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What is Business Intelligence (BI)?
The end-to-end process of BI involves analyzing the data generated by businesses, transforming the data into insights, and then leveraging those insights to make optimal decisions. BI tools primarily leverage “descriptive analytics,” because these tools traditionally focus on analyzing the current and historical performance based on data generated by the enterprise.
What is SAP BusinessObjects?
What is Business Intelligence (BI)?
The end-to-end process of BI involves analyzing the data generated by businesses, transforming the data into insights, and then leveraging those insights to make optimal decisions. BI tools primarily leverage “descriptive analytics,” because these tools traditionally focus on analyzing the current and historical performance based on data generated by the enterprise.
What is SAP BusinessObjects?
SAP BusinessObjects (BOBJ) is a centralized BI tool that provides organizations with the ability to perform reporting, create visualizations, and generate real-time BI. BusinessObjects is the on-premises BI layer for SAP’s Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). It is currently among the most widely used BI tools in the SAP technology ecosystem, according to SAPinsider research The Future of Business Intelligence. Key capabilities of this tool are:
- Near-real-time BI
- Increased user autonomy
- On-premise deployment
- Seamless integration with SAP technologies
Key Considerations of SAP BusinessObjects for SAP Users
- Build a foundational analytics culture: While SAP sees the future of analytics in the cloud, primarily in the form of SAP Analytics Cloud, BI tools like BusinessObjects provide a great opportunity to fine-tune the “data-driven culture” aspect of your organization. Success with analytics tools is about the capability to assimilate, absorb, and leverage the tool in day-to-day decision making (SAPinsider research “Analytics in The Cloud”).
- Democratize BI: Modern BI tools like BOBJ have functionalities like drag-and-drop features to build reports, intuitive interfaces, and dashboards that allow business users to leverage these tools without needing any technical or coding skills. Ensure that you put these tools in the hands of more business users.
- Document BI tools in action: A powerful way to capture the value BI tools deliver is to document use cases generated by business users and share these across the organization to promote a data-driven business culture. You can find examples of BusinessObjects use cases on SAPinsider.
- Understand the transition to cloud roadmap: There is no doubt that SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise has amassed an immense userbase. However, as the need for business intelligence evolved, SAP created a new Software as a Service (SaaS) product in SAP Analytics Cloud. SAP has made it clear that the ultimate go-forward solution for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise users is SAP Analytics Cloud. Many SAP BOBJ customers have yet to move to SAP Analytics Cloud, and it is therefore imperative that they start planning this transition strategy. Read more about what product leaders at SAP have to say about this journey to the cloud.
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How to Connect SAP BusinessObjects 4.2 Web Intelligence to an SAP HANA Database Using Direct and Online Access MethodsFeb 21, 2017 — Learn about two new data access options, SAP HANA Direct Access and SAP HANA Online, introduced with SAP BusinessObjects 4.2 for SAP HANA. Learn a step-by-step procedure for creating connections between Web Intelligence with SAP HANA views using these new options. Key Concept A Universe is the semantic layer that resides between the database and […]
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Comparing SAP BusinessObjects vs. SAP Business IntelligenceDec 27, 2025 — SAP BusinessObjects (BO) and SAP Business Intelligence (BI) are distinct yet complementary tools that enable businesses to effectively organize, analyze, and utilize data for informed decision-making and enhanced operational efficiency.
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An Introduction to Security Implementations in the SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformDec 27, 2016 —
Gain an overview of the enterprise security model in the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform. Learn the main differences between the three different types of security-access levels (e.g., object-level, application-level, and data-level) and discover the right case or business scenario in which to use each security-access level. Finally, learn how to create and use a security matrix before implementing security in your organization.
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A Guide for Using Exploration Views and View Sets in SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 4.1May 3, 2016 — Learn how to use SAP BusinessObjects Explorer to rapidly explore data in a highly graphical and intuitive format using views and view sets. The latest release of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer comes with two new components that greatly enhance the user’s ability to analyze and interact with data: exploration views and exploration view sets. Key Concept […]
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: Leveraging New Functionality to Enhance User Experience and Improve Self-ServiceApr 1, 2018 — Panelist: Kristof Gramm, IT-Logix Sponsor: BI & HANA 2018 SAP has introduced a number of new functions with the latest upgrades to SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence. Read this Q&A transcript to get answers about new functionality, and how you can use it to support end users in creating faster and better reports.
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An Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Cloud (Part 1)May 17, 2016 — With SAP simplifying the overall SAP BusinessObjects BI portfolio on the one hand and introducing a new cloud-based offering on the other, companies need to take a close look at SAP BusinessObjects Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Analytics)and its capabilities to evaluate carefully if and when a move to a cloud-based analytics environment is right […]
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What’s New in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office?Oct 5, 2016 — Learn about enhancements that come with the release of SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, versions 2.2 and 2.3. Key Concept SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, is the successor to Business Explorer (BEx) Analyzer. It also now combines the enterprise performance management (EPM) plug-in for SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (BPC)-based deployments. […]
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Discovering the Newest Developments of SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.2Aug 1, 2016 — During this live Q&A session, SAP’s Pierpaolo Vezzosi, Gregory Botticchio, and other members of the SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence product management and product development teams discussed the new innovations and enhancements to SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.2. This Q&A is part of the Q&A and webinar series “Innovating the Core: SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise.” Register for […]
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