SAP Software and Solutions

SAP Business Objects

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Business Intelligence Tools

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(17)

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Talent Management Cloud HCM

Sybase Afaria

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Mobile Device Management

SAP NetWeaver MDM [EOL]

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Master Data Management

SAP ERP

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ERP

SAP HCM

(6)

Benefits Administration Talent Management

SAP IQ

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Relational Databases Data Warehouse

SAP Jam

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Enterprise Social Software

SAP Master Data Governance

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Master Data Management

SAP Business Suite

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Order Management Hubs

SAP Business Warehouse

(3)

Cloud Data Warehouse

Sybase PowerDesigner

(2)

Architecture Management

SAP ASE

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Relational Databases

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation

(1)

Financial Performance and...

SAP Concur

(1)

Expense Management

SAP CRM

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CRM Customer Engagement Centers CRM Local Government CRM Marketing Resource Management Marketing Management

SAP Hybris Commerce

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eCommerce Platforms

SAP Hybris PCM

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Master Data Management

SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse

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Data Warehouse

SAP Portfolio and Project Management

(1)

Project Portfolio Management

SAP Plateau

Talent Management

SAP Ariba Procurement

Procurement Software

SAP BusinessObjects GRC

Continuous Controls Monitoring

SAP Contract Lifecycle Management

Service Contract Management Contract Management Software

SAP Inventory Management

Inventory Management Software

SAP Marketing

Marketing Resource Management

SAP Sales

Salesforce Automation

SAP Sales OnDemand

Salesforce Automation

SAP SCM

Demand Management

SAP Transportation Management

Distribution Network Optimization

SAP Warehouse Management

Warehouse Management

SAP Strategic Enterprise Management

Financial Performance and...

SAP StreamWork

Enterprise Social Software

SAP Supplier Relationship Management

Sybase Mobile Development Platform

Mobile Development Platforms

Sybase Replication Server

Database Development and Management Data Integration Tools

SAP Variant Configurator

Product Configuration and Quoting

SAP Web Channel Enablement

eCommerce Platforms

SAP Web Channel Experience Management

eCommerce Platforms

SAP xApp Mobile Asset Management

Mobile Supply Chain Applications

SAP xApp Mobile Time & Travel

Mobile Supply Chain Applications

SAP Syclo Agentry Mobile Platform

Mobile App Platforms Mobile Development Platforms

SAP Ariba Contract Management

Service Contract Management Contract Management Software

SAP Business All-in-One

Activity Based Costing Software

SAP Business Communications Manager

Contact Center Platforms Contact Center Infrastructure

SAP Business One

ERP

SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator

Data Integration Tools

SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator

Data Integration Tools

SAP BusinessObjects Data Quality Management

Data Quality

SAP BusinessObjects Data Services

Data Integration Tools

BusinessObjects GRC

GRC

SAP BusinessObjects EPM

Business Performance Management

SAP CRM Service

Field Service Management

SAP Data Insight

Data Quality

SAP HANA

Embedded Database Software Relational Databases

SAP Internet Pricing and Configurator

Product Configuration and Quoting

SAP NetWeaver Application Server

Application Server

SAP NetWeaver BPM

Business Process Management Application Infrastructure

SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management

Application Infrastructure

SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment

Application Infrastructure

SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal

Application Infrastructure

SAP NetWeaver Identity Management

User Provisioning Software Identity and Access Management (IAM)

SAP NetWeaver Portal

Corporate Portals

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration

Data Integration Tools

SAP BusinessObjects Roambi

Business Intelligence Tools Reporting Tools

SAP Cloud for Sales

Sales Performance Management

SAP Ariba Invoice Management

Point of Sale (POS) Systems

SAP Data Governance

Data Governance

SAP Digital for Customer Engagement

CRM Customer Engagement Centers

SAP HANA Cloud Platform

PaaS Clouds

SAP Mobile App Protection

Mobile Application Management

SAP IT Operations Analytics

IT Operations Analytics

SAP HANA Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things

IoT Platforms

Altiscale

Hadoop

SAP Digital Business Services

SAP Service Providers

SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics

Data Science Platforms

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

SAP Hybris Order Management

Order Management Hubs

SAP Hybris Marketing Cloud

Marketing Automation

SAP Hybris Cloud for Sales

CRM

SAP Analytics Cloud

Business Intelligence Tools Predictive Analytics

SAP Reviews

SAP Master Data Governance

SAP

Zeno Schmid

Manager at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use it for the management of SAP master data with enterprise-wide workflows, but it needs improved mass editing functions.

