavailablefortheon-premisesSAPHANAandSAPHANACloudPlatform,withhybridconnectivitytoBusinessWarehouseandS/4HANAplannedforQ1,2017.

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•SAPAgileDataPreparationsupportsautomaticprofilingofacquireddataandalsoidentifiesthecontenttypeofdatawithincolumns.Theidentifiedcontenttypedrivessubsequentpreparationincleansing,matchingduplicaterecords,andremovingduplicatedata.Itsupportsbusinessuserjoins,datamashup,datamodelling,anddataenrichment.•DataprepinLumiracomeswithcertainlimitations.Forexample,transformationssuchasconvertingdatetoday-of-theweekisamanualprocess.

EnterpriseReports



•BusinessObjectshastwotoolsforoperationalreporting–WebIntelligenceandCrystalReports.•CrystalReportshasanonlinecatalogofreporttemplatesthatcanbeusedasastartingpoint.CrystalReportsdoesnotofferwebusersawaytoeditandformatthereportwhileviewingit(withareal-timeviewoftheirchanges).Thedesignchangesaredoneonthedesktopversion,andWebisusedjustforconsumption.•WebIntelligencedoesnotprovideout-of-the-boxreporttemplates.•LumiracustomerscanshareaURLtoaweb-basedversionofaLumiravisualization,oralternativelycreateaPDFfromthevisualization.




•SAPDesignStudiosupportsinteractivepixel-perfectdashboardswiththepossibilityofhavingmultipletablesorgraphsdisplayedindifferenttabsasneeded.•SAPCrystalReportssoftwareenablesreportauthorstotransformdatafromanysourceintopixel-perfect,data-richdocumentsanddeliverthemtoexternalandinternalconsumers.•SAPLumira2.0,currentlyinbeta,willeventuallymergewithDesignStudiotocombinefunctionality.

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•TherearesomerudimentarycachingcapabilitiesfortheSAPMobileApp.Theappwillcachereportsduringanactivesession,butthecachewillbeclearedoncethesessionisover.Userscanmanuallyaddreportstoa"myitems"page,whichwillpermanentlycachethereportonthedevice,makingthemaccessibleoffline.•Ifacachedreportissubsequentlymodifiedontheserver,itisnotautomaticallyupdatedonthemobileapp.Rather,theuserjustgetsanalertthatthereportneedstobeupdated.•SAPBOMobilesupportsgeoanalysis,althoughthemapinteractionsarerudimentary.•Itshowspointsofinterest(bubble/marker),whichletsusersclickonthemforadditionalinformation.•Itdoesnothavemoreadvancedinteractivitysuchasusingamap-as-filtertool,usinglassotoolstodrillintospecificareas,expanding/collapsingmarkersasuserszoominandout,etc.

RealTimeAnalytics



•Real-timestreamingindashboardsissupportedwiththeSAPEventStreamProcessor,orSAPHANASmartDataStreaming,andSAPDesignStudio1.4.•SAPLumira(optimizedforHANA)alsosupportsreal-timestreaming.




SAPoffersatool(SAPPredictiveAnalytics)whichisbasicallyauserinterfacethatleveragestheSAPHANAfunctionlibrarytotapintodataminingandstatisticalfunctions.Inaddition,HANAcanintegrateRfunctions.Withoutthisoption,SAPcanusebasicstatisticalfunctions,mainlyinweb.

•WithLumira,someembeddedadvancedanalyticsfeatures,suchasadvancedanalyticsvisualizationsoradvancedpredictiveanalysis,arenotyetavailable.•Thereisalimitednumberofbuilt-instatisticalfunctionsinLumira.•Forecastingissupported.•Clusteringisnotnativelysupported.•ThereisnonativeintegrationwithR.ThereisasignificantinvestmentinAI,machinelearning,andIoTunderwaybySAP.TheproductcodenameisLeonardo(IoT),whichheavilyleveragesHANA.

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•In-memorycomputingisoptimizedforuseonSAPHANA.•SAPoffersagoodintegrationwithHadoopviaHANA--userscanrunbatchjobsinHadooptoloadinformationintoHANAandminerawdatathatiseitherschema-lessorwhereschemachangesovertime.•DatahastogothroughSAPHANA,socustomersneedlicensesandtheintegrationtoleveragetheHDFSconnector.





•SAPBusinessObjectshaslimiteddynamicdistributioncapabilitiesacrosstheirproductset.Administratorsmustdefinefixeddistributionlistsandcannotuseconditionstodynamicallyalterarecipientlist.•Limitedsupportfortheschedulinganddistributionofdashboards.•CrystalReportssupportsexception-basedalerting.However,WebIntelligencedoesnot.•WebIntelligencereportuserscannotsetupproactivenotificationsbasedonthresholdconditions.•EventhoughapartoftheSAPAnalyticsportfolio,LumiradoesnotinheritalloftheSAPBusinessObjectsplatformcapabilities-itdoesnotsupportschedulingandalerting.

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•Write-backcapabilitiesareavailablewithlimitations.TheyareoptimizedforSAPBW,SAPERPsystems,andSAPHANA.TheSAPFIORIinterfaceallowsfortheblendingofBIdataandsomewrite-backcapabilities.

EmbeddedMultimedia



•SAPBOMobiledoesnotsupportembeddedmultimediacontent.•Duetothelackofanin-appviewerintheSAPBOMobileapp,usersarelimitedtolinkingtoanSAPMobileDocumentsAppthatisdesignedtostorethemultimediacontent.Thisapproachresultsinapooruserexperienceandperformanceissues.

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GeospatialAnalysis



•SAPBOMobilesupportsgeoanalysisthroughSAPLumira,althoughmapinteractionsarerudimentary.•Itshowspointsofinterest(POI)asbubblesormarkers;userscanclickonaPOIforadditionalinformation.•SAPMobiledoesnothavemoreadvancedinteractivitysuchasusingamapasafilter,usinglassotoolstodrillintospecificareas,expandingorcollapsingmarkersasyouzoomin/out,etc.•SAPMobiledoesnotsupportGoogleMapsandonlyoffersESRIsupportthroughLumirafor4outof9basemaps.•Geomapsarenotsupportedoffline.

OfflineAccess Abilitytosupport

applicationsinofflinemoderegardlessofconnectivity.Thisincludesinteractivitywithdata,multimediacontent,andtransactionalworkflows.


SAPsupportsofflinemobileconsumptionwithlimitationsonhowusersdownloadandinteractwithLumirastorieswhileoffline.•Furthermore,portraitmodeanddifferentcolorpalletsarenotsupported.SAPonlysupportstheLumiracolorpallet.•SAPlimitsaccesstocertaindatabase/bigdatasourcessuchHANAOnlineandHadoopwhenoffline.•AccessingLumirathroughSDKisnotsupported.•UserscannotrenderESRImapsoruseanimationforbubblemarkers.Userscannottakeadvantageoftrellisforallchartsorreferencelineswhenoffline.




•TherearesomerudimentarycachingcapabilitiesfortheSAPMobileApp.Theappwillcachereportsduringanactivesession,butthecachewillbeclearedoncethesessionisover.Usershavetomanuallyaddreportstoa"myitems"pagetopertaintocertaincachingcapabilitieswhichpermanentlycachereportsonthedevice.•Cachingislimitedtostaticcontentinhyperlinks,dashboards,LumiraCloud,andServer.•Thereisnoevidenceofany"adaptive"cachingbasedonuserlocation.

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•SAPlimitsitsabilitytosendpushnotificationstousersbyallowingthemtobeconfiguredonlyfordocumentupdates,inboxdocuments,andbroadcastmessages.•Furthermore,thresholdscannotbesetforanymetriconanyreport,prohibitingalertsonmetricsbasedonconditions.




•SAPMobiledoesnotsupportinstantupdatestomobileapps.•Furthermore,usersneedtoconstantlyupgradetheirappstoviewrecentchangestotheirdata.




•AnSDKisavailableforbasicapprebrandingsuchaschangingthedefaulticonandappname,aswellascustomizingthelaunchscreen,homescreen,andgettingstartedguide.•ThereisnoSDKavailableforAndroidmobiledevelopment,limitingtheabilitytocustomize/reskinmobileapps.




•SAPprovidesalimitedlevelofintegrationwithAirWatch.

•Mocanacanbeusedasanappwrappingtool,butSAPdoesnotprovidenativeintegration.




•SAPBOMobiledoesnotprovideanextensivelevelofmobilestatisticscapturesuchasgeographic,userbehavior,operational.

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•SAPBusinessObjectsisacombinationofmultipletoolssuchasDashboardDesign,Lumira,CrystalReports,WebIntelligence,andmore.ThereareSDKsforeachofthetools,however,itisveryconfusingforcustomerstochoosewhichSDKtouseforwebcustomization.Also,theAPIsavailablearenotrobustenoughtocreateanenterprise-widewebapplicationorextend/modifyexistingfunctionalitytoanylevel.







•AnSDKisonlyavailableforiOSdevicesforbasicappreskinningsuchaschangingthedefaulticonandappname,aswellascustomizingthelaunchscreen,homescreen,andgettingstartedguide.However,embeddingBusinessObjectscontentintoanexistingapporbuildingcustomwidgetstoconsumeBusinessObjectsdataisnotsupported.Inaddition,thereisnoSDKavailableforAndroid,soAndroidusersdonothavetheflexibilitytocustomizeorrebrand/reskintheirapps.

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•BusinessObjectsdoesnothaveamechanismforthird-partyapplicationstopushdataascubes.Thus,customerscanonlyusethelimiteddatasourcesthatarecertifiedbyBusinessObjects.Inordertouseanyotherdatasource,customerswouldhavetowaituntilit'sincludedasapartoftheplatform.




•SAPLumiraoffersVisualizationExtensionsthatallowD3visualizationstobeembeddedindashboards.However,thisprocessinvolvessignificantcodinganddeveloperexperience.ItisnotassimpleasdownloadingaD3visualizationandimportingitintoadashboard.TherearealsonoAPIsforuserstocreatetheirowncustomvisualizationleveragingD3.Inaddition,supportforembeddingHTML5visualizationsisonlysupportedinSAPLumira,andnotintheotherdashboardtoolslikeDashboardDesign.




•Onlyreportspublishedasawebservicecanbeconsumedbyotherapplications.However,thereisnosupportforextractingasubsetofdatafromacubeorreporttobeusedasadatasetinacustomapplication.




•ThiscapabilityisonlyavailableinSAPDesignStudio(dashboardinterface)throughtheirDataSourceSDK.However,thedatacannotbeconsumedbyfiltersorcrosstabcomponents,thus,limitingtheworkflowswherethedatacanbeleveraged.

