We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Tableau, Qlik, Splunk and others in Data Visualization."One of the most valuable features for us is the metadata repository because it can easily understand the lineage of first target mapping. My company and I also find Informatica really easy to use—when a consultant joins our company, in just a few days to a few weeks, they can understand how to use it—so we prefer to use this ETL tool."
"Reusable definition of data sources and the out-of-the-box availability of a large number maplets for common transformation functions."
"In the end, you have structured, proper data for use in an integrated BI solution."
"Can manage a huge quantity of data and provide reliability."
"What I like the most is that we have to deal with less while writing the queries."
"We use Informatica PowerCenter to transfer the transitional database to and from the data warehouse. This is very efficient as it enables us to quickly find our data reports and the data, so we can build AI models."
"The ability to scale through partitions helped us to improve the performance."
"It is an excellent ETL tool."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability and user-friendliness, making it easy to manage."
"The initial setup is not straightforward. You need expertise to do it."
"What I didn't like about it is that the platform itself is not great at distributed processing. When you need high parallel processing, it has some inherent issues. We had to use Java transformation, and it did not go very well. I have heard that it is going to the cloud, but we haven't tried that."
"Compared to solutions offering similar functionalities, Informatica PowerCenter is not very flexible regarding customized integrations."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required, considering the fact that the present licensing charges of the tool are expensive."
"It would be good to recreate the entire interface to make it easier for users to build workflows."
"Its interface can be modernized. It is an old product. I have been working with it for 14 years, and it still looks the same. It hasn't been modernized much. It also needs to handle more modern formats, such as JSON files. It works with the old text files and databases, but it does not always work with the newer, modern stuff. You need to make your own programs to support that kind of stuff. Support is also a kind of difficult with Informatica. They don't do direct support and rely on using their distributors around the globe for support, which means that you kind of have to go through this layer of different companies before you get help."
"It should be more cloud-centric than on-prem-centric."
"The solution could have better documentation on basic steps or blocks that specify what to do."
"The product lacks the ability to manage universal connectivity, so it needs to be made better for users."
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Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 5th in Data Visualization with 78 reviews while SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards is ranked 19th in Data Visualization with 1 review. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Informatica PowerCenter writes "Stable, provides good support, and integrating it with other systems is very fast, but its pricing is expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards writes "An easy scalable, highly stable and user-friendly tool useful for operational reporting". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards is most compared with Apache Superset and SAP Lumira.
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