#1 most frequent
United States of America
59.1%130 installations of 220
What is SAP Information Steward?
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.
Categories & Use Cases
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Who Buys & Uses SAP Information Steward
#2 most frequent
Germany
5.5%12 installations of 220
#3 most frequent
India
5.5%12 installations of 220
Business transformation through insight generation capabilities through sap information steward
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used it in global hi-tech companies operating in advanced semiconductor technology manufacturing companies operating in 16 countries in order to leverage consolidated data objects at the group/ country / SBU level
Pros
- Audit trail management of Metadata to ensure due diligence with respect to the quality of data
- Control features and identification of risk wrt data
- Ready recknor in form of advance bi reports for procurement and costing kpi
- Flexible comparison and filter functio ality across cross organisation data
Cons
- Bi capability development
- Tight Integration with oracle
- Block chain functionality
Most Important Features
- Digital dashboard
- Papm tool (profitability & performance management) integration
- Sac tool ( sap analytics cloud) integration
Return on Investment
- Leveraging on usage of meta data by ensuring mitigation of data quality risk
- Provides information system layer to the organization as a due diligence functionality. Therefore, advanced KPI audit functionality made it possible for performance review of employees.
- Audit trail and other auditing functionality in real-time. ROI: Insights storage for a particular trend
- Negative impact: cost for skilled labor when activities across the organization becomes more homogeneous
Alternatives Considered
Oracle Enterprise Data Management
Other Software Used
Oracle Analytics Cloud, Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Analytics, Amazon Cognito
Usability
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Pros
- Easy to build and deploy.
- Support various formats for data imports.
- Easy to operate for business users.
Cons
- More real-time integration scenarios needed.
- Needs more generic standard content for metadata management.
- The user interface can be more intuitive based on AI.
Return on Investment
- Leveraged this tool during conversion for data profiling. It was helpful to identify erroneous records before performing load in the data system.
- We have an MDG system. It would be helpful to have a real-time integration between SAP IS and SAP MDG to trigger MDG change requests.
- We use it more to manage the data quality aspects of the organisation. Very friendly with business users and can address a business case based on user needs.
Alternatives Considered
SAP Data Services and Oracle Enterprise Data Quality
Other Software Used
SAP Master Data Governance, SAP Data Hub, Informatica Data Quality
SAP Information Steward - Profile and Monitor Data Quality
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
SAP Information Steward enables passive Data Governance providing data quality issues insights on organization master data such as materials, customers and suppliers. It provides dashboards and allows to start a remediation process in case any issue is found. The remediation process is done through SAP Master Data Governance. Data Profiling is also a key feature utilized.
Pros
- Data Profiling
- Data Quality Monitoring
- Dashboards
Cons
- User Interface
- Performance
- Integration
Most Important Features
- Data Profiling
- Data Quality Monitoring Dashboards
- Data Remediation
Return on Investment
- Improvement on Organization Data Quality
- Real time Data Quality Issues discovery
- Data Policies effective management
Alternatives Considered
Informatica Cloud Data Integration
Other Software Used
SAP Master Data Governance, SAP Data Services, SAP Data Quality Management
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This product allows me to effectively profile and monitor data without requiring me to have extensive prior knowledge in such areas. I use it to monitor the large amounts of data that enter my organization and need to be monitored for discrepancies or otherwise unusual trends and pieces of information.
Pros
- User experience
- Ease of use
- Data monitoring
Cons
- User interface
- Tutorial
- Collaboration
Most Important Features
- Data monitoring
- Profiling data
- Detecting abnormalities
Return on Investment
- Improved data flaws
- Catching mistakes in data
- Reduced technical errors
Alternatives Considered
1010data
Other Software Used
365 Data Science, 1010data, AdDataExpress