Flexmonster Pivot Table vs Flex 3 OLAP Data Grid

OLAP data grid in Flex 3 is not full-featured Pivot Table. Flexmonster Pivot Table has many features with are absent in OLAP data grid:

  1. Flexmonster Pivot Table can collapse/expand both rows and columns (while OLAP data grid can do this for rows only)
  2. Flexmonster Pivot Table is optimized for large volumes of data (millions of facts) visualization (while OLAP data grid becomes terribly slow for rendering and scrolling even after 2-3 thousands facts)
  3. Flexmonster Pivot Table has features for the analyst to configure reports on-the-fly (configure the dimension, switch views, auto-sorting and filtering)
  4. Flexmonster Pivot Table can work with OLAP server via connection string (while OLAP data grid needs additional data preparation)
  5. Flexmonster Pivot Table has Pivot Charts showing the same grid visualization but in charts view