tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450501882056693755.post1477151676967200748..comments2023-09-17T03:16:21.653-07:00Comments on Big Business Intelligence: Culling the CatalogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450501882056693755.post-79358073703905946362012-06-11T10:13:56.149-07:002012-06-11T10:13:56.149-07:00Andreas J.A. (Xeradox):
Right now I see too many ...Andreas J.A. (Xeradox):<br /><br />Right now I see too many tools. Webi, CR 2011, CRE, Analysis, Explorer, SAP Visi, Xcelsius, SAPZEN. If I share your optimistic view then, years from now, SAP users would end up with: Some Webi-CR crossbreed, SAPZEN, SAP BusObjects Explorer, SAP Visi, Analysis... still 5 separate tools, which is about four too many IMHO.<br /><br />In the 21st century I cannot Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450501882056693755.post-72222950135658625932012-06-11T09:26:21.642-07:002012-06-11T09:26:21.642-07:00Thanks for the comment, Timo.
I think the concept...Thanks for the comment, Timo.<br /><br />I think the concept of asking a question and formatting the results is something that less and less true "end" users will be willing to do in the future, and I think that's where things like Explorer will really start taking over for those one of questions.Jamie Oswaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666518343404671277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450501882056693755.post-4837185177640949592012-06-11T09:17:31.847-07:002012-06-11T09:17:31.847-07:00A range of interfaces seems to be inevitable, give...A range of interfaces seems to be inevitable, given the wide breadth of different activities that fall under the notion of "accessing information" and the different types of device -- full clients (the comeback!), web, and mobile devices. But I do hold out hope that we'll be able to have more convergence in the future. <br /><br />One of the biggest changes is from "batch"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669999654996328396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450501882056693755.post-70017831654477091622012-06-11T07:12:02.029-07:002012-06-11T07:12:02.029-07:00Received a comment through the backchannel that I ...Received a comment through the backchannel that I wanted to address.<br /><br />"Right now I see too many tools. Webi, CR 2011, CRE, Analysis, Explorer, SAP Visi, Xcelsius, SAPZEN. If I share your optimistic view then, years from now, SAP users would end up with: Some Webi-CR crossbreed, SAPZEN, SAP BusObjects Explorer, SAP Visi, Analysis... still 5 separate tools, which is about four too Jamie Oswaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666518343404671277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450501882056693755.post-47363876271701329562012-06-11T07:07:00.180-07:002012-06-11T07:07:00.180-07:00Paul,
I purposefully left out the Analysis Suite...Paul, <br /><br />I purposefully left out the Analysis Suite (Zen included) because SAP has had absolutely zero messaging about it to non-BW shops. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't exist. In my humble opinion, SAP would be better served by just making BW work properly in the Universe paradigm and then we could all stop worrying about the differences between BW and everything else. <br Jamie Oswaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666518343404671277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450501882056693755.post-2150037826047267492012-06-10T16:56:08.175-07:002012-06-10T16:56:08.175-07:00Hi Jamie
Good summary. But what about Analysis O...Hi Jamie<br /><br />Good summary. But what about Analysis Office? For the 16,000 SAP BW users this seems the most obvious migration path from BEX. I agree there needs to be a consolidation. Unless my calculations are incorrect I counted 9 BOBJ reporting tools. No wonder customers are confused especially when there is common functionality between tools.<br /><br />The problem is that there arePaul Hawkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227992624109899665noreply@blogger.com