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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

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# Page 5 - Reviews of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

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Syed Saad Q.  
Manager Smart Grid  
Utilities  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Easy to use reporting tool for SAP "

January 9, 2020

4.0

Very valuable tool for my department which uses sap modules and finds ABAP reports cumbersome and slow.

Pros

I have worked as an SAP Consultant so I know the importance of reporting for clients. SAP business objects are the best way to quickly design and integrate reporting tools with SAP source systems.

Cons

For an end user, there is limited flexibility when it comes to modifying reports once deployed. I would like some more customization options.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Solutions Engineering Lead  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A great product in it's time"

December 19, 2018

4.0

Pros

BusinessObjects came up with a fantastic way to interact with data back in the day. The Universe concept is still a great way to translate the technical terms in the underlying systems into business language.

Cons

Sadly BusinessObjects innovation has slowed since the SAP acquisition and the product has been overtaken by the likes of Tableau and Qlik, who provide easier to use options that require a lot less time to get up and running.

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IV

Irv V.  
Service Provider Manager  
Facilities Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Simple, fast, and powerful software that has been an amazing asset for my team"

August 15, 2017

5.0

The main benefit is a great UX interface that makes building queries easy, repeatable, and amazingly quick. The ability to run queries in the background as well as scheduled daily/weekly queries is a major selling point as well. You can act as your own data analyst for a small business without having to manually update your reports.

Pros

Much faster than manual queries and data pulls from our internal software The ability to build off of a saved query expedites all future queries Features including reoccurring queries and running queries in the background so it does not interfere with your current work

Cons

There is a learning curve to understand how to use the queries, so there is some training involved Some of the "result objects" do not pull data but that may be our data sources, not the program itself

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BF

Brenda F.  
Inspeção da qualidade  
Chemicals  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Desempenho "

December 13, 2022

5.0

Pros

A praticidade, a alta avaliação para trabalhar diariamente, com muito desempenho e sempre aprendendo novas funções. Indico para todos!

Cons

Nenhuma, a melhor do mercado não tenho dúvidas.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Beleidsadviseur ICT  
Utilities  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Good for Data Analysis and Reporting"

February 18, 2019

4.0

SAP BusinessObjects is a critical part of our internal software application; it excels in solutions like these.

Pros

BusinessObjects is great for data analysis and reporting about data. You can make a template for a specific report and trust that when someone needs this report, it is generated exactly how you defined it. Also you can analyze your data, see trends and report on them.

Cons

It's not really point-and-click; you need some experience to use it. But given the fact that many software vendors prefer BusinessObjects must mean something for its quality.

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Daniel R.  
Consultor Jr  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "SAP Products the best of all"

September 17, 2018

5.0

Pros

is a Compendium of very versatile and easy to use tools that provide the end user with an interface to display and manage information in a very friendly and visual way.

Cons

To use the SAP BO in its entirety, broad and specific knowledge of the product and databases are needed, otherwise an additional expense is required in consultants.

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DT

Daniela T.  
Asistente regional  
Chemicals  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Reseña"

April 7, 2023

5.0

Pros

Es rápido y fácil de utilizar la herramienta te va enseñando que pasos seguir

Cons

En algunos momentos es confuso y lento el programa

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AM

Ash M.  
Accountant  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Data minded Accounting Software"

January 28, 2019

5.0

We no longer need auditors to create our own CAFR for us, the cost savings is immense, able to provide quick budget reports to end-users

Pros

Once you know how to utilize the system, the data and information you can obtain and reports that you can set up are endless

Cons

Very challenging for non-accounting minded folks to understand, difficult for beginners to use without lots of support, customer service is non-existent

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Rajesh M.  
Assistant Consultant  
Computer & Network Security  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good For Small and Medium Scale Customers"

July 3, 2020

3.0

overall experience is good, but it requires lot of improvements to be in the market when compared to the competitors

Pros

Ability to create segregate data, creating reports and scheduling the reports based on customer needs

Cons

High hardware requirements and difficulties in integrating the BOE with other SAP products or 3rd party softwares. SAP BOBJ lacks visualisation of data

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Head Of Operations  
Facilities Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great product "

January 9, 2019

4.0

It was a good experience.

Pros

The web reports functionality is great. The concept of crystal reports is good.

Cons

Resource allocation and Server intelligence agent.

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DCP

Davide Calogero P.  
Operaio  
Furniture  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "SAP ogni giorno , per gestione del magazzino e ordini "

December 2, 2022

4.0

Ottimo programma gestionale

Pros

Rapido nelle funzionalità , comandi semplici , possibilità di gestione dei magazzini virtuali ed estrapolazione dei dati

Cons

Ogni tanto può capitare una disconnessione dal servizio , oppure può succedere un errore di stampa dei PDF .

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Alba P.  
Maestra de Educación Infantil  
Education Management  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Revisión de SAP"

December 7, 2022

5.0

Bastante resolutiva a la hora de optimizar tu empresa

Pros

Es bastante intuitivo y sencillo de utilizar. Nos es bastante útil a la hora de hacer análisis de datos y crear informes

Cons

El servicio al cliente deja un poco que desear.

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SR

Shiva R.  
VP  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "This is a very good transaction level analytical took that can be used in enterprises"

July 18, 2017

5.0

Pros

facilitates self service and is user friendly to write queries with basic training of users thereby reducing reliance on central IT. Also data can be exported to excel/pdf etc.

