Essbase Reporting Tools

Hi all,Just wondering what tools people are using for reportin from essbaseCan I use Crystal/MS Reporting Services?Thanks,Coleman

Hi,
1. Firstly, when you are asking of differences between hyperion essbase and reporting tools. Its not a fair apples to apples camparision.
2. Hyperion essbase is an OLAP tool which uses multidimensionality to produce reports , its not just a reporting tool
3. The fair camparision would be between 2 OLAP tools , rather than an OLAP tool and a reporting tool.
4. You have got quite a few OLAP tools available, not every OLAP tools is MOLAP, it might be ROLAP too. This is a huge difference and would work much better too in camparision.
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Hi,
Could some one point in the right direction - we are trying to finalize the reporting tool.
We have worked with BI-Publisher(not as dynamic) and Discoverer(formatting a big issue) - trying to find a tool that would overcome the limitations that these 2 tools have.
We want to be able to use Oracle Db, VPD, set client_id using OPD.Net, integrate with web application as key requirements. By same token would like to be able to create dynamic reports which allows a great deal of flexibility. Is there such a reporting tool?
Any ideas much appreciated.
Thanks!

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