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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP BW

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business Warehouse, or SAP BW (formerly SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse) is SAP's legacy data warehouse solution, now superseded by SAP BW/4HANA, and the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud which was launched in 2019. SAP BW versions up to 7.4 have reached end of maintenance. SAP BW 7.5 support is extended to align with SAP Business Suite with NetWeaver components. For existing customers maintenance is scheduled to continue through 2027, with extended support available through 2030.N/A

    SAP NetWeaver AS

    Score7.8 out of 10
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    SAP BWSAP NetWeaver AS
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SAP BWSAP NetWeaver AS
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Business Warehouse and SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    Feature
    SAP Business Warehouse
    9.5
    7 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location-Based Data Governance9.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of SAP Business Warehouse and SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    Feature
    SAP Business Warehouse
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    -
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    Data model creation9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of SAP Business Warehouse and SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    Feature
    SAP Business Warehouse
    7.6
    7 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    -
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    Visualization7.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Warehouse
    Comparison of Data Warehouse features of SAP Business Warehouse and SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    Feature
    SAP Business Warehouse
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    7% below category average
    SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    -
    Ratings
    High-Volume Data Processing8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Warehouse Management9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrative Automation7.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Optimization7.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of SAP Business Warehouse and SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    Feature
    SAP Business Warehouse
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver Application Server
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    IDE support00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SAP BWSAP NetWeaver AS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP BWSAP NetWeaver AS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP BW is best for: 1. Large enterprises 2. Enterprises with 3+ legacy systems with entrenched users (politically difficult to merge) 3. Enterprises with employees who can understand both the technical capabilities of SAP BW and the needs of the business users - ability to speak both languages, otherwise the program could be unwieldy and potentially underutilized (it's not particularly inexpensive) SAP BW is less appropriate for: 1. Small enterprises 2. Enterprises who have well established, same location, CRM and UFS - the integration of data analysis will be easier and less expensive with other solutions 3. HANA
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    SAP
    SAP NetWeaver is well suited for contract file storage and management. SAP NetWeaver is less appropriate for entering in time and attendance.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • It tracks bin locations for parts which can be really helpful.
    • SAP Business Warehouse tells you who has a part checked out so you can find it.
    • It shows current parts shortages so buyers are flagged to get parts on order based on current demand.
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    SAP
    • Control of inventory
    • Organization of my clients
    • Complete reports
    • Autorization by level
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Age of software is showing as it struggles with very large data modules, which were not as prevalent in its early years
    • Querying performance at times can be very slow
    • Support and development for BEx has been discontinued or hard to find.
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    SAP
    • sometimes in linux OS we face several issues during start and stop. Sometimes Zombie process still exists after clean shutdown that time we need to manually kill those processes otherwise it might not start properly. Here SAP can improve.
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    Usability
    SAP
    The overall usability is robust. The tool offers lot of native feature to achieve all the data warehousing functions. Starting from data modelling to reporting and authorisation, the tool provided native features for almost all the areas of analytics. Integration of hybrid modelling with hana studio opened the usage of sql functions with the sap analytics
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    SAP
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    Support Rating
    SAP
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    SAP
    I did not give SAP NetWeaver a 10, only because getting access to it initially can be tricky and sometimes it's very slow to load up.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    SAP Business Warehouse scores higher in data warehouse functionalities for integration to SAP ERP and other SAP solutions such as SAP CRM, SAP APO, and SAP SRM. Standard SAP data source extractors which are available in SAP ERP can be used immediately for full or delta replication into SAP Business Warehouse. System governance in SAP Business Warehouse is top-notch with change management support for migration between system landscape from the development system to production system.
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    SAP
    Most of the other applications only provide one business module to use, whereas SAP Netweaver Application server can cover all business areas. It provides both ABAP & Java features, meaning it can host Portal applications and be also used for having online transactions. The application codes are easily modifiable & can be made to fit user needs. This application is suited for all type of business demands
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Positive - This tool report output is in Excel so it's a good tool if your users are familiar with Excel.
    • Positive: this tool has rich BI content so developing extractors for standard processes from SAP ECC can be done in minutes.
    • Negative: It lacks lot of features which are available in other newer tools today. For ex. - rich charts, rich filtering, exporting capabilities, user interface.
    • Negative: Its not a plug and play tool like Qlikview, Lumira, or Tableau. Even a single report development in this tool takes a lot of time compared to others.
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    SAP
    • Great ROI. We need to invest in new developments, making it more functional for our business.
    • We have requests that couldn't be duplicated. Maybe we need to pay to fix that.
    • We have a lot of transactions and don't have anyone that can guide us to the ones that we need to improve our business.
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