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SAP BusinessObjects BI - Business Intelligence Software

SAP BusinessObjects BI Reviews in April 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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SAP BusinessObjects BI Reviews & Ratings

4

Very Good

Based on 1203 ratings & 158 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(58)

Very Good

(75)

Good

(18)

Poor

(6)

Terible

(1)

Expert's Review

SAP Business Intelligence (BI) offers a robust platform for data extraction and reporting, lauded for its user-friendly interface and the ability to run queries in the background without causing disruptions. Users appreciate the straightforward process of extracting data and generating reports, ultimately saving valuable time. Despite initial challenges in ...Read more

SAP BusinessObjects BI pros and cons

  • User-friendly platform that can be utilized without knowledge of SQL query language.

  • Efficient in extracting and exporting data, saving time and enabling real-time data analysis.

  • Provides reusable reports quickly, enhancing productivity.

  • Customizable reporting tools for specific business needs.

  • Steep learning curve for new users, requires time and dedication.

  • Challenges in understanding and using objects and queries without expert guidance.

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Gabrielle C

10/24/17

3.5 out of 5

Needs work

What do you like best? Considering you have the original encrypted file; it's a good way to get the information you need depending what systems you have merged with it. What do you dislike? If you are not consistent with your dates, times, batches, and how you group the info it could render useless. Recommendations to others considering the product: Offline mode still works; depending on what data you are going after. What problems are you solving with the product? What ...

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Ryan P

10/20/17

4 out of 5

Great business tool

What do you like best? You can have all your data in a easy one system. What do you dislike? There are some formulas that need to be added to use. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Time savings on day to day activities.

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Sivakumar K

10/06/17

3.5 out of 5

Powerful Universe inheritence

What do you like best? The concept of inheritence from master and derived universes looks cool. What do you dislike? Limitations of the desktop intelligence for unable to write our own queries on a filter. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We are able to deliver numerous dynamic reports by using this options.

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Administrator in Consumer Goods

10/04/17

5 out of 5

Excellent suite of tools with outstanding support

What do you like best? When SAP bought BOBJ they pretty much retained the support organization and we get responsive, technically competent input from them on a regular basis. Products are updated regularly and with significant improvements. What do you dislike? My only significant complaint is that the licensing arrangements are complicated and don't always flex with the evolution of the products. Just when you start to learn the names of the products, they rebrand them. Makes ...

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User in Internet

10/03/17

4 out of 5

Business Objects Every Day

What do you like best? What do I like best? I use this almost every day to gather client reporting. It is rather quick and very helpful. It is very easy to read and comprehend. Very easy to export and share data with customers/sales partners. What do you dislike? I dislike the ability to customize further. Some reporting lacks customization, but it is easily customizable after being exported. Some reports run slower than others, but they are quick for the most part. Recommendations ...

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User in Computer & Network Security

10/03/17

3 out of 5

Tax perspective

What do you like best? I like a lot of companies use this, so there is a common familiarity among people. What do you dislike? I wish the interface was more user friendly. If there was someway to set up custom reports. Recommendations to others considering the product: Have a user manual . What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I like the ability to drill down to entries, but you have to know click certain places to see that level ...

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User in Information Technology and Services

10/02/17

4.5 out of 5

Power and flexibility

What do you like best? BusinessObjects allows us to quickly analyze our data, so that we can find trends, anomalies, and drill-down on any particular datapoints. What do you dislike? Some features seem overly complex to set up and configure. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We can gain almost real-time access to information.

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Calvin K

09/28/17

5 out of 5

Used for business use for ERP system

What do you like best? -It had variety of different features and short cuts What do you dislike? -It lacked being user friendly and the instructions or help button were too complicated What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? -nothing

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Administrator in Information Services

09/28/17

5 out of 5

Reporting tool with lot of capabilities

What do you like best? It has all the necessary reporting utilities that are required for the reporting. It can connect to different data sources and bring good reporting in different formats along with mobile What do you dislike? Existing reporting tools works fine. New functionalities or features are added in a slow paced manner. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Reporting and collaboration in a single place with good security.

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User in Government Administration

09/28/17

4 out of 5

Pretty awesome software

What do you like best? The modules it has and how easy it is to use. User friendly and easy to learn to create queries and run reports What do you dislike? sometimes errors out but it’s very limited and it’s normally because of the filtering What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Great reporting tool , pulls data needed