Business Intelligence (BI) Tools

BI Tools Comparison Chart

Learn about the business intelligence tools available and supported by Boise State BIRS.

For a description of these business intelligence tools, please visit Data Cookbook – Tools.

Needs	OAC	Data Visualizer	OTBI	MyInsights
Self-Service	Yes	Yes	Limited	No
Validated Data Sources	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Primary data types	Finance and Student	Student and User Uploaded	Human Resources and Finance	Student
Searchable Catalog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Drill Through Summarized Data	Yes	Limited	Yes	Yes
Display as List	Yes	Limited	Yes	Yes
Display as Pivot Table	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Display as Visualizations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
(V) Bar/Column Chart	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
(V) Line Chart	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
(V) Area Chart	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
(V) Scatter Plot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
(V) Bubble Chart	Yes	No	Yes	No
(V) Pie Chart	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
(V) Sankey Diagram	No	Yes	No	No
(V) Tree Map	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
(V) Geo Map	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
(V) Word Cloud	No	Yes	No	No
(V) Timelines	No	Yes	No	No
(V) Heat Matrix	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
(V) Correlation Matrix	No	Yes	No	No
(V) Performance Tile	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
(V) Gauge	Yes	No	Yes	No
(V) Funnel	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
(V) Pareto Chart	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Custom Calculations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Upload your data to the secure BI server	No	Yes	No	No
PDF Output	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Excel output for data download	Yes - not recommended	No	Yes	Yes
Email distribution set up	Manually	No	Manually	Manually
Hyperlink/drill through to another website	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Machine Learning	Yes*	Yes*	No	Yes*
Embedding Content in Web Page (including public access)	No	Yes	No	No
BI Tool Origin	Financial and Student Analytics	Visualizations	Human Resources/Finance Transactional	Student Analytics

(V) = Visualizations

*The functionality is available, but may be limited due to Boise State’s current technology platform.

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