It’s time to start thinking about SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3. But it’s also time to consider cloud-based analytics. No doubt you’ve heard about SAP Analytics Cloud, a relatively new offering from SAP that can connect to cloud-based data sources as well as on-premise data sources via a connector to your SAP BusinessObjects platform. But did you know that the SAP BusinessObjects platform itself can reside in the cloud?
In 2020, there are four basic patterns for running SAP analytics, summarized in the diagram below. Which one you choose will depend on where the majority of your corporate data resides. If most of your corporate data remains on-premise, you’ll likely choose one of the first two patterns, where the SAP BusinessObjects platform remains on-premise, with or without connectivity to SAP Analytics Cloud. If your corporate data has migrated to a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, you’ll likely choose one of the last two patterns, where the SAP BusinessObjects platform is hosted in a public cloud, again with or without connectivity to SAP Analytics Cloud.
SAP Analytics Cloud, of course, is hosted in SAP Cloud Platform as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). SAP BusinessObjects can be hosted in SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) as Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Or it can be hosted in various public clouds using their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Below I’ve reproduced the supported cloud platforms from the latest SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.2 SP8 supported platforms (PAM), dated February 16, 2020.
| Cloud Vendor | Relevant SAP Note |
| AWS | SAP Note 1656099 |
| Azure | SAP Note 2145537 |
| IBM | SAP Note 2279688 |
| Alibaba | SAP Notes 2314398 and 2688086 |
| Google Cloud Platform | SAP Note 2638880 |
| Oracle | SAP Note 2650732 |
For more than 11 years, EV Technologies has helped organizations of all sizes deploy the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform. Our customer portfolio includes dozens that have deployed on-premise as well as several who have deployed to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Is your current SAP BusinessObjects landscape ready for SAP BusinessObjects 4.3? Should your organization’s analytics be floating in the cloud? Give us a call or send us a note today so we can create a roadmap for your organization’s unique goals.