Cons

This product works well when there is a data warehouse and data is regularly uploaded to the data warehouse so that users can write query and generate data from the query.

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WK

Wojciech K.  
Owner  
Professional Training & Coaching  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Advanced business analytics"

January 11, 2019

5.0

I create dashboard to present sales information. It's great to be able to do it with "blank paper" and add visual elements connected to externa data. It's easy to build what-if analysis ad-hoc during business meetings.

Pros

I use SAP solutions to create dashboards and visual reports. What I like in SAP BO, that we can create powerful and innovative presentations - from 0 to our vision. I use many of all great options like: - maps - charts - gauges - sliders. Except that, it's possible to add external data and visual elements like shetchnotes and files from other formats. What is very important, reports are interactive, so we can create what-if analysis in easy way, with our vision in out minds. Dashboards can be connnected to external data sources like Excel or databases.

Cons

It would be great to be able to work more without specific informatics knowledge. It would be great to see more options to share final work with others.

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Resul Y.  
PD Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "BI Tool"

August 14, 2019

4.0

Pros

self service reporting function & easy of use

Cons

poor wiev of dashboard & no entegrated solution for data masking

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rS

raphael S.  
Customer Service Rep.  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Awesome platform to store information"

February 6, 2021

5.0

I love SAP CRM, its very clear and detailed layout helps me work, however I wish it would stop crashing and run more effectively.

Pros

This is an Awesome platform to store information. It's easy to use and straightforward, and has information displayed very clearly which helps save lots of time when analyzing information.

Cons

This program often crashes or runs very slowly. Its frustrating at times because as we're trying the work, often times i cannot meet my objectives because the client becomes impatient and leaves.

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KD

Keith D.  
VP, IT  
Warehousing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "SAP Business Objects - Watch your wallet"

February 20, 2019

3.0

This company has draconian licensing and contract renewal process. They are not willing to work with consumers on any part of renegotiating a contract. For this reason alone I would never recommend this product to a colleague.

Pros

Business Objects has a great number of features. Report scheduling, dashboarding, and data file exports were some of the major features I used in this package.

Cons

Version upgrades are extremely difficult to perform without consulting. Troubleshooting messages tend to be cryptic which makes troubleshooting a laborious and tedious process.

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AA

Alaa A.  
CAD CAM Designer  
Hospital & Health Care  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Best software for corporation monitor"

October 23, 2023

5.0

The best solution for SAP users.

Pros

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is full of functions and features to control and monitor business, and high ability of customization.

Cons

We face two concerns about it, the limitation of integrations with non-SAP modules. and its price is expensive.

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AT

Ashmit T.  
Business Intelligence Administator  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Efficient Reporting"

January 2, 2018

5.0

Pros

Business Objects is one of the most efficient reporting software out there. It is fast, and its UI design makes use of any knowledge use the tool. It has its own server and file management tool which make using this software more productive.

Cons

To report using business objects, you have to have universes those are needed to be developed by your designers. There is a lack of functionality where the user can directly query off from SQL tables. The updates and patches those are rolled out by SAP are very slow.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Marketing Specialist  
Renewables & Environment  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Brutto e non intuitivo"

January 16, 2023

1.0

Negativa

Pros

Aiuta il controllo di gestione e la raccolta di documenti. Disponibile in tutto il mondo.

Cons

Dashboard esteticamente migliorabile e icone non intuitive.

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AC

Angela C.  
Analyst  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Not very intuitive, but once you learn... "

September 4, 2021

5.0

Pros

All of the different reporting options available

Cons

That the function names and equations aren't always intuitive.

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AH

Aaron H.  
Infrastructure Administrator  
Glass, Ceramics & Concrete  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "SAP BusinessObjects for Administrators"

August 20, 2019

3.0

Pros

The system is able to interface and pull data from a very wide variety of data sources once configured and setup. The reports that come out from the system are very customization and the end users seem able to learn to write them fairly easily.

Cons

The amount of updates and complications of installing, configuring and getting the servers up and running can be time consuming. Updates are also a very tedious process ... these are all normal with a software package this large. The most end-user complaint would be the size of the PDF files, they can be quite large depending on the contents of the reports, which can quickly fill up an inbox.

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RS

Robert S.  
Accountant  
Civic & Social Organization  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I use Business Objects to write production reports and analysis"

July 9, 2015

4.5

Pros

Its best feature, in my opinion, is the ease of building reports through its drag and drop interface. We have several data universes which we use to generate the reports. Business Objects makes it quite easy to manipulate the data fields and build professional looking reports.

Cons

My least favorite thing about this product would have to be the lack of download capability in more current versions of Excel. Currently, Business Objects only downloads in Excel 2007 format, which can sometimes complicate pulling millions of rows of data into one spreadsheet. Office 2010 and 2013 are capable of handling millions of rows of data, but B.O. cannot deliver it into those new formats.

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Melinda S.  
Content Assistant  
Retail  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Works fine, could use update."

October 3, 2018

4.0

Pros

It allows us to provide most of the necessary information to other departments without giving away too much of the minor details. This allows us to provide the tools needed for every day requests.

Cons

It's a little dated, it could use some feature upgrades.

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BLR

Blanca Lorena R.  
Manayer  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Expansión de mi negocio"

July 17, 2023

5.0

Recibo notificaciones en tiempo real, en cualquier lugar que este

Pros

Me permite realizar transacciones con mis clientes directamente de la app

Cons

Ninguna, todas se adaptan a mis necesidades empresariales

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