Item: SAP Business Warehouse
Rating: 10
Author: Juan Carlos Crespo Rojas

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP Business Warehouse is absolutely essential in the SAP ecosystem as it provides seamless integration of data from ERP (enterprise resource planning) modules in a standardized manner. Additionally, it offers the flexibility to customize as per specific business requirements, making it an indispensable tool for any organization.

Pros and Cons

SAP ERP modules can be integrated with SAP data using standard extractors, reducing time for new deliverables.
Transform the raw data into in insights.
Mature knowledge base.

Cloud integration is limited or restricted in some business scenarios.
Seems close the end of the software lifecycle, maintenance.
Sometimes, ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) expertise is required.
No IA capabilities.

Return on Investment

Rapid deployment solution.
There are many experts available in the market, which reduces the cost of deployment and maintenance.
Changes are managed by transport, avoiding the risk of unhandled changes or fixes.

Alternatives Considered

SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation), SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere

The word "against" would not be the right word to describe this question. These applications coexist and interact, as all of them play a specific role in the SAP landscape. The use of any of these applications should be aligned with the data strategy in an Organization.

Key Insights

Do you think SAP Business Warehouse delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with SAP Business Warehouse's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Business Warehouse live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SAP Business Warehouse go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Business Warehouse again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation), SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP HANA Cloud

Likelihood to Recommend

Using SAP ERP as the primary data source can speed up Business Intelligence deployments with pre-built objects, extractors, data flows, cubes, and queries. It also provides a way to consume data with both SAP and non-SAP Business Intelligence tools. Additionally, it allows for the addition of new features and applications on top of the SAP Business Warehouse backend, such as SAP Business Planning and Consolidation. providing not only a strong data warehouse repository but also a financial application in a single box.

SAP Business Warehouse, a gamechanger on traditional SAP ecosystem

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Business Warehouse