MultitenancySupport



•SAPBOsupportsmultitenantdeploymentswhereatenanttemplatecanbedefinedtomanagetenantsinarepeatablemanner.Eachtenanttemplateconsistsofusergroups,folders,BIdocuments,universes,connections,andsecuritysettings.However,thereisnowaytocustomizeeachenvironmentwiththetenant'sbranding,logo,orpersonalizedschema.

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•SAPBusinessObjectscannoteasilydeploytheirownenvironmentinthecloud.SAPwantstoomuchcontrolandrequiresTechnicalSupporttochangeanyconfigurationsorsettings.SAPBusinessObjectscloudversiondoesnotsupportthefullscopeoftheon-premisesfeaturesandcapabilitieslist.•SAPBusinessObjectsCloudisaseparateproductdespitethecommonname.OperationsbetweenSAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseandSAPBusinessObjectsCloudislimited.•Whilethereissomeinteroperabilityondatasourceanddataaccesslevel,contentcreatedbyoneplatformcannotbepromotedtoorreusedbytheother.

GlobalAvailability




•AWSGovCloud(2)



•CanadaCentral(2)




•ChinaBeijing(2)


•SAPBOClouddatacentersarelimitedtoSterling,VA,SydneyAustraliaandSt.LeonRot/Walldorf,Germany.Thiscausesadditionalworkandpainforcustomersoutsidetheseregionsbecauseitincreaseslatency.Securityandcompliancelawswillalsobedifferent.

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SAPBusinessObjectsusersareonlyabletoconsumeAPIsthroughtheSAPAPImanagementwithaminimum12-monthsubscription.TheSAPAPIManagementsolutionrunsthroughSAPdatacentersinGermany.Thismaynotsuitableforcustomerswhodonotwanttheirdatatransmittingthroughothercountries.




•DisasterrecoveryisamanualprocessanditmustbeconfiguredbySAPadministratorsorpartners.ThismaycausedelaysduetoadditionalbackandforthwithSAPadministratorsoradditionalcostswithpartners.




•SAPismanagedeitherbythecustomerorthroughprofessionalservices.Theschedulingofroutineadministrativetasksisnotsupportedandcloudenvironmentsmustbestartedandstoppedmanually.

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•SAPimplementationscannotbeautomaticallyscaledupordown.Thisisamanualprocesswhichrequiresanengineer'stime.ITwillneedtobeinvolvedifascriptisnecessarytoautomatetheprocess.Customersmaychoosetogothroughpartnerstoresizetheirenvironmentsaswellbutitwillbecostly.

•SAPisunabletocluster8nodes.Largeenterpriseorganizationsmayneedtoclusterupto8nodestosupporthundredsofusersandpetabytesofdata.

SeamlessUpgrades



SAPdoesnotsupportautomatedupgradesatthistime.Usersmustmanuallyinstallandconfigurethenewversionoftheplatform.ThisispronetocausingerrorsandwillrequireexpertisefromITforupgrades.






•SAPBusinessObjectsdoesnotsupporthighperformanceandreliabilityformultitenantenvironments.Asaresult,customerqueriesmayimpactperformanceforothercustomers.Customerscanoptforsingletenant,butitmustberequestedsinceitisnotanautomaticconfiguration.

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•SAPBusinessObjects'clouddoesnotconnecttomostdatasources.Theyareonlyabletoconnecttoahandfulofclouddatasources,andtheyarelimitedtojustSAPon-premisesdatasources.Eventhen,usersmustpurchaseSAPHANAtogeteverythingconnected.MostcustomersutilizeotherdatasourcesoutsideofSAP,soifacustomerisnotalreadyusingSAPproducts,thenthisproductwillcostmorebecauseitwillbenecessarytopurchaseadditionalSAPproducts.



•SAPBOCloudprovidesseveraluserrolesecurityoptionsthatcanbeappliedtomodelsanddimensions.•FormodelsbasedonHANAviews,theanalyticprivilegesimportedfromHANAcanbegrantedorrevokedforeachuserrole.•Inaddition,versionsecuritycanbeappliedtoamodelthusrestrictingreadandwriteaccesstopublicversions.•Adminscancreateandmanageusersorteams,i.e.groupsofusers,orimportthemfromanactivedirectoryorfile.

EnterpriseIoT



•DigitalbadgesarenotprovidedinBusinessObjects.MicroStrategyistheonlyBIplatformthatofferspassword-freeloginviaamobileapp.

PhysicalAccess



•Physicalaccessisnotsupported.SAPBOdoesnotsupportOTBintegrationwithleadingPACSvendorsonmobiledevices.SAP'sIoTproductsalsodonotprovidethisfunctionality.

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LogicalAccess



•SAPBOdoesnotofferlogicalaccesstodigitalsystemsotherthanitsownBIsuite.BusinessObjectscanbeconfiguredtouseSAML(securityassertionmarkuplanguage)orKerberosforpassword-freelogins/singlesign-on,butthisrequiresathird-partyauthenticationsolution.

BluetoothSensing



•BusinessObjectsdoesnotintegratenativelywithBluetooth.IntheEIoTcontext,acustomerwouldneedtomakeaninvestmentinSAP'sLeonardoIoTplatformtoacquireBluetoothcapabilities.

BarcodeScanner



•TrackingassetswithbarcodescannersisnotsupportedinBO.ThisisinpartduetoBusinessObjectsnotprovidingadigitalbadgeforuseininteractingwiththeEnterpriseInternetofThings.




•ForSAPBO,thisisnotofferedoutsideofannotationsandcollaborationfordashboardsinitsBIinterfaces.SinceSAPBOdoesnotprovideadigitaltwinthatiscarriedbyuserswiththeminamobileform-factoratalltimes,itfurtherlacksaconvenientmeansofreachingusersinatimelyfashion.Additionally,thismeansthereismuchlesscontextualinformationavailableaboutusersinanygivenpointintimetoinfluencethedirectionofcommuniques.

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•Real-timestreamingindashboardsissupportedwiththeSAPEventStreamProcessor,SAPHANASmartDataStreaming,andSAPDesignStudio1.4.Nonetheless,BusinessObjects'lackofadigitalbadgepreventsitfromgeneratingcomprehensive,real-timetelemetrystemmingfromtheinteractionsbetweenenterpriseassetsandconstituents.ToaccomplishsomeofthiswithSAP,customerspurchaselicensesandserversforaseparateproduct(LeonardoIoT)thatisnotfullyintegratedwithBusinessObjects.

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•OTBreportingforanaccess-centricEIoTimplementationisnotsupportedbySAPBO.AlthoughBusinessObjectscanintegratewithSAPLeonardoBridgetopullinsensordata,forBusinessObjectstodeliverdashboardsthatshowaconvergedlogofphysicalandlogicaltransactionsbyeachuserinanenterprise,asignificantamountoflabor(connecting,ETL-ing,architecting,dashboarding)wouldneedtooccur.




•SAPBOleveragesActiveDirectorytoassignuserprivileges.However,itintegratesnativelywithfewerthird-partyidentityrepositoriescomparedtoMicroStrategy.




•SAPBOdoesnotprovideOTBsupportforidentityservers.UserandassetadministrationinBusinessObjectsislimitedtocontrollingBIapplicationsandenvironments.AsitpertainstotheEIoT,SAPhasaseparateoffering(Leonardo)whichallowsfortheprovisioningandconfigurationofrelationshipsbetweenconnectedsensorsanddevices(thoughthesearegenerallynotusedasidentityextensionsforemployees).

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•SAPisaconglomeratewith4distinctoperatingsegments,noneofwhichfocusonanalytics.•SAPoffersproductsinmorethan10differentcategoriesthatrangefrominvoiceprocessingtoPOSsoftware.Oneoftheseproductcategoriesis“analytics,”whichincludesBusinessObjects(acquiredbySAPin2008)amongmorethan15producttypes.

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•BusinessObjectsistheresultofeffortstomelddisparatetechnologies.•SAPacquiredBusinessObjectsin2008tointegrateBIcapabilitiesmoredeeplyintheotherapplicationsitoffered.•BusinessObjectsitselfrepresentstheamalgamationofnumerousotherthird-partytechnologiesthatwereacquiredbyBusinessObjectsovermanyyears,includingCrystalDecisionsin2003.•BusinessObjectsmustcompeteforattentionandfundingwithintheSAPconglomerate.

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•TheattentionofSAP’sCEOisdividedamong11productcategories,onlyoneofwhichisanalytics.It’sunclearwhattheCEO’svisionisforBusinessObjects.




•BusinessObjectsisasmallportionofSAP’sconglomeratebusiness.GiventhelargenumberofSAPproductsolutions,itsCEOcan’tbefocusedonengagementwithenterpriseanalyticscustomers.




•Enterpriseanalyticsisn’tthecorebackgroundofanymemberonSAP’sseniorexecutiveteam.




•SAP’sstockownershipisdispersed.•SAP’smanagementholdsonlyasmallpercentageofthetotalownershipinterestinthecompany.




•SAPisapubliclytradedcompany,butBusinessObjects’sfinancialperformanceisunknownbecauseit’ssuchasmallportionofSAP’soverallbusinessandSAPdoesn’tseparatelyreportonit.ThismakesitmoredifficulttopredictSAP’splansforBusinessObjectsandcreatessignificantuncertaintyforcustomers.

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•SAPisaconglomerate,andthefinancialperformanceofBusinessObjectsisunclear.

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•WhileSAPhasofficesinanumberofcountries,SAPisaconglomeratebusiness,andtheextenttowhichthoseofficessupportenterpriseanalyticssalesandcustomersisunclear.




•WhileSAPhasofficesinanumberofcountries,SAPisaconglomeratebusiness,andtheextenttowhichthoseofficesprovideenterpriseanalyticsservicesisunclear.

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•PowerBIDesktopclientisusedasthestartingpointofanydevelopment/modeling.Web(PowerBIService)istheinterfaceforsharingandconsumption.

•InPowerBI,metadataisstoredindatasetswhichcanbereusedbutalsocomeswithlimitations.DatasetscanonlybecreatedbyPowerBIDesktopbutnotinPowerBIservice.Datasetscontainmodelingfeatures,cleansingfeatures,connectors.Datasetsaretiedtoonereportandmustcontainallsourceneededinareport.ThereisnojoiningbetweendatasetsandrefreshislimitedandrequiresDataGateways.

•Therearealsolimitationsinherenttothetypeofdatasetsused.

•InImportedDatasets(in-memory),modelsarestoredusingthesametechnologyasSSASTabularmodels.DatasetscancontaincomplexDAX(dataanalysisexpressions)needforcomplexcalculationsandtransformations.Thesedatasetshavesomerowlevelsecurity.

