microstrategy

Is anybody using OBIEE (formerly Siebel Analytics) ? What is your experience.

We are in the process of selecting BI stack for our data warehouse. The top contenders are OBIEE = Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (formerly Siebel Analytics) and Microstrategy. Has anyone worked with OBIEE? Lessons learned? General impressions? Flaws, strengths? ...

Marking up table joins in the Microstrategy project metadata with the architect tool?

Hi, I am evaluating Microstrategy 9.0.1 and attempting to build a prototype metadata layer using its Architect tool. The tool doesn't seem to have any specific means to mark up joins in the way that the editing tools for SSRS data source views or Business Objects universes do. How does this work in Microstrategy - I have never used t...

Optimal Database Structure for MicroStrategy

I have spent most of my career developing data warehouses\marts as Star Schemas because they were typically used in conjunction with Microsoft's Analysis Services. However, we are starting to leverage MicroStrategy 9.0.1, and I have been told that Star Schemas are less than optimal for this platform. MicroStrategy does not have an offi...