SAP Data Quality Management vs SAP Information Steward comparison

SAP Data Quality Management vs. SAP Information Steward

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Data Quality Management

Ranking in Data Quality

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Information Steward

Ranking in Data Quality

9th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Metadata Management (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of SAP Data Quality Management is 7.5%, down from 13.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Information Steward is 6.1%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Quality

Featured Reviews

Rene Dorantes

IT Manufacturing Intelligence Chief at Productos Laminados de Monterrey

Scalable, stable, and offers good technical support

SAP Data Quality Management would be better if it directly integrates with the ME system. Right now, the company has a lot of machines on the shop floor working as a standalone, so you have to use all methods to ensure that the data interface appears on the ME system and that SAP Data Quality Management records the QM results. It would be much easier if the ME system could be integrated directly with SAP Data Quality Management. What I'd like to see from SAP Data Quality Management in the future is the integration of machines on the shop floor or a feature that connects shop floor devices. I'd also like a custom dashboard in the solution, though I wonder if that's available in the new version. The old version my company uses doesn't have that. Another feature I want in the next release of SAP Data Quality Management is better communication between the ME and the SAP systems.

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FranciscoSantos

Director at Pixel Studio PTY

Provides accurate data that is validated against a personalized reference tool

For most SAP customers, Information Steward is enough because it is able to build quality data rules to detect issues in the source systems like SAP HANA, Business Warehouse, or other systems. A business user can first organize their data into several data domains. For example, procurement, human resources, and logistics setup. The domains can build data quality dimensions where you can describe the kind of rule that you are going to use. The user then can immediately see if something is wrong with their data using traffic lights. Another great feature of SAP Information Steward is the accuracy that the content is followed by validating against the reference tool. With the solution, you are creating data quality dimensions. Within these dimensions, you are creating business data quality rules that are looking for specific fields. From these rules, you can create a scorecard. The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits. SAP tables have field names that are very cryptic, making them hard to understand the meaning of the fields. Metapedia helps describe these fields in business terms.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We work with API standards or norms for internal applications, so it's essential for SSE to have tests and pass those tests according to the criteria, which makes SAP Data Quality Management very important for our products."

"Our primary use case is for us to inspect the results from the product and material, and for releasing or leaving the status of the product."

"The Data Cleansing and the scorecard dashboard are very valuable. Additionally, the financial aspect of SAP Information Steward is very good. When a rule is incorrect then it will show how much is it costing the business. These features are very valuable."

"Data insight is the most valuable feature."

"Setup is straightforward."

"The most valuable features are data quality insight, metadata management, and metadata dictionary."

"Ability to collect information, monitor user access and to plan storage capacity."

"The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits."

"The data profiling was excellent, as was the ease of generating the dashboards."

"The solution is very fast."

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Cons

"I would like for them to develop a feature to able to record all of our inspections; so all the data can go through SAP. It's not user-friendly or easy to get further analysis, so we mostly skip this step."

"SAP Data Quality Management would be better if it directly integrates with the ME system. Right now, the company has a lot of machines on the shop floor working as a standalone, so you have to use all methods to ensure that the data interface appears on the ME system and that SAP Data Quality Management records the QM results. It would be much easier if the ME system could be integrated directly with SAP Data Quality Management."

"The user experience of metapedia could be improved."

"Performance could be improved."

"A problem with the solution is that it does not allow us to review the results of Information Stewards for other analogies."

"The support team is not very responsive."

"Granularity could be reduced from an application level to the object level."

"SAP Information Steward could be improved by offering a cloud version of the product."

"The solution could improve by incorporating other applications, such as Power BI to show more visualization. More interaction with other solutions would be a good benefit."

"We'd like to see some manipulation techniques included in SAP Information Steward."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"A bit pricey, and better tools are available for a lower price."

"SAP Information Steward is an expensive solution compared to others."

"Smaller-sized organizations may not be able to invest in SAP Information Steward because of the cost."

"I do not know if there were additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Energy/Utilities Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

20%

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAP Data Quality Management?

We work with API standards or norms for internal applications, so it's essential for SSE to have tests and pass those tests according to the criteria, which makes SAP Data Quality Management very i...

What needs improvement with SAP Data Quality Management?

What is your primary use case for SAP Data Quality Management?

In the last three years, my company used SAP Data Quality Management for a manufacturing site, particularly for creating inspection lots, recording the results, and costing the inspection lots from...

What do you like most about SAP Information Steward?

The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Information Steward?

Smaller-sized organizations may not be able to invest in SAP Information Steward because of the cost.

What needs improvement with SAP Information Steward?

SAP Information Steward could be improved by offering a cloud version of the product. Rather than creating an evolution of this product, they have created a completely different solution with Data ...

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Also Known As

SAP BusinessObjects Data Quality Management, BusinessObjects Data Quality Management

Information Steward, SAP Data Insight

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Overview

SAP BusinessObjects Data Quality Management, version for SAP solutions (DQM for SAP), enables you to embed support for data quality directly into SAP ERP,CRM and MDG applications. Start by entering a new customer, supplier, or partner record using the SAP ERP, SAP CRM , SAP MDG applications. Then this version of SAP BusinessObjects Data Quality Management software corrects components of the address, validates the address based on referential data sources, and formats the address according to the norms of the applicable country. This solution helps in avoiding the duplicate entities entering into your SAP ERP, CRM and MDG applications(supports different MDG data models for address validation and duplicate checks) and also helps in searching and improving your existing data.

Monitor, analyze, and improve data integrity with SAP Information Steward software. Combine data profiling and metadata management tools for continuous insight into the quality of enterprise information to optimize processes, and enhance operational, analytical, and data governance initiatives.

Sample Customers

AOK Bundesverband, Surgutneftegas Open Joint Stock Company, Molson Coors Brewing Company, City of Buenos Aires, ASR Group, Citrix, EarlySense, Usha International Limited, Automotive Resources International, Wªrth Group, Takisada-Osaka Co. Ltd., Coelba, R

American Water, Graphic Packaging International, OSRAM Licht AG, Maxim Integrated

SAP Data Quality Management vs. SAP Information Steward