SAP Software and Solutions

It is true that there are often challenges when upgrading between releases of BusinessObjects but this has always been the case as it has been for all the other BI and software application vendors too. A few rules of thumb for BusinessObjects software are: 1. Never upgrade to an x.0 release - always wait for at least the x.1 release and even the first or second service pack of that release 2. Never attempt to perform a release upgrade if you have not done one before. Get training and experience first or use a reputable BO Consulting company 3. Experiment with the new release on a sandbox environment to become familiar with the changes and find any major issues before attempting a migration to production Once you are stable on a BusinessObjects release, it is worth...

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SAP BusinessObjects

SAP

Don Meldrum

Business Intelligence Applications Team Leader at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 24 2017

What is most valuable?

It allows the analysis of business data and enables decisions based on the analysis. I found the SAP suite of products powerful. They scale well for enterprise use, i.e., thousands of recipients of the output of the products as dashboards... more»

How has it helped my organization?

It gets people off Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and sharing the same reports/dashboards, so departments receive the same figures for KPIs and company performance. This stopped the waste of time in management meetings, whereby people would... more»

What needs improvement?

More thorough testing of Service Packs before release.

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SAP ASE

SAP

ITArchitectMgr298

Project and IT Architecture Manager at a security firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 17 2017

What do you think of SAP ASE?

Valuable Features OLTP features Robustness Reliability • Improvements to My Organization We receive millions of events from our customers and ASE. We are able to process them with thousand of operators working concurrently 24/7. Usual activity is 1900 user & application connections, 1,500 transactions/sec, and 38,000 queries/sec • Room for Improvement Cluster features: The Cluster Edition didn't get the same level of reliability as the Enterprise Edition did. • Use of Solution I have been using it for the last 20 years. • Stability Issues During the last 20 years, I have never had a stability problem with this product. Small specific bugs, but not affecting 24/7 operations. • Scalability Issues Old versions had problems with scalability, due to...

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SAP Ariba Procurement

SAP

Assistanc567

Assistant Athletic Business Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Aug 23 2017

What is most valuable?

The PunchOut functionality is fantastic as it makes shopping very easy. This has saved us a lot of time in that employees can look directly on a vendor's website, see what's available, and order it.

How has it helped my organization?

Rather than having to run orders through the business office and have them placed by someone else, users can do their own shopping and submit their own carts. This has reduced a lot of data entry and improved efficiency, as we do not need to... more»

What needs improvement?

The SAP portion of the procurement is not always obvious or user friendly. Things such as cost center can be prepopulated for items selected, but the vendor cannot. For larger shopping carts, this becomes somewhat tedious having to enter the... more»

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