White Paper
QlikView - Using Complimentary Business Intelligence Software with SAP®
Author: Helmuth Guembel, Managing Partner for Strategy Partners International
This paper is intended for CIOs making investment decisions
in an SAP® environment. The decision to use complementary software
packages like QlikView with SAP® is challenging. This paper outlines
when QlikView is an appropriate choice in light of SAP®'s NetWeaver
strategy.
In a time where information needs are constantly changing, where
there is an abundance of data and yet a lack of information, interest
in analytical tools is growing day by day. Unfortunately it is
difficult, complicated and expensive to get to quick and easy to
understand information.
Centralized data often originates from very different systems; even
when a company has standardized on products from a single applications
vendor such as SAP® the environment can be very heterogeneous due to
different software release levels. SAP®’s product line includes a
business intelligence product. Users found the product to be quite
useful in a number of analytical roles and well suited for the
construction of complex data warehouses, but they also were quick to
recognize that it requires lengthy and expensive preparations.
Among complementary software solutions, QlikView is an attractive
alternative when companies need quick data analysis and do not require
a complex Data Warehouse or Data Mart.
As one user put it: "Using QlikView it took us a day and a half to
fulfill 80% of requirements that we had not been able to satisfy in
year and a half."