Interactive Reporting vs. Web Analysis

Hi,
I have been working at a client's location to create financial reports using Hyperion Financial Reporting (version 11.1.1.3). My client now has a requirement for dashboards for upper-management users. I did not see any features in Financial Reporting that can enable me to create dashboards. Hence, I am trying to fix on either Web Analysis or Interactive Reporting to accomplish dashboard reporting for the client. Can anyone let me know which is a better tool for creating dashboards? Are there any advantages/limitations of one over the other?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
Regards,
Abhi

Hi WVanSluys,
Thanks for the response. Does OBIEE 11g have dashboard capabilities that can build dashboards from multidimensional data source such as Essbase? The reason I ask this question is that we have two different teams working at this client: one for implementing Oracle EBS and the other Oracle Hyperion (I am part of Hyperion team). The next phase of our project involves implementing OBIEE. If I am understanding you right, Web Analysis (or for that matter, Interactive Reporting) is NOT needed if OBIEE is being implemented?
Hi Iain,
Thanks for the reply.
Regards,
Abhi

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