SAP BusinessObjects 5 Named Users - STANDARD
Protiviti, Inc. | BI 2025 SP0 on Windows 2022 Jul 25Windows, Windows Server 2022 Base 2022 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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A solid Entry in leveraging BI
What do you like best about the product?
One of the things I like about BObj is that, as a BI Manager, I can help varying levels of users. For example, if I have a user that has no interest/technical skill, I can build up a Universe, create an InfoSpace, and design some view sets. If the user is more advanced, maybe I just need to build the universe and let them play with the view sets. Users can insert themselves in the BI process where they feel comfortable.
What do you dislike about the product?
There has traditionally not been a good method of restoring a single item when a user accidentally over-engineers it or deletes it altogether. And until recently, there hasn't been any kind of versioning. There are also, if there is much customization of the environment, it takes a little more effort to upgrade an existing environment or stage a new one.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The problem is that there is an ever-changing series of questions that get asked. Many reporting tools are simply too robust and cumbersome for the standard user. Having lots of data is useless, if it is to hard for the decision-makers to get to. Web Intelligence can be as simple or as complex as the user needs it to be, so it attracts varying levels of experience. Explorer is a very easy to use visualization tool. I've seen Explorer users go from ONLY looking at canned view sets to building their own Information Spaces.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
This tool was here when I was hired a few years ago and now that I've learned it, It's a solid BI tool. If I didn't have a BI tool and I was researching from scratch, I don't know if I'd necessarily hands-down pick this one, but Business Objects would definitely be one of the options I considered.
Sometimes configuration is challenging (unless you are also very familiar with setting up Java VMs). I like the meta-data layer design tool. I like that there are thick and thin versions of the tools users use. Users at this point try to build a report themselves rather than immediately asking me to do it (which is a small miracle). I did end up having to use a 3rd party tool to make me feel safe about backups and versioning (because at the time I started using BObj, there was no recycle bin or version management), but in general I'm happy with the product and am not looking for a replacement solution.
Sometimes configuration is challenging (unless you are also very familiar with setting up Java VMs). I like the meta-data layer design tool. I like that there are thick and thin versions of the tools users use. Users at this point try to build a report themselves rather than immediately asking me to do it (which is a small miracle). I did end up having to use a 3rd party tool to make me feel safe about backups and versioning (because at the time I started using BObj, there was no recycle bin or version management), but in general I'm happy with the product and am not looking for a replacement solution.
Good business tool, but needs modernising to stay relevant
What do you like best about the product?
It is an easy way to share reports across the organization and enables users to view advanced dashboards and analytics without having dedicated software installed on the computer. Managing structure of reporting, sharing links to entire folders or files and setting permission on those folders and files is quite straight forward. It does a decent job at showing analysis on large data sets.
What do you dislike about the product?
Performance wise, sometimes quite slow when loading large daily datasets (3-5 min load times), have seen better optimised systems. Export to Excel 2007, again on large data sets can be quite slow. Interface looks quite a bit dated and I hope they improve on it, to make it more modern and with a touch of animations, quite helpful to have a good and beautiful presentation tool for data (something you can take straight to a board meeting).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Monitoring of daily/monthly performance across a variety of dashboards, graphs. It also serves as a database store for large sets of data that are used in ad-hoc excel files. Helps in keeping information transparent and helps managers see their performance better on daily level.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The system is quite expensive to implement, so do take careful consideration when acquiring it. If you already have SAP driving a couple of your reporting systems then Business Objects is the way to go to have a proper integration. UI wise and performance wise it is a bit dated, so don't expect pretty and fast changing graphs on the dashboards, but still a very robust system with good features behind it. Hopefully in the near future SAP will modernise it a bit.
Good looking and dynamic reports
What do you like best about the product?
- Good looking GUI
- Easy to understand interface (drag and drop)
- Speed
- Powerful analytics
- Easy to understand interface (drag and drop)
- Speed
- Powerful analytics
What do you dislike about the product?
- Not totally intuitive (ie: need to press the refresh button each time a change is made)
- Need indepth understanding of data to make the most out of the tool
- Need indepth understanding of data to make the most out of the tool
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- Invoice payments statics
- Maintenance orders details
- Maintenance orders details
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Careful implementation is key - although BOBJ brings a new and better user interface, it is still reliant on BEX queries and tweaking legacy BW reports might still be able to serve your business needs.
SAP BO is an amazing business process management tool.
What do you like best about the product?
It is a very good tool for Business Intelligence , Data Visualization and Reporting.It is easy to use and automates the entire process of reporting and MIS.It allows one to analyze the business products.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are integration issues with SAP Business Objects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am currently working on a BI project which involves me to use SAP Business Objects.It is user friendly and solves big business problems efficiently.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Start using business objects one of the best tools in market for BI and Data Visualization.
Strong reporting framework for all users
What do you like best about the product?
SAP BO provides a strong reporting framework, best suited for report writers, but palatable to new reporting analysts and consumers.
What do you dislike about the product?
