SAP Information Steward - Profile and Monitor Data Quality
April 12, 2022

SAP Information Steward - Profile and Monitor Data Quality

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Information Steward

SAP Information Steward enables passive Data Governance providing data quality issues insights on organization master data such as materials, customers and suppliers. It provides dashboards and allows to start a remediation process in case any issue is found. The remediation process is done through SAP Master Data Governance. Data Profiling is also a key feature utilized.
  • Data Profiling
  • Data Quality Monitoring
  • Dashboards
  • User Interface
  • Performance
  • Integration
  • Data Profiling
  • Data Quality Monitoring Dashboards
  • Data Remediation
  • Improvement on Organization Data Quality
  • Real time Data Quality Issues discovery
  • Data Policies effective management
In the case of this organization, Information Steward was part of a suite from SAP together with Data Services and SAP Master Data Governance. In terms of the overall package it was worth it for the company. Informatica cost was higher and the overall benefit from SAP package was the key decision point.

Do you think SAP Information Steward delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Information Steward's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Information Steward live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SAP Information Steward go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Information Steward again?

Yes

SAP Information Steward is well suited for companies looking for profiling data, monitoring data quality and managing policies. It provides dashboards and features to create the awareness on Data Quality dimensions. SAP IS is not suited to manage huge amount of data due to performance issues. It is not designed to correct data by its own. However, It can remediate data through integration with SAP Master Data Governance or SAP Data Services.