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Senior Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
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A little trouble handling parallel batch jobs in one job, but helps align your information with the business process.

What is most valuable?

- Its single infrastructure for Data Migration and Data Integration.

- Heterogeneous processing with broad database support.

- Parsing, Standardization and Cleansing the Data.

- Matching and consolidation of records.

- Multi-user support and security with central repository.

- Instant trace-ability with impact analysis and data lineage functionality.

How has it helped my organization?

It helps our organization and our clients achieve its goals and objectives by having the right information at the right time and at the right people.

We can standardize business information though data is disparate or came from many sources like flat files (CSVs, Textfiles, Excel files), RDBMS, Application Systems and etc.

With this product you can align your information with the business process and can provide Enterprise Data Warehouse that will suit to your reporting needs.

What needs improvement?

I think it has a little trouble handling more users running parallel batch jobs in one job server but minimal.

For how long have I used the solution?

SAP BusinessObjects Data Services 3.1,3.2, 4.0 and 4.1 (SAP) for 5.3 years

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Yes but minimal and can be resolve quickly.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

None.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

4.5 out of 5.

Technical Support:

4.5 out of 5.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes, because its more dynamic and has so many features.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward. You just have to follow the guides, check Product Availability Matrix (PAM) and if issues related to sources and targets arise do some research.

What about the implementation team?

Both. 4.7 out of 5.

What was our ROI?

300%.

What other advice do I have?

You can leverage this product in all your business needs regarding data or information or any business requirements in the systems but first you must find a dedicated consultant or developer for this product and they should also train the people from your organization.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Gerente General at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Quality solution for EPL that improves data
Pros and Cons
  • "I appreciate having access to the SAP data."
  • "It would be nice if this solution was a bit easier to move from development to production."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for the EPL, extraction form, and low data.

What is most valuable?

I appreciate having access to the SAP data.

What needs improvement?

It would be nice if this solution was a bit easier to move from development to production.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SAP for ten years.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward and took about a day.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is a one time purchase fee plus annual maintenance.

What other advice do I have?

Once you have training on the solution, it is very important to explore the full potential of the product rather than jumping right into development.

This is a nine out of ten solution.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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