SAP

SAP BusinessObjects

7.6 /10

What is SAP BusinessObjects?

SAP BusinessObjects BI is a reporting and analytics business intelligence (BI) platform aimed at business users. It consists of a number of reporting applications that allow users to discover data, perform analysis to derive insights and create reports that visualize the insights.

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SAP BusinessObjects Ratings

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83 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love SAP BusinessObjects?

7% Negative

5% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Friendly Negotiation
Enables Productivity
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Data Modelling Tools

BI Security

Data Exploration and Visualization

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Collaboration

BI Platform Administration

Metadata Management

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Spatial Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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SAP BusinessObjects Reviews

Ankush C.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

BI reporting solution for businesses

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

We connected with DB2 and Sybase, which were used for reporting and data visualisation, to complete the organization's reporting requirements. Data warehousing features that enable connections to numerous sources.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Users of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) can choose from a wide range of features. The most frequently used features are report scheduling, query creation, retrieval of queries created by other users, access to various databases, dashboard creation, and data export. These are the features that I enjoy using the most.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited data transformation capabilities and a lacklustre GUI in comparison to other tools on the market.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please check out the better or equivalent alternative solutions that are currently on the market.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Efficient Service
Saves Time
Respectful

Shiv Dutt S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Legacy reporting tool, costly, behind competitor

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

SAP tool, reliable with performance and security but missing modern features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SAP BO report distribution, scheduler. good formatting for PDF reports

What do you dislike most about this product?

Price, in memory concept. Delay in adapting new features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

There are multiple options available in less price such as Power BI.

Pros

Security Protects
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Cons

Inhibits Innovation

Sudhir S.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Awesome report customization and generation tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

SAP Business Objects is easily integrated with a number of applications used in the industry. It's easily customizable and requires less or no training to operate. The reports generated can be easily extracted in pdf, csv or excel depending on the requirement of a user.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the favorite aspect of SAP BusinessObjects is it's generated report with clear representation of the prompts used for the report. It is either on the top section or added as an additional tab in the spreadsheet which enables checkers to have a clear indication of the prompt used by the makers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One of the challenges I faced with BusinessObjects was scheduling reports on a recurring basis. Manual scheduling doesn't allow user to have a report which is having variable dates/inputs. If scheduled for a particular date, the manual scheduler will run the report every time with the same date rather than changing it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are looking for a product which will cater to your reporting requirements to clients or investors, then SAP BusinessObjects is definitely one to watch for. It has a number of pre-defined structures to help the users customize the reports depending on the requirement.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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SAP BusinessObjects Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SAP BusinessObjects?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications Ability to create, manage, send and receive notifications, enhancing efficiency and productivity.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Advanced Analytics and Data Science Techniques including predictive, data and text mining, machine learning, forecasting, what-if analysis, sentiment analysis etc.

Data Connectors and Data Mashup Connect to, merge and clean data from multiple diverse data sources.

Spatial Analysis Ability to natively visualize and analyze spatial data out of the box tied to postcode, zipcode or spacial co-ordinates.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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SAP BusinessObjects Reviews

Ankush C.

BI reporting solution for businesses

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Shiv Dutt S.

Legacy reporting tool, costly, behind competitor

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Sudhir S.

Awesome report customization and generation tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Data Modelling Tools

BI Security

Data Exploration and Visualization

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Collaboration

BI Platform Administration

Metadata Management

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Spatial Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement