Executive Head of analytics at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
2024-10-10T15:00:00Z
Oct 10, 2024
Some capabilities are missing compared to Power BI, especially when working with spreadsheet types. Furthermore, Excel is more customizable compared to SAS Visual Analytics, which can be quite rigid. There's room for improvement in data integration capabilities.
Senior Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
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Top 20
2024-08-22T16:58:39Z
Aug 22, 2024
The integration aspects of the solution could be improved. While it can mask data, the process can be clunky and could benefit from a more streamlined approach.
There are certain shortcomings in the tool's support services, making it an area where improvements are required. I used the product for a very long time. I was very happy using it because I always achieved the objective and got the kind of analysis that was requested. I used it to budget for the entire country. The tool's big plus is that it runs on different platforms. In order for me to do the budgeting, I had to post this to every little branch in the country here, which I could do via local information on a PC. Once I get back the budget figures, I post them on the mainframe. The tool runs on all platforms, and it is one big advantage. The tool integrates very easily with Microsoft Excel. Google has got its own version of the software. The tool should offer integration features with Google.
Committee Member at a government with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
2024-04-25T11:11:00Z
Apr 25, 2024
SAS Visual Analytics could improve by making it more accessible for users outside the organization. Open-source tools have excelled in this area due to lower costs and better adaptability, especially for projects outside a work environment.
SAS Visual Analytics could be more user-friendly. There could be more integration with different computer languages. Additionally, there needs to be more API features.
Chief Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
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Top 5
2021-12-27T19:00:15Z
Dec 27, 2021
The visualization should be better in SAS Visual Analytics. It is easy to use but when compared to other solutions it is lacking and the support is not very good. The updates of the system take too much time and they charge a fee to upgrade. In terms of visualization, SAS Visual Analytics it's stronger than Tableau and Microsoft BI, but they should improve their objects, the custom graphs, and the support. They don't have any object create case support from the SAS Visual Analytics. If you work with Microsoft BI, they have different solutions, they have different teams for support on the object. If you want to see different objects, you can request them, they can create and they can send them to the library. It's a very good thing for the Microsoft BI, but not for the SAS Visual Analytics.
Senior Manager at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
Real User
2021-12-13T14:18:19Z
Dec 13, 2021
Regarding performance, they have some issues. They have always had some issues there. They are better, however, still, there are some issues around performance. The installation process can be a bit complex.
Director of Data Services at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Real User
2021-08-10T14:02:54Z
Aug 10, 2021
The powerful nature of SAS can sometimes work to its detriment, because there is a need for coding when it comes to digital reporting and that's a little overwhelming or intimidating for some of my coworkers. They're features that not all solutions have. Our biggest frustration with the solution is not being able to easily embed things on our website. That's become more important for us and we're trying to work with SAS support to be able to do that. There's a lot of back and forth, but they're willing to help. Adoption of the software has been difficult because people automatically assume that it's going to be more difficult than it is. People want to be able to create dashboards very quickly and get them on the website as fast as possible so they'll do it with Tableau, and SAS doesn't work that way. SAS deals more with those wanting to create dashboards based on a database.
SAS Visual Analytics is a data visualization tool that is used for reporting, data exploration, and analytics. The solution enables users - even those without advanced analytical skills - to understand and examine patterns, trends, and relationships in data. SAS Visual Analytics makes it easy to create and share reports and dashboards that monitor business performance. By using the solution, users can handle, understand, and analyze their data in both past and present fields, as well as...
Some capabilities are missing compared to Power BI, especially when working with spreadsheet types. Furthermore, Excel is more customizable compared to SAS Visual Analytics, which can be quite rigid. There's room for improvement in data integration capabilities.
The integration aspects of the solution could be improved. While it can mask data, the process can be clunky and could benefit from a more streamlined approach.
There are certain shortcomings in the tool's support services, making it an area where improvements are required. I used the product for a very long time. I was very happy using it because I always achieved the objective and got the kind of analysis that was requested. I used it to budget for the entire country. The tool's big plus is that it runs on different platforms. In order for me to do the budgeting, I had to post this to every little branch in the country here, which I could do via local information on a PC. Once I get back the budget figures, I post them on the mainframe. The tool runs on all platforms, and it is one big advantage. The tool integrates very easily with Microsoft Excel. Google has got its own version of the software. The tool should offer integration features with Google.
SAS Visual Analytics could improve by making it more accessible for users outside the organization. Open-source tools have excelled in this area due to lower costs and better adaptability, especially for projects outside a work environment.
The product is expensive and needs the integration of more languages.
SAS Visual Analytics could be more user-friendly. There could be more integration with different computer languages. Additionally, there needs to be more API features.
The solution should improve its graphics. It uses more 3D graphics. It will be better if the solution adds more 2D graphics.
The solution is a little weak at the front end.
It is not as mature as competitors such as Tableau and QlikView. It is expensive, and not really easy to install.
The visualization should be better in SAS Visual Analytics. It is easy to use but when compared to other solutions it is lacking and the support is not very good. The updates of the system take too much time and they charge a fee to upgrade. In terms of visualization, SAS Visual Analytics it's stronger than Tableau and Microsoft BI, but they should improve their objects, the custom graphs, and the support. They don't have any object create case support from the SAS Visual Analytics. If you work with Microsoft BI, they have different solutions, they have different teams for support on the object. If you want to see different objects, you can request them, they can create and they can send them to the library. It's a very good thing for the Microsoft BI, but not for the SAS Visual Analytics.
Regarding performance, they have some issues. They have always had some issues there. They are better, however, still, there are some issues around performance. The installation process can be a bit complex.
The powerful nature of SAS can sometimes work to its detriment, because there is a need for coding when it comes to digital reporting and that's a little overwhelming or intimidating for some of my coworkers. They're features that not all solutions have. Our biggest frustration with the solution is not being able to easily embed things on our website. That's become more important for us and we're trying to work with SAS support to be able to do that. There's a lot of back and forth, but they're willing to help. Adoption of the software has been difficult because people automatically assume that it's going to be more difficult than it is. People want to be able to create dashboards very quickly and get them on the website as fast as possible so they'll do it with Tableau, and SAS doesn't work that way. SAS deals more with those wanting to create dashboards based on a database.