Valuable Features: SAP ERP integration - infrastructure, data model, and data distribution. • Improvements to My Organization: We have used this for management of SAP master data with enterprise wide workflows for objects material, such as banks, customers, and vendor. • Room for... more »

SAP Crystal Reports

SAP

Syed Fahad Anwar

Technical Lead/ Senior Developer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Mar 05 2017

We like the performance, drill-down reporting functionality, and the report wizard.

Valuable Features: Performance Drill-down reporting functionality Report wizard Variable Built in Formulas Presentation Options like Charts, Cross tab reports etc. • Improvements to My Organization: We develop many management reports using Crystal Reports. It has reduced the... more »

SAP Business Objects

SAP

VijayKumar1

SAP BO/BI Architect at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

BI launch pad to design and develop the analysis application for the business is valuable.

Valuable Features: Publication Webi Reports UDT CMC BI launch pad to design and develop the analysis application for the business • Use of Solution: I've used it for over seven years. • Deployment Issues: Lot of issues, because it is a huge product. • Stability Issues: Lot... more »

SAP Business Objects

SAP

Paul Grill

President & CEO at Infosol Inc

Apr 24 2017

Once you are stable on a BusinessObjects release, it is worth staying there for a while

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... more »

6 comments

Alin RaduYou are right, I did the same error in the past, I upgraded to Business... more »

Khalid BerradaDefinitely, I agree with you. Even a routine upgrade can lead to a... more »

SAP Business Objects

SAP

Paul Grill

President & CEO at Infosol Inc

Using Xcelsius dashboard instead of Qlikview

When I first started presenting Xcelsius dashboards back in 2006, I said that it should carry a warning sign stating “May Cause Xtreme Xcitement”! Despite all the advances in technology and tools over the last decade that statement not only remains true today, but maybe... more »

7 comments

reviewer163092Please help! Xcelsius gave me Xtreme headaches, not Xtreme Xcitement. I... more »

Paul GrillHappy to help you. It is not necessary to use an Excel spreadsheet with... more »

SAP HCM

SAP

Vladimir Semashko

Sr. SAP HCM Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Mar 06 2017

It can provide payroll calculation for more than 50 countries.

Valuable Features: It provides payroll solutions across the world; there is no other solution that can provide payroll calculation for more 50 countries. • Improvements to My Organization: There has been a significant productivity increase in HR due to reduction of manual work and data... more »

SAP Portfolio and Project Management

SAP

Mariano Sabiche

Project Leader at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Can be used for different business units such as IT, finance, and R&D.

Valuable Features: The most valuable features are: Easy initiative management Easy stage-gate methodology Follows up from beginning to end of an initiative or a project element Integrates with other SAP solutions Traces between initiatives and projects without losing any... more »

SAP Business Objects

SAP

Don Meldrum

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

Apr 24 2017

It allows the analysis of business data and enables decisions based on the analysis.

Valuable Features: 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 and/or reports. • Improvements to... more »

SAP Projects

Check out these projects from our community members.

Inventory Management System (IMS)

Managed a Data Center Solution

Managed a Data center solution, with Vmware and Hyper-v. Our customers trust us to provide not only the IT... more»

Spearheaded the Selection of ERP and Oversaw its Implementation

Spearheaded the selection of ERP and oversaw it implementation in 7 months

Successful Technical & Business Implementation of Enterprise Project & Portfolio Management

Successful implementation of an entreprise project & portfolio management platform in a leading pharma R&D... more»

Architected Multiple Implementations Like Cargo Datamart, IATA Integration, POS Datamart Etc.

Architected multiple implementations like Cargo Datamart, IATA Integration, POS Datamart etc

Playing a Support Role for an Ariba Procurement Solution for Caterpillar

Playing a support role for a Ariba Procurement Product for Caterpillar.

