Spreadsheet Evaluation
This evaluation discusses criteria to consider when evaluating BI suites Office add-ins and export capabilities.

The BI Market
Business intelligence and the sub markets defined. Lists vendor products per sub market, serving as a necessary guide for comparing like-for-like products and seeing the breadth of individual vendor offerings.

Blank BIScorecard^®
This spreadsheet provides a detailed list of 100+ criteria to consider when selecting or standardizing on a BI product. As a complementary download, product scores are blank. Subscribers can access the completed scores under Subscriber Content.

Enterprise Business Intelligence:
Strategies and Technologies for Deploying BI on an Enterprise Scale

Here's the Deal:
Negotiating BI contracts

Methodology for Selecting and Evaluating BI Tools

BIScorecard® Strategic and Product Summary Report
The BIScorecard® Strategic and Product Summary highlights strategic criteria to consider when evaluating vendors and major product modules. Scores and analysis are provided for seven leading vendors.
Updated	Criteria	Pages	TOC	Price	Purchase
7/7/2007	15	18		$795

BIScorecard^® Summary (Only available with yearly subscription)
This spreadsheet provides a summary overview of vendor scores for strategic issues and per major functional area within a BI suite.

BIScorecard^® Detail (Only available with yearly subscription)
A detailed list of 100+ criteria to consider when selecting or standardizing on a BI product. Capabilities are scored green/yellow/red so you can easily see comparative strengths and weaknesses. Use the scorecard in conjunction with the textual explanations to ensure you understand the criteria and vendor capabilities.

Criteria
In order to evaluate BI products, companies need to understand the benefits that the features intend to provide. Why should you care if a product has "banded reports" or "multi-pass SQL?" The following documents explain the meaning and importance of the criteria in the scorecards.

	Title	Updated	Criteria	Pages	TOC	Price	Purchase
	Search & BI	2/6/2007		9		$95
	Query	6/14/04	26	12		$95
	Reporting	6/21/04	27	9		$95
	Information Delivery
	Spreadsheet	1/10/06	19	8		$95
	Analysis
	Administration	5/31/05	13	6		$95
	Architecture
	Suite Integration	10/17/06	6	11		$195

Vendors and Products
Vendors fulfill the above criteria in different ways. Each of the following evaluations explains how the vendor delivers (or fails to deliver) a particular benefit, corresponding to the scores in the BIScorecard^® spreadsheet. In addition to a detailed review per functional area, the vendor overview analysis provides a summary of the vendor's strengths and challenges in the marketplace, a summary scorecard, and BI Best Fit.

	Title		Updated	Pages	TOC	Price	Purchase
	Business Objects
		BusinessObjects XI Release 2 Overview	9/14/07	6		$295
		Crystal Reports 2008	2/27/08	14		$195
		XI Release 2 Query, Reporting, Analysis	4/28/06	20		$795
		XI Release 1 Detailed	8/1/05	44		$795
	Cognos
		Cognos 8 Overview	1/25/08	5		$295
		Query, Reporting, Analysis	3/1/06	20		$795
		Cognos 8 Dashboards	6/21/07	14		$495
	Hyperion
		System 9 Overview	5/6/06	5		$295
		System 9 Interactive Reporting	5/22/06	16		$795
		SmartView Office Add-In	12/18/05	3		$195
		Performance Suite 8.3	3/17/05	20		$795
	Information Builders
		Information Builders Overview	1/28/08	5		$295
		WebFOCUS Query & Reporting	9/24/04	21		$895
	Microsoft
		Microsoft BI & PerformancePoint Overview	3/31/08	8		$295
		Microsoft Reporting Services Report Builder	12/18/06	7		$495
	MicroStrategy
		MicroStrategy 8.1 Overview	11/1/07	6		$295
		MicroStrategy 8.0 Detailed	8/3/05	20		$895
		First Look-Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards	3/19/07	2		Only available with yearly subscription
	Oracle
		Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Overview	3/29/07	6		$295
	SAP
		SAP NetWeaver BI Overview	12/10/07	5		$295
	SAS
		SAS BI Overview	5/14/07	5		$295
		SAS BI Dashboard	12/3/07	7		$495
		SAS BI Detailed	7/28/05	19		$895