Reporting Tools

I hope now you got basic idea on BI, the final phase in BI will be the Reporting tools. There are many Reporting tools offered by different vendors are available. Checkout the few below

Business Objects
Microstrategy
Siebel Analytics
Cognos

WebFOCUS

OBI

Many of us will ask one question while choosing Microstrategy, I,e. SQL . I recommend one should know SQL before entering into the MSTR. We don’t show much interest after learning but we surely regret once we start developing reports or dashboards. Few things you should get grip on which will play key role in getting accurate date from desired tables.

Aggregation functions

Joins