SAP Data Services vs SAP Information Steward

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

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Kevin Clemons

BI Manager

UtegrationUtilities, 201-500 employees

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In data conversion scenarios, the tool can be used for data profiling, data quality and data verification jobs. However, implementation depends on what implementation strategy or approach the company is adopting. In real-time scenarios, the tool can be used for generating data profiling and data quality reports as well. Business rules for data quality checks can be built into the tool and can be assigned to end or business users.

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Rajesh Chavan

Sr. Business System Analyst

CSL BehringBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

SAP Data Services

SAP Information Steward

Data source connectivity

Data profiling

Master data management (MDM) integration

Data element standardization

Match and merge

Address verification

Pros

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.

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Kiran Bhat

Application Development Manager/Solutions Architect

Dawn Food ProductsFood Production, 1001-5000 employees

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Easy to build and deploy.
Support various formats for data imports.
Easy to operate for business users.

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Rajesh Chavan

Sr. Business System Analyst

CSL BehringBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

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.

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Himanshi Arora

Associate Consultant

TekLink International Inc.Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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More real-time integration scenarios needed.
Needs more generic standard content for metadata management.
The user interface can be more intuitive based on AI.

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Rajesh Chavan

Sr. Business System Analyst

CSL BehringBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

SAP Data Services 8.2

Based on 7 answers

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.

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Verified User

Administrator in Corporate

Civil Engineering Company, 11-50 employees

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SAP Information Steward 4.5

Based on 1 answer

I believe many features from SAP Information Steward are available in other SAP products as well hence it is more confusing for business or customers to do the right selection. Moreover SAP strategy is not very clear for this particular product hence often we are confused while exploring more related scenarios

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Rajesh Chavan

Sr. Business System Analyst

CSL BehringBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

As an end-user, and taking into consideration it is a very technical tool, I was not involved in the tool selection.

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Verified User

Analyst in Quality Assurance

Airlines/Aviation Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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SAP DS is more for data conversion. However, it can be used for data profiling as well.

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Rajesh Chavan

Sr. Business System Analyst

CSL BehringBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

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

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Martin Lopez

Gerente de Consultoría

SEIDOR AnalyticsInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Leveraged this tool during conversion for data profiling. It was helpful to identify erroneous records before performing load in the data system.
We have an MDG system. It would be helpful to have a real-time integration between SAP IS and SAP MDG to trigger MDG change requests.
We use it more to manage the data quality aspects of the organisation. Very friendly with business users and can address a business case based on user needs.

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Rajesh Chavan

Sr. Business System Analyst

CSL BehringBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Rating Summary

SAP Data Services

SAP Information Steward

SAP Data Services

SAP Information Steward

SAP Data Services vs SAP Information Steward