•DirectQueryModeDatasetsstorethequeryinsteadthedata.Theyareonlyavailableforafewsources,mainlyMicrosoft,noBigDatasource,ie.BigDatahastobeallinmemory.VerylimitedDAXandrowlevelsecurityisnotadvised.

•LiveConnectdatasetsareonlyaverrableforSSAS.

•StreamingoptionsarebasednonMicrosofttechnologiesandapplypushcapabilities.

•WhilePowerBIuserscanmanipulate,transform,andexploredata,includingcreatingcalculatedmeasuresandcolumns,joiningtables,orchangingdatatypes,theycannotreusetheseobjectsbeyondtheirlocalenvironment.

•PowerBI’slimitedobjectreusabilityforcesdeveloperstorepeatedlycreatethesameobjectdefinitions,whichishighlyinefficient.Theythenmustredefinethosedefinitionsinmultipleplacesanytimeacommonbusinessdefinitionchanges,creatingatediouschangemanagementprocess.

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TheMicroStrategymetadatamodelmakesitpossibleforanyonewiththerightprivilegestopromotenewandexternalcontenttotheServerandtieittoacertifieddatamodel,allwitheasyworkflows.•Itispossibletomapthemetadataatthedimensionlevel,aswellasthecubelevel,givinguserstheflexibilitytocontrolthedatathatispublishedtothemodel.•Theplatformsupportsgovernancefordatafromdisparatesources,evenexternalnon-certifiedsources,thathelpsbuildasystemofrecordthatuserscantrust--whilealsodeliveringflexibilitytoendusers.•Beyondtheabilitytogovernexternaldatasources,theplatformoffers

•PowerBIdoesnothaveacentralizedsemanticlayerinthetraditionalsense,butinsteadreliesondatasets(seeabove).Ultimately,thismayresultinuserscreatingmultipledisconnectedanalyticalsilos,increasingthepotentialforinvalidorinconsistentdatatoproliferateacrosstheenterprise.•GovernanceishardtomaintainduetovariousdegreesofuserfreedominvarioustoolswithvariouscapabilitiesandnocentralAdmin•GovernancerequirestheuseofAzuredatacatalog,AzureData

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•PowerBIDesktopclientisusedasthestartingpointofanydevelopment/modeling.Web(PowerBIService)istheinterfaceforsharingandconsumption.

•InPowerBI,metadataisstoredindatasetswhichcanbereusedbutalsocomeswithlimitations.DatasetscanonlybecreatedbyPowerBIDesktopbutnotinPowerBIservice.Datasetscontainmodelingfeatures,cleansingfeatures,connectors.Datasetsaretiedtoonereportandmustcontainallsourceneededinareport.ThereisnojoiningbetweendatasetsandrefreshislimitedandrequiresDataGateways.

•Therearealsolimitationsinherenttothetypeofdatasetsused.

•InImportedDatasets(in-memory),modelsarestoredusingthesametechnologyasSSASTabularmodels.DatasetscancontaincomplexDAX(dataanalysisexpressions)needforcomplexcalculationsandtransformations.Thesedatasetshavesomerowlevelsecurity.

•DirectQueryModeDatasetsstorethequeryinsteadthedata.Theyareonlyavailableforafewsources,mainlyMicrosoft,noBigDatasource,ie.BigDatahastobeallinmemory.VerylimitedDAXandrowlevelsecurityisnotadvised.

•LiveConnectdatasetsareonlyaverrableforSSAS.

•StreamingoptionsarebasednonMicrosofttechnologiesandapplypushcapabilities.

•WhilePowerBIuserscanmanipulate,transform,andexploredata,includingcreatingcalculatedmeasuresandcolumns,joiningtables,orchangingdatatypes,theycannotreusetheseobjectsbeyondtheirlocalenvironment.

•PowerBI’slimitedobjectreusabilityforcesdeveloperstorepeatedlycreatethesameobjectdefinitions,whichishighlyinefficient.Theythenmustredefinethosedefinitionsinmultipleplacesanytimeacommonbusinessdefinitionchanges,creatingatediouschangemanagementprocess.

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•PowerBIdoesnothaveacentralizedsemanticlayerinthetraditionalsense,butinsteadreliesondatasets(seeabove).Ultimately,thismayresultinuserscreatingmultipledisconnectedanalyticalsilos,increasingthepotentialforinvalidorinconsistentdatatoproliferateacrosstheenterprise.•GovernanceishardtomaintainduetovariousdegreesofuserfreedominvarioustoolswithvariouscapabilitiesandnocentralAdmin•GovernancerequirestheuseofAzuredatacatalog,AzureDatalake,masterdataservices(MDS)anddataqualityservices(DQS).•InthecontextofaMicrosoft’secosystem,MicrosoftiskeenontransferringdatasourceownershiptoITforstabilityandmeettheneedsfor:criticalapplicationsandbroadersupport,sizelimitsissuesinPowerBI,securitylimitations,refreshratesofthedataset•Atransfertypicallyrequires:rebuildingdatasetsinSSASmodelstostoreMetadata;rebuildingdatacleansingandjoiningwithSSIS(ETL)•Usersmustbeawareoflackofmonitoring,asthereisnogodwayowayofknowingwhouseswhatsourcesandifthereareduplicatedatasets.TofullybenefitfromPowerBI,typicallyseveraltypesofpowerusersareneed-PowerBIchampionforcomplexDAX;modelerstomodel,cleanseandcreatedatasetsandmonitorstotryandpreventanarchy.

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•UnlikeMicroStrategy,PowerBIlackscentralizeduseradministrationtoenforcedatasecurityonanenterprise-widebasis.Thereisnooverarching,automatedmechanismtocontinuouslyensurethatusersseeonlythedataappropriateforthem,basedontheirrolesandprivileges.

•MicrosoftsecurityreliesheavilyonAzureActiveDirectory(AAZ).InPowerBI,securityishandledattheuserlevel-auser’sPowerBIloginisusedbyon-premisesActiveDirectoryserverstomaptoaUPNforcredentials.However,ifauserconnectstodatasourcesusinghisorhercredentials,thensharesareport(ordashboard,ordataset)basedonthatdata,userswithwhomthedashboardissharedarenotauthenticatedagainsttheoriginaldatasource,andwillbegrantedaccesstothereport.

•Row-levelsecurity(RLS)isavailableinMicrosoftPowerBIPro,butcannotbeusedagainstSSAS.UsingRLS,directqueryperformancemaygetworse,andnotabletooptimizequery,whichiswhytheyadvisetoimplementRLSinsource.ThiscanbeappliedusingDAXorsecurityRoles,howeverDAXiscomplex,andsecurityrolesrequiremaintenance.RLSisappliedperdataset,soitneedstobereplicatedperdataset.DuetoDAXandbadqueryperformanceRLSisadvisedonlyforin-memorydatasetsunlessimplementedalreadyonsource

•Incontrast,MicroStrategynotonlysupportsrow-levelsecurity,butalsoenforcessecurityonindividualmetadataobjects,enablingmuchmoregranularcontroloverdataaccessandusercapabilities.Ifauserhasaccesstoaparticularrowofdata,theycanseeallthecolumnsofdataforthatrow.

•Column-levelsecurity(CLS)isnotavailableinMicrosoftPowerBI.

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•PowerBIwasdesignedfordepartmentaluserstovisualizeandexploredata;itisnotarchitectedforenterprise-scale,system-of-recordanalytics.Itfundamentallylacksthescaleandprocessinghorsepowerneededtosupport100softhousandsofusers,thousandsofsimultaneousreports,orautomatedreportdistributionacrosstheenterprise.

•AsaSaaSsolution,PowerBIislimitedbytheconstraintsofitsunderlyingcloudinfrastructure.Currently,PowerBIDesktophasa10million-rowlimit,andthereisa1GBlimit,perdataset,thatcanbeimportedintoPowerBI.

•PowerBIlacksanefficientSQLgenerationengine,sothenumberofPowerBIuserscouldimpactperformancewhenusingDirectQueryforon-demanddatabaseaccess.

•UserfencingisavailableinPowerBIPremiumonly.Performance Publishanddeliver

informationtoend-userswithquickresponsetimes,anddeliveranalyticswithoutbeingimpededbydatasize.


•PowerBIperformanceislimitedbytheamountofdatathatcanbepulledintomemory,andbyitslackofanefficientSQLgenerationengine.

•Currently,PowerBIDesktophasa10-millionrowlimit,andthereisa1-GBlimit,perdataset,thatisimportedintoPowerBI.IfuserschoosetokeeptheExcelexperience,insteadofimportingthedata,theywillbelimitedto250MBforthedataset.

•PowerBIlimitsstorageto10GBperuserforProand100TBpercapacityinPremium.ApplicationswithgreaterdatavolumescanbebuiltusingMicrosoftSQLServerAnalysisServicesorAzureHDInsights,butthiscanaddtothedeploymentcomplexityandownershipcosts.

•PowerBIdoesnotsupportmulti-passSQL,soperformanceusingDirectQueryislikelytosuffer.



•PowerBIprovidesverylimitedcapabilitiesforbuildingautomationworkflowsusingagraphicaluserinterface.

•PowerBIdoesnothaveatoolequivalenttoMicroStrategyIntegrityManagerforautomatedregressiontestingordataandreportconsistencychecking.

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•ThePowerBIadminportalallowsforonlybasicusagemonitoringbasedonusagedataforindividualusersandgroups.

•PowerBIdoesnothavetoolsequivalenttoMicroStrategyIntegrityManager,CommandManager,orObjectManagerforautomatedregressiontesting.Usershavetomanuallycheckdashboardsandreportsforconsistency.



•PowerBIisacloudsolutionthatrunsontopoftheMicrosoftAzurecloud.DefaultismultitenantandthereisanoptionwithPowerBIPremiumtohaveareservedcapacitymodel.Premiumcapacityislimitedto16cores,100GB.

•Therearethreewaysof'goingon-prem'buttherealsosomelimitations.

•Userscaninstallanon-premisesgatewaywhichiscurrentlysupportedonlyon64-bitWindowsoperatingsystems.Itallowsclouduserstoconnecttoon-premdata.Multipleuserscanshareandreusethegateway,whichcouldbecomeaperformanceconstraint.

•WiththepurchaseofPowerBIPremium,usersgetdedicatedcapacitynodesinthecloud,andthePowerReportServretouseon-prem.UserdeploywithPowerBIReportserveronpremises(privatecloud)forhosting(publishing,managinganddelivering)PowerBIreportsinawebbrowser,mobileoremail.

•Userscanalsoviewon-premisesPowerBIreportswiththePowerBImobileapps.

