Features of SAP BI solution-
SAP's BI strategy emphasizes collaboration, and the goal is to make BI tools work collaboratively and effectively in the upstream, middle and downstream of the enterprise. The BI product portfolio of SAP Business Objects is aimed at decision makers, analysts and business people, while SAP is used in the operation department. These two products complement each other and cover all aspects of BI application.
For each functional module of BI solution, SAP is mainly realized by two tools: one is SAP BW, which integrates data warehouse, data mining and result display; Second, the BI platform focusing on front-end analysis, presentation and reporting-SAP BusinessObjects XI. SAP BW is a classic product of sap in data warehouse and business intelligence, and the highlight of SAP Business Objects XI lies in its world-class crystal report and OLAP analysis engine designed for financial and business analysts. The seamless integration of the two further expands the original advantages.
On the other hand, operating BI is an important technical goal of SAP for a long time. Using BI to obtain more data of ERP system and supply chain system is an important strategy for SAP to consolidate its position in ERP market and expand new markets. Operating BI can realize real-time customer performance analysis through SAP ERP system (or data warehouse), and support business intelligence analysis by using open database. Users can easily find problems in ERP workflow in time, so as to modify and optimize the operation in real time and improve the performance of the operation.
The full name of SAS system is Statistics Analysis System, which was first written by two graduate students of biostatistics at the University of North Carolina. 1976, SAS software institute was established and SAS software was officially launched. SAS is a large-scale integrated information system for decision support, but the earliest function of the software system is limited to statistical analysis, which is still an important part and core function. The current version of SAS is version 9.0, and its size is about1g. After years of development, SAS has been adopted by nearly 30,000 organizations in more than 20 countries and regions around the world, with more than 3 million direct users, covering financial, medical and health, production, transportation, communication, government, education, scientific research and other fields. In the field of data processing and statistical analysis, SAS system is known as the international standard software system, and was selected as the first choice product for establishing database in 1996 ~ 1997. Is a giant in the field of statistical software.
Features of SAS BI solution-
SAS has dozens of BI-related tools and extended products, covering all aspects of BI applications. These tools can be combined into BI solutions for various industries and applications. Coupled with the leading technology of SAS in data analysis and data mining, SAS BI solution has an absolute advantage in the core project of BI-finding valuable information in massive data. The advantages of SAS products are that they include reports, KPIs and other analytical tools for specialized business needs; Advanced analysis functions can be effectively embedded into reports, dashboards and other applications; It provides data loading memory analysis and very good visualization effect, as well as more business analysis functions. Its disadvantage is that it is expensive and difficult to use: many data processing and advanced analysis tasks require SAS programming language, which creates technical obstacles for those who lack relevant technology. In addition, SAS BI is not flexible.