SAP products are some of the priciest on the market and the price point can deter clients from implementing reporting solutions.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Healthcare and RCM reporting. Benefits include the ability to train and certify a reporting analyst within just a matter of weeks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
There are several reporting solutions on the market that are giving SAP a run for their money. Consider all possible options before investing in a long-term reporting solution.
Business Objects gives organizations a set of tools to manage and optimize Business Intelligence
What do you like best about the product?
With its consolidated approach, SAP Business Objects gives organizations a set of tools to manage and optimize Business Intelligence. From a centralized portal, companies handle everything from ETL and data cleansing to predictive dashboards and a variety of reports - Crystal Reports, OLAP, and ad hoc. SAP Business Objects provides solutions for medium to large enterprises, and is configurable to a number of industries, including manufacturing and distribution, financial services, and nonprofits.
SAP is one of the leading companies in the business intelligence industry.
The seriousness and professionalism of SAP is maximum, the products are highly professional and suitable for large companies wanting to establish a comprehensive BI solution structured and well-functioning.
Through SAP Business Objects you can independently develop highly professional products business intelligence, creating optimal and detailed reports, dashboards attractive, and OLAP structures by connecting to different heterogeneous data sources.
SAP is one of the leading companies in the business intelligence industry.
The seriousness and professionalism of SAP is maximum, the products are highly professional and suitable for large companies wanting to establish a comprehensive BI solution structured and well-functioning.
Through SAP Business Objects you can independently develop highly professional products business intelligence, creating optimal and detailed reports, dashboards attractive, and OLAP structures by connecting to different heterogeneous data sources.
What do you dislike about the product?
SAP Business Object surely is not a product that can be developed by inexperienced users, can certainly be used by intermediate users following a minimum of necessary training.
My least favorite thing about this product would have to be the lack of download capability in more current versions of Excel. Currently, Business Objects only downloads in Excel 2007 format, which can sometimes complicate pulling millions of rows of data into one spreadsheet. Office 2010 and 2013 are capable of handling millions of rows of data, but B.O. cannot deliver it into those new formats.
My least favorite thing about this product would have to be the lack of download capability in more current versions of Excel. Currently, Business Objects only downloads in Excel 2007 format, which can sometimes complicate pulling millions of rows of data into one spreadsheet. Office 2010 and 2013 are capable of handling millions of rows of data, but B.O. cannot deliver it into those new formats.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Evaluate thoroughly, your need for building data universes or data marts to simplify your users report construction. We went through many data modeling sessions where we worked on the construction of the marts and linked them so that the seemingly disparate data could be joined together to yield very meaningful reports. The better you build your models and marts, the faster your reports will run.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Depending on your needs and depending on your budget available, carefully consider your goals before you start a process of development and maintenance of a Business Intelligence infrastructure.
Good solution for business intelligence and reporting
What do you like best about the product?
Dashboard, BI , crystal reports.
Specially customizing a report for the customer and work flow with business studio.
Specially customizing a report for the customer and work flow with business studio.
What do you dislike about the product?
Setup for starting and settings for dashboard.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Report customization, work flow authorization
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Easy setup and installations.
Easy to use and seamless integration
What do you like best about the product?
Business objects is easy to use to view, sort and analyze business intelligence transactional data. The query focus is seamless. Overall visualization tools are OK.
What do you dislike about the product?
The drag and drop functionality provides a minimum restriction at times. Visualization can sometimes be a bit difficult to use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Main focus is sales optimization. The analytics performed using Business Objects have provided sales insight for products and services.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Use the trial and play around with it.
Powerful Analytical Capabilities!
What do you like best about the product?
Highly interactive dashboards including drill-through, conditional formatting and complex filtering
Completely flexible WYSIWYG layouts
Wide range of input controls available for what-if analysis
Dashboard and application can published to BI Platform, HANA and NetWeaver Platform
Completely flexible WYSIWYG layouts
Wide range of input controls available for what-if analysis
Dashboard and application can published to BI Platform, HANA and NetWeaver Platform
What do you dislike about the product?
More of a developer’s tool where the dashboards are shared with the business users
Demands a specific skillset to operate
Time consuming process to build new or modify the existing ones.
Demands a specific skillset to operate
Time consuming process to build new or modify the existing ones.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
An IT authoring tool with HTML5 UI technology that provides predefined graphical dashboards and analytic applications to multiple business users.
Real time analysis with live data and Multi Language Support.
Customer- and SAP-delivered content
HANA support and Mobile Support.
Real time analysis with live data and Multi Language Support.
Customer- and SAP-delivered content
HANA support and Mobile Support.
An easy way for someone to pull data who is not very familiar with writing complicated queries.
What do you like best about the product?
I like that it is easy to use and very user friendly. It does not take long to become familiar with the layout. The quality of the end product is well worth the time it takes to learn this system.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that it is not as versatile as writing sequel code.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps you understand where to focus marketing initiatives to increase revenue.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend that you know your purpose before using it. Don't go into it and hope you figure something out as you go.
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