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SAP BusinessObjects

Composite Score

7.3 /10

CX Score

7.6 /10

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What is SAP BusinessObjects?

SAP BusinessObjects BI is a reporting and analytics business intelligence (BI) platform aimed at business users. It consists of a number of reporting applications that allow users to discover data, perform analysis to derive insights and create reports that visualize the insights.

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SAP BusinessObjects Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 89%
Negotiation and Contract:: 88%
Conflict Resolution:: 84%
Strategy & Innovation:: 81%
Service Experience:: 79%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love SAP BusinessObjects?

7% Negative

10% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Friendly Negotiation
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Real-Time Visualization

Data Exploration and Visualization

BI Security

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Platform Administration

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Data Modelling Tools

Collaboration

Spatial Analysis

Dashboard

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

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SAP BusinessObjects Reviews

Aditya J.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2024

Good tool for self service analytics!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

Easy to model the data to get the reports

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Learning this tool is much more easier compared to competitors,

What do you dislike most about this product?

Advance analytics using AI is missing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it if you are looking for a easy to use tool to get the self service analytics, adhoc reports.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Satvik S.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jan 2024

Powerful, but costly and not user friendly.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

SAP BusinessObjects is vast and monetizes the ecosystem of SAP to leverage easy integration with clients.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration with many other SAP tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Clunky, slow and lack of regular patch updates. And new updates sometimes break many reports.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a useful tool for business analytics, but is deprecating slowly and will soon be replaced by more recent and powerful tools like Tableau and Power BI.

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Altruistic

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Less Performance Enhancing
Less Efficient Service

Mahum K.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Apparel
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Dec 2023

Very useful but training required

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

Great for analytics and insight

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Quick to learn

What do you dislike most about this product?

Can be difficult to use without training

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure to get training

Pros

Fair
Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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SAP BusinessObjects Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SAP BusinessObjects?

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Real-Time Visualization Ability to analyze and visualize data as soon as it becomes available via data-streaming pipelines.

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Data Connectors and Data Mashup Connect to, merge and clean data from multiple diverse data sources.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications Ability to create, manage, send and receive notifications, enhancing efficiency and productivity.

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Spatial Analysis Ability to natively visualize and analyze spatial data out of the box tied to postcode, zipcode or spacial co-ordinates.

Dashboard Includes alerts and notifications, KPIs, visual analytics, and interactive features.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

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SAP BusinessObjects Reviews

Aditya J.

Good tool for self service analytics!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Satvik S.

Powerful, but costly and not user friendly.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Mahum K.

Very useful but training required

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Real-Time Visualization

Data Exploration and Visualization

BI Security

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Platform Administration

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Data Modelling Tools

Collaboration

Spatial Analysis

Dashboard

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation