SAP BusinessObjects Experts
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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used SAP BusinessObjects
Tobias W.
Last position:
CEO & Fouder at Wittbix
Hans-Dieter G.
Last position:
Training as an AI Expert
I continuously expand my expertise in AI and automation. I work with ChatGPT, OpenAI, Manus, Gemini, MS CoPilot, APIs, LangChain, Hugging Face, Manus, TensorFlow, and Auto-GPT, as well as Python-based ML frameworks and MLOps tools, to intelligently transform traditional software development, analysis, and testing processes.
Christian R.
Last position:
Project Manager, Outlook and Teams Rollout at BWI
- Gathering information
- Creating rollout wave concepts
- Coordinating employees
- Monitoring and managing activities
- Project management including analysis and reporting to the board
- Creating instructions and specifications
- Training floorwalkers
- Supporting the rollout on site
- VIP support
- Introducing SharePoint
Songül D.
Last position:
Freelance SAP BW Consultant at DKV Mobility Services
- Designed and implemented enhancements in SAP BW on HANA 7.5 in the context of CRM migration and S/4HANA and BW/4HANA transformation programs
- Migrated SAPI data sources to the ODP framework as part of the S/4HANA migration
- Delivered SAP ECC data to Snowflake using BW data models and Calculation Views for Power BI analytics
- Integrated SAP and non-SAP data sources (including MS Dynamics)
- Improved reporting transparency through consolidated data models
- Optimized data loading processes for FI-CO data sources, significantly improving load times and system performance
Christian F.
Last position:
Department Head (Interim) at Municipal utilities and transport company
- Defined and established the areas of responsibility
- Built a governance model for the department and its areas of responsibility
- IT strategy, project management, process management, and quality and sustainability management
- Developed a communications strategy for the group
- Created the IT strategy
- Designed templates, guidelines, and processes for consistent ways of working
- Recorded strategic guidelines and grouped ongoing projects – derived a roadmap for strategic planning
- Reviewed ongoing projects
- Prepared staffing calculations and capacity planning
- Defined job profiles
Asım Y.
Last position:
Freelance BI/DWH/ETL Specialist at Akbank
- Setting architectural standards for Informatica Power Center development teams
- Maintenance-performance-health for DWH (Exadata) environments
- Qlik Sense / BO reports architectural standards
- Implementing best practices in ETL tasks
- Documentation ETL standards on Confluence
- Dynamic Data Masking rules for GDPR/KVKK regulations by using Informatica DDM tool
- DWH Data model Power Designer
- Upgrade Qlik Sense versions
- Merge all Informatica server's repository databases on one Oracle DB
Ajay Kumar D.
Last position:
Senior BI and Analytics Engineer at Novartis
- Led enterprise reporting modernization by migrating legacy SSRS reporting solutions to Power BI, supporting 500+ business users while ensuring full GDPR/DSGVO compliance.
- Designed and optimized Power BI and Microsoft Fabric semantic models using star schema, dimensional modeling, advanced DAX, and performance optimization techniques, reducing query latency by 25%.
- Delivered 20+ executive and operational dashboards featuring KPI scorecards, drill-through, bookmarks, and row-level security, improving reporting efficiency by 20%.
- Enabled self-service analytics through governed Power BI datasets, dataflows, and gateway architecture, increasing business-led reporting adoption by 35%.
- Configured an incremental refresh policy and query folding for a 50+ million row sales dataset, reducing daily report refresh times by 85%.
- Deployed automated ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, and Snowflake, reducing reporting delivery timelines by 40% through workflow automation.
- Spearheaded Microsoft Fabric analytics modernization initiatives including lakehouse architecture, OneLake integration, and centralized data platform development, reducing data latency from 2 hours to 20 minutes.
- Translated business requirements from 15+ stakeholders into scalable Power BI semantic models and dashboards, improving reporting consistency and reducing ad-hoc reporting requests by 25%.
- Applied Microsoft Copilot and generative AI tools to accelerate SQL development, DAX authoring, technical documentation, and testing activities, reducing development effort by approximately 15 hours per week.
Yaroslav S.
Last position:
Senior Low-Code Consultant at Freelancer
Structured analysis and evaluation of business processes
Gathering, documenting, and prioritizing requirements
Creating business-friendly and technically executable process models
Use of Camunda tools
Deriving requirements and interfaces from BPMN diagrams
Coordination with stakeholders and business units
Translating business requirements into technical solution designs
Implementing efficient and tailored applications
Systematic collection, analysis, and documentation of requirements
Prioritizing and validating requirements in close collaboration with stakeholders
Alignment between business and development to ensure shared objectives
Creating use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Continuous requirements and change management throughout the project lifecycle
Define project goals and create project plans
Delegate tasks and monitor project progress
Monitor budgets and inform stakeholders
Mendix: Architecture, development, and maintenance of custom applications (Microflows, Domain Model, Security, XPath)
Modeling Mendix workflows for process optimization
Develop scalable apps with Mendix including REST/SOAP integration with SAP, SQL, Azure & SharePoint
UI design for Mendix using Atlas UI, Fluent UI, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Develop web & mobile apps with Mendix using agile methods (Scrum, Kanban)
Implement business logic with Mendix Microflows and Nanoflows
Performance optimization and architecture improvements for Mendix applications
Conduct Mendix training
Create technical documentation and best practices for Mendix
Coaching and mentoring for