An OLAP Report Review: Applix Executive Viewer 5.2: Industry Report

An OLAP Report Review: Applix Executive Viewer 5.2

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: BARC
Published: June 2006
Product Code: R3485-10

Description

Executive Viewer now works with no fewer than four different OLAP servers.

The OLAP Report's 38-page review evaluates the features and functionality that make Executive Viewer one of the simplest, fastest and most intuitive OLAP front ends on the market. It also traces the development of the product and its comparative advantages and disadvantages in relation to the competition and particular user requirements.

Originally developed as a front-end for Essbase, Executive Viewer can now work with a range of platforms, including Microsoft's Analysis Services. Find out how well Executive Viewer is optimized in relation to these platforms, as well as Temtec's current product development direction.

The OLAP Report scores Temtec's product in all key areas of features, functionality and performance, including its web client performance, ease of ad hoc multidimensional viewing and integration with widely used OLAP servers.

Find out how Executive Viewer compares with other leading OLAP products in terms of features and capabilities such as:

End-user developed applications
Ease of use
Relational reporting.

Despite its user-friendliness, Executive Viewer lacks a number of features that are found in competitor products. For example, it does not have an Excel add-in or some performance management features commonly bundled in with other OLAP tools.

Use this review to discover how well Executive Viewer matches your systems and user requirements.

Please note: The report file is password protected. Password will be delivered with PDF file. The PDF file may not be saved, however, one hard copy may be printed.

Table of Contents

1. Vendor overview
2. Essbase Platinum status
3. Microsoft Gold certification
4. Revenues
5. Product commercial issues
6. International issues
7. Pricing
8. Database structure and capacity
9. Architecture and platforms
10. Data access functionality
11. Calculation functionality
12. Reporting flexibility
13. Automatic detection of exceptions
14. Time series intelligence
15. Currency support
16. Security and DBMS issues
17. End-user human factors
18. Application building features
19. Performance
20. Conclusions and scores

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