SAP BI & Analytics

Below we show a concise summary of our recently updated, independent BI & Analytics research on the software vendor SAP and its portfolio of products (such as SAP HANA, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW). SAP BI & Analytics scores better in our survey than Qlik but quite worse than SAS. SAP is outstanding in business intelligence and the least strong in multidimensional models. Within the context of BI & Analytics, we have put together the main advantages and disadvantages of SAP Analytics, and present them by component (business intelligence, big data, artificial intelligence and Data Science). We also point out the highlights of the main products such as SAP HANA, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW et cetera.

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In our survey we looked in detail at the various software products of SAP BI & Analytics software. More than 710 evaluation criteria were examined. The visualization to the right gives good insight into the strengths and weaknesses of SAP Analytics. Please note that Passionned Group is 100% independent of the suppliers in the research. We are not a reseller, we do not make deals or have done business with the supplier. Among other things, we help and advise companies in the proper selection of BI tooling.

The SAP analysis was conducted by collecting a lot of public big data and from there it was extensively analyzed. More than 8,142 documents have reviewed from SAP in recent years. In this analysis process both algorithms and the critical eye of a senior BI expert played a key role in drawing conclusions.

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SAP and their complete BI & Analytics product portfolio

SAP knows (a minimum of) 62 products in the realm of BI & Analytics. Starting with the most popular product of SAP BI & Analytics we list the most important products below:

What is SAP Analytics?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP Business Intelligence

Under this heading, we provide a description of SAP Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP HANA, SAP BW, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Lumira, SAP BI Platform, SAP Cloud Platform, Sybase, SAP Predictive Analytics, SAP Conversational AI, SAP Data Warehouse, SAP Data Services, SQL Anywhere, SAP Data Hub, Fiori Launchpad, SAP Analytics Hub, SAP Leonardo Machine Learning, SAP Web Analytics, SAP Leonardo IoT, SAP Big Data, Rapid Marts, SAP Insurance Analyzer, SAP BEx, SAP Machine Learning, SAP Analytics Designer, SAP Data Science, SAP Enterprise Analytics and Bpmon Analytics. The SAP Analytics can be best defined by the following features:

• analytics
• business intelligence
• data discovery > analysis
• analytics > analytics hub
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
• business intelligence > reporting
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
• analytics > advanced analytics > augmented analytics
• data connectivity > Microsoft Office

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 2, 3 and 4: These three images give a first impression of SAP Analytics. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP HANA?

Other names by which this software product is known: HANA, SAP HANA Platform, SAP S/4 HANA

In this paragraph, we portrait SAP HANA, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP HANA Streaming Analytics, S/4HANA Embedded Analytics, SAP HANA Data Warehousing, SAP HANA Enterprise, SAP HANA Text Analytics and SAP HANA Advanced Analytics. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following functionalities:

• performance optimization > in-memory
• analytics
• artificial intelligence > Python
• performance optimization > in-memory > in-memory database
• data connectivity > SAP Business One
• real-time analytics > real-time
• data governance > data management > SQL
• data connectivity > ABAP
• data integration > data warehouse
• data integration

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of SAP HANA? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 5, 6 and 7: Various figures show the operation of SAP HANA. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP HANA Streaming Analytics?

Under this heading, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP HANA Streaming Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following characteristics:

• big data > streaming
• analytics
• stream analytics
• big data > streaming > data streaming
• real-time analytics > real-time
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• artificial intelligence > machine learning
• data connectivity > Kafka
• data governance > data management > SQL
• BI infrastructure > web services

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAP HANA Streaming Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 8, 9 and 10: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP HANA Streaming Analytics. Click on an image to magnify.

What is S/4HANA Embedded Analytics?

Under this heading, we describe S/4HANA Embedded Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following functionalities:

• analytics
• BI infrastructure > embedded analytics
• real-time analytics > real-time
• business intelligence > reporting
• data discovery > analysis
• business intelligence > reporting > operational reporting
• data connectivity > ABAP
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• data connectivity > OData
• decision management > performance management > KPI

Are you now curious about all properties (100+) of S/4HANA Embedded Analytics? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 11, 12 and 13: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of S/4HANA Embedded Analytics. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is SAP HANA Data Warehousing?

In this section, we provide a description of SAP HANA Data Warehousing, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:

• data integration > data warehousing
• data governance > data management > SQL
• data integration > data warehousing > SQL data warehouses
• data integration > data warehouse
• data governance > data management
• data connectivity > native
• analytics
• data connectivity > ABAP
• BI infrastructure > infrastructure
• performance optimization > in-memory

Do you want to know the intricacies of all characteristics (100+) of SAP HANA Data Warehousing? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 14, 15 and 16: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP HANA Data Warehousing. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP HANA Enterprise?