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•ThePowerBISaaSofferingcomeswitha99.9%-uptime,financiallybackedservicelevelagreement(SLA).ThisSLAonlycoverstheclouddeployment.

•High-availabilityoptionsfortheon-premisesdatagatewayarenotyetavailable.

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•PowerBIincludesanavailablexVelocityin-memorydatabaseenginethatcancompressdatafilesandimprovequeryresponses.Inpracticethough,PowerBIleveragesDirectQueryformostdatasources,inwhichmodelleddataisnotreplicatedintothein-memoryengine.

•PowerBIfiles(.pbix)arecompresseddatafilesusedbyxVelocity,butthemaximumacceptedfilesizemaystilllimitPowerBItosubsetsofenterprisedatawarehouses.

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•PowerBIoffersbothdesktop-basedauthoringandbrowser-basedauthoring,withapplicationssharedinthecloud.Desktopisrequiredforauthoringcomplexdatamashupsinvolvingon-premisesdatasources.•Q&Aisasearch-likeinterfaceforuserstogeneratevisualizations.•QuickInsightsautomaticallygeneratesthemost-meaningfulcharts.•OTBvisualizationscanbeaddedtoPowerBIreports,specifiedinQ&A,andpinnedtodashboards.Inaddition,visuals.powerbi.comprovidescustomvisualstouseindashboardsandreports.•Tabledisplayswithsubtotalsarestillnotsupported.CustomerscreatethetablesinExcelandimportthecontentintoPowerBI.•PowerBIlimitsdatavisualizationstoonly3,500datapoints.Itautomaticallyfiltersanydatapointsbeyondthatthreshold.




•PowerBIProcomeswithover20prebuiltapplications(called"contentpacks")thatincludedataconnectors,models,metadata,andout-of-the-boxdashboards.Prebuiltconnectors(andcontent)includeFacebook,Salesforce,DynamicsCRM,GoogleAnalytics,Zendesk,Marketo,etc.•InPowerBI,userscanquerycloud,relational,bigdatasources(Spark),andsomeon-premisesdata,butoverallitfunctionswithfewerdatasourcesthanMicroStrategy.•DirectQuerytoanalysisserviceson-premisesnowincludesconnectivitytoSQLServerAnalysisServices,multidimensionalOLAPcubes(SSASMD),aswellastabular.•Whenaliveconnection/DirectQueryisinplace(toacube),itisnotpossibletoconnecttoanotherdatasource.Withoutanunderlyingmetadatalayer,PowerBIisincapableofsupportingapush-downqueryarchitecturethatcanspanmultipledbs.•PowerBIsupportsalimitednumberofvendorsinDirectQuery(SQLServer,Oracle),butcannotliveconnecttoWeb,OData,IBMDB2,MySQL,Sybase,SAPBW,IBMInformixDatabase,orODBC.•PowerBIExcelconnectivitytomultidimensionalcubesissupported.

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•PowerBIworksbestifthedatapulledinhasalreadybeenproperlyscrubbedandcleanedup.•Formorerobustdatacleansingcapabilities,customerswillneedtofindanalternatesolutionsuchasAlteryxtocleanseandpreptheirdata.

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•PowerBIDesktopisusedfordevelopment.Itisathickclient,Windowsonly.andallowsfortheimporting,modelingandcleansingofdata.Userscanbuildreportsindesktopbutnotdashboards.

•PowerBIServiceisawebclientusedtobuildreportsanddashboards.Thereisnomodelingordatacleansingavailable,onlyimportofdatasets.ReportscreatedinPowerBIservicecannotbeusedindesktop.

•PowerBIreportsanddashboardscannotacceptorpassuser,account,orotherentityparameters.Thismakesitimpossibletocreateentity-specificdashboardssuchasadashboardforanaccount,opportunity,case,orcampaign.Instead,dashboardsarelimitedtoaggregateviewsofentitydata.

•DashboardsandreportscanonlybesharedwithuserswhohavethesameemaildomainsoremaildomainslistedwiththeOffice365tenant.

•Whileadatasetcanincludemultipledatatypes,PowerBIreportsanddashboardscanonlysourcedatafromasingledataset.Similarly,PowerBIcannotmiximporteddatawithdataaccessedfromreal-timeconnections.It'soneortheother.

•PowerBIdoesn'tsupportcustomcolors,dynamicreferencelinesorparameters,parseddates,quickcalculations,ordynamictooltips.

•PowerBIismainlyusedforparameterizedreportsanddashboards,notforenterpriseoperationalreporting.PowerBIisaseparateproductlinefromMicrosoftSQLServerReportingServices•Bandedreportsarenotsupported.

•Userscanprintanentiredashboard,adashboardtile,areportpage,orareportvisualfromPowerBIservice.Reportscanonlybeprintedonepageatatime.Youcannotprinttheentirereportatonce.

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•PowerBIDesktopisusedfordevelopment.Ititsathickclient,Windowsonly.andallowsfortheimporting,modelingandcleansingofdata.Userscanbuildreportsindesktopbutnotdashboards.

•PowerBIreportsanddashboardscannotacceptorpassuser,account,orotherentityparameters.Thismakesitimpossibletocreateentity-specificdashboardssuchasadashboardforanaccount,opportunity,case,orcampaign.Instead,dashboardsarelimitedtoaggregateviewsofentitydata.

•DashboardsandreportscanonlybesharedwithuserswhohavethesameemaildomainsoremaildomainslistedwiththeOffice365tenant.

•Whileadatasetcanincludemultipledatatypes,PowerBIreportsanddashboardscanonlysourcedatafromasingledataset.Similarly,PowerBIcannotmiximporteddatawithdataaccessedfromreal-timeconnections.It'soneortheother.

•PowerBIdoesn'tsupportcustomcolors,dynamicreferencelinesorparameters,parseddates,quickcalculations,ordynamictooltips.

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•PowerBIsupportshybridappsforiOS,Android,andWindows.BesidesviewingPowerBIdashboardsandreports,userscanalsoleveragesupportforPowerBIonAppleWatch.Userscanannotateandshareafile,report,orvisualization.ItdoesnotprovideamultimediawidgetcontrolsimilartoMicroStrategy.PowerBIdoesnotprovidetransactional(write-back)capabilities.

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•PowerBIsupportsreal-timestreaming.Thedevicesandsourcesofstreamingdatacanbefactorysensors,socialmediasources,serviceusagemetrics,andanythingelsefromwhichtime-sensitivedatacanbecollectedortransmitted.•Therearethreetypesofreal-timedatasetswhicharedesignedfordisplayonreal-timedashboards:pushdatasets,streamingdatasets,andPubNubstreamingdatasets.Eachcomeswithcertainlimitations.UserscannotconnecttopushorstreamingdatasetsinPowerBIdesktop.•Streamingdatasetsdonotsupportfiltering.Forpushdatasets,userscancreateareport,filterthereport,andthenpinthefilteredvisualstoadashboard.However,thereisnowaytochangethefilteronthevisualonceit'sonthedashboard.•Livereportfileswillnotupdateinreal-timeasdataispushedin–usershavetomanuallyupdatethevisualizations.•Modelingisnotpossibleonastreamingdatasetsincethedataisnotstoredpermanently.However,itispossibletomodelapushdataset,asuserscanusetheupdateddataset/tableRESTAPIstoaddmeasuresandrelationships.•Whileadatasetcanincludemultipledatatypes,PowerBIreportsanddashboardscanonlysourcedatafromasingledataset.Similarly,PowerBIcannotmiximporteddatawithdataaccessedfromreal-timeconnections.It'soneortheother.




•PowerBIallowsuserstoinstallalocalRinstanceandembedanRscriptdirectlywithinPowerBIDesktop.•Forecastingthroughamenu-drivenoptionisnotsupported.•PowerBIdoesnotnativelysupportdecisiontreesandclustering,althoughthird-partyextensionsareavailable.•StatisticalfunctionssuchasDataAnalysisExpressions(DAX)arenativelysupported.•ThereisnosupportforPMML.

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•PowerBIconnectstoSparkonAzureHDInsightviaDirectQuery.•ThePowerBIserviceonlysupportsaconfigurationofSpark2.0andHDInsight3.5.•Eachaction,suchasselectingacolumnoraddingafilter,sendsaquerybacktothedatabase,whichmaynegativelyimpactperformance.•PowerBIQ&AisnotavailableforDirectQuerydatasets.•Schemachangesarenotpickedupautomatically.•PowerBIsupports16,000columnsacrossalltableswithinadatasetand,whenworkingwithaSparkdatasource,usersmayencounterlimitations.





•UserscansharecontentviathePowerBIteamsite,buttheycannotschedulethedistributionofcontentviaemailorPDFonatimeoreventbasis.•Userscanprintanentiredashboard,adashboardtile,areportpage,orareportvisualfromPowerBIservice.Reportscanonlybeprintedonepageatatime.Youcannotprinttheentirereportatonce.

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•IncontrasttoPowerBIdesktop,themobileclientdoesnotsupporttransactional(write-back)capabilitiesfrommobiledevices.•Thiscreateslimitationsforusers,preventingthemfrommakinganyrevisionstodatasetsdirectlyfromtheirmobiledevices.

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•MobilePowerBIdoesnotprovidesupportforin-appviewingofmultimediacontentincludingvideos,PDFs,images,presentations,andwebcontent.•Thelackofthiscapabilityisalimitingfactor,makingitdifficultfornon-technicalusers(suchasmarketingorHRemployees)todistributeupdatedversionsofsalesenablementmaterialsornewhiretrainingcontenttofieldemployees.

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•PowerBIofferslimitedmapssupportfortheirmobileapplications.TheresupportisonlylimitedtoESRImaps.However,theArcGISMapsforPowerBIdoesnotsupport"PublishtoWeb"functionality.Publishtoweborpublishtoemailarecrucialfeatures.Withoutthesefeatures,thesemapshaveverylimitedvaluesincetheycan'tbeshared.•FurthermoretheydonotsupportGoogleMaps.PowerBIuserscurrentlycannotsignintoaccesstheirprivateorganizationaldatasoitisn'tpossibletogainaccesstoextensivebasemapsandreferencelayers.



PowerBIprovideslimitedrenderinganddatamanipulationfunctionalityinofflinemode,asuserscannotfilter,crossfilter,sort,oruseslidersontheirreportswhenoffline.•Thebackgroundrefreshcapability,usedtoupdatecontentincellularnetworks,takesupto24hours,prohibitingusersfromaccessingrefreshedreportsinstantly.•Multimediacontent,suchasentireExcelworkbooks,andgeospatialcontent,suchasBingmaptiles,andsomecustomtilesarenotavailableoffline.




