Dundas BI
Flexible Dashboard, Reporting and Data Analytics Software
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What is Dundas BI?
Dundas BI is the most flexible, dashboard, reporting and analytics platform designed on a fully open API architecture that's adaptable to fit anyone's needs.
Dundas BI supports data preparation and integration, reporting, dashboards and analysis exactly the way you need it. Through full API support, plug-ins and in-app scripting, Dundas BI is extensible, in and out, and can be easily integrated and embedded into existing systems, applications and administration. The ability to seamlessly integrate Dundas BI into existing systems and the depth of the capabilities is what allows the platform users to fully achieve their exact vision.
The built-in reporting capabilities, allow users to create structured BI reports and exports, print or share them with end-users. The platform is based on latest web standards such as HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 which makes it compatible with most of the browsers available across desktops and mobile devices. The solution also supports R/Python programming language which allows users to write their own codes in R or Python language for uncovering patterns across the large data sets and predicting trends.
Dundas BI can be easily deployed on-premises or via your preferred cloud hosting provider. Using a best of both worlds approach, Dundas BI combines the strengths of IT-led solutions, such as governance, scheduling and data modeling, and the strengths of Business Self-Service solutions, such as easy-to-use interactive visualizations, collaboration and on-the-fly data blending.
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Dundas BI Reviews
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Affordable, flexible solution for manufacturing operations BI
We needed a self-service BI solution that would cover manufacturing operations dashboards and use cases. We wanted a tool that would allow for the distribution of centralized common dashboards but also allow for self-service customization. It needed to connect to multiple disparate data sources, and provide native ETL. It also needed to allow for real-time refresh capability. Finally, it needed to be affordable and scalable to our global operations footprint. DundasBI was the only solution that checked all of these boxes, and so far the tool has been a great help to reducing external spend and internal, custom-coded solutions.
Amazing Experience for Your Dashboard's Users
The Creation GUI is very quirky, but the results are well worth putting up with it.
I have never had an idea that I could not eventually create (sometimes, some java script is needed).
The fact that they expose all of their API tools to the end user is amazing, and allows you to create some awesome things.
Promising, good and high potential but not there yet
Dundas BI is a very good contender in the BI segment and has great potential. At the moment it is a tool for developers proficient with JavaScript and not recommended for end users. There are great potential with DBI. Unfortunately v4 got the wrong focus on non-essential upgrades thus put the bar high for version 5. To compete with Power BI, Tableau and QlikView DBI need much improvement on user-friendliness. If DBI can be really improved on administration and formatting and keeping the flexibility it will surpass most of it's competitors.
Great BI tool
Since Dundas BI is fairly new compared to it's competitors expect a steep learning curve, especially on using the API's. With that said, it is quite worth it as you will be rewarded with a product that could deliver a great user experience whether using it as a stand-alone platform or embedding it to your existing ones.
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Affordable, flexible solution for manufacturing operations BI
Pros
-Real-time dashboard refresh capability
-Built-in ETL
-Flexible seat types and affordable licensing
-Superior flexibility and customization, without the need for coding
-Out of the box performance and usage tracking
Cons
Customization and flexibility come at the cost of a steeper learning curve compared to other solutions.
Amazing Experience for Your Dashboard's Users
The Creation GUI is very quirky, but the results are well worth putting up with it.
I have never had an idea that I could not eventually create (sometimes, some java script is needed).
The fact that they expose all of their API tools to the end user is amazing, and allows you to create some awesome things.
Pros
- Support team is very helpful with basic use cases.
- After a dashboard has been created, it looks great and works well for the end user.
- People with zero programming experience are able to create dashboards.
Cons
(All very minor things, which might be addressed in future updates)
- Data cube creation, metric sets, and dashboards must be created using their GUI- they cannot be generated using scripts or edited as script.
- You cannot copy and paste sections of one dashboard or datacube to another.
- Data cube nodes cannot be copied.
- All programming scripts are stored in an sql database, which means you cannot use version control systems (such as Git Hub).
Promising, good and high potential but not there yet
Dundas BI is a very good contender in the BI segment and has great potential. At the moment it is a tool for developers proficient with JavaScript and not recommended for end users. There are great potential with DBI. Unfortunately v4 got the wrong focus on non-essential upgrades thus put the bar high for version 5. To compete with Power BI, Tableau and QlikView DBI need much improvement on user-friendliness. If DBI can be really improved on administration and formatting and keeping the flexibility it will surpass most of it's competitors.
Pros
Relatively easy to get started and creating visualizations and dashboards. The scorecard, which is a kind of repeating panel is brilliant and undervalued. The report is a great addition which makes DBI an all-in-one BI tool. Dashboard layers and pop-ups enhances the experience. Data driven notification adds to a useful experience. ETL cube with data warehouse has powerful transformations and much capabilities. The open API with JavaScript makes it flexible beyond expectations.
Cons
Project and file and content management is amongst the worst in class! This need to be completely changed in v5! It's a frustrating experience to organize content. Auto save is okay, but need to be able to decide where. Check in /out is over-used and add frustration to developing dashboards. Poor cube management; need option to process multiple cubes and have incremential processing as option. Need an equation writer for those who is not proficient in JavaScript. Need more formulas for metric sets. Hidden metric sets in dashboards are a bad idea. Properties tab need complete re-organization.