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP HANA Enterprise, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be defined by the following features:

• BI infrastructure > scalability > Amazon Web Services
• BI infrastructure > infrastructure
• performance optimization > in-memory
• analytics
• data connectivity > connectivity
• business intelligence > reporting
• data integration > data warehousing
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• data integration > data warehouse
• data governance > data management > SQL

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of SAP HANA Enterprise? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 17, 18 and 19: Several images show the operation of SAP HANA Enterprise. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP HANA Text Analytics?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP HANA Text Analysis, SAP HANA Text Mining

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP HANA Text Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. SAP HANA Text Analytics can be best characterized by the following features:

• data discovery > analysis > text analysis
• analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• data connectivity > native
• real-time analytics > real-time
• big data > unstructured data
• data discovery > analysis > sentiment analysis
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP HANA Text Analytics? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 20, 21 and 22: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP HANA Text Analytics. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP HANA Advanced Analytics?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP HANA Advanced Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAP HANA Advanced Analytics can be best characterized by the following characteristics:

• analytics > advanced analytics
• data discovery > analysis
• real-time analytics > real-time
• big data > streaming
• stream analytics
• data governance > data management
• big data > sensors
• artificial intelligence > machine learning
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analysis

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP HANA Advanced Analytics? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 23, 24 and 25: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP HANA Advanced Analytics. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP BW?

Other names by which this software product is known: BW, Business Warehouse, SAP NetWeaver BW

In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP BW, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence. The SAP BW can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

• data integration > data warehouse
• data integration > data warehousing
• business intelligence
• data connectivity > ABAP
• analytics
• data integration > data warehousing > EDW
• performance optimization
• BI infrastructure > scalability
• data discovery > analysis
• business intelligence > reporting

Are you now curious about all properties (100+) of SAP BW? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 26, 27 and 28: These three images give a first impression of SAP BW. Click on an image to make it bigger.

What is SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP NetWeaver, NetWeaver BW

In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best characterized by the following properties:

• data discovery > analysis
• data connectivity > OData
• business intelligence
• data integration > data warehousing
• business intelligence > reporting
• data integration > data warehouse
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• data connectivity > ABAP
• multidimensional models > OLAP
• multidimensional models > cube

Do you want to know the intricacies of all features (100+) of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 29, 30 and 31: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. Click on an image to magnify.

What is SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence?

In this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following characteristics:

• business intelligence > reporting
• data discovery > analysis
• multidimensional models > OLAP
• data integration > data warehousing
• data governance > data management > data transformations
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• data connectivity > XML
• business intelligence > CRM
• BI infrastructure > authentication

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 32, 33 and 34: These three images give a first impression of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is SAP Analytics Cloud?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP Cloud Analytics, SAC

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we display the details of SAP Analytics Cloud, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following properties:

• analytics
• business intelligence
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
• data discovery > analysis
• analytics > advanced analytics > augmented analytics
• data integration > data warehouse
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
• artificial intelligence > machine learning
• artificial intelligence > R

Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of SAP Analytics Cloud? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 35, 36 and 37: These three images give a first impression of SAP Analytics Cloud. Click on an image to make it bigger.

What is SAP Lumira?

Other names by which this software product is known: Lumira

In this part, we describe SAP Lumira, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP Lumira Designer, SAP Lumira Server and Lumira Cloud. The SAP Lumira can be characterized by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence
• data discovery > analysis
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• big data
• data discovery > data visualization > Esri
• data discovery > data visualization
• business intelligence > dashboards
• analytics
• data discovery > analysis > forecasting
• data connectivity

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of SAP Lumira? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 38, 39 and 40: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP Lumira. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Lumira Designer?

Other names by which this software product is known: Lumira Designer

In this section, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP Lumira Designer, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP Lumira Designer can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence
• data discovery > analysis
• business intelligence > dashboards
• business intelligence > reporting
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• data discovery > data visualization > line charts
• data discovery > data visualization
• self-service BI
• analytics

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAP Lumira Designer? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 41, 42 and 43: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Lumira Designer. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Lumira Server?