•PowerBImobileprovidesalimitedclientcacheofupto250MBofdataofflinewhichimpactsrenderingandviewingoflargedatasets.•Theircachingmechanismupdatesthemobileappintermittently,whichiswhyinsightsareafewhoursoutofdate.

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•PowerBIusershavelimitedalertcapabilities.Usersdonotreceivealertswithstreamingdata,alertsonlyworkfortilesfeaturingasinglenumbersuchascardsandgauges.




•PowerBIMobiledoesnotsupportinstantupdatestoapps.Therefore,anychangesinfunctionalityorconfigurationarenotimmediatelyupdatedinthemobileapp.Thislackofflexibilitybecomesarealstumblingblockwhenusersaretryingtooperateonanagiledevelopmentcycle.Usersneedtoaccessthechangesinstantlywithouthavingtoconstantlyupgradetheirapp,sothislimitationresultsinanegativecustomerexperience.




•MicrosoftPowerBIdoesnotprovideanSDKbuildanddoesnotallowcustomizedbrandingofthemobileapp.




•PowerBIdoesnotprovidenativeintegrationwithanyofthewidelyusedEMMvendors,whichlimitspopularbenefitssuchasApptunneling,useofexistingVPNsolutions,andmuchmore.EnterprisemobilitymanagementabilityislimitedtoMicrosoftIntune(aseparateproduct).




•PowerBIdoesnotprovidebusinessuserstheabilitytoviewusagestatistics.Usersneedtoinvolveadmintoviewtheusagestatistics.PowerBIdoesnotprovideawaytogetusagelogsinanautomatedfashion.•AuditingusagemonitoringinPowerBIisonlyaPowerBIProfeature(notstandardusingthefreeversion)andauditingeventsareonlyavailableforPowerBIProusers,notthefreeversion.•Furthermore,themaximumdaterangeofusageislimitedto90daysevenwiththePowerBIProversion.

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•MicrosoftPowerBIcontentcanbeembeddedincustomapplicationsthroughthePowerBIEmbeddedService.However,PowerBIdoesnothaveacomprehensiveWebAPIsthatallowdeveloperstocustomizewithbranding,logos,orfunctionality.MostpeopleusePowerBIforitsDesktoptoolandnotforitswebcapabilities.







•Theabilitytorebrandthemobileapp,includingcustomizedicons,splashscreens,andloginscreensisnotyetsupported.Inaddition,thereisnosupportforembeddingPowerBIcontentinanexistingmobileapplicationorbuildingwidgetsthatconsumePowerBIdata.

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•PowerBIdoesnothaveamechanismforthird-partyapplicationstopushdataascubes.Thus,customerscanonlyusethelimiteddatasourcesthatarecertifiedbyPowerBI.




•MicrosoftPowerBIprovidestheabilitytoimportD3visualizationsandcreatenewcustomvisualizations.




•ThereiscurrentlynowaytoextractdatafromPowerBItobeusedincustomwebapplications.




•MicrosoftPowerBIdoesnotcurrentlysupportthecreationofcustomdataconnectors.Rather,PowerBIprovidessupportforonlyasetofdatasourcesthatareavailableforuse.

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•PowerBIrecentlyintroducedrow-levelsecurity,whichishowtheygoaboutsettingupamultitenantenvironment.However,thereisnowaytocustomizeeachenvironmentwithatenant'sbranding,logo,orcustomizedschema.Theyhavelimitedmulti-tenantarchitectureoffersaswell.

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•PowerBIisonlyaSaaS.Itisnotdeployableasasingletenant.OrganizationslookingforenterprisegradeperformanceshouldnotusePowerBI.

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•AWSGovCloud(2)



•CanadaCentral(2)




•ChinaBeijing(2)


•PowerBIisaSaaSsolutionthatrunsontopofAzure.Azureisgenerallyavailablein34regionsaroundtheworld,withplansannouncedfor4additionalregions.

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•UserscanleverageanyprogramminglanguagethatsupportsRESTcallstocreatecustomPowerBIdashboardswithreal-timedata.However,customersarenotabletolaunchacloudserverwithPowerBIinstalledonit.




•Highavailabilityoptionsforthegatewayarenotyetavailable.•ThePowerBIservicecomeswitha99.9%uptimeandafinancially-backedservicelevelagreement(SLA).ThisSLAcoversonlytheclouddeployment.




•TheadminportalallowsfortenantmanagementofPowerBIintheorganization.Itincludesitemssuchasusagemetrics,accesstotheOffice365admincenter,andsettings.

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PowerBIisaSaaSsolutionthatrunsontopofAzure.Customerscanloaddatain-memory,limitingthemtojust10GBofdata.Or,theycanuseDirectQuery,whichalsocomeswithlimitations.

SeamlessUpgrades



•PowerBIisaSaaSsolutionthatrunsontopofAzure.Microsoftmanagesadministration,monitoring,ongoingmaintenance,andupgrades.






•PowerBIisnotrecommendedforanenterpriseclouddeployment.PowerBIhasa10millionrowlimitationanda10GBperuserlimitperuser.Thislimitstheamountofanalyticsausercandoandcanslowdownthemostcommonpoweruser.Thereisalsoa1GBlimit,perdataset,thatisimportedintoPowerBI.IfyouhavechosentokeeptheExcelexperience,insteadofimportingthedata,youwillbelimitedto250MBforthedataset.Enterprisedatasetsaretypicallymuchgreaterthan250MBsouserswillnotbeabletodoanytypeofanalysisordashboardcreationinPowerBI.

•ApplicationswithgreaterdatavolumescanbebuiltusingMicrosoftSQLServerAnalysisServicesorAzureHDInsights.However,thisaddstodeploymentcomplexityandownershipcosts.





•DatainPowerBIcanonlybemigratedtoAzuredatasources.•Dataconnectivityislimitedtoahandfulofdatasourcesandmostofthemhavetobequeriedandloadedintoafile.InthePowerBIservice,userscannotconnectdirectlytoadatabaseandbeginexploringitsdata(unlessitisatabularmodeldatabase).Userscan,however,usePowerBIDesktoporExceltoqueryandloadthatlogisticsdataintoadatamodelandthensaveasafile.UserscanthenimportthatfileintoPowerBIwhereadatasetiscreated.ThisisdifficultforcustomersnotcurrentlyutilizinganyMicrosoft'sdatasources.Thiswilladdcomplexityandcostformostusers.•Thereisnomigrationpathbacktoon-premisesandviceversa.

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•ThePowerBIserviceisbuiltontheMicrosoftAzurecloudcomputingplatformandtakesadvantageofAzure’ssetofsecuritytechnologiesandpractices.•PowerBIusesseparatefront-endandback-endclusters,thegatewayrole,andasecuredatastoragearchitecturetoprotectinformation.•Dataisencryptedatrestandintransit.

EnterpriseIoT



•DigitalbadgesarenotprovidedinPowerBI.MicroStrategyistheonlyBIplatformthatofferspassword-freeloginviaamobileapp.

PhysicalAccess



•Physicalaccessisnotsupported.PowerBIdoesnotsupportOTBintegrationwithleadingPACSvendorsonmobiledevices.Microsoft'sIoTproductsdonotprovidethisfunctionality.

LogicalAccess



•MicrosoftPowerBIdoesnotofferlogicalaccesstodigitalsystemsotherthanitsownBIsuite.PowerBIcanbeconfiguredtouseSAML(securityassertionmarkuplanguage)orOAuthforpassword-freelogins/singlesign-on,butthisrequiresathird-partyauthenticationsolution.InWindows10Mobile,Microsoftdoesprovidesomeseamless/multi-factorlogicalaccesscapabilitiestodevices,VPNs,andthird-partyapps,thoughthatisadifferentproductentirelyandisnotinteroperablewithiOS/Androiddevices.

BluetoothSensing



•PowerBIdoesnotintegratewithBluetooth.IntheEIoTcontext,acustomerwouldneedtomakeaninvestmentintoMicrosoft'sAzureIoTplatformtoacquireBluetoothcapabilities.

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BarcodeScanner



•TrackingassetswithbarcodescannersisnotsupportedinPowerBI.ThisisinpartduetoPowerBInotprovidingadigitalbadgeforuseininteractingwiththeEnterpriseInternetofThings.TheAzureIoTplatformcanpulldatacollectedbythird-partybarcodescanners,butthesearedistinctproductswithseparatelicensingandintegrationprocesses.




•ForPowerBI,thisisnotofferedoutsideofannotationsandcollaborationfordashboardsinitsBIinterfaces.SincePowerBIdoesnotprovideadigitaltwinthatiscarriedbyuserswiththeminamobileform-factoratalltimes,itfurtherlacksaconvenientmeansofreachingusersinatimelyfashion.Additionally,thismeansthereismuchlesscontextualinformationavailableaboutusersinanygivenpointintimetoinfluencethedirectionofcommuniques.

Real-timeTelemetry



•PowerBIsupportsreal-timestreamingwithsomelimitations.Thedevicesandsourcesofstreamingdatacanbefactorysensors,socialmediasources,serviceusagemetrics,oranythingelsefromwhichtime-sensitivedatacanbecollectedortransmitted.•Whileadatasetcanincludemultipledatatypes,PowerBIreportsanddashboardscanonlysourcedatafromasingledataset.Similarly,PowerBIcannotmiximporteddatawithdataaccessedfromreal-timeconnections.It'soneortheother.•PowerBIs'lackofadigitalbadgepreventsitfromgeneratingcomprehensive,real-timetelemetrystemmingfromtheinteractionsbetweenenterpriseassetsandconstituents.ToaccomplishsomeofthiswithMicrosoft,customerspurchaselicensesandserversforaseparateproduct(AzureIoT)thatisnotfullyintegratedwithPowerBI.

OTBReportingModule



•OTBreportingforanaccess-centricEIoTimplementationisnotsupportedbyPowerBI.AlthoughPowerBIcanintegratewithAzureIoTinafairlystraightforwardfashiontopullinsensordata,forPowerBItodeliverdashboardsthatshowaconvergedlogofphysicalandlogicaltransactionsbyeachuserinanenterprise,asignificantamountoflabor(connecting,ETL-ing,architecting,dashboarding)wouldneedtooccur.

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•PowerBIsupportsintegrationwithonpremiseActiveDirectoryserversmappingtoaUPNforcredentials.However,itintegratesnativelywithfewerthird-partyidentityrepositoriescomparedtoMicroStrategy.




