SAP Data Sevices Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services
Consultant
2021-12-13T11:41:00Z
Dec 13, 2021
We are working with the solution from a vendor perspective. We have a partnership with SAP. Many of the business users are not aware of how Information Steward works. They just shouldn't expect everything to come from or be available from SAP Information Steward. Someone from the vendor side also should be available to explain "These are the functionalities that can be implemented with Information Steward." If the client is expecting something more, then they should be aware before they implement anything. They need to look at other options and say "Okay, these are things that are going to be provided by another tool." In our case, we had SAP Data Services, BODS, that can be used for the data transformation part while SAP Information Steward we can't even do the minimal transformation. I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten.
SAP Data Services Consultant at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2021-11-29T14:02:34Z
Nov 29, 2021
After I used SAP Information Steward, I used others solutions, such as Ab Initio and Informatica. I believe ETL tools are ETL tools. They are all object-orientated, and only from different companies. It goes to the preferability of a client if they want to use one or the other. However, pricing is different when compared. Most clients would choose the other tools rather than SAP because SAP is a bit pricey. They'll probably opt for another tool because it's more cost-effective for them. I would recommend SAP Information Steward because it delivers good work when it comes to our business requirements and is fast. I rate SAP Information Steward a nine out of ten.
SAP ABAP Consultant, SAP Data Services Consultant at Freelancer
Consultant
2021-11-20T11:44:49Z
Nov 20, 2021
This product is better suited for large companies as you need to have a mature process for your data in order to get the best results. I would recommend this product only for companies that need to connect with different targets and to have a structure and specific form for data. I would rate it as seven out of ten.
We do cloud-based deployment. The solution is very fast. It is a good tool. We have several data engineers who are responsible for the connections and configurations of certain rules. We also have around 10 data stewards who are in charge of reviewing the data and results in Information Steward. I rate SAP Information Steward as an eight out of ten.
The key is to assess your needs and plan, plan, plan. If you plan in advance, you'll likely avoid the pitfalls of putting this kind of an application into production. I rate this solution a seven out of 10.
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.
Overall, the product is good and stable. SAP Information Steward provides us with our expected results.
I recommend this solution and rate it eight out of 10.
We are working with the solution from a vendor perspective. We have a partnership with SAP. Many of the business users are not aware of how Information Steward works. They just shouldn't expect everything to come from or be available from SAP Information Steward. Someone from the vendor side also should be available to explain "These are the functionalities that can be implemented with Information Steward." If the client is expecting something more, then they should be aware before they implement anything. They need to look at other options and say "Okay, these are things that are going to be provided by another tool." In our case, we had SAP Data Services, BODS, that can be used for the data transformation part while SAP Information Steward we can't even do the minimal transformation. I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten.
After I used SAP Information Steward, I used others solutions, such as Ab Initio and Informatica. I believe ETL tools are ETL tools. They are all object-orientated, and only from different companies. It goes to the preferability of a client if they want to use one or the other. However, pricing is different when compared. Most clients would choose the other tools rather than SAP because SAP is a bit pricey. They'll probably opt for another tool because it's more cost-effective for them. I would recommend SAP Information Steward because it delivers good work when it comes to our business requirements and is fast. I rate SAP Information Steward a nine out of ten.
This product is better suited for large companies as you need to have a mature process for your data in order to get the best results. I would recommend this product only for companies that need to connect with different targets and to have a structure and specific form for data. I would rate it as seven out of ten.
We do cloud-based deployment. The solution is very fast. It is a good tool. We have several data engineers who are responsible for the connections and configurations of certain rules. We also have around 10 data stewards who are in charge of reviewing the data and results in Information Steward. I rate SAP Information Steward as an eight out of ten.
The key is to assess your needs and plan, plan, plan. If you plan in advance, you'll likely avoid the pitfalls of putting this kind of an application into production. I rate this solution a seven out of 10.