SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Score7 out of 10

856 Reviews and Ratings

What is SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence?

The SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.

Categories & Use Cases

Business Intelligence (BI)

Pixel Perfect reports
Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.
Category average: 7.9
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
A customizable, open source API Gateway is a fast and scalable type of API
Category average: 8
Publish to Web
Category average: 8

Responsive Design for Web Access
Web design aimed at producing easy-to-read sites across a range of different devices.
Category average: 7.7
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
In-app dashboard reports and data visualization.
Category average: 7.4
Mobile Application
A dedicated app for iOS and/or Android.
Category average: 7.1

Most Frequent Users

Top 3 industries using SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence.

Based on HG Insights installation data

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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

17.2%

324 installations of 1,883

#2 most frequent

Manufacturing

15.2%

287 installations of 1,883

#3 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

10.4%

196 installations of 1,883

Pros

Robust report scheduling and automated distribution.
Strong data integration from multiple sources, including SAP BW.
Comprehensive security and access control, with SAP BW role synchronization.

Cons

Outdated and complex User Interface and Design.
Steep learning curve requiring significant technical knowledge.
Visualization and reporting features are less advanced than modern tools.

Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is used to generate various core reports across different Commercial and Finance units within the organisation. It leverages SAP data from SAP Business Warehouse and allows users to access up-to-date reports, including interactive in-browser reports and scheduled email exports, reflecting various predetermined KPIs and business scenarios. Access controls restrict data to users who should see it.

Pros

Connection to SAP Business Warehouse for business context and semantics.
Paginated reports for print/export.
Scheduling of report refresh and sending to users and destinations.

Cons

Report building is not intuitive and simple tasks are very time-consuming.
Modern interface hides a lot of important functionality behind multiple clicks/menus.
It is very difficult to trace back to data sources when something goes wrong.

Return on Investment

Ability to view consolidated figures consistently and accurately.
Able to talk about the same numbers without risk of manual transformation errors.
Able to measure different parts of the organization accurately.

Usability

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is integrated with our ERP system, datawarehouse, and CRM system for centralized reporting. It provides our users self service analysis for their daily operational tasks. The platform allows for governance and security compliance with right access and controls in place. The product helps address ad-hoc report requests to free up our BI team and is proven to increase productivity.

Pros

Self service reporting
Scheduling and management
Governance and security

Cons

The learning curve could be improved
Faster performance for certain reporting
More visualization and reporting templates

Return on Investment

Faster operational results
Better response and performance
Meeting compliance needs

Usability

Tripti Kashaudhan View profile

SDE in Information Technology at KSOLVES (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

1.I have used it to create business reports from company data like sales, performance and operations.
2.It helps to analyzes large amount of data to understand trends and business performance.
3.We can craete dashboards to monitor key business metrics in one place for better busines decision making.

Pros

create detailed and well formatted business reposrt easily.
handles large volumes of data efficiently.
Combines data from multiple sources into one platform.

Cons

Needs a more modern and user-friendly design
deployment process can be time-consuming.
Visualization options are not as advanced as modern BI tools

Return on Investment

Faster report generation
better decision making
Centalized data management
Improved productivity

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Cloud

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is generally used in our organisation for creating dashboards with some specific and dynamic drill downs, with additional reports, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence helps the stakeholders get an on demand status for KPIs which help taking correct decisions promptly. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence can be easily attached to SQL database views with the help of OLEDB connections.

Pros

Centralized Reporting and Dashboards
RealTime updates
Single source of truth
Drill Downs

Cons

Its very tightly coupled with other SAP products
UI is little less intutive
Requires some technical knowledge in attaching views to reports

Return on Investment

Positive ROI
Provides ways to promptly takes decisions which helps in allocating resources efficently
It requires some technical supervision for best integration but after that it can be utilized properly by non tech personal as well.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI, Tableau Server and Oracle Analytics

Other Software Used

Matterport, Egnyte, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Rica Camus View profile

SAP Analytics Lead in Information Technology at Fonterra (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been using SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence for many years now as the front-end tool across multiple sources, but it has very limited functions. What we mostly use it now is a tool to schedule running a report after loading has completed and save that report to a shared drive. Most users prefer using the Analysis for office or Power BI as they can use online and offline data. I think SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is a bit older than SAC and now people are liking stories and other functions in SAC and are moving away from SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Pros

Scheduling the report run with prompts
Front end too that can get data from multiple sources
Roles synced from BW can be added to limit data access

Cons

Flexibility of multiple drill down options
Combining data in system and offline data from computer
The need of Universe designer so less self service ability

Return on Investment

Slow response takes up more of people's time
Not valuable for analysis, so a bit of waste

Usability

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