SAP Business Objects Edge

SAP Business Objects Edge is a powerful business intelligence choice for midsize companies that want to improve business processes, discover new opportunities, and gain a competitive advantage.

This comprehensive, versatile mid market suite delivers solutions that address any business intelligence requirement – from flexible ad hoc reporting and analysis, to dashboards and visualization, to powerful data integration and quality as well as prepackaged data mart solutions.

Benefits include:

  • Complete BI solution covering reporting, analysis, dashboards, and data integration in a single solution
  • Addresses the needs of all levels of an organization
  • Low cost of ownership – easy to install, deploy, maintain and configure
  • Supports all major corporate applications and databases

Aggressively priced for the SME market.

Features and Functions

  • Ad hoc reporting, query and analysis for business – With SAP BusinessObjects Edge, your decision makers benefit from flexible ad hoc reporting, query and analysis via the Web – without relying on IT. Through an intuitive Web interface, any business professional can access company data – presented in business-friendly terms – analyse it using simple point-and-click, and format it to meet personalised requirements. You have the complete flexibility to access, format and interact with their data both online or offline. “Gut-feel” decisions are replaced by accurate, data-driven decisions.
  • Live data access within Microsoft Office for business analysts – With SAP BusinessObjects Edge, users can conveniently access and use live company data directly in familiar tools like Microsoft Office and SharePoint, making it easier to incorporate that data into presentations, spreadsheets and documents. Because the data is live, it can be instantly updated while retaining all formatting and calculations in the Microsoft Office document. Plus, the information is secured to ensure that colleagues can only view and access the data that they have permission to access.
  • Interactive dashboard viewing for executives and managers – For executives and managers, SAP BusinessObjects Edge lets you deliver personalised business dashboards and visualisations built using Xcelsius, an award-winning dashboard design tool. With simple point-and-click, users can interact with visual sliders and gauges to easily identify new opportunities and challenges. Plus, “what if” analysis lets managers proactively understand the impact of their decisions before they are made. Users can also present multiple business intelligence content in a single view, so you can gain quick, consolidated insight into your business performance.
  • Mobile BI for end users on the go – SAP BusinessObjects Edge offers the capability to deliver content over any wireless device. You can drill and interact on reports and metrics and take immediate action. Deployment is quick, easy and secure, requiring no additional servers. Your users can be notified when a new report has been scheduled or modified. Plus, they can define what types of alerts they want to receive through their mobile devices.
  • Secure, easy-to-understand data for rapid decisions – Information is useless unless you can access and understand it. With SAP BusinessObjects Edge, your business users don’t have to spend time trying to understand the complexities of their data environment. They can benefit from robust data abstraction which presents data in standardised business terms that are easy to understand and trust. End users are empowered with self-service reporting and analysis based on relevant, easy-to-understand information.
  • Rapid deployment options for faster time-to-value – SAP BusinessObjects Edge is designed for rapid deployment so you can quickly start realising the benefits of business intelligence. This affordable package gives you everything you need to get started with your BI needs – from software licences to technical support and from software updates to maintenance services. Choose from a variety of QuickStart Packs for access to a tailored collection of templates and data connections that help you to quickly apply BI to your existing line of business applications or industry needs.

Features & Functions of SAP BusinessObjects Edge with Data Integration

SAP BusinessObjects Edge, the version with data integration can enable you to leverage all the functionality of SAP BusinessObjects Edge, standard package, along with capabilities for:

  • Anytime, anywhere data delivery – SAP BusinessObjects with data integration gives you access to data integration capabilities, allowing your mid-sized company to easily explore, extract, transform and load data anywhere. With this version, you can easily move data volumes in real time or at any interval, allowing you to manage and organise disparate data systems to gain a single view of your organisation.
  • Impact analysis – An integral part of your SAP BusinessObjects Edge with data integration deployment is the unique ability to interchange metadata between the data integration and the BI platform. Metadata integration provides end-to-end impact analysis, allowing you to see the effect of changes in the source systems to the BI reports. As a result, you can easily manage change in your BI environment.
  • Data lineage – Data lineage is another benefit of SAP BusinessObjects Edge with data integration, allowing BI users to view the context of data in their BI reports. Your users can see when data was updated, how it was computed and where it came from – as far back as the original transactional source. With this visibility, your users can trust that the information they are using is reliable.

Features & Functions of SAP BusinessObjects Edge Data Management

When you implement SAP BusinessObjects Edge, the version with data management, you gain all the features and functions of SAP BusinessObjects Edge, standard package and SAP BusinessObjects with data management. Additionally, you can leverage capabilities for:

  • Data quality – The data quality features of SAP BusinessObjects Edge with data management give you the ability to centralise the discovery, correction and prevention of data issues across the organisation. Your users can integrate address verification to ensure data integrity within your contact information at any country level. With trusted, timely and accurate data, your business users will have a solid foundation for decision making.
  • SAP Business Objects Rapid Marts – SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts packages – add-ons for SAP BusinessObjects Edge with data management – provide prepackaged data mart solutions that can deliver faster, higher return on investment. Your deployments can be completed in days because the data marts use preconfigured metadata, such as sample reports, prebuilt data flows, business logic and schema. As a result, you get better insight at a reduced cost.