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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform pros and cons

Vendor: SAP
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Ease of report development and strong scheduling capabilities allow users to automate repetitive tasks, saving time and increasing efficiency.
Integration with SAP systems, such as ERP, BW, and HANA, enables seamless data access and enhances business intelligence operations.
Robust security and flexible data governance features support effective protection and control of data within an organization.
The platform's ability to handle multiple data sources and perform complex reporting tasks provides significant autonomy for business users to develop their own reports.
High scalability and impressive performance on large data volumes facilitate the needs of enterprise-level operations.

CONS

Dashboarding capabilities require enhancement, particularly after the transition from Xcelsius to Dashboard Designer, which has disrupted the necessary skill sets for users.
Cloud integrations and predictive analytics functions need to be integrated into SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform for improved functionality.
The calculation engine requires improvements, and better performance in handling large data sets is necessary.
Integration with third-party solutions and platforms like Epic could be enhanced for streamlined operations.
Licensing complexity and expense make it challenging and costly for many organizations to adopt SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform fully.
 

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Pros review quotes

it_user494013 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Business Objects Architect at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Jul 31, 2016
Ease of report development is a key feature.
Paul Grill - PeerSpot reviewer
President & CEO at Infosol Inc
Oct 22, 2016
The Dynamic HTML (DHTML) client option of Webi has been enhanced adding features that were previously only available with the Java client including conditional formatting and support of XLS as a data provider.
it_user651837 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Applications Team Leader at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 24, 2017
It allows the analysis of business data and enables decisions based on the analysis.
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it_user87981 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 12, 2017
Way of creating reports.
DH
Senior Business Intelligence Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jan 7, 2018
Through the use of Business Intelligence reporting and scheduling features, reports are generated and automatically sent according to a schedule. This has freed up countless hours spent performing the same tasks, month over month.
it_user265632 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Business Objects Lead Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 10, 2018
​Provides autonomy for all the business users to develop their own reports.​
it_user825429 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst, Big data at a manufacturing company
Feb 23, 2018
It can process big volumes of data fast.
TeamLd3401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 25, 2018
It has been extremely valuable, to combine data from various data sources.
it_user591984 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a consumer goods company with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 15, 2018
It gives you a lot of flexibility in designing your dashboards.
BIAnalyt2dd4 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI | Analytics | Insights | Leadership | Digital | Visualization Composer| Strategy | Design Language | BI Rehab
May 12, 2019
It is solid and stable.
 

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Cons review quotes

it_user494013 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Business Objects Architect at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Jul 31, 2016
I would like to see their data visualization products enhanced and made more robust and easier to implement.
Paul Grill - PeerSpot reviewer
President & CEO at Infosol Inc
Oct 22, 2016
There is still a lot to be done on the mobile side to make Web Intelligence truly seamless between the desktop and mobile versions and I would like to see SAP pay a lot more attention to this.
it_user651837 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Applications Team Leader at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 24, 2017
More thorough testing of Service Packs before release.
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it_user87981 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 12, 2017
The calculation engine requires some improvement.
DH
Senior Business Intelligence Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jan 7, 2018
The biggest area for improvement would be the dashboarding capabilities due to the recent change from Xcelsius to Dashboard Designer. This has created a gigantic ripple in many companies because the skill sets required are drastically different.
it_user265632 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Business Objects Lead Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 10, 2018
​This product could be improved with Cloud Integrations and Predictive Analytics functions integration.
it_user825429 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst, Big data at a manufacturing company
Feb 23, 2018
Currently, we can use Explore to do data discovering, but cannot generate charts.
TeamLd3401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 25, 2018
SAP BusinessObjects is actually losing popularity within our company because people find the user interface and the way things are set up not to be as easy as many other tools that are on the market, like Qlik and things like that.
it_user591984 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a consumer goods company with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 15, 2018
The combination of Lumira along with Design Studio merger last year still needs development from a visualization standpoint.
BIAnalyt2dd4 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI | Analytics | Insights | Leadership | Digital | Visualization Composer| Strategy | Design Language | BI Rehab
May 12, 2019
Over the years, the product tends to rename and rebrand itself and change its direction. This is a deficit of the solution.