•PowerBIdoesnotprovideOTBsupportforidentityservers.UserandassetadministrationinPowerBIislimitedtocontrollingBIapplicationsandenvironments.AsitpertainstotheEIoT,Microsofthasaseparateoffering(AzureIoT)whichallowsfortheprovisioningandconfigurationofrelationshipsbetweenconnectedsensorsanddevices(thoughthesearegenerallynotusedasidentityextensionsforemployees).

EnterprisePartner




•Microsoftisaconglomeratewith3distinctbusinesssegments,noneofwhichfocusonenterpriseanalytics.•WithintheIntelligentCloudbusinesssegment,ServerProductsandCloudServicesandEnterpriseServicesaretheprimarycategories.PowerBIismerelyoneofmanyproductsofferedintheCloudServicescategory(othersincludeSQLServer,WindowsServerandAzure).•PowerBIisn’tevenmentionedinMicrosoft’smostrecentannualreport.

PlatformCohesion



•Releasedpubliclyin2015,PowerBIwastheamalgamationofseveralMicrosoftExceladd-ins,includingPowerQuery,PowerPivotandPowerView.PowerBIisaSaaSonlysolutiondeliveredviatheAzurecloud,whereasMicrosoftReportingServicesandAnalysisServicesmakeupMicrosoft’son-premisessolution.Presently,theintegrationbetweenthetwoislimited.•MicrosoftacquiredDatazenin2015tobeefupPowerBI.•PowerBIcontinuestorelyonExcelforcertainfunctions,andenterprisecustomersoftenneedtouseotheranalyticstoolsinconjunctionwithPowerBI.•PowerBIhasnotbeenorganicallygrowntoserveasanenterpriseanalyticssolution.•PowerBImustcompeteforattentionandfundingwithintheMicrosoftconglomerate.

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VisionaryCEO



•TheattentionofMicrosoft’sCEOisdividedamongalargenumberofbusinesssegmentsandproductcategories.It’sunclearwhattheCEO’svisionisforPowerBI.




•PowerBIisaverysmallportionofMicrosoft’sconglomeratebusiness.GiventhelargenumberofMicrosoftbusinesssegmentsandproductcategories,itsCEOcan’tbefocusedonengagementwithenterpriseanalyticscustomers.




•Enterpriseanalyticsisn’tthecorebackgroundofanymemberonMicrosoft’sseniorexecutiveteam.




•Microsoft’sstockownershipisdispersedanditslargershareholdersareinvestmentmanagementcompanies.•Microsoft’sCEOholdslessthan1%ownershipinterestinthecompany.EvenBillGates,thecompany’sfounder,onlyholdslessthan2.5%ofthecompany.




•Microsoftisapubliclytradedcompany,butPowerBI’sfinancialperformanceisunknownbecauseit’ssuchasmallportionofMicrosoft’soverallbusinessandMicrosoftdoesn’tseparatelyreportonit.ThismakesitmoredifficulttopredictMicrosoft’splansforPowerBIandcreatessignificantuncertaintyforcustomers.

StrongFinancials



•Microsoftisaconglomerate,andthefinancialperformanceofPowerBIisunclear.




•WhileMicrosofthasofficesinanumberofcountries,Microsoftisaconglomeratebusiness,andtheextenttowhichthoseofficessupportenterpriseanalyticssalesandcustomersisunclear.




•WhileMicrosofthasofficesinanumberofcountries,Microsoftisaconglomeratebusiness,andtheextenttowhichthoseofficesprovideenterpriseanalyticsservicesisunclear.

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•UnlikeMicroStrategy,OracledoesnotofferaunifiedBIplatformwithasinglecodebase.•OBIEEisanattempttointegratetheformerSiebelBusinessAnalyticsPlatform,HyperionBI,andOracleBusinessapplications.Thisleadstooverlapsinfunctionalityandrequiressignificantmaintenanceeffortsbetweenthedifferenttools.•Thereisnoseamlessintegrationbetweenproductpackages,suchasFoundationSuiteandEndecadatadiscovery.Solutionsforvisualanalysisandadvancedanalysisareseparatefromthesuite.•Reportdeveloperscannotcreatestandalonereportobjects,suchasmetricsandfilters,andreusethemacrossdifferentreports/dashboards.Thismeanstoomanyobjectsservethesamepurpose,whichleadstoreworkandmakesitdifficulttomaintain.

DataGovernance



•Businessusersdonothavetheabilitytodrillanywhereacrossreports;alldrillpathsacrosscubesandreportsmustbemanuallydefinedbyITorreportdevelopers.



•OBIEE’ssecuritycontrolsaredecentralizedandmustbemanuallyconfiguredinmanyplaceslikeOracleBIPublisher,OracleBI,OracleEnterpriseManager,etc.Thisincreasesthechancesofhumanerrors.•OBIEEoffersadministratorsverylimitedflexibilityorgranularityforsettinggroupanduserprivileges.Itisnotpossibletoassignaccesscontrolprivilegesonindividualmetadataobjectslikemetricsandattributes.•Securitysettingscannotbereusedacrosstheentiredeploymentandhavetobedefinedredundantlyforeveryusergroup.•WithOracle12c,userscannotlinktheiron-premisesActiveDirectoryorothersecuritysetuptoBICS,meaningthatallusersmustberecreatedasOracleCloudusers.There’salsoverylimitedsupportformultiplesubjectareas,accesstoon-premisesdatasources,andother“enterprise”characteristicsofanOracleBIplatform.

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•UnlikeMicroStrategy,OracledoesnotofferaunifiedBIplatformwithasinglecodebase.•OBIEEisanattempttointegratetheformerSiebelBusinessAnalyticsPlatform,HyperionBI,andOracleBusinessapplications.Thisleadstooverlapsinfunctionalityandrequiressignificantmaintenanceeffortsbetweenthedifferenttools.•Thereisnoseamlessintegrationbetweenproductpackages,suchasFoundationSuiteandEndecadatadiscovery.Solutionsforvisualanalysisandadvancedanalysisareseparatefromthesuite.•Reportdeveloperscannotcreatestandalonereportobjects,suchasmetricsandfilters,andreusethemacrossdifferentreports/dashboards.Thismeanstoomanyobjectsservethesamepurpose,whichleadstoreworkandmakesitdifficulttomaintain.

DataGovernance



•Businessusersdonothavetheabilitytodrillanywhereacrossreports;alldrillpathsacrosscubesandreportsmustbemanuallydefinedbyITorreportdevelopers.



•OBIEE’ssecuritycontrolsaredecentralizedandmustbemanuallyconfiguredinmanyplaceslikeOracleBIPublisher,OracleBI,OracleEnterpriseManager,etc.Thisincreasesthechancesofhumanerrors.•OBIEEoffersadministratorsverylimitedflexibilityorgranularityforsettinggroupanduserprivileges.Itisnotpossibletoassignaccesscontrolprivilegesonindividualmetadataobjectslikemetricsandattributes.•Securitysettingscannotbereusedacrosstheentiredeploymentandhavetobedefinedredundantlyforeveryusergroup.•WithOracle12c,userscannotlinktheiron-premisesActiveDirectoryorothersecuritysetuptoBICS,meaningthatallusersmustberecreatedasOracleCloudusers.There’salsoverylimitedsupportformultiplesubjectareas,accesstoon-premisesdatasources,andother“enterprise”characteristicsofanOracleBIplatform.

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TheOracleBIServermulti-sourceenginedoesnotdynamicallydecidethemostoptimallocationtoperformacalculation;itwillconductthecalculationinthedatabasewheretheattributetableresides.•TheOracleBIServerdoesnotoffercollaborativeprocessingbetweenthedatabaseandtheBIServer,butitwillpullresultsetsbacktothemid-tiertoconductalltheprocessing.•TheOracleBIServerleveragesalimitedmulti-sourceenginethatdoesnotprovideanoptimizedretrievalofmulti-sourcedata,asitcannotsmartlyandefficientlyselectwhichisthebestdatasourcetoquery.TheOracleBIServerdoesnotsupportsmartpush-downtechnologyandpullsalltheinformationtothemid-tierforfurtheranalysis.•OraclereliesontheAggregatePersistenceWizardtoconfigureaggregatetablestobeusedwithintheschemalayer.Thesetableshavetobemanuallymaintainedovertime.



•Oraclefeaturesalimitedmulti-passSQLenginewithnosupportfortemporarydatatables.Thisresultsinintermediatepassesbeingpulledintothemid-tierlevel,whichstressesthenetworkandhardwareresources.•OBIEEislimitedintheextenttowhichresourcescanbeoptimallysharedacrossacluster,withinasingleserver,oracrossmultiplephysicalservers.

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•OBIEEdoesnotprovideaworkflowautomationtool.

•OBIEEprovideslimitedcapabilitiesformigrationmanagementandconflictresolution.Thesetoolscannoteasilymergeandreconcilemetadataobjectsfromoneproductintoanother,thusincreasingtheworkrequiredtopreventerrors.

•OBIEEoffersonlylimitedintegrityandregressiontestingcapabilities.Itdoesnotprovideadataintegritytoolthatcanautomaticallyuncoverchangesanderrorsintroducedintothesystemwhileperformingchanges.ThisincreasesmaintenancecostsandsignificantlyreducesIT'sabilitytofinderrorsbeforebusinessusers.

•WithOracle12c,back-endfeaturesareonlyhalf-deployedwithinthe12cplatform;there’salackofarobustRPDuploadtool,BImodules,andservicesinstances.



•OracledeploysOracleEnterpriseManagertomanageandmonitortheperformanceandavailabilityofenterpriseapplicationsandtheirsupportinginfrastructureinbothenterpriseprivatecloudsandtraditionalenvironments.



•OracleBIsupportshybriddeploymentsandcanbedeployedbothon-premisesorinthecloud.•OBIEEcandirectlyqueryon-premisesdatafromthecloudormigrateandextendon-premisesdatamodelsandcontenttothecloud.•Oracle'smainbusinessanalyticscloudproductsareBICloudService(BICS)andDataVisualizationCloudService(DVCS).Bothtoolsaredesignedfordepartmentaluse-cases.Thedatamodeloffered,aswellasthelimitedadministrativeconfigurationoptions,makethemunsuitableforafull-scaleenterprisebusinessintelligencedeployment.

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•OracleusesFusionMiddlewareControlandadministrativetoolssuchasClusterManagertomanagesystemavailability.




•In-memorycubesareonlysupportedonalimitedlistofOracledatabasesascomparedtoMicroStrategy.Thesecubesaremodeledinabuilt-for-purposeformat,whichrequiresadditionalschemaworkinsteadofdirectlyleveragingthealready-builtschemamodel.•OBIEEdoesnotprovideatoolthatrecommendsandcreatesanoptimalsetofin-memorycubesbasedontheusagepatternoftheBIdeployment.