Other names by which this software product is known: Lumira Server

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAP Lumira Server, including some of its features and any related products. SAP Lumira Server can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence
• data discovery > analysis
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
• analytics
• data discovery > data visualization > Esri
• performance optimization > in-memory
• data discovery
• analytics > location analytics
• business intelligence > enterprise business intelligence
• BI infrastructure > authentication

Are you now curious about all features (100+) of SAP Lumira Server? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 44, 45 and 46: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP Lumira Server. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Lumira Cloud?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Lumira Cloud, including some of its features and any related products. The Lumira Cloud can be characterized by the following features:

• business intelligence
• analytics
• mobile business intelligence
• data discovery > data visualization > scatter charts
• mobile business intelligence > iPad
• business intelligence > dashboards
• business intelligence > reporting
• data discovery > data visualization > Esri
• self-service BI
• data discovery > data visualization

Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of Lumira Cloud? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 47, 48 and 49: Various figures show the operation of Lumira Cloud. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP BI Platform?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP BI, SAP Business Intelligence Platform

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP BI Platform, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Crystal Reports and SAP Mobile BI. SAP BI Platform can be best characterized by the following features:

• business intelligence > reporting
• business intelligence > business intelligence platform
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• analytics
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Security Assertion Markup Language
• data discovery > analysis
• BI infrastructure > operating systems
• BI infrastructure > web services

Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of SAP BI Platform? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 50, 51 and 52: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP BI Platform. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP BusinessObjects?

Other names by which this software product is known: BusinessObjects, BO, Business Objects, SAP Business Objects, SAP BO, BOBJ

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP BusinessObjects, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP Businessobjects BI, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics, SAP Businessobjects Design Studio, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, SAP Businessobjects Financial Consolidation and SAP BussinessObjects Edge. SAP BusinessObjects can be best defined by the following properties:

• business intelligence
• analytics
• business intelligence > reporting
• business intelligence > business intelligence platform
• data discovery > analysis
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• multidimensional models > OLAP
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
• data connectivity > Microsoft Office

Are you curious about all elements (100+) of SAP BusinessObjects? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 53, 54 and 55: These three images give a first impression of SAP BusinessObjects. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence?

Other names by which this software product is known: WEBI, Web Intelligence

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence can be characterized by the following features:

• business intelligence > reporting
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• business intelligence > business intelligence platform
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
• analytics
• data discovery > analysis
• data connectivity > OData
• data connectivity > connectivity

Are you now curious about all the functions (100+) of SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 56, 57 and 58: Several images show the operation of SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP Businessobjects BI?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we display the details of SAP Businessobjects BI, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:

• business intelligence
• analytics
• business intelligence > reporting
• business intelligence > business intelligence platform
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Single Sign-On
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• data discovery > analysis
• BI infrastructure > authentication > OAuth
• business intelligence > dashboards

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of SAP Businessobjects BI? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 59, 60 and 61: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP Businessobjects BI. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards?

Other names by which this software product is known: BusinessObjects Dashboards, SAP Businessobjects Dashboard

In this part, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards can be best characterized by the following properties:

• business intelligence > dashboards
• business intelligence
• analytics
• business intelligence > reporting
• data connectivity > Microsoft Office
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > iOS
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• data discovery > analysis

Do you want to know everything about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 62, 63 and 64: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics?

Other names by which this software product is known: BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics

Under this heading, we display the details of SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
• data discovery > analysis
• business intelligence
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive modeling > predictive models
• data connectivity > native
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analysis
• artificial intelligence > data mining
• data discovery > analysis > forecasting
• analytics > expert analytics

Are you now curious about all the functions (100+) of SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 65, 66 and 67: Several images show the operation of SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Businessobjects Design Studio?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP Design Studio

In this part, we display the details of SAP Businessobjects Design Studio, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP Businessobjects Design Studio can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence > dashboards
• data discovery > analysis
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• big data > streaming
• business intelligence > reporting
• big data > streaming > streaming data
• mobile business intelligence > iPad
• analytics
• data discovery > data visualization

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAP Businessobjects Design Studio? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 68, 69 and 70: These three images give a first impression of SAP Businessobjects Design Studio. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP BusinessObjects Analysis?

In this part, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, including some of its features and any related products. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis can be defined by the following functionalities:

• data discovery > analysis
• multidimensional models > OLAP
• data connectivity > Microsoft Office
• business intelligence
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• business intelligence > reporting
• analytics
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• data discovery > data visualization > pivot charts
• BI infrastructure > authentication > PAM

Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAP BusinessObjects Analysis? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 71, 72 and 73: Various figures show the operation of SAP BusinessObjects Analysis. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP Businessobjects Financial Consolidation?