SAP Technical consultant

EAI Process Centric Integration for HR ESS/MSS/HRSS

Deliver HR self service (ESS/MSS/HRSS) by integrating existing HR transactions (Personnel Administration, Payroll)... more»

HR Software Tools - European HR BPO project

Development, implementation and maintenance of all HR Tools needed for strategic European HR BPO project for General... more»

Pulled together disparate data for enterprise reporting

Pulled together disparate data for enterprise reporting. Sales and Financial Date for 2 countries and 5 legal... more»

Ground-up implementation of enterprise eCommerce platform

Ground-up implementation of enterprise B2B eCommerce platform. No existing eCommerce application. Executed Project... more»

Reporting Portal Transformation Project

Objective: 700+ operational, asset management, and managed service KPI reports had to be converted from a... more»

Al Bawakir Unicon Payroll System

NODI (Network Operations Data InfraStructure), a customized data

NODI (Network Operations Data InfraStructure), a customized data warehouse solution specifically prepared for... more»

Managed my team to implement SAP SuccessFactors LMS

Managed my team to implement SAP SuccessFactors LMS within 5 months duration Project LEAP Implementation of SF... more»

Global IT Project Manager

Manager SAP implementations, OpenERP implementations, and Hybrid DATA center expansion

Building Smart City from the ground up

22 CityLink is a global leader in smart city development and technology. Through their dedication to providing... more»

MCTI

MCTI CA SDM CA ITCM CA Bussiness Intelligence

SAP Questions

Hannan

Database Specialist with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 16 2017

Which is good for datawarehousing databases - Oracle 12c vs SAP IQ ?

I'm in dilemma to select the right product for our database - SYBASE IQ or Oracle 12c datawarehouse. The estimation of the database size is 2 PB. Thanks in Advance. more »

Parashar Biswas,Cpip

Director (Projects) at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jan 25 2017

SAP ERP vs. JD Edwards EntepriseOne

What is the percentage of industries (on a global scale) that use SAP ERP, compared to those that use JD Edwards application? more »

Paul De Agro

Principal Software Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities

What do each of the major MDM suppliers (Informatica, IBM, Oracle, SAP) provide as MDM Capabilities within their core MDM licensing (i.e. Matching, Deduplication, Searching, Modeling, Analytics, Integration / ETL, Database technology)? For instance, I understand that IBM InfoSphere provides... more »

3 answers

Srinath AlamelaI cannot offer insight into the licensing policy of each vendor as they are... more »

Marcin MolakIf you buy InfoSphere MDM Domain Hub Standard Edition you can use following... more »

Matthew LoschiavoRiversand technology is leader in the MDM space and makes a product called... more »

Vignesh Manogaran

User at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

SAP ERP Suite vs. SAP Business One: What are the main differences between them?

Can anyone name the areas where SAP ERP Suite is better than SAP Business One? more »

Martin Vranken

HR Project Manager at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

SAP Jam vs. Yammer

I need to make a choice between Jam and Yammer. My preference at the moment is for Jam because of it's integration with the HR processes and the immediate productivity return associated with that. Yammer is better all around and is free of charge but is also a bit free-floating in the... more »

5 answers

Bob CrozierIf you are O365 shop, Yammer will be your best bet here I feel, using the... more »

operatio476094From the limited experience I have with both, I prefer SAP Jam, as it’s... more »

Michiel VisserHi all, We had the same dilemma. In short: If you want to integrate with... more »

Pratyush Singh

IT Leader at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Should we choose Salesforce, SAP CRM, Sugar CRM, inContact, Vocalcom, Oracle RightNow or build our own custom app?

I am designing a next generation contact center strategy for my organization and have been evaluating different products and options to uniquely meet customer needs. What would form the best of breed technology stack addressing next generation contact center requirements?I have been looking at... more »

9 answers

Tim BodorI was interested to read your post, because I am just wrapping up a similar... more »

Pratyush SinghThanks everyone for your response. I am consulting for a company that has... more »

Jeff LougheedHi, Saleforce.com is hands down the best deployment option, for a number... more »

reviewer179307

User

Informatica MDM or Hybris PCM? Buy vs. Build?

