Astera ReportMiner Pros and Cons

It's a powerful tool that supports Regex and automation with a very responsive and helpful support staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would have liked to see native OCR support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It performs its function well, with flexibility and relative ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately it is not available for Mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to easily convert PDF into text, especially in those situations where PDF documents have complicated format. So far, we have been able to address every scenario. We have tried other service such as PDF Focus and Azure Form Recognizer but only ReportMiner was able to handle all scenarios. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a learning curve to using the tool. Not sure if business users will be able to effectively use the tool without IT support. For image based PDF processing, we have to first run the OCR process. I would love to see ReportMiner add that capability in one package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It converts text files quickly and easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing really - I mean building the models/dataflows is a pain but you'd have that with any. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The efficiency I could set up templates for documents I intended to pull. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The lack of automation on the less expensive versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reportminer is super user friendly and easy and flexible to work with . It is like you buy this product and you are your own technical support which saved me alot of money plus I am assured that I can access my data’s wheneverI want!

Overall, I strongly recommend this product 👍🏻 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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The product works for us pretty well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a very simple product to use. You do not need a degree in software development to become proficient in using Report Miner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like to see the scope of the product expanded without having to go to the full ETL solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Once self taught figured out the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Online Class SUCKED!

Tutorials SUCK!

had to self teach myself-took 2 weeks to self teach.

I am pretty decent with computers as well--any normal RN would not have been able to do this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What i like the most about report miner is the ability to create functions and calculate fields. I like that to create the model is really easy, it has a tool to grab the rows just by clicking.

is intuitive, and powerful.

you can zoom the file if the file has many fields and you need more space to separate the fields.

you can also test the export before exporting. it convert the data type depending on the value that you get in the field, from datatime, int, or text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sometimes it get stuck in the data region when the file is too long.

there is a limit on the pages, it allows you to convert files no more than 60 pages i guess, we have an issue with a file that was 100 pages long and we need to split the file in 3 parts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that once I have created a report model I can use it over and over. Having that reliable tool and consistent model that I can return to and easily use months later is wonderful.

I have also found the pre-recorded learning sessions to be extremely useful. I came into this tool with no idea how to use it and was able to reference the videos and figure out enough to use the tool effectively on my own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there was an easier way to save and re-use data flows. I also wish there was a way to keep things you use open - like a favorites bar where I could place the add a constant value function and grab it wihtout having to open tools and drag it from there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.