#1 most frequent
United States of America
69.9%58 installations of 83
What is Oracle Warehouse Builder?
Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) is a data-warehousing centered data integration solution, from Oracle. It offers basic ETL functionality for building a simple data warehouse, as well as advanced ETL functionality supporting enterprise data integration projects, along with connectivity for Oracle and SAP applications.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Top Performing Features
Connect to traditional data sources
Ability to connect to traditional data sources like relational databases, flat files, XML files and packaged applications
Category average: 8.8
Simple transformations
Simple data transformations are calculations, data type conversions, aggregations and search and replace operations
Category average: 8.1
Complex transformations
Complex data transformations are data normalization, advanced data parsing, etc.
Category average: 7.2
Areas for Improvement
Integration with MDM tools
Integration with master data management tools to ensure data consistency across the organization
Category average: 7.8
Testing and debugging
Tool to debug and tune for optimal performance
Category average: 7.1
Metadata management
Automated discovery of metadata with ability to synchronize and share metadata with other tools like Master Data Management
Category average: 7.9
Who Buys & Uses Oracle Warehouse Builder
#2 most frequent
Canada
8.4%7 installations of 83
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3.6%3 installations of 83
When to use Oracle Warehouse Builder
Pros
- Easy transformation.
- Easy implementation from Oracle to Oracle systems.
- Ease of usage and easy to learn.
- Starting component of metadata management.
Cons
- User experience.
- Supporting newer technologies.
- Ease of operation.
Return on Investment
- Oracle Warehouse Builder is coming out of the box with Oracle Database Release 11G and it is free to use.
- Oracle Warehouse Builder Enterprise Edition can be bought to extend its capabilities.
- Oracle Warehouse Builder is coming to the end of life, so you need to be careful about selecting.
Alternatives Considered
Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Enterprise Data Quality and Oracle GoldenGate
Other Software Used
Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle GoldenGate, Oracle Enterprise Data Quality, Oracle Database, Oracle Database 12c, Oracle Database as a Service, Oracle Exadata Database Machine, SAP PowerDesigner
Overall OWB is a great tool for small to medium warehousing projects
Pros
- OWB has a very nice performance of ETL processing, as it uses Oracle database as a transformation engine. It's very intuitive and easy to use tool.
Cons
- What I noticed is that sometimes OWB doesn't generate the best SQL in the package especially when there are a high number of source tables in the ETL. It would be nice if ETL developers were allowed to update the generated packages in the database directly.
- Another thing - moving OWB ETLs from one database to another one could be easier - for example it would be nice to just copy the generated packages from one database to the other one without doing the deployment of these ETLs through OWB.
Return on Investment
- OWB allows you to quickly develop even complex ETLs thus saving lots of time for the developers to work on other things. I would say OWB is a very convenient and easy to use tool.
Other Software Used
Informatica Enterprise Data Integration, Informatica Data Quality
What I like about Oracle Warehouse Builder
Pros
- Connects to random sources
- User friendly
Cons
- Variables are kinda clunky
- Auto population
Return on Investment
- Cleans up randomness
- Creates a place for rules of transformation
Alternatives Considered
Oracle Data Integrator
Other Software Used
Oracle Data Integrator
Occasional user's review
Pros
- It is very well structured.
- It creates pl/sql codes without the need to do it manually.
- The visual design is pretty good.
Cons
- No good learning material available.
- I didn't see a training course for it.
- It is not easy to learn.
Return on Investment
- It improved understanding of ETL functions. Data is consistent. The speed is pretty good.
Oracle Warehouse Builder
Pros
- Simplified user interface with all required ETL functions
- Flexible and Efficient
Cons
- Should include better automation for mapping transformations
Return on Investment
- Not sure.