Other names by which this software product is known: BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAP Businessobjects Financial Consolidation, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following functionalities:

• decision management > performance management > financial consolidation
• business intelligence > reporting > IFRS
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• decision management > performance management
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• decision management > performance management > financial planning
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Single Sign-On
• multidimensional models > cube

Are you curious about all features (100+) of SAP Businessobjects Financial Consolidation? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 74, 75 and 76: Various figures show the operation of SAP Businessobjects Financial Consolidation. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP BussinessObjects Edge?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP BussinessObjects Edge, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP BussinessObjects Edge can be best characterized by the following properties:

• business intelligence > reporting
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
• analytics
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• data integration
• business intelligence > dashboards
• business intelligence > enterprise business intelligence
• data connectivity > Informix

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAP BussinessObjects Edge? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is SAP Crystal Reports?

Other names by which this software product is known: Crystal Report, Crystal Reports

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe SAP Crystal Reports, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP Crystal Server. This product can be characterized by the following properties:

• business intelligence > reporting
• business intelligence
• BI infrastructure > authentication > PAM
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• business intelligence > reporting > interactive reports
• BI infrastructure > SDK
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• business intelligence > dashboards
• data connectivity > SAP Business One
• data governance > data management > SQL

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of SAP Crystal Reports? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 77, 78 and 79: Several images show the operation of SAP Crystal Reports. Click on an image to magnify.

What is SAP Crystal Server?

In this section, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP Crystal Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence > reporting
• business intelligence
• self-service BI
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• data connectivity > SAP Business One
• analytics
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
• data discovery
• business intelligence > business intelligence platform
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of SAP Crystal Server? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 80, 81 and 82: Various figures show the operation of SAP Crystal Server. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP Mobile BI?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we portrait SAP Mobile BI, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP BI Mobile Server. SAP Mobile BI can be best characterized by the following features:

• business intelligence
• mobile business intelligence > Android
• business intelligence > reporting
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Single Sign-On
• business intelligence > dashboards
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > iOS
• mobile business intelligence > mobile server
• mobile business intelligence > iPad
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Kerberos

Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAP Mobile BI? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 83, 84 and 85: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Mobile BI. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP BI Mobile Server?

Under this heading, we provide a description of SAP BI Mobile Server, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAP BI Mobile Server can be characterized by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence
• mobile business intelligence > mobile server
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Single Sign-On
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• mobile business intelligence
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Security Assertion Markup Language
• business intelligence > dashboards
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > iOS
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Kerberos

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP BI Mobile Server? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 86, 87 and 88: Several images show the operation of SAP BI Mobile Server. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Cloud Platform?

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP Cloud Platform, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAP Cloud Platform can be defined by the following functionalities:

• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• data connectivity > ABAP
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• BI infrastructure > API > API management
• big data > IoT
• business intelligence > dashboards
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Security Assertion Markup Language
• analytics
• BI infrastructure > scalability > Amazon Web Services

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAP Cloud Platform? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 89, 90 and 91: Several images show the operation of SAP Cloud Platform. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Sybase?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Sybase, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP IQ, SAP Sybase Replication Server and SAP Sybase Adaptive Server. Sybase can be best characterized by the following features:

• data governance > data management > SQL
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• data connectivity > ODBC
• data connectivity > JDBC connectivity
• analytics
• data governance > data management > SQL > SQL database
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > AIX
• data governance > data management
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud services

Are you curious about all features (100+) of Sybase? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 92, 93 and 94: Several images show the operation of Sybase. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP IQ?

Other names by which this software product is known: Sybase IQ

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP IQ, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following functionalities:

• analytics
• big data
• data governance > data management > SQL
• data integration > data warehousing
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• big data > big data analytics
• big data > data lakes
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• business intelligence
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of SAP IQ? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 95, 96 and 97: Several images show the operation of SAP IQ. Click on an image to make it bigger.

What is SAP Sybase Replication Server?

Other names by which this software product is known: Sybase Replication Server

In this paragraph, we display the details of SAP Sybase Replication Server, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAP Sybase Replication Server can be best characterized by the following features:

• real-time analytics > real-time
• data governance > data management > data replication
• real-time analytics > real-time data
• data governance > data management > CDC
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
• business intelligence > reporting
• data governance > data management > SQL
• big data > massive volumes
• data governance > data management
• data connectivity > ODBC

Do you want to know everything about all features (100+) of SAP Sybase Replication Server? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 98, 99 and 100: Various figures show the operation of SAP Sybase Replication Server. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Sybase Adaptive Server?

