Excel Add-Ins
Jedox Excel add-in with good reporting and visualisation capabilities, and also a web based interface to its BI and reporting tools. Excellent integration with SAP.
GL Wand is an Excel-based financial reporting tool for finance professionals using SAP Financials for SAP 4.7, ERP 2004/ECC 5.0, or ERP 2005/ECC 6.0. It enables highly efficient and secure financial reporting, and faster refreshes with ad-hoc inquiry and drill downs. GL Wand leverages existing SAP security settings and provides reports with drill-down capabilities that are refreshable on demand, while preserving formatting and Excel formula. There are no middleware or data warehouse requirements.
Reports Wand accesses real time SAP data and saves users from continuously exporting from other tools into Excel and reformatting. Users can easily create and style their own reports in Excel and drill to detail or drill to other related data for advanced analysis. Reports Wand can also help current GL Wand users extend the drill functionality into other modules, helping maximize their reporting capabilities.
Spreadsheet Server for SAP is an Excel add-in that provides live and dynamic SAP reporting and analysis from SAP ERP into Excel. SAP Excel reports can be created from FI, CO, COPA, PCA, SD, MM, PP, QM, PM, HR, PS and Special Purpose Ledgers. Dynamic dashboards can be created which can be accessed, automated and presented with a formula driven methodology, including summary balances and detailed drill downs.
The cloud based Query Exchange allows users to select from pre-built queries and tailor them to meed specific needs.
Winshuttle Query enables functional analysts and business users to use a familiar interface—such as Excel—to create ad-hoc reports from real-time SAP data. Query satisfies governance and audit requirements by complying with organizational-level security and standard SAP table security—a notable improvement over other more limited SAP query tools.It also introduces the patent-pending Adaptive Query Throttling™ technology that optimizes Query performance based on the SAP system load.
BI Platforms
arcplan Enterprise is the most widely-used third-party BI front-end to SAP BW environments. Without any programming, users create reports, planning scenarios, and analyses to the exacting requirements of their companies andseamlessly integrate SAP- and non-SAP data.
Cognos is a large suite of BI and EPM tools, well suited to large organisations. It uses patent-pending, next-generation technology designed specifically for integration and interoperability with SAP applications such as SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse.
Jedox Excel add-in with good reporting and visualisation capabilities, and also a web based interface to its BI and reporting tools. Excellent integration with SAP.
QlikView, through its in-memory associative technology, delivers rapid data visibility and decision-making agility for all business and technical users in a single product. Combines and analyzes data from SAP® R/3®, mySAP™, SAP BW and non-SAP sources (with or without data warehousing).
Tableau supports direct connection to SAP BW data warehouse and SAP HANA. Provides the ability to conduct what-if analysis, and SAP data mash-ups with demographics, market data and other internal or external data sources.
WebFOCUS from Information Builders delivers operational business intelligence with simple, actionable reporting for SAP. Access and integrate all SAP and non-SAP data sources in real time, turn data into relevant, consistent information, and rapidly deliver information to every user in the enterprise – from executives and business analysts, to employees, partners, and customers.
WebFOCUS for SAP significantly reduces the risk, cost, and time associated with moving or transforming data and applications into the business warehouse. You can integrate data silos without moving the data while scaling to handle increasing numbers of concurrent users – without compromising application performance.
SAP has recognized the benefits of WebFOCUS and certified it to be Powered by SAP NetWeaver. Confidently deploy WebFOCUS on the SAP Web Application Server Release 6.40 or higher and deliver certified WebFOCUS iViews into the SAP Enterprise Portal.
Reporting
Every Angle is a out-of-the-box SAP reporting tools platform used for operational business analytics on SAP data and provides horizontal operational BI for the business users on the front line.