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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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IC

Internal Consultant in Utilities

09/27/17

3.5 out of 5

SAP BOBJ

What do you like best? End user friendly, export features, great design optios What do you dislike? dashboard functionality, cannot process hugedatasets Recommendations to others considering the product: Improve dashboard features What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Anlaytics and reporting

IA

Industry Analyst / Tech Writer in Utilities

09/26/17

4 out of 5

BOBJ universe

What do you like best? data and reporting format that allows users to drilldown and drill thru the top level What do you dislike? connectivity. it takes long and takes time to contact IT for support What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? N/A

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Toni S

09/26/17

2.5 out of 5

Business Objects for both large and small businesses.

What do you like best? Business Objects are ideal for any business both big and small. What do you dislike? The interface doesn’t have any problems that I can see. Maybe it can be geared for smaller companies who don’t need all of the extra bells and whistles. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? All business matters can be solved if they fit the appropriate program.

CI

Consultant in Hospital & Health Care

09/26/17

2.5 out of 5

BI Delivery Manager

What do you like best? Lumira allows end users to explore and discover data What do you dislike? Design studio does not blend well with large amount of data. Integration between Design Studio and Webi and lumira is still difficult and requirement expert developer knowledge. Not something business can execute. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Business Self Service - Although still challenging, business already start using BO suite ...

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Amarendar N

09/26/17

4 out of 5

Excellent excellent performance

What do you like best? Performance and processing, ease of use. What do you dislike? replication of data to the cloud and performance with it What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? performance

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Chandra K

09/26/17

4 out of 5

Reporting operational and analytical data and the ease of reporting made simple is the best part,

What do you like best? Web I, Crystal reports, BI Lauch pad, the ease of working with the tool. What do you dislike? Issues with BW connections in the earlier versions of 4.0 What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Profit margin analysis, complex push reports, value realization and business improvements.

UI

User in Health, Wellness and Fitness

09/26/17

4 out of 5

Great experience with the self service capabilities

What do you like best? Self serf capabilities in webi are great. Provides flexibility with analytical reporting What do you dislike? challenges with fixed format reports, would love to see crystal report like capabilities built in webi What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? analytical reporting

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Marty E

09/25/17

3.5 out of 5

SAP Business Objects

What do you like best? Ease of creating dashboards and intelligent reports from multiple applications. Consolidated data. What do you dislike? As will all integration systems the data transformation is cumbersome with non-SAP application data. Recommendations to others considering the product: Recommend for SAP Customers. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We have used this to consolidate reporting from the multiple applications.

CI

Consultant in Higher Education

09/21/17

5 out of 5

Great platform for analytics.

What do you like best? It is upgraded often with all users in mind. What do you dislike? It still has features that are not the easiest to use or are not as intuitive as I would like. Recommendations to others considering the product: With SAP focusing heavily on this software and hana this will be the way to go for dashboard and analytics needs in the future along with hana. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Creating new ...

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UI

User in Retail

09/15/17

3.5 out of 5

Business Intelligence Made Easy

What do you like best? I really enjoyed the drag and drop query capability. When I was using Business Objects, I did not write SQL, and this interface allowed me to pull data in a user-friendly and intuitive way. What do you dislike? Graphing was a nice bonus feature, but I tended to do this outside of Business Objects because updating charts was a time suck. Also, scheduling reports made my life easier but I found that some reports would fail with regularity (and these were simple ...

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