BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) vs. SAP Datasphere

Great tool for ETL with the ability to integrate with SAP products seamlessly. Supports Big data integration.

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SAP Datasphere is well suited for scalable cloud based data integration scenarios which also opens up the doors for AI driven insights which are much harder to achieve with on-prem data warehouses. Considering the licensing model of SAP Datasphere being based on consumption driven capacity units cost can be a big consideration for organizations with large volumes of data that can be a pre-requisite for data mining and AI use cases. So this can be a bottleneck or not so well adopted scenario for SAP Datasphere.

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• Processing business validations on the input data set.
• Scheduling and notification using the Admin console tool.
• Code management across group of developers.
• Simple deployment process across environment.
• Ability to deploy stand alone jobs to automate task. Integration with OS and support for variety of data bases.

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• SAP Data Warehouse Cloud offers free trial for 90 days with free 128 GB of storage and 64 GB memory.
• Availability of self-service data modeling and analytics on SAP Data Warehouse Cloud enables users to access and analyze data without getting support from the IT team.
• Without zero coding while collecting, connecting, analyzing and modeling data, it saves us time and operational costs of partnering with external IT support experts.

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• Writing custom components is a complex process.
• Along with ETL BODI should have some data quality integration.
• Ready documentation of the code and inbuilt commenting on components.

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• SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is quite complex, therefore, some extra orientation or training might be essential, more so on cloud.
• Secondly, SAP Data installation fee, and the monthly subscription amounts is slightly demanding, and the developer should refocus on changing them.
• Nonetheless, SAP Data rectified other challenges like flexibility and customization, making us happy clients.

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Datasphere can come with its own challenges which can feel like a mountain to get over. However, once one has an understanding of how the product works it becomes easier to use. Once the time is spent to get it setup and working correctly very little is needed to keep it running smoothly. Its a great tool it just takes time to learn.

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It is a good ETL tool to use if you are SAP shop and looking for a simple and elegant solution for automation.

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It is one of the best tools and a boon to Logistics teams across the globe. One tends to actually process warehousing data so smoothly and the way demonstration is made while in programs it makes it user friendly. The Inventory touch points that one identify is simply awesome and is best part.

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I would greatly acknowledge the services of Sap Data [warehouse Cloud] because we were struggling before its arrival where we used to get manual data connections and this used to consume a lot of time but after its use, we now are able to connect data easily saving a lot of time and finances.

It is a good package tool with SAP BO set of product line

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Each of these listed software has its own unique strength and capacity that scales well. SAP Datasphere on its end up against them with more suitability for large establishments with complex data ecosystems with scalability support. Also, it avails a pay-as-you-go pricing for users, and it is widely up for data quality, data governance, and data discovery.

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• It was a packaged purchase of BO toolset including BOXI and BODI.
• Optimized performance for integrating different data sources.
• Simple and easy setup and maintenance cost.

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• Enhanced our report generation process due to presence of holistic data.
• Centralized data from all our platforms. This has helped us visualize and analyze all data much more efficiently.
• It is more on the expensive side from both cost and training perspective.

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