Other names by which this software product is known: Sybase Adaptive Server

In this part, we describe SAP Sybase Adaptive Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best defined by the following functionalities:

• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
• data governance > data management > SQL
• real-time analytics > real-time
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > AIX
• data governance > data management
• data connectivity > JDBC connectivity
• real-time analytics > real-time data
• business intelligence
• BI infrastructure > high availability
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface

Are you curious about all elements (100+) of SAP Sybase Adaptive Server? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 101, 102 and 103: Several images show the operation of SAP Sybase Adaptive Server. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP Predictive Analytics?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP Predictive Analysis

In this section, we describe SAP Predictive Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Native Spark Modeling. This product / group of products can be defined by the following features:

• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
• data discovery > analysis
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive modeling > predictive models
• artificial intelligence > machine learning
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analysis
• artificial intelligence > algorithms
• analytics > advanced analytics > automated analytics
• artificial intelligence > Python
• analytics > advanced analytics

Do you want to know everything about all characteristics (100+) of SAP Predictive Analytics? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 104, 105 and 106: Several images show the operation of SAP Predictive Analytics. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Native Spark Modeling?

In this section, we portrait Native Spark Modeling, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following features:

• data connectivity > Hadoop Spark
• analytics
• data connectivity > native
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
• data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
• big data
• data connectivity > Spark > Apache Spark
• analytics > advanced analytics > automated analytics
• data connectivity > ODBC
• data discovery > analysis

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Native Spark Modeling? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 107, 108 and 109: Several images show the operation of Native Spark Modeling. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Conversational AI?

Under this heading, we provide a description of SAP Conversational AI, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:

• artificial intelligence
• AI > conversational AI
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• AI > conversational AI > conversational AI chatbot
• artificial intelligence > natural language processing > natural language
• artificial intelligence > Python
• data connectivity > Slack
• BI infrastructure > scalability > Amazon Web Services
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Conversational AI? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 110, 111 and 112: Several images show the operation of SAP Conversational AI. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP Data Warehouse?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP Data Warehousing

In this paragraph, we describe SAP Data Warehouse, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:

• data integration > data warehouse
• data integration > data warehousing
• analytics
• data governance > data management > SQL
• business intelligence
• data integration
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Security Assertion Markup Language
• data integration > data warehousing > SQL data warehouses

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Data Warehouse? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 113, 114 and 115: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Data Warehouse. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Data Services?

In this section, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAP Data Services, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP Agile Data Preparation, SAP Data Quality Management, SAP Master Data Management and SAP Data Management. The product SAP Data Services can be best defined by the following properties:

• data connectivity > OData
• business intelligence
• data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
• BI infrastructure > repository
• data governance > data management
• data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
• data governance > data management > SQL
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
• data governance > data quality

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of SAP Data Services? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 116, 117 and 118: Several images show the operation of SAP Data Services. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP BusinessObjects Data Services?

Other names by which this software product is known: Business Objects Data Services, BusinessObjects Data Services

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence
• BI infrastructure > repository
• data governance > data management > MDM
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• analytics
• business intelligence > business intelligence platform
• data integration
• data connectivity > connectivity
• data governance > data quality
• data discovery > analysis > sentiment analysis

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of SAP BusinessObjects Data Services? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 119, 120 and 121: Various figures show the operation of SAP BusinessObjects Data Services. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is SAP Agile Data Preparation?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP Agile Data Preparation, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following characteristics:

• data governance > data management > data preparation
• data integration > data hub
• data governance > data quality
• data governance > data management > SQL
• data discovery > analysis
• data governance > data management
• data integration
• data governance > data management > data migration
• data governance > data management > MDM
• data governance > data lineage

Are you curious about all features (100+) of SAP Agile Data Preparation? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 122, 123 and 124: These three images give a first impression of SAP Agile Data Preparation. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Data Quality Management?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP Data Quality Management, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following properties:

• data governance > data quality > data quality management
• data governance
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• business intelligence > CRM
• data governance > data management
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• data governance > data quality > data quality rules
• data connectivity > OData

Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of SAP Data Quality Management? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 125, 126 and 127: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Data Quality Management. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is SAP Master Data Management?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP Master Data Management, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:

• data governance > data management > MDM
• data governance > data management
• data governance > data quality
• data integration
• data governance > data quality > data quality management
• analytics
• performance optimization > in-memory
• decision management > performance management > KPI
• data integration > data hub

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of SAP Master Data Management? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 128, 129 and 130: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Master Data Management. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Data Management?