We are in the process of evaluating many vendor tools for our MDM program; at the same time we are also evaluating if we can build in-house MDM tool. Can someone shed some more light on Buy vs Build for MDM Programs?Thanks. more »

3 answers

Marcin MolakI have participate in two customer integration projects for financial sector.... more »

niteshmI was part of evaluating several vendors for MDM program at my company and... more »

Ariel Lindenfeld@nitesh- Do you have a vendor evaluation matrix you can share with the... more »

reviewer177252

User

SAP ERP or Dynamics AX?

Have you compared SAP and Microsoft's ERP solutions for the process industry, or specifically for pharmaceutical businesses? more »

9 answers

Farukh NaqviSAP with its other acquired applications (APO/ Business Objects /LPO/MII /... more »

Alexander RenzI worked for both SAP and Microsoft Dynamics. Many years ago there was a... more »

ceo247341Back in 1999 JD Edwards made a strategic decision to align with the top... more »

niteshm

Manager - Enterprise Data Management & Analytics at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has anyone compared Informaticta to IBM to SAS for an MDM solution?

Has anyone had experience comparing these solutions? Thanks for your insight. more »

3 answers

swaroopkanth seethapathyHi, Yes our company has actually planned for an MDM solution and we have... more »

Matthew LoschiavoHaving seen those other competitor products, did you guys evaluate Riversand... more »

niteshmThanks Swaroop for your feedback more »

reviewer217836

User

Migrating to Hybris - what should we be taking into consideration?

What are the key areas to plan when migrating from an existing e-commerce platform to Hybris? What should a Hybris project plan look like for an e-commerce site? more »

5 answers

Jose OsorioMost of what I see here, I wholeheartedly agree with. We would need to know... more »

Evan AckermanHi - there are numerous considerations....almost too many to list. But as a... more »

Mike TimbersBuilding a like-for-like replacement eCommerce solution on any major vendor... more »

Anastasia Strokova

Project Leader at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I'm comparing SAS VA vs. SAP BOBJ -- main differentiating factor?

We are considering SAS VA on top of HADOOP YARN platform. However, we are a big SAP BOBJ / BW shop and are moving more in that direction. What does SAS VA offer that BOBJ would not, and how can we build a business case around SAS VA specifically? Based on what I read so far, SAS VA offers a... more »

14 answers

Raymond Tsang"We are considering SAS VA on top of HADOOP YARN platform. " I think that... more »

Rune Lykke-KjeldsenHi Anastasia (and the community), Being employeed with SAS and working... more »

Oscar WijsmanDear Anastasia, Quick answer: correct analysis. As always,... more »

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager

IT Central Station

BI Reports for business users - which BI solutions should we choose?

For a company which has been using SAP BO and Microsoft BI for many years and is looking for a BI solution which business users can use to create reports without involving IT, which solutions are the easiest and the best choice? more »

19 answers

Keith BreedloveI've been looking at these tools for a lot of years from the perspective of... more »

David SelibThe question was ... For a company which has been using SAP BO and... more »

Krish KompellaAll the traditional BI platforms including Business Objects and Microsoft... more »

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager

IT Central Station

Which is a better for reporting, SAP BO or QlikView?

What are your experiences with these solutions? How do they compare to other solutions? Pros and Cons? more »

12 answers

reviewer75321In my experience, Business Objects has enterprise administration and... more »

Patrick de WittI would say they serve different audiences but can also be used at the same... more »

Venkatraman SubramanianSAP - BO is all traditional and extracts data from a structured sources and... more »

Varun

Presales BI at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

What are the differences between Tableau and SAP Business Objects?

What are the differences between Tableau and SAP Business Objects?I’m new to Tableau and I would like to know whether it has any middle layer like there is a Universe in Business Objects? If so, what is it called? more »

5 answers

reviewer77067Basically and besides for some differences between tools, Business Objects... more »

reviewer86880Tableau is a data exploration and visualization tool with an in... more »

Director461Tableau and Business Objects come from two different (although overlapping)... more »

Ron Bayes

Senior HR Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Tableau vs. Business Objects - Which is a better solution for visualization and analysis?

