TARGIT Decision Suite Software

Best BI solution I have experienced so far

Pros

Ease of use, implementation time, flexibility, user friendly interface, easy integration to almost all data sources

Cons

Calculations within the user client is somewhat complex and difficult. Could be done a lot easier for an end user

4 years into the Targit install and couldn't be happier

Pros

The ability to apply granular security down to the dimension level. Ease of connection multiple datasources.

Cons

the internal formula engine for creating calculated measures on the client side is somewhat complicated.

Fantastic Product - Fantastic Experience

Pros

Targit Product
-Ease of navigation
-Ease of use
-Two levels - Developer/Consumer (Allows for standardization of information to all recipients)
-Many methods of distribution/consumption
-Drill down capabilities
-Numerous Report Enhancers - Charts, Layouts, Color Schemes, Shapes, Fonts

Targit Team
-Ability to translate our information into interactive reports
-Availability of Project Team
-Accommodating to our needs
-Willingness to help us understand/teach

Cons

-Fields retrieved from our ERP software are not intuitive. While this is not a Targit issue, it does make it a little more challenging when creating dashboards/reports. (Targit does offer the ability to rename these - but that can be time consuming as well.)

Very Intuitive Software

Condensed only the important data to a manageable view and provides options for manipulating and presenting the data graphically.

Pros

Very easy to learn and use. You choose which data to see. Nice suite of built in graphical tools. Very customizable Dashboards and Reports. Automated reporting.

Cons

Very few negatives are found with the software. Often times the Dimension hierarchy can cause an issue with the way you wish your Measures were displayed, but this can be worked around.

Great organizational tool

Pros

What I like most about Targit is that it gathers data that would normally take hours to collect manually, and displays it in any way that the user deems useful.

Cons

The only thing I didn't like about using Targit was in designing Reports or Dashboards, there was a good bit of manipulation required to attractively arrange my visual objects.

Love working with the Targit software and people!

Pros

Allows us to track a lot of information that we didn't have visibility into before. We now have the ability to monitor data we couldn't before.

Monin Review of Decision suite

I have enjoyed working with Ulrik and his team over the past 7 or 8 years. They have always been a great vendor and resource.

Pros

I like the ease of use of the product. it is fairly intuitive to use. It comes at a very good price point compared to other BI reporting solutions.

Cons

I don't like the fact that upgrades are so painful. The upgrades require a significant amount of effort and time. It would be nice if these upgrades had an easier transition to upgrades.

Terrific BI Value

The Targit customer service, training, and technical team are very helpful and responsive. The product continues to improve.

Pros

From a value perspective, you will not find a better performing tool for the $$$. Our dashboard users can quickly view information and drill for more detail through a web client and our power users can generate insightful analysis quickly that can easily be presented via dashboards or PDF slides. Once the initial implementation is complete, the cost to support is negligible.

Cons

The biggest drawback of Targit – really the same for all BI platforms – it is not Excel. If you have data integrity problems, you have to address it in the source system.

Sr. Trade Funds Manager

Pros

The ease of use and how quickly the data loads are the main selling points. The ability to link crosstabs and toggle between reports is also extremely useful.

Cons

Building custom Calculations and Criteria are complex. Formatting of reports could also be made easier.

Easy to BI tool that has made a huge impact on the business

Pros

Targit is extremely easy for end users. Generally I can get most users competently doing ad hoc analysis work in Targit with just a few hours of training. Visualization tools good. Dynamic time functionality is an absolute must have for any business.

Cons

Some of the ability to get creative with the dashboards are a bit limited. Small issue however since we generally keep it simple anyway.

Instantly impressive piece of software

When I show Targit to users, they're wowed instantly by its usefulness. The ability to click on an element of one object to dynamically filter other objects on a page allows me to build tremendously useful reports that I could not do with any of the other applications that we evaluated. The degree of control you have over who sees what information is as granular as you could want, yet the interface for maintaining these controls is incredibly simple and easy to use. We've heard nothing but good things from our users, and more people ask for a license all the time.

Pros

The breadth of data sources it can use is impressive. The software is super fast and easy to use. It's easy to train new users and to manage who sees what information. Building a new report and disseminating it will frequently take me less than 10 minutes compared to at least an hour using SQL and Excel. The latest version (2017) has some new charts and a much cleaner interface than the 2015 version.

Cons

Some of the add-ons cost more than I think they should, and some ought to just be included with the software IMO. There are a couple quirks about how data labels are displayed in charts, but it affects a small percentage of cases and is probably only noticed by a handful of people. Building certain types of objects and reports is a little more cumbersome or counter-intuitive than I'd like, but not so much so that I won't use them because it doesn't change the experience for the end user.

Great for small and large businesses alike

Incredible customer service support. It is second to none. I use this for my small business and it is excellent. It was a little tricky at first understanding how the input data needs to be entered. But after that the dashboards couldn't be easier or more useful!

Pros

Customer support helped me set up my dashboards

Cons

None

Good for Reports, bad for 24x7 Dashbaords

Targit creates reports with ease. Dashboard /storyboards are a great tool. However they have included a Webserver (the Touchserver) that is not stable. If you want a iPad/SmartTV to show a Dashboards 24x7 without user interference, forget it. Multiple times a day you need to manually refresh. Customer support could not find anything (or was not willing to find anything) and suggested to work with PC and a native Targit client. That works however the costs are greater and there is an extra component which I really do not need.

Pros

Good reporting, anyone who understands the data can create something usefull

Cons

Touchserver is a dreadfull thing, either stop selling it or fix it

Awesome BI Product

Pros

The product allows an organization's users to easily get familiar how BI Analytics plays a vital role for their company. Helps standardize the reporting needs within an organization and effectively become a more data-driven company. The product is created to try to remove unnecessary complexity that other BI tool providers forget about.

Cons

Knowing what we know now we just regret not getting the product sooner.

TARGIT has proven to be a very effective tool for our leadership team.

Pros

They have a very supportive customer service team.

Cons

Nothing negative at this time. Our experience has been very positive up to this point.

One of the Best

Pros

Ease of installing and friendly user interface. Vendor is excellent with help and advise.

Cons

Nothing to note at this time. Targit is very professional and their folks are easy to work with

Great admissions software

Pros

Ease of use for whatbthevproduct does for you. Helps our recruitment. The numbers are really increasing because of this.

Cons

Support, the support is always kind of slow . Thus is the only advice Inhave for this company.

Great BA tool for basic reporting but lacks charting capabilities

Pros

The drag and drop data points is a very easy way to quickly build a report from scratch. Our group also uses the scheduling function a lot to set up daily or weekly reports.

Cons

Building dashboards is a bit cumbersome and TARGIT lacks many of the charts of graphs you typically see in MS Excel.

TARGIT Review

Pros

TARGIT allows me to look at my business in a few different ways. I use it by checking product spend history, product trends, and areas where I have lost sales.

Cons

My company does not provide training on how to use the product.

Good product and ease of use

Pros

It's simple to create dashboards and reports. I also like the automatic correlations between objects and facility and quickness to create an analysis.

Cons

Advanced calculated measures are not intuitive. Some customization on the reports is not so easy like the analysis.