Item: SAP Datasphere
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SAP Data Warehouse Cloud as a base of our analytics offering. We build solutions on SAP Data Warehouse Cloud in combination with SAC to showcase customers with possible capabilities. Also to demonstrate how SAP Data Warehouse Cloud can play a role with customer needs. The core problem customers face today is combining the data from [different] systems and we strongly believe SAP Data Warehouse Cloud will play a major role in this part.

Pros and Cons

Cloud solution for Data Warehouse needs
Easy to connect your data sources
Intuitive modeling capabilities and combine data from multiple sources
SAC as visualization layer adds advantage to build best in class reports
Best choice for hybrid model for reporting & analytics in future

Data modeling capabilities. In some of our cases we still struggle and work with workarounds
Connectivity - Connectivity is not very good as it is in SAC
Planning capabilities - It is planned but that will add more advantage

Most Important Features

Connectivity
Modelling
Visualization

Return on Investment

Cloud based - Reduced TCO
Easy to maintain , web enabled solution, no installation
No need to add additional software for connections to backend

Alternatives Considered

SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Analytics Cloud is another niche tool in the market and initially, there were confusions [about] what SAP Data Warehouse Cloud and SAC can do. Now there is clear segregation and the combination is more powerful. SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is much more powerful than SAC in terms of ]modeling] capabilities with flexible table-based models and joins while at the same time SAC is very rich with user experience.

Key Insights

Do you think SAP Datasphere delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Datasphere's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Datasphere live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Datasphere go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Datasphere again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA

Likelihood to Recommend

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is best suited for customers with a mindset of cloud and thinking about [a] hybrid approach on reporting and analytical needs. SAP Data Warehouse Cloud can combine data from SAP and non-SAP systems and the powerful model engine can combine data to unleash the values from the data. A typical example could be combining Finance data from S4 with operational data from IoT systems to reduce cost and improve productivity with proactive decision-making scenarios.

Data Warehouse Cloud - Rethink your data and analytics strategy with hybrid cloud

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Data Warehouse Cloud