SAP BW4HANA Reviews

We use SAP BW/4HANA for business banking and consolidations.

The product has efficient performance.

SAP BW/4HANA has good availability and valuable features for historical data.

The product could be more efficient and easier to use similar to its previous version. The monitoring for the remodeling feature is very difficult to understand. It doesn’t provide any details about the issues.

We have been using SAP BW4HANA for two years. We use the latest version at present.

It is a stable platform.

It is a scalable platform.

I have contacted SAP BW4HANA’s support team several times. They did not respond to the queries.

The setup process is easy. However, resolving technical issues regarding registration or adding some features after installation is complicated. Once the deployment is complete, we wait for the transport request to set it up in the production environment. It takes six months to complete and requires four executives to carry out the process.

The maintenance is easy, but it is difficult to trace the error due to the lack of details available.

I rate SAP BW4HANA four out of ten. I advise others to keep practicing and learning more about the product.

We use the solution in a data warehouse.

Some of the main features of this solution are that it uses HANA and it has good performance.

Other competitors provide better solutions that are more up to date with current technology. For example, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

I have been using the solution for approximately five years.

The solution is stable.

There are no issues with scalability with this solution.

The installation is complex.

We used the SAP team to do the installation for us. We have a vendor who takes care of the maintenance of the server. 

As an investment, the solution is very expensive. We pay 72% every year to SAP. Additionally, we pay for support for the solution and a vendor to do maintenance.

I have evaluated Talend, Azure Cloud, and Google Cloud which have better features.

I would not recommend the solution because they have not upgraded their technology.

I rate SAP BW4HANA a seven out of ten.

The most valuable aspect of this solution is that the infrastructure is easy to understand. 

Pricing would be a good improvement. A lot of customers think that it's very expensive and support is especially very expensive. 

I have been using this solution for two to three years. 

Stability and scalability are both good.

The setup requires a specialist but it's not too complex.

We have to pay extra in addition to licensing. Migration to HANA has costs that are higher than expected. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

It costs a lot for a company to invest in SAP. It could be hard for a company to invest in it. It should be a little cheaper, it would raise the score to a nine.  

If a customer wants to save costs, they should move their infrastructure from on-premise to public cloud. 

I am a consultant and this is one of the solutions that I use for my clients.

In general, my clients use the dashboard and reporting services. They use it for modeling sales and service, material management, and stock management. They have automated reports that are sent daily by email.

The environment depends on the client.

The most valuable feature is the dashboard.

When using BW/4HANA, then is no performance degradation with Big Data.

The dashboard should be simplified and made easier for exploration and decision making.

Some customers have said that they would like to use the dashboard to send themselves data in an Excel file directly by email.

I have been working with SAP BW/4HANA for eight years.

BW is a stable solution as long as it is on HANA. Otherwise, some applications with Big Data will result in performance issues.

It is scalable but it depends on the server.

I have dealt with technical support and they have been good.

The installation of this solution is not simple, although configuring it is not a problem. 

It is better to have help from integrators or consultants for the installation.

My advice for anybody who is implementing this solution is to first follow the basics. It is possible that you will want some enhancements but you have to start at the beginning and start with the basic practice for modeling.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.