In this paragraph, we describe SAP Data Management, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAP Enterprise Data Management. This product can be defined by the following properties:

• data governance > data management
• data governance
• analytics
• data governance > data management > MDM
• data integration
• business intelligence > reporting
• data governance > data quality
• data governance > data management > data migration
• big data
• data integration > data warehouse

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Data Management? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 131, 132 and 133: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Data Management. Click on an image to magnify.

What is SAP Enterprise Data Management?

In this section, we provide a description of SAP Enterprise Data Management, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following properties:

• data governance > data management
• data integration
• enterprise data management
• real-time analytics > real-time
• performance optimization > in-memory
• data governance > data quality > data profiling
• analytics
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud services
• big data > IoT

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of SAP Enterprise Data Management? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 134, 135 and 136: Several images show the operation of SAP Enterprise Data Management. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is SQL Anywhere?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP SQL Anywhere

In this paragraph, we provide a description of SQL Anywhere, including some of its features and any related products. The product SQL Anywhere can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

• data governance > data management > SQL
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• data connectivity > ODBC
• data connectivity > JDBC connectivity
• big data > IoT
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• data governance > data management
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
• artificial intelligence > Python
• BI infrastructure > authentication

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of SQL Anywhere? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 137, 138 and 139: Overlying figures show the operation of SQL Anywhere. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Data Hub?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP Data Hub, including some of its features and any related products. SAP Data Hub can be characterized by the following features:

• data integration > data hub
• BI infrastructure > scalability > kubernetes
• big data
• data connectivity > ABAP
• artificial intelligence > machine learning
• data integration
• performance optimization > data pipelines
• data governance > data management
• big data > data lakes

Do you want to know the intricacies of all features (100+) of SAP Data Hub? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 140, 141 and 142: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP Data Hub. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is Fiori Launchpad?

In this paragraph, we provide a description of Fiori Launchpad, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following characteristics:

• data discovery > data visualization > tiles
• data connectivity > ABAP
• data discovery > analysis
• business intelligence
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• BI infrastructure > authentication > Security Assertion Markup Language
• performance optimization > caching
• BI infrastructure > repository
• data connectivity > OData
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Fiori Launchpad? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 143, 144 and 145: Various figures show the operation of Fiori Launchpad. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Analytics Hub?

In this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAP Analytics Hub, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:

• analytics > analytics hub
• business intelligence
• data integration > data hub
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• business intelligence > reporting
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
• data discovery > data visualization > tiles
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
• data discovery > analysis

Are you curious about all properties (100+) of SAP Analytics Hub? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 146, 147 and 148: Several images show the operation of SAP Analytics Hub. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Leonardo Machine Learning?

Other names by which this software product is known: SAP Leonardo ML

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP Leonardo Machine Learning, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:

• artificial intelligence > machine learning
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• artificial intelligence
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• artificial intelligence > computer vision > image classification
• analytics
• data connectivity > ABAP
• big data
• artificial intelligence > machine learning > machine learning models
• big data > IoT

Do you want to know everything about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Leonardo Machine Learning? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 149, 150 and 151: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP Leonardo Machine Learning. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Web Analytics?

In this paragraph, we describe SAP Web Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following features:

• analytics > web analytics
• business intelligence > reporting
• BI infrastructure > SaaS
• business intelligence
• data connectivity > ABAP
• data discovery > data visualization > heat maps
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• data integration > data warehousing
• business intelligence > dashboards

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Web Analytics? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 152, 153 and 154: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Web Analytics. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is SAP Leonardo IoT?

In this section, we portrait SAP Leonardo IoT, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP Leonardo IoT can be characterized by the following features:

• big data > IoT
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• real-time analytics > real-time
• big data > sensor data
• analytics
• BI infrastructure > scalability > Amazon Web Services
• artificial intelligence
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• big data
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Leonardo IoT? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 155, 156 and 157: Overlying figures show the operation of SAP Leonardo IoT. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Big Data?

