A review of the state of the art in business intelligence software

ABSTARACTBusiness Intelligence (BI) is known to make smart decisions in various fields. BI proves beneficial for better-visualising of data through reports, charts, ad-hoc queries, dashboards, and benchmarks. Choosing the appropriate BI tools for an organisation may result in higher profit margins. BI tools are usually self-efficient and have a wide scope for data analysis. Furthermore, BI tools can also be used to aid results and monitor business aspects over a long period. This paper reviews fifteen open-source BI tools and analyzes comparisons of these tools based on user reviews while keeping track of the features offered specifically to each BI Tool. The results give an empirical study of BI tools in the hope to better assist users when faced with having to make decisions on which tools are superior as well as giving reasons behind such choices.