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SAP BusinessObjects

Composite Score
8.2 /10
CX Score
8.5 /10
Category
SAP BusinessObjects
8.2 /10

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

96 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+90 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?

2% Negative
8% Neutral
90% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Operational Reporting Capabilities

84

Data Exploration and Visualization

84

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

83

Dashboard

82

BI Platform Administration

82

BI Security

80

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

80

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

79

Collaboration

78

Mobile

70

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Quality of Features

83

Ease of Implementation

83

Ease of Data Integration

82

Ease of IT Administration

82

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Ease of Customization

80

Business Value Created

80

Breadth of Features

80

Availability and Quality of Training

80

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Vendor Support

76

SAP BusinessObjects Reviews

Ankush C.

  • Role: Industry Specific Role
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

BI reporting solution for businesses

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

We connected with DB2 and Sybase, which were used for reporting and data visualisation, to complete the organization's reporting requirements. Data warehousing features that enable connections to numerous sources.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Users of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) can choose from a wide range of features. The most frequently used features are report scheduling, query creation, retrieval of queries created by other users, access to various databases, dashboard creation, and data export. These are the features that I enjoy using the most.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited data transformation capabilities and a lacklustre GUI in comparison to other tools on the market.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please check out the better or equivalent alternative solutions that are currently on the market.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Efficient Service
  • Saves Time
  • Respectful

Hailey C.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Manufacturing
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Quite powerful and data entry is smart

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

We use SAP BusinessObjects to access, visualize, and analyze data. It also has a drag and drop feature for a more interactive interface. Its a great tool for non-technical users, as we don't have to write code for basic usage

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Insights and predictive analytics are automated with the help of AI and ML. Great graphing library for creating line plots, area charts, bar charts, histograms, and more

What do you dislike most about this product?

We have experienced slow performance when multiple prompts are opening. Requires a large number of hardware resources

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

SAP BusinessObjects is a professional tool often regardes as one of the top data visualization tools. If you choose to use SAP BusinessObjects, you can create visualizations for viewing not just on the web but also on mobile. This tool provides multiple information supply connections

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Carl J.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Manufacturing
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Intuitive and standardized solution

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SAP BusinessObjects from other similar products?

SAP BusinessObjects helps us transform our decision making by providing fact-based, quality information regardless of where the data resides. The solution lets me create accurate, timely dashboards and reports

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards wich allow us to create custom dashboards from reports. These include interactive charts, gauges and widgets

What do you dislike most about this product?

If you plan to install SAP BusinessObjects with different languages, it's easier to do it when you do a fresh install. Avoid doing it later as it's not an easy process and can create a lot of risk in your deployment environment

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

SAP BusinessObjects is a solution that will deliver the insight you need to understand data and use it to make better decisions to help manage your enterprise and focus on sustainable growth

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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