SAP BusinessObjects 5 Named Users - STANDARD
Protiviti, Inc. | BI 4.3 SP4 P1 on Windows 2022Windows, Windows Server 2022 Base 2022 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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SAP Boxi
What do you like best about the product?
The best part about SAP Boxi is being able to retrieve sales data on products information for each division base on a lot of different search criteria.
What do you dislike about the product?
Boxi is known to clock and freeze when searching through a lot of data, so it can become daunting when the search takes a long time to obtain and then only to find out there is no data or the data search failed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Business problems we are solving with Business Objects is; understanding sales data of how products are being sold, how much each division is generating in sales per product, classifying product information, and taking data to analyze sales trend and how to reduce cost in supplier management.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Business is a great tool assessing sales data but most likely will need to improve in their search efficiency and need to be a bit more user friendly.
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SAP Business Objects is Awesome
What do you like best about the product?
I like the ease of use: the information infrastructure is extremely flexible and easy to use. Is a tremendous asset when trying to reduce IT costs and also how to maximize ROI.
What do you dislike about the product?
Find this extremely easy to use when trying to make business decisions. No complaints.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have reduced IT costs by over 15% using Business Objects as a decision making tool. It gives us greater flexibility in this department and reduces so much stress.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
A tremendous piece of software that will help reduce costs and increase ROI. Simple and easy to implement and is extremely flexible. Data can be manipulated to show possible outcomes of decisions and definitely aids in making the right decision.
Pros and Cons of SAP Business Objects
What do you like best about the product?
0. Strong platform for business intelligence
1. Flexible to connect with various data sources such as OLAP, and XML, SharePoint, Java, Microsoft Office and .NET
2.Easy to integrate with LDAP security providers and Single-Sign-On (SSO) solutions for user access and also provide the level of security needed to restrict access
3. Easy to integrate the historical SAP database for reports and does not take much time to pull history like SAP ERP.
4. Multiple BI analysis can be performed to make strategic and tactical decisions
5. Can be linked with SAP visualization tool- SAP lumira and data is easy to handle in MS-Excel and other applications
1. Flexible to connect with various data sources such as OLAP, and XML, SharePoint, Java, Microsoft Office and .NET
2.Easy to integrate with LDAP security providers and Single-Sign-On (SSO) solutions for user access and also provide the level of security needed to restrict access
3. Easy to integrate the historical SAP database for reports and does not take much time to pull history like SAP ERP.
4. Multiple BI analysis can be performed to make strategic and tactical decisions
5. Can be linked with SAP visualization tool- SAP lumira and data is easy to handle in MS-Excel and other applications
What do you dislike about the product?
1. User needs to know specific skill sets to get complete benefit
2. Complex structure of SAP ERP can not be managed efficiently in Business objects and data can mislead for some important decisions.
3. License part is bit difficult to understand for users.
4. Difficult for a non-technical person to understand the system
2. Complex structure of SAP ERP can not be managed efficiently in Business objects and data can mislead for some important decisions.
3. License part is bit difficult to understand for users.
4. Difficult for a non-technical person to understand the system
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Reporting various database which are difficult to pull out SAP -ERP and take huge time
2. Integration of various inputs to provide inputs to operations model
3. Platform for visualization and dashboard to understand performance of global business
This software has reduced waiting time for various database for strategic and tactical business decisions.
2. Integration of various inputs to provide inputs to operations model
3. Platform for visualization and dashboard to understand performance of global business
This software has reduced waiting time for various database for strategic and tactical business decisions.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely for the industries which are looking for improving their work efficient and working in cost reduction direction.
Quick and Easy to Personalize and Use
What do you like best about the product?
I liked the way that you are able to personal the different search functions to find reports especially for you.
What do you dislike about the product?
When first using BI4, it was a bit confusing on what all the tabs and options were, things weren't spelled out very clearly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use this mainly to look into our supplier spends and in looking up specific to see the order quantities and potential future resources.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I think this has got to be the fastest platform I have used. I recommend it, just takes some practice to really see what all it can do.
Sap Products are very helpful and consistent
What do you like best about the product?
the sales support does help. the team is usually gets me answers. Also even though support doesn't answer quickly usually its the correct answers.
What do you dislike about the product?
soemtimes the sales support lacks answering in a timely manner.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
they help me solve my business needs.
Customizable but performance issues
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to run reports ad hoc and customize parameters on which the reports are run.
What do you dislike about the product?
Major performance issues in high volume situations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Business objects is customizable, so customers can have a wide range of report options.
Great Outcomes, Not User Friendly
What do you like best about the product?
There are so many different sales reports you can run that tell you literally anything you want to know. We use this in book publishing, and I can compare sales history for different titles, or compare by BISAC codes, on sale dates, price points, and so much more that I have not tapped into. I probably understand a sixteenth of the entire software.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's not user friendly. You can't just download it and figure out the multiple uses by playing around. You definitely have to have someone teach you, and there are a lot of factors that will change your report completely if you aren't selecting the right groups or categories. The problem is, unless you really know the software, you'll never know if the report you've run is incorrect or what you're looking for.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
At my new company we don't have it, and there is a lot of information we don't have access to. Business Objects allows you to compare sales from any time frame to another time frame whereas the software I now use only gives you YTD. You can't even select specific months.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Put in a rigorous training program for employees.
Very helpful but not very user friendly
What do you like best about the product?
I like how customizable the program is. You can upload all kinds of data to it, and it is then all in one place (attach pdfs, user defined fields, etc)
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like that it is not very forgiving of mistakes. There is no back or undo button so can be frustrating for new users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeping track of inventory and costs. This keeps everything very streamlined.
Not intuitive
What do you like best about the product?
I like the interaction with Excel, I can dump the data into excel and easily do whatever I want with it there
What do you dislike about the product?
Terrible to figure out, not intuitive. Difficult to find what I need.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Pulling data for cost justifications and root cause anaylsis
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Choose something other than SAP!
Everything in 1
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to access. It computed everything and summarized everything like sales. Simple settings.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing that I can't think of since it has everything that we need.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Infos are easy to search.
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