IBM InfoSphere QualityStage vs. SAP Data Services

Standardization of data using rules for names and addresses. Possibility of building our own rules to standardize other data. Contruction of complex rules of matching and consolidation of data. Native integration with ETL tools and data governance.

Incentivized

It's definitely one of the leading ETL tools, and it's the best ETL tool to use with SAP integration. If you use SAP HANA, then you should think about Data Services as your primary ETL tool.

Incentivized

• Create rules
• Standardization and normalization of data
• Integration with DataStage

Incentivized

• Integration with SAP ERP/ECC works really well.
• A lot of flexibility in data creation, with different types of communication capabilities like BAPIs, IDocs, and Batch input.
• Reliable and consistent results and easily enforceable data templates.

Incentivized

• Should include all the data profiling functionality
• Better features to tune matching capability
• Include AI to automatically recommend actions to improve processes

Incentivized

• Debugging is not very easy. When one wants to see the flow of data from one Query to another, the process is not very smooth and efficient.
• A lot of functions do not behave the way they should. I have faced problems with the count() function.
• I have faced problems while loading Excel files. The same set of options will work in one case but not in the other.

Incentivized

As other SAP products, there is excellent support by SAP on this tool. You can access the SAP Help portal in order to give support either from the huge community or directly from SAP.

Incentivized

It is a robust tool. It can be integrated with several DB. It works very well with DS. You can create your rules, and define the percentage of standardization or normalization

Incentivized

You cannot afford to run your business on questionable data. With SAP® Data Services software, you can access, transform, and connect data to fuel your critical business processes. Together, these enterprise-class solutions enable data integration and data quality, providing the right level of insight across your business so you can make better decisions and operate more effectively.SAP Data Services was previously known as SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator.

Incentivized

• Improving Data Quality
• Reducing costs due to better Data Quality
• Single view of customer / product
• Better data governance

Incentivized

• Very positive impact in jobs maintenance since support auto-documentation.
• Great impact on learning curve.
• Great results in our Data Quality Projects.

Incentivized