Comparison of Brio with Bo and Cognos

Comparison of Brio with Bo and Cognos

The following is a specific product comparison, this is reproduced, only for reference: This is brio and Cognos comparison [reprint] brio compared with Cognos, its advantage lies in:
Product Integration Brio:brio's series of products is fully integrated, the interface is the same, in a product provides all the features. Also, all products use the same file format, so the products on various platforms, Client/server, and web-mode products are able to share queries and reports. Cognos:cognos between the products is very confusing. The interfaces of various products are different, even the impromptu and powerplay client/server versions have different interfaces to their corresponding web versions. Implementing a feature often requires switching from one product to another so that users often don't know which product provides the functionality they need.
Meta-data management Brio: Through the Brioquery Open metadata interpreter (Omi:open Metadata interpreter), users can easily view important information about the data and access the metadata that the enterprise already has. Cognos:cognos cannot take advantage of existing metadata and requires it to spend weeks to reconstruct the metadata.
OLAP Access (MDD) Brio:client/server and Web mode, Brio provide offline analytics, thereby increasing user productivity and easing the pressure on the OLAP server. Provides support for all multidimensional databases, such as Metacube and Essbase. Cognos:cognos Web browser client products do not support offline analysis, Cognos reports and Web query tools do not support OLAP server navigation, and cannot support Metacube,unix clients do not support Essbase.
IT management Brio:brio does not need to define a data cube, Brio read data from a data warehouse, and can take advantage of existing data structures. Cognos:cognos need to create data cubes and specialized metadata, it is a duplication of unnecessary work for IT department.
The company's viability Brio:brio has maintained a good relationship with industry-leading partners, including server-side OLAP vendors such as Hyperion, IBM and Microsoft. Cognos:cognos has entered the OLAP server market and has had a positive confrontation with vendors that were once good partners, including Hyperion, IBM and Microsoft.
Arbitrary drilling and predefined drilling path Brio:brio can realize arbitrary drilling and predefined path drilling function, making data analysis has great flexibility. In addition, Brio allows users to add fields, so users don't have to ask for it help again and again. Cognos: Users are limited to drillthrough on predefined paths. The powercube level design of Cognos is done by it, so if they do not have a #27491; #23450 semantic level, the user can only bind to an invalid drillthrough path.
Analytical application constructs Brio:brio the ability to create dashboards for the EIS using controls, layout tools, and real-time, embeddable report components. Use JavaScript language to develop all platforms as well as client/server and web-style applications. Its EIS area provides good interactivity. Cognos:portfolio is not integrated with impromptu or powerplay and can only operate in Windows environments, restricting Web application development and developing applications in UNIX environments. The user cannot access the EIS report (Portfolio) through the web.
The platform supports Brio:brio enterprise-class OnDemand server to support NT and UNIX platforms. Cognos:cognos's impromptu Web query and Web Reports do not support UNIX, and databases, data marts, or data warehouses that are stored on UNIX servers become unavailable.
The scalability of the server Brio:ondemand Server 6.0 supports load balancing and fault tolerance. Cognos: Only one of the three server products Powerplay Enterprise server supports load balancing and fault tolerance, impromptu web Query server and impromptu Web Reports server does not support load Balance and fault tolerance.
Web Client Brio:Brio.Insight and Brio.quickview support SSL communication with OnDemand server and proxy servers, support for large network environments, and extranet solutions. Cognos: Only one of the three server products Powerplay Enterprise server supports SSL and proxy servers, impromptu web Query server and impromptu Web Reports server cannot support 。 This is a comparison between brio and business objects.

Reproduced Compared with business objects, Brio has the advantage of:
The construction and distribution of web-based analytical application Brio: JavaScript language, JavaScript is multi-platform support, can operate in the WEB and C/s environment. It is not yet certain whether the VBA scripts used by Bo:bo can run in an environment other than the Web or Windows 32-bit environment.
EIS features Brio:brio EIS is a powerful programmable container that controls and joins Brio objects. Brio can create rich EIS panels using controls, layout tools, and real-time, embeddable report components. Bo:business Objects does not focus on the EIS in the product.
Offline analysis features Brio:brio Web users to allow online or offline analysis of data to maximize user efficiency and reduce network traffic. Bo:business object's Web intelligence products can only be analyzed online.
Meta-data management Brio:brio can access metadata in any data source. Brio can make full use of existing metadata and reduce the maintenance effort of IT department. In addition, Brio provides customizable annotation dialogs that enable administrators to make the decision analysis clearer by allowing the user to understand as much metadata information as possible. Bo:bo requires metadata to be stored in universe () and is a proprietary solution. Although it is possible to pour metadata from some source data at once, it does not have the function of real-time and dynamic consistency.
Web features Brio:brio Web clients have exactly the same functionality as clients of the client/server structure. Web and c/s users share files, the function is not affected by the slightest. Bo:webintelligence users must wait to generate HTML pages whenever they make formatting changes, drill down, or relocate a report. WebIntelligence When a user opens a document that is pushed by a user of C/s users to create or dispatch a program, it has only the ability to view or refresh, and cannot save the file locally. Intuitive interface end users often choose Brio and do not choose Bo is an important reason is the Brio product interface more friendly and intuitive. As a result, training costs are reduced, productivity is increased, and it burdens are mitigated.
The leading enterprise Information Portal Enterprise Report Brio:brio can provide complete Enterprise report solution. Bo:bo does not have an enterprise reporting tool. Access to the mainstream OLAP database functionality from the Web Brio:brio Web users can access MDD, and Web and C/s users can access offline data retrieved from MDD. Only C/S users can access MDD, and these users cannot access MDD through universe.
UNIX server Brio:brio servers can support AIX, HP, and Solaris. Bo:bo started to launch a UNIX server. More flexibility to integrate with existing security systems Brio:brio can choose database Security or custom Java Bean Validation for security management and flexibility. Bo:bo can only pour the database user group into the universe. Arbitrary drillthrough and predefined drillthrough paths Brio:brio allow the user to drill through arbitrary or predefined paths. BO: It administrator needs a predefined drillthrough path.