SAP BO - Great for Operational Reporting
January 10, 2022
SAP BO - Great for Operational Reporting

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio is used to create reports for different business users as per their requirement. The logic is built on the backend through SQL. Business Objects is used to schedule the report at a fixed frequency as well as to provide the same to business users for an Adhoc use.
- Scheduling of Reports
- Formatting the report as per business requirements
- Good user interface for users and developers
- Not able to paste multiple values without semi-colon while filtering the data. Adding semi-colon makes the functionality difficult to use.
- User interface can be improved
- It is costly
- The performance of the report decreases if complex logic/functions are added
- Positive impact for providing Adhoc and Scheduled reports to business users
- Positive impact for supporting data analysis
- Positive impact for less training time for users and developers
SAP Business Objects have better security model than Tableau. One can setup a lot of security permissions as compared to a tool like Tableau. Tableau is good for creating visualizations/dashboards but not very great for operational reporting. Scheduling features are much better in SAP Business Objects as compared to Tableau. Tableau definitely provides better dashboarding capabilities when compared to Business Objects. Tableau is also great when you want to interact and explore the data for analysis. They both are different BI solutions and serves different use cases.
Do you think SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence's feature set?
Yes
Did SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence again?
Yes