EnterpriseAnalytics




•WithOracle12c,VisualAnalyzerisaweb-basedtoolthatappealstotheinstalledbase,butcomesatextracost.DataVisualizationDesktopCloudService(DVCS)usestheVisualAnalyzerCloudServiceaspartof12c,makingitavailableasastandalonetoolthatcanbeinstalledonaWindowsdesktop,orruninOracleCloudasaSaaSapplication.

•Endeca,alegacyproduct,wasacquiredbyOracleandisaseparateenterprisedatadiscoveryplatform.EndecaofferslimiteddatadiscoverycapabilitiesascomparedtoMicroStrategy,anditdoesnotintegratewiththerestoftheOBIEEplatform,onlyBIPublisher.Administratorscannotleverageanyoftheexistingadministrationorsecurityconfigurations.Inaddition,Endecaisaseparateproductwithitsownassociatedcosts,installation,andconfiguration,andthereisnosupportformobile.Itfailstoofferbuilt-inbestpracticesforad-hocanalysisandlacksavisualizationsuggestionmechanism.

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•NativeconnectorsforclouddatasourcesarelimitedtoOracleandSalesforceapplications.•Whilemashupanalysisusingmultipledatasourcesispossible,user-generatedobjectsarenotreusable—onlyindividualdatasetsareavailabletoothers.•UsershavetowriteSQLstatementsinordertojoinmultipletablesinonedatasourceconnection.•Extraworkisrequiredforinferencesasdatatypesmustbemanuallyadjusted.Severaltypesofinferences,suchasjoinandhierarchyinferencesfordateandgeography,arenotsupported.




•Oracledoesnotofferend-to-enddatapreparationcapabilitiesnatively.Inversion12c,thenewBigDataPreparationCloudService(“BDP”)isathin-clientapplicationwithinOracleCloudthat'susedforingesting,preparing,andenrichingdatasetsthatdon’thaveapredefinedschema.Userscanuploadfiles(.csv,.tsv,Excel,Word,.pdf)intoOracleStorageCloudService,andBDPloadsthefilesforpreparation.ThepreparedfilesarethenwrittenbacktoStorageCloudService.UserscanthenuploadpreparedfilesintoBICSasadatasourceforApEx/SchemaService.ThereisnodirectintegrationwithVisualAnalyzer.•ThereisnoparityinOracle’sWebandDesktopclients.Oracle’sdatadiscoverytoolcannotjoindatabetweendifferentcubesintoasinglevisualization.

EnterpriseReports



•OBIEE11gofferslimiteddynamicdistributionlistcapabilities.Therefore,administratorshavetodefinefixeddistributionlistsandcannotuseconditionstodynamicallyconformtherecipientlist.Burstingcapabilities,orthescheduling/distributionofdashboards,isextremelylimited.

•OraclereleasedanOracleBIPublisherfor12cinQ42015.ThemainchangetoPublisherwasthatinthisrelease(12.2.1),thelookandfeeloftheuserinterfacewasrefreshed,whichaffectsthepresentationoffeaturesonthehomepage.

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•WithBIPublisher,userscanviewareportininteractivemodeforlightweightanalysisandgeneratepixel-perfectreports,documentsforMicrosoftOffice,AdobeAcrobat,Excel,andmachine-readablefiles(EFT,EDI,etc.).

MobileAnalytics



•Oracledoesnothaveadefinedmobilestrategyacrossitsplatform.OracleBusinessIntelligenceMobileallowsyoutoviewOBIEEcontentonmobile,butonlyonsupporteddevicessuchasiPhoneandiPad.Also,theirmobilesolutiondoesn’tofferwrite-back,multimedia,orofflinecapabilities.

RealTimeAnalytics



•Real-timestreamingindashboardsissupportedwiththeOracleExalyticsIn-MemoryMachine,whichrequiresanadditionallicensethat'sseparatefromOBIEE.•OraclealsoleveragesOracleReal-TimeDecisions(OracleRTD),adifferentproduct,forreal-timeanalytics.




Oraclecanintegratewithadvancedanalyticstools,butwithsomelimitations.•OracleAdvancedAnalyticscombinesOracleREnterprise(ORE)withOracleDataMining(ODM).Thisenablesuserstosortpredictiveanalysis,statisticalcomputing,andinteractivegraphicsinsidethedatabase.•Inversion12c,customerscanbuildadvancedstatisticalfunctionsusingRlibrariesdeployedinOBIEE,or,alternatively,theycanregisterRcustomfunctionsinBIServer,deployedinORE.AdvancedanalyticalcapabilitiesareonlyaccessiblethroughSQLandRprogramminglanguages.

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•OracleBigDataCloudPreparationServicesharesfunctionalityandunderlyingtechnologywithOracleBigDataDiscovery–theybothrunonHadoopanduseApacheSparkfordataprocessing,andbothofferdatatransformationandwranglingfeatures.InOracle12c,userscananalyzebigdatainHadooponlythroughClouderaImpala.

•OraclesleveragesApacheSparkforbigdataprocessingandtransformation.UserscanwrangledatainplaceinHadoopviaaspreadsheet-styleinterface.DataprocessingusesApacheSparktoprofile,sample,transform,andenrichbigdataacrossallthedatanodesintheHadoopcluster.





•Userscaninteractandviewreportsonline,publishtoaportal,orusingDeliveryManagerscheduleanddelivermultipledocumentsindependentlytomultipledestinations(printers,e-mail,fax,WebDAV,orFTP).•Asinglereportcanbeburstwithpersonalizedcontenttomultipleoutputformatsanddestinationsonascheduledbasis.•Administratorshavetodefinefixeddistributionlistsandcannotuseconditionstodynamicallyconformtherecipientlist.•Deliverymechanismsagentsprovidetargetedanalyticstousersbasedonacombinationofscheduleandtriggerevents.•Deliverycanbeexecutedthroughavarietyofroutes,includingdashboardalertsoremail.•Tocreateanagent,OracleBusinessIntelligenceusers(withtheCreateAgentprivilege)candefineoperationsthattheagentistoperform.

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•IncontrasttotheOBIEEplatform(EnterpriseDashboards),theOBIEEmobileclientdoesnotofferwrite-backcapabilities,limitingusersfromprovidingupdatesdirectlyfromtheirmobiledevicestothedatabase.Inaddition,Endeca,BIPublisher,orVisualAnalyzerdonotofferwrite-backcapability.

EmbeddedMultimedia



•OBIEEmobileclientprovideslimitedcapabilitiestorenderandembedmultimediacontentinthemobileapp.•VideosembeddedinthedashboarddonotworkwithmobiledevicessuchasiPadoriPhone.Appdesignershavetomanuallychangethevideoformatsandreplacethefilesinthewebserver.

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•OBIEEdoesnotprovidesupporttothemostcommonlyusedgeospatialservicesandmaptypes:ESRI,GoogleMaps,andMapbox.•ServicesarelimitedtotheOracleFusionMiddlewareMapViewerwhenincorporatingmapsandtilesfrommaps.oracle.com.



•OracleBIMobileallowslimitedofflineinteractivitywiththeirdashboardsandreports.Usershavetorefreshthedatawhenthenetworkconnectionhasbeenre-established.




•Browser-basedaccessfrommobiledevices:OBIEEmobileappsarebasedonHTML5standards,whichdoesnotpermituserstocachedataondevicesandquicklyretrievethem.•TheMobileBIAppDesignerallowscustomerstobuildnativeBIapps,butitisnotyetwidelyadopted.

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•OracleBIMobileapplicationscanonlyrendercertaintypesofBIcontent.IfthecontentassociatedwithanalertisnotsupportedintheOracleBIMobileapplication(suchasabriefingbook),itallowsthealerttobeincludedinthelistofalertsbutprohibitsusersfromactuallybeingabletoaccessit.




•OBIEEMobiledoesnotsupportinstantupdatestoapps.Thisbecomesachallengewhenanorganizationwantstooperateonanagiledevelopmentcycle,asusersneedtoaccesschangesinstantlywithouthavingtoconstantlyupgradetheirapp.




•OracleBIMobileAppDesignerdoesnotsupportcustomizedbrandingofmobileapps.




•OracleBIMobileAppDesignerappscanbedeployedusingSSLandSSO,whereasOracleBIMobileHDleveragesiOSandAndroidplatformsecurityfeaturessuchaspasswordstorageinencryptedon-devicekeystoresandremote-wipeofdevices.•OraclehasitsownMobileSecuritySuite(OMSS),basedonthetechnologyOracleacquiredfromBitzerMobile.ItprimarilytargetsdevelopersofiOSapplicationsandorganizationsthatuseMacs.•OraclecanintegratewithMDMssuchasGoodTechnology,butthisapproachrequireschangesintheBIMobilesourcecodetoaccommodateGood’sAPIs.Ifusedincorrectly,thiscouldjeopardizesecurityandSSOintegration.




•OBIEEsupportsthecollectionofusagetrackingdata,butitdoesnotextendthiscapabilitytoitsmobileapplication.Usersseekingthisdataneedtoinvolveadmintoviewtheusagestatistics,andOBIEEdoesnotprovideaccesstomobileusagelogsinanautomatedfashion.

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EmbeddedAnalytics







•UserscanembedOBIEEobjectsfromtheOracleBIPresentationCatalog,suchasanalysesanddashboards,inapplications.

•Userscanembedreports,visualizations,anddashboardscreatedinOracleBICloudServiceinotherapplicationsandportalsviaiFrame.

•SincetheuserinterfaceinOBIEEisgeneratedusingscripts,skinsandstylescanbecustomized.OBIEEshipswithseveralstyles,suchasSkyros,BLAFP(browserlookandfeel),andFusionFX(fusionapplications).However,thereisnowaytoextendorcustomizeexistingwebfunctionality,andthereisnoabilitytocreateanewwebapplicationfromscratch.







•Theabilitytorebrandmobileappswithcustomicons,splashscreens,andloginscreensisnotyetsupported.Inaddition,EmbeddedBIPublisherReports,MobileAppDesignerApps,andotherexternalcontentembeddedusingiFramesisnotsupported.

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•OBIEEdoesnothaveamechanismforthird-partyapplicationstopushdataascubes.CustomersarelimitedtoonlybeingabletousedatasourcescertifiedbyOBIEE.




•OBIEEallowstheembeddingofHTMLandJavaScriptcustomvisualizations.




•WiththeBIPublisherRESTAPI,userscanonlyextractdatafromanOracleBusinessIntelligencePublisher(BIP)report.TheBIPublisherRESTAPIisanewfeatureinthe12cversionandfunctionsonlywhenaccessingaBIP12cenvironment.