Great BI tool
Since Dundas BI is fairly new compared to it's competitors expect a steep learning curve, especially on using the API's. With that said, it is quite worth it as you will be rewarded with a product that could deliver a great user experience whether using it as a stand-alone platform or embedding it to your existing ones.
Pros
Dundas BI is very easy to use and intuitive. For simple reports, almost everything works right out of the box. For advanced usage, the API's available are astounding. You can control the application without using their UI. (Great for automating certain routine admin tasks!)
Cons
They would have to look into deeper support for OLAP sources. Also, they would have to improve on their documentation, sometimes there are amazing features that are not going to be used because the user would not even know it's there.

Highly Customizable BI Software
Its Awesome product.
Pros
Dundas BI is very good software having lots of features and it is highly customizable BI Product.
Cons
Dundas BI dashboard performance should be improved for large data and also needs to improve Report PDF export look and feel.Also It needs more efforts to design from scratch.
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Additional information for Dundas BI
Additional information for Dundas BI
Key features of Dundas BI
- Activity dashboard
- Ad hoc reporting tools
- Ad hoc self service Analytics
- Business intelligence tools
- Communication and collaboration tools
- Connections to all common sources
- Customizable dashboards
- Customizable data visualizations
- Customize charts and tables
- Data Discovery
- Data prep layer
- Design and customize reports
- Direct or pre-fetched data extracts
- Drag and Drop data exploration
- Email Alerts
- Embedded BI and analytics
- End-to-end extensibility
- Export data in multiple formats
- Full open API support
- Global projects for collaboration
- Interactive reports
- Interactive scorecard designer
- KPI monitoring
- Latest web standards
- Mobile ready
- Multi page reports and formulas
- OLAP
- Predictive and advanced data analytics
- REST, JavaScript, .Net
- Real time data retrieval
- Rich visual interface
- Single sign on
- Slideshows and storytelling modes
- Smart drag and drop tools
- Smart visualizations
- Templates and Themes
- Third party integration
- Usage tracking
- Visualize data through maps
- Web integration
Benefits
• Smart Visualizations – Automatically visualize your data in different ways and interact with it without having to go through data preparation steps
• End-to-End Extensibility – One agile application that auto-adapts to the user skills, covering your BI needs from data prep to presentation and self-service, all on open API
• The Platform - Based on HTML5 technology, which allows users to visualize their data from any web browser on desktops or any mobile device.
• Embedded BI and Analytics – Integrate into other applications and create your own multi-tenant, white labeled solution, offering your customers a superior experience
• Any Data Source - Users can connect to and integrate any data source such as OLAP, Excel, Big Data sources, relational databases, web services or even simple text files for data analytics.
Dundas BI FAQs
Dundas BI FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Dundas BI.
Q. What type of pricing plans does Dundas BI offer?
Dundas BI offers the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: One Time License, Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Contact Dundas for pricing/quotes.
Q. What are the main features of Dundas BI?
Dundas BI offers the following features:
- Activity dashboard
- Ad hoc reporting tools
- Ad hoc self service Analytics
- Business intelligence tools
- Communication and collaboration tools
- Connections to all common sources
- Customizable dashboards
- Customizable data visualizations
- Customize charts and tables
- Data Discovery
- Data prep layer
- Design and customize reports
- Direct or pre-fetched data extracts
- Drag and Drop data exploration
- Email Alerts
- Embedded BI and analytics
- End-to-end extensibility
- Export data in multiple formats
- Full open API support
- Global projects for collaboration
- Interactive reports
- Interactive scorecard designer
- KPI monitoring
- Latest web standards
- Mobile ready
- Multi page reports and formulas
- OLAP
- Predictive and advanced data analytics
- REST, JavaScript, .Net
- Real time data retrieval
- Rich visual interface
- Single sign on
- Slideshows and storytelling modes
- Smart drag and drop tools
- Smart visualizations
- Templates and Themes
- Third party integration
- Usage tracking
- Visualize data through maps
- Web integration
Q. Who are the typical users of Dundas BI?
Dundas BI has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business
Q. What languages does Dundas BI support?
Dundas BI supports the following languages:
Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Q. Does Dundas BI support mobile devices?
We do not have any information about what devices Dundas BI supports
Q. What other apps does Dundas BI integrate with?
Dundas BI integrates with the following applications:
Google Analytics, Google Docs, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Pardot, PowerPoint, Salesforce Sales Cloud, SharePoint
Q. What level of support does Dundas BI offer?
Dundas BI offers the following support options:
FAQs, Knowledge Base, Online Support, Phone Support, Video Tutorials, Forum
We needed a self-service BI solution that would cover manufacturing operations dashboards and use cases. We wanted a tool that would allow for the distribution of centralized common dashboards but also allow for self-service customization. It needed to connect to multiple disparate data sources, and provide native ETL. It also needed to allow for real-time refresh capability. Finally, it needed to be affordable and scalable to our global operations footprint. DundasBI was the only solution that checked all of these boxes, and so far the tool has been a great help to reducing external spend and internal, custom-coded solutions.