Under this heading, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAP Big Data, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP Big Data can be best defined by the following characteristics:

• big data
• data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
• analytics
• data integration > data hub
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• real-time analytics > real-time
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive modeling > predictive models
• big data > unstructured data
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
• artificial intelligence

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Big Data? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 158, 159 and 160: Various figures show the operation of SAP Big Data. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Rapid Marts?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Rapid Marts, including some of its features and any related products. The product Rapid Marts can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence > reporting
• business intelligence
• data integration > data warehousing > data mart
• data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
• analytics
• data integration > data warehouse
• business intelligence > dashboards
• decision management > performance management > financial consolidation
• business intelligence > reporting > IFRS
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of Rapid Marts? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 161, 162 and 163: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Rapid Marts. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Insurance Analyzer?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAP Insurance Analyzer, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following functionalities:

• business intelligence > reporting > IFRS
• data connectivity > XML
• artificial intelligence > R
• decision management > performance management
• real-time analytics > real-time insights
• data governance > data management
• real-time analytics > real-time
• data discovery > analysis
• data governance > data quality

Do you want to know everything about all characteristics (100+) of SAP Insurance Analyzer? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 164, 165 and 166: Various figures show the operation of SAP Insurance Analyzer. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP BEx?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAP BEx, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP BEx can be defined by the following characteristics:

• business intelligence > reporting
• business intelligence
• data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
• data discovery > analysis
• BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
• analytics
• data connectivity > OData
• BI infrastructure > authentication
• data connectivity > ABAP
• data connectivity > Microsoft Office

Are you now curious about all features (100+) of SAP BEx? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 167, 168 and 169: These three images give a first impression of SAP BEx. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP Machine Learning?

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP Machine Learning, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following characteristics:

• artificial intelligence > machine learning
• artificial intelligence
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
• artificial intelligence > algorithms
• BI infrastructure > scalability > cloud platform
• artificial intelligence > machine learning > machine learning models
• artificial intelligence > R
• artificial intelligence > Python
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface

Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of SAP Machine Learning? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 170, 171 and 172: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Machine Learning. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP Analytics Designer?

Under this heading, we report the (main) characteristics of SAP Analytics Designer, including some of its features and any related products. The SAP Analytics Designer can be defined by the following characteristics:

• analytics
• BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
• data discovery > analysis
• artificial intelligence > R
• analytics > cloud analytics
• business intelligence > dashboards
• data connectivity > OData
• business intelligence > reporting > number formatting
• analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics

Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of SAP Analytics Designer? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 173, 174 and 175: These three images give a first impression of SAP Analytics Designer. Click on the image to magnify.

What is SAP Data Science?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe SAP Data Science, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAP Data Science can be characterized by the following features:

• artificial intelligence > data science
• artificial intelligence > machine learning
• analytics
• data connectivity > ABAP
• data discovery > analysis
• data integration > data hub
• business intelligence > reporting
• artificial intelligence > R
• data discovery > analysis > forecasting
• big data > IoT

Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of SAP Data Science? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 176, 177 and 178: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of SAP Data Science. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is SAP Enterprise Analytics?

In this section, we provide a description of SAP Enterprise Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best characterized by the following characteristics:

• analytics
• business intelligence > enterprise business intelligence
• data connectivity > SAP Business One
• analytics > people analytics
• business intelligence > reporting
• artificial intelligence
• data connectivity > OData
• business intelligence > dashboards
• data discovery > analysis

Do you want to know everything about all the functionalities (100+) of SAP Enterprise Analytics? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 179, 180 and 181: Several images show the operation of SAP Enterprise Analytics. Click on an image to magnify.

What is Bpmon Analytics?

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Bpmon Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. The product Bpmon Analytics can be best defined by the following characteristics:

• analytics > business process analytics
• analytics > process analytics
• business intelligence > business process monitoring
• data discovery > analysis
• business intelligence > reporting
• real-time analytics > real-time
• BI infrastructure > infrastructure
• business intelligence > dashboards
• decision management > performance management > KPI

Do you want to know the intricacies of all properties (100+) of Bpmon Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Figure 182, 183 and 184: Several images show the operation of Bpmon Analytics. Click on the image to make it bigger.

Innovations of SAP Analytics-tools and the version history

Lately, we see a stable trend when it comes to BI & Analytics functionality and support for various platforms and data sources. The latest added ‘gadgets’ are in the areas of performance optimization > in-memory > in-memory cubes, data discovery > analysis > sales funnel analysis and business intelligence > reporting > paginated reports.