•OracleBusinessIntelligencedoesnotcurrentlysupportthecreationofcustomdataconnectors.OBIEEprovidessupportforonlyalimitedsetofdatasourcesavailableforuse.

MultitenancySupport



•AsingleOBIEEinstallationcanrunononeserver,allowformultipleappdeployments,andservemultiplecustomersonthesameinfrastructure.However,thereisnowaytocustomizeanenvironmentwiththetenant'sbranding,logo,orpersonalizedschema.

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EnterpriseCloud




•OracleBICloudService(BICS)isaimedatdepartmentalusecasessuchassharingspreadsheetdata,teamreporting,anddevelopmentsandboxes.ItisathinclientandrunsaspartofOraclePublicCloud,partofawiderOraclePaaS(OracleAnalyticsCloud).BICScomespre-bundledwithOracleDatabaseSchemaService,asingle-schemaOracleDatabaseservice.•Itrequiresaminimumof10users,supportsasingleDBschema,andoffersonly50GBstorage/300GBofmonthlydatatransfer.•Currently,itonlyprovidesasubsetofonpremisefeatures.Majorlimitationsincludethefollowing:itcanonlyreportagainstasingledatabasesource;itdoesnotallowaccesstoagents,BIPublisher,orEssbase;thereisnoautomatedusagetracking.

GlobalAvailability




•AWSGovCloud(2)



•CanadaCentral(2)




•ChinaBeijing(2)


•OracleCloudisdeployedinOracle'sdatacentersacrosstheglobe.Presently,thesecoverUSWest,USCentral,USEast,USGov,USDOD,USHIPAA,UKNorth,UKSouth,UKGov,EU,GermanyWest,USPCI,ANZEast,ANZCentral,Singapore,China,JapanEast,JapanSouth,Brazil,MiddleEast,Canada,Korea,India,andTurkey.

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•OracledoesnothavetheabilitytolaunchnewenvironmentswithitsAPIanddoesnotenableadministratorstocontrolactionssuchasstarting,stopping,restarting,andresizinganenvironment.




•OracleCloudprovidestriplemirroringofstoragefordataredundancy,fullsystembackupandrestore,datacentersinmultiplegeographiclocations,andindustrial-strengthphysicalandlogicalsecurity.•Oracle’stargetuptimeforOracleBusinessIntelligenceCloudServiceandOracleDataVisualizationCloudServiceis99.95%.

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•Oracle'smaincloudbusinessanalyticsproductsareBICloudService(BICS)andDataVisualizationCloudService(DVCS).Thedatamodelprovidedbythesetoolsaswellasthelackofadvancedadministrationconfigurationoptionsmakesthemmoresuitableasdepartmentalsolutions,ratherthanfull-scaleenterprisebusinessintelligencedeployments.•EventhoughnewfeaturessuchasBICSDataSyncandRemoteDataConnectorattempttoaddresstheselimitations,thelackofdetailedadministrationandmaintenancecapabilitiespreventmanyOraclecustomersfrommovingcomplexenvironmentstothecloud.



AutoscalingcanbeconfiguredinOracleJavaCloudServicetoautomaticallyscaleaclusterinoroutbasedonCPUusage.

SeamlessUpgrades



•OracleBICloudServicesupportsrollingupgrades.ThatmeansthatanyonesubscribedtoOracleBICloudServicereceivesautomaticupgradesassoonasnewfeaturesbecomeavailable.






•AspartoftheOracleCloud,theOracleDatabaseCloudServiceisdeployedoninfrastructurethatincludesOracleEngineeredSystemsforhighperformanceandavailability,triplemirroringofstoragefordataredundancy,andfullsystembackupandrestore.•Nonetheless,therearestilllimitationsthatimpedeperformanceattheenterpriselevelincludingsupportforonlyasingledatabaseschemaandlimitsof50GBforstorage,300GBonmonthlydatatransfer,andfilesizesof50MB.•Inaddition,thereareCPUmemorylimitations,astheirhighestconfigurationis120GB.

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•WithOracle,thereisnoubiquitousconnectivity.Organizationscannottakeadvantageoftheirexistingon-premdirectoryservicesorothersecuritymodels.ThatmeanstheyhavetorecreatealloftheirusersasOracleCloudusers.Notonlythat,thereisalsoverylimitedaccesstomultiplesubjectareas,on-premdatasources,andsomeofthemoreenterprise-gradecapabilitiesoftheOracleBIplatform.

Furthermore,organizationslookingtomovetheirdataintothecloudarerestrictedtousingOracledatawarehouses.



•OracleBICSisbuiltontopofOracle’sidentitymanagementplatform.BICSreliesonamulti-tenantcloudapproach,witheachsubscriptionidentifiedbyitsownIdentityDomain.TheIdentityDomaininturnspecifiestheCompanyTenantID.

EnterpriseIoT



•DigitalbadgesarenotprovidedinOBIEE.MicroStrategyistheonlyBIplatformthatofferspassword-freeloginviaamobileapp.

PhysicalAccess



•Physicalaccessisnotsupported.OBIEEdoesnotsupportOTBintegrationwithleadingPACSvendorsonmobiledevices.Oracle'sIoTproductsdonotprovidethisfunctionality.

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LogicalAccess



•OracledoesnotofferlogicalaccesstodigitalsystemsotherthanitsownBIsuite.OBIEEcanbeconfiguredtouseSAML(securityassertionmarkuplanguage)forpassword-freeloginsandsinglesign-on,butthisrequiresintegrationwithathird-partyauthenticationsolution.

BluetoothSensing



•OBIEEdoesnotintegratewithBluetooth.IntheEIoTcontext,acustomerwouldneedtomakeanadditionalinvestmentintoOracle'sIoTplatformtoacquireBluetoothcapabilities.

BarcodeScanner



•TrackingassetswithbarcodescannersisnotsupportedinOBIEE.ThisisinpartduetoOraclenotprovidingadigitalbadgeforuseininteractingwiththeEnterpriseInternetofThings.Throughitsmobilesupplychainapplications,Oracle'sE-BusinessSuitecandeliverbarcodescanningfunctionalitiestoamobiledevice,butthesearedistinctproductsthatrequireintegrationandseparatelicensingagreements.




•ForOBIEE,communicationandcollaborationisnotsupportedoutsideofdashboardsinitsBIinterfaces.SinceOBIEEdoesnotprovideadigitaltwinthatiscarriedbyuserswiththeminamobileform-factor,itlacksaconvenientwayofreachingusersinatimelyfashion.Thisalsomeansthatthereismuchlesscontextualinformationavailableaboutusersatanygivenpointintimethatcouldbeusedtoinfluencecommuniques.

Real-timeTelemetry



•Real-timestreamingindashboardsissupportedwiththeOracleExalyticsIn-MemoryMachine.Nonetheless,OBIEE'slackofadigitalbadgepreventsitfromgeneratingcomprehensive,real-timetelemetrystemmingfromtheinteractionsbetweenusersandenterpriseassets.ToaccomplishsomeofthiswithOracle,customerswouldneedtopurchaselicensesandserversforaseparateproduct(OracleIoT)thatisnotfullyintegratedwithOBIEE.

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OTBReportingModule



•OTBreportingforanaccess-centricEIoTimplementationisnotsupportedbyOBIEE.OBIEEcanintegratewithOracleIoTinafairlystraightforwardfashiontopullinsensordataforanalysis.However,forOBIEEtodeliverdashboardsthatshowacomprehensivelogofphysicalandlogicaltransactionsacrossanorganization,asignificantamountoflabor(connecting,ETL-ing,architecting,anddashboarding)wouldberequired.




•OBIEEsupportsintegrationwithOracleWebLogicServerLDAPdirectory,OracleInternetDirectory,andActiveDirectorytoassignprivilegestousers.Itcanalsointegratewithanundisclosednumberofthird-partydirectories.




•OBIEEdoesnotprovideOTBsupportforidentityservers.UserandassetadministrationinOBIEEislimitedtoBIapplicationsandenvironments.AsitpertainstotheEIoT,Oraclehasaseparateoffering(OracleIoT)whichallowsfortheprovisioningandconfigurationofrelationshipsbetweenconnectedsensorsanddevices(thoughthesearegenerallynotusedasidentityextensionsforemployees).

EnterprisePartner




•Oracleisaconglomeratewith3distinctbusinesssegments,whicharefurtherdividedintomorethan5separateoperatingsegments.Noneoftheseoperatingsegmentshaveenterpriseanalyticsasacorefocus.•Oracleoffersthousandsofproductsinmorethan20differentcategories,includinghundredsofproductsacquiredfromothercompanies,thatrangefromITinfrastructuretocontentstoragemanagement.OBIEEismerelyoneofthethousandsofproductsofferedbyOracle.

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PlatformCohesion



•OBIEEistheresultofeffortstomelddisparatetechnologies.•OracleacquiredSiebelSystemsin2006andHyperionSolutionsin2007tofilloutitsBIproductline.•BIsolutionsfromthesedifferentvendorswerecombinedtoformOBIEE.•OBIEEmustcompeteforattentionandfundingwithintheOracleconglomerate.

VisionaryCEO



•InadditiontohavingmorethanoneCEO,theattentionofOracle’sCEOsisdividedamongalargenumberofbusinesssegments,operatingsegments,andproductcategories.It’sunclearwhattheCEOs’visionisforOBIEE.




•OBIEEisaverysmallportionofOracle’sconglomeratebusiness.GiventhelargenumberofOraclebusinesssegments,operatingsegments,andproductcategories,itsCEOscan’tbefocusedonengagementwithenterpriseanalyticscustomers.




•Enterpriseanalyticsisn’tthecorebackgroundofanymemberonOracle’sseniorexecutiveteam.




•Oracle’sstockownershipisdispersed.•Oracle’smanagementholdslessthanathirdofthetotalownershipinterestinthecompany.




•Oracleisapubliclytradedcompany,butOBIEE’sfinancialperformanceisunknownbecauseit’ssuchasmallportionofOracle’soverallbusiness,andOracledoesn’tseparatelyreportonit.ThismakesitmoredifficulttopredictOracle’splansforOBIEEandcreatessignificantuncertaintyforcustomers.

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StrongFinancials



•Oracleisaconglomerate,andthefinancialperformanceofOBIEEisunclear.




•WhileOraclehasofficesinanumberofcountries,Oracleisaconglomeratebusiness,andtheextenttowhichthoseofficessupportenterpriseanalyticssalesandcustomersisunclear.




•WhileOraclehasofficesinanumberofcountries,Oracleisaconglomeratebusiness,andtheextenttowhichthoseofficesprovideenterpriseanalyticsservicesisunclear.

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