Principal Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
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2024-05-13T10:06:31Z
May 13, 2024
The main thing is it's not getting upgraded to meet today's needs. It's not upgrading at the level of transaction needs. For example, PostgreSQL or Oracle, these are pretty good databases. They can handle much heavier transactions and produce enterprise-level query plans. But SAP ASE is lagging behind in those things. Secondly, in my opinion, product support is not that great from SAP because they have already declared the end-of-date for SAP ASE. They will be stopping product support. Since they have already declared the end of life for the product, something around 2025 or 2030, SAP ASE plans to decommission this whole product line itself.
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
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2023-09-25T19:57:24Z
Sep 25, 2023
The solution should improve view partitioning. The documentation is very confined and available only for users. Distributors also would like access to it.
SAP should refine its debugging method, and the process needs to be a little faster. It should use more Pragmas and fewer pseudocomments. I would like if SAP added more features based on advanced technologies, like artificial intelligence and voice control. The modularization and if-else techniques could also incorporate the latest technology to code and solve complex problems. The SAP Editor should be more elaborative, and it should allow many more types of statements for all uses.
I think that the solution needs to be positioned better within the market as it appears as though the Adaptive Server is being left out of the SAP scope.
Executive Director at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
Real User
2021-07-07T17:26:04Z
Jul 7, 2021
I'd like to see a more friendly user interface. The solution is complicated and some of the field engineers, who are less exposed to the solution, are having problems which could be solved by simplification. The concern is that the data they provide might not be accurate and simplification would resolve that issue. I think the management feels that more can be done to get better value. The issue is not the performance of the product but the usability for people who are less skilled in using it. Additional training would be helpful, but because of the nature of operations, those that support staff from the office find it easier because we spend more time using it than those in the field. Most of our engineers are on rigs, so it's a bit difficult getting them to come off the rigs for training, because that would require our operations to shut down.
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SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is a high-performance relational database management system designed for mission-critical, data-intensive environments. It provides a centralized environment for storing and managing data, with the ability to handle a wide range of data types and a modularization technique allowing easy customization.
SAP ASE is particularly valuable for financial operations, as it offers integrated financial features. The solution also offers various control agents...
The main thing is it's not getting upgraded to meet today's needs. It's not upgrading at the level of transaction needs. For example, PostgreSQL or Oracle, these are pretty good databases. They can handle much heavier transactions and produce enterprise-level query plans. But SAP ASE is lagging behind in those things. Secondly, in my opinion, product support is not that great from SAP because they have already declared the end-of-date for SAP ASE. They will be stopping product support. Since they have already declared the end of life for the product, something around 2025 or 2030, SAP ASE plans to decommission this whole product line itself.
The solution should improve view partitioning. The documentation is very confined and available only for users. Distributors also would like access to it.
There is room for improvement. Cost-wise, SAP is still expensive compared to other available products. That would be a major difference.
SAP should refine its debugging method, and the process needs to be a little faster. It should use more Pragmas and fewer pseudocomments. I would like if SAP added more features based on advanced technologies, like artificial intelligence and voice control. The modularization and if-else techniques could also incorporate the latest technology to code and solve complex problems. The SAP Editor should be more elaborative, and it should allow many more types of statements for all uses.
I think that the solution needs to be positioned better within the market as it appears as though the Adaptive Server is being left out of the SAP scope.
I'd like to see a more friendly user interface. The solution is complicated and some of the field engineers, who are less exposed to the solution, are having problems which could be solved by simplification. The concern is that the data they provide might not be accurate and simplification would resolve that issue. I think the management feels that more can be done to get better value. The issue is not the performance of the product but the usability for people who are less skilled in using it. Additional training would be helpful, but because of the nature of operations, those that support staff from the office find it easier because we spend more time using it than those in the field. Most of our engineers are on rigs, so it's a bit difficult getting them to come off the rigs for training, because that would require our operations to shut down.
The product in use is already customized. For now, we have no need for major improvements or new features.