The SAP Analytics Business Intelligence Statement of Direction provides guidance to our SAP BusinessObjects customers on the product directions of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects solutions. We published a new version this month with some important updates which can be found here.
SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud is SAP’s strategic analytics & planning offering and is changing the way our customers run their business, by allowing them to analyze their data in context and to make better and faster decisions. The integration of analytics and planning augmented by AI in one native cloud solution allows to move from insight to action, brings analytics closer to the point of decision, and provides trusted insights from customers’ most valuable data.
SAP Analytics Cloud’s vision is to provide trustworthy analytics consumable by any user from any context. The closed loop from insight to action allows customers to identify challenges, analyze options and execute decisions from one place.
Our knowledge of customer data and integration to business process enable customers to rapidly deploy analytics to address their most important business problems.
Going forward, we have four main investment areas: Enterprise Analytics, eXtended Planning & Analysis, SAP Integration and Generative AI.
SAP BusinessObjects BI
With more than 30 years of innovations, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (SAP BusinessObjects BI) equips thousands of companies which reliably manage enterprise reporting use cases at scale. With upcoming versions following 4.3, available on premise and as managed cloud, your investments are safe beyond 2030.
New maintenance strategy
In alignment with SAP standard maintenance strategy, we will switch from yearly support packages to minor releases every 2 years, with Mainstream Support for 3 years followed by Customer Specific Maintenance. This new model will address the need for more stability while keeping regular updates.
We already plan for a next release, BI 2027, which should be available in Q4 2026, and supported until at least 2029, and we will revisit our roadmap on a regular basis.
Plan your upgrade to BI 4.3
Version 4.2 will reach end of priority one support at the end of 2024.
As many did already, we strongly recommend all customers to upgrade to version 4.3 to benefit from the latest features, up-to-date platforms, connectivity and security standards, and to enjoy a modern user experience for the BI Launchpad and Web Intelligence.
SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 and beyond
We plan to deliver SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 in Q4 2024. With this new release, we will continue the modernization started in version 4.3 and streamline the suite by focusing on the core components while providing alternatives for unsupported ones.
Going forward, our strategy is based on 3 pillars: reach more business users, increase power users’ productivity and reduce total cost of ownership. To maximize the value for our customers, we will focus ongoing investments on the most-widely adopted SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions: SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, single source .unx universes, SAP Crystal Reports, and the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform.
SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office and SAP Lumira Designer will be maintained and supported, but no new feature will be delivered.
We will provide alternatives
With SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025, we will not deliver SAP Lumira Discovery, SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise, SAP BusinessObjects Universe Design Tool and .unv universes, multi-source universes and associated connectivity, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis edition for OLAP, SAP BusinessObjects Live Office and SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, but we are recommending alternatives for all use cases.
We will stop supporting AIX and Solaris after version 4.3 and will focus on Windows and Linux.
Move your analytics to the cloud
For companies willing to move analytics workloads to the cloud, we offer 2 complementary options: SAP BusinessObjects BI operated in a private cloud and SAP Analytics Cloud.
SAP BusinessObjects, private cloud edition is an opportunity to shift from a maintenance contract to a subscription model while leveraging your existing investments in SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions.
SAP Analytics Cloud is recommended for new applications, use cases and users.
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Enjoy right now the full SAP Analytics Business Intelligence Statement of Direction.
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