Our HR workforce analytics and process management team have been using Tableau desktop for over a year and found a great deal of benefit from its various features. Our teams deal with a lot of MS Excel and Access files but also have to push data out of key HRIS systems like Workday into Tableau... more »

14 answers

Steve CornettI don’t think it’s one versus the other … but both depending on the use case.... more »

Apostolos BafaloukasIf your HR team feels happy with Tableau and at the same time you can get... more »

Msc001I think you have quite convincingly answered your question. IT made... more »

Ariel Lindenfeld

Sr. Director of Community

IT Central Station

What are some of the reporting tools in WebFOCUS vs. Business Objects?

I am preparing a document on WebFOCUS vs Business Objects and I wanted to know what are the reporting tools in WebFOCUS? As in Business Objects, we have Web intelligence rich and thin clients for reporting and Dashboard design tool for dashboarding purposes. Any help with giving me few names and... more »

7 answers

Dave WallisWebFOCUS and Business Objects have pretty similar capabilities from a... more »

@ANPCI have not used BusinessObjects since the acquisition by SAP, but had... more »

Jake FreivaldI don't want to interfere in a community discussion, but I need to note that... more »

Ariel Lindenfeld

Sr. Director of Community

IT Central Station

Which components of Business Objects do you use most?

3 answers

Privilege MatizanadzoI find a combination of Data Services for ETL, IDT for universe and Webi for... more »

Michael LeinoWe have been using Crystal Reports for many years. For the last 4 years we... more »

Benazir KhanWebI, Universe Designer HTH more »

SAP Consultants

180

Points

Vladimir Semashko

Sr. SAP HCM Consultant

Certified SAP HCM Consultant SAP Certified Application Associate – SuccessFactors Employee Central Q2/2015 - Plan and justify global SAP HR roll outs. Design and deliver due diligence and blueprint, change management plan. - Manage SAP HR implementations: configuration, security, reporting,... more>>

Reviewed SAP HCM: It can provide payroll calculation for more than 50...

150

Points

Shanker Duraibabu

Consultant SAP SuccessFactors

I Consider myself as a solution provider for successFactors LMS, love solving business problems with best practices as methodology. successfully front headed a project as a Lead consultant. Objectives: 1. To work as a SF lead consultant for LMS module for a long run in an organization. 2.... more>>

Reviewed SuccessFactors: Enables provisioning, job scheduling, and a...

100

Points

Jose A. Santos

Head of SAP Business Intelligence

Started the career as COBOL analyst/programmer, sooner I was leading Information System department (IT Management, licensing and dealing with several IT providers, LAN, telecommunications, networking, others). Later I became IT Consultant, first acting as Business Solutions Consultant and after... more>>

Reviewed SAP Business Objects: Issues with versions 4.0 and 4.1

Points

Stuart Knapp

BI Expert

Reviewed SAP Business Objects: New features and more efficient install add value

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Michael Siconolfi

Consultant

Reviewed SAP Data Services: Doing De-Deduplication of data for Data Cleansing is...

Points

Bayram Dabak

Bayram DABAK

Reviewed SAP ERP: Manages and transports changes from the development...

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Santhosh Somasekharan

Principal Consultant

Reviewed SuccessFactors: We like the UI, workflow configuration and...

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Jorge Segarra

Consultant

SQL Server DBA, system administrator, virtualization junkie, blogger, author and speaker.

Reviewed SAP Business Objects: Business Objects on Linux and SQL Server

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John A Gregory

Consultant

Oracle, MySQL - DBA, Developer Business Objects & Crystal Reports Adabas/Natural - DBA, Developer Cobol PHP Delphi

Reviewed SAP Business Objects: Made reporting of data more consistent but SAP BO is...

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Vishal Guthula

Analytics Consultant

Hardwork + confidence = ME Specialties: ITILv3, SAP-BOBJ, SAP-BO Mobile, BO Mobile SDK (android & IOS), BO Admin, SAP-ABAP, JAVA, ORACLE, SQL, WEB DESIGNER To know more about me

Reviewed SAP Business Objects: The security features and flexibility of the product...