Abstract
The industrial use of open source Business Intelligence (BI) tools is becoming more common, but is
still not as widespread as for other types of software. It is therefore of interest to explore which
possibilities are available for open source BI and compare the tools. In this survey paper, we consider
the capabilities of a number of open source tools for BI. In the paper, we consider a number of
Extract‐Transform‐Load (ETL) tools, database management systems (DBMSs), On‐Line Analytical
Processing (OLAP) servers, and OLAP clients. We find that, unlike the situation a few years ago, there
now exist mature and powerful tools in all these categories. However, the functionality still falls
somewhat short of that found in commercial tools.
still not as widespread as for other types of software. It is therefore of interest to explore which
possibilities are available for open source BI and compare the tools. In this survey paper, we consider
the capabilities of a number of open source tools for BI. In the paper, we consider a number of
Extract‐Transform‐Load (ETL) tools, database management systems (DBMSs), On‐Line Analytical
Processing (OLAP) servers, and OLAP clients. We find that, unlike the situation a few years ago, there
now exist mature and powerful tools in all these categories. However, the functionality still falls
somewhat short of that found in commercial tools.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Aalborg |
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| Publisher | Institut for Datalogi, Aalborg Universitet |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Series | 1DB Technical Report |
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| Number | 23 |