We reviewed SAP’s latest updates of its product portfolio. Below you can see the respective version numbers of all the ones known to us BI & Analytics products of SAP:

• Fiori Launchpad: 2022 2.0
• Rapid Marts: October 2009 4.0
• SAP Analytics Cloud: 2023.04 2023.03 2023.02 2022.21 2022.04
• SAP BusinessObjects: 10.0 4.2
• SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Office: 2.4
• SAP Businessobjects BI: 4.3 sp2 4.3 sp03 4.3 sp02 4.3 sp01 4.3 4.2 sp08 4.2 sp04
• SAP Businessobjects BI Platform: 4.3 sp2 4.3 sp00 4.3
• SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards: 4.1 4.0
• SAP BusinessObjects Data Services: 4.0
• SAP Businessobjects Design Studio: 1.6 1.5 1.1
• SAP Businessobjects Financial Consolidation: 10.1 sp05 10.1 sp03 10.1 10.0
• SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics: 3.2 3.1
• SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: 4.3 4.2
• SAP BW: 7.50 7.0
• SAP Conversational AI: August 2021 May 2021 February 2021 2023
• SAP Crystal Reports: 2020 2016 2011
• SAP Crystal Server: 2020 2016 2013
• SAP Data Hub: 2.7 2.5 2.3
• SAP Data Services: 4.3
• SAP HANA: 2.0
• SAP HANA Streaming Analytics: 2.0
• SAP Insurance Analyzer: 2.0 sp04 2.0
• SAP IQ: 16.1 sp05 16.1 16.0
• SAP Lumira: 2.4 2.3 2.2 sp0 2.1 2.0 1.31 1.29
• SAP Lumira Designer: 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.0
• SAP Lumira Server: 1.17
• SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence: 7.0
• SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse: 7.3
• SAP Sybase Replication Server: 15.7.1 sp100 15.7
• SQL Anywhere: 17.0 sp1 pl09 17.0 16.0 sp86 16.0 sp84 16.0 sp82 16.0 sp81 16.0.0 12.0.1 11.0.1
• Sybase: 7.1.9 1.4
• Xcelsius: 2008 12.0 4.5 4.0

Behind each product we mention the version numbers, the older the version the more backward the version is in the list.

What are the licensing costs of SAP HANA, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW?

It is difficult to determine exactly what a license of SAP HANA, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW costs because it depends on the country, the number of users (also consider the amount of CPUs for server versions), the connectors to data sources, and at what point in the year you request a quote. And before the end of a fiscal quarter of SAP, you may be able to look forward to a decent discount. In addition, we recommend running the software in the cloud, for the most part, you only pay for your consumption then. The purchase cost of SAP HANA, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW may not be the single largest expense, but maintenance and support can certainly put quite a strain on your annual budget.

What makes SAP BI & Analytics unique compared to other BI platforms

In our study, we see that SAP in the field of BI & Analytics software has several specific features which emerged distinctively in our research. This makes SAP Analytics more or less unique: forward fit, conversational AI chatbot, text data processing, behavioral analytics and geospatial analysis.

The advantages and disadvantages of SAP Analytics

Figure 185: Tag cloud of the strengths and weaknesses of SAP BI & Analytics

In the following paragraphs, we name all the advantages and disadvantages of SAP BI & Analytics, SAP HANA, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW, et cetera. The listing in the following paragraphs is subject to change, because: SAP can currently work to improving existing and developing new functionality at this time (such as support for iOS, machine learning models, logistic regression and fact tables). It may also be that a feature has not yet been adequately described.

Share your experience with SAP BI & Analytics

Report your experience with SAP BI & Analytics here. Your observations may then be taken into consideration in an even better assessment of the performance of SAP Analytics.

In which sectors is SAP BI & Analytics most active?

In our recently updated, independent BI & Analytics research on, we also looked at which industries a supplier has a track record. These are the industries where SAP is most popular: automotive, banking, energy, fashion, financial services, food, health care, higher education, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, pharma, public sector, retail, steel, universities and utilities.

SAP software is most used by…

The BI & Analytics software from SAP is most often mentioned in combination with the following functions: analytics designer, business analysts, data scientists, Database Administrators, director, finance professionals, information steward, marketers, product manager and senior consultant.

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Education and training course SAP BI & Analytics

We provide various training courses in the field of BI & Analytics but can also provide specific SAP training, for example as incompany. Then think about the following software: SAP HANA, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW. Of course we color such a training with the ideas of the intelligent, data-driven organization.

Final Verdict: SAP Analytics scores eminent

SAP has a extensive product portfolio with which it scores eminent in our BI & Analytics survey. SAP BI & Analytics innovates (approximately) at an average rate of more than 15 features per year, is active (for now) in lots of different sectors, and has developed best in business intelligence.

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