SAP BW4HANA Pros review quotes

Srivatsav Andra - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 9, 2023
You can do hierarchical alert slicing and dicing out-of-box, which is not available in other solutions. I haven't come across that in Oracle or any other software provider.
Hanif Shaikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 14, 2024
It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution.
HW
Jan 7, 2021
Its direct approach is the most valuable. You get more real time and capabilities than BW.
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PN
Jul 31, 2019
The most valuable feature is that it's robust.
FS
Aug 5, 2019
The processes are the most valuable aspect of this solution.
SA
Feb 2, 2020
Out of the box, this solution has a lot of standard features.
AJ
Jan 23, 2023
It's quite scalable.
JH
Jan 18, 2024
The solution seamlessly integrates with SAP products.
Joyee Sen - PeerSpot reviewer
May 5, 2023
The solution's performance is really good. Also, it's easy to operate, easy to administer, and relatively simple to install.
PN
Aug 17, 2022
We like that it is an SAP product, so we can easily connect with the SAP ERP system.
 

SAP BW4HANA Cons review quotes

Srivatsav Andra - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 9, 2023
There's one area where the other vendors have an upper edge, which is the data lake. I think SAP is trying to figure out whether to stick with IQ, their own data lake solution, or push customers toward customer-preferred vendors, like Azure Data Lake, AWS, or any other provider.
Hanif Shaikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 14, 2024
The cost of the product might be an area that might introduce some restrictions or limitations to customers, making it one of the aspects where improvements are required.
HW
Jan 7, 2021
They have taken out a few BW functionalities when they redesigned this. The way of multi-dimensional thinking and star schema got a little bit lost. It may be because of the cost, but certain functionalities that were previously implemented from the BW side should come back again in the whole product. It is a young product. It is version 2.0. In time, I'm pretty sure they will come back again because otherwise, it limits the potential of the product, and I have to do a lot of modeling towards that direction. For me, the analytics focus is too much. It is not cube-oriented in that way, so its functionality is limited. It is not really technically limited in the back end; it is more limited in the front end. It has a data-mining mindset for SQL developers. The navigational attributes should be easy. It needs to be built in models. I see the data mark cube or understanding that the composite provider needs to be models in a cube coming back. The multi-dimensional star schema approach and the reporting need to be done as well as possible to leverage the star scheme below. This is definitely not understood by many consultants and even composite providers for star schema. They always think in terms of flat tables, which is limiting. You need to build the right dimensions, objects, and so on. If you can build this in BW4HANA, then you have this understanding that BW4HANA is not forcing you in this direction, but it should force you a bit better in this direction. Maybe a few elements which were in use in BW should come back again. It would help the community to determine the direction to build on the cube. You can have maybe 50 elements, and then you can expand it to what you need by leveraging navigation. So far, this functionality is a little bit limited in the tool, and it is not thought through, but I think it will come. They should also be adding more capabilities for the transformation between different objects. In BW, this is currently limited, especially towards composite providers. It is a bit complex basically in the building. You have to have a lot of knowledge as well as know how to do it better because it is a bit different from BW. There is not too much expertise currently in the consulting markets. Many are trying to build something, but it may be based on their knowledge of what they have from the BW and HANA side. You have to find the right mix from both of them at this time. We also have HANA Native. These are our two different sync sources basically, and we have approaches to connect nicely, but it is hard to manage your team because a lot of coaching is required.
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PN
Jul 31, 2019
I cannot integrate it with my other tools. It's not possible to do something in the predictive analysis. Mobile reporting is also not available.
SA
Feb 2, 2020
Connecting multiple sources is a challenge because you have to go through a lot of different setups.
AJ
Jan 23, 2023
Support could be more reliable.
JH
Jan 18, 2024
We cannot integrate with third-party tools like Python or advanced integration options. You can't fine-tune tables within BW or generate specific views or reports.
PN
Aug 17, 2022
If I want to have good reporting, then I have to buy a separate license.
Joyee Sen - PeerSpot reviewer
May 5, 2023
The licensing cost could be made better.
RD
Jan 12, 2022
The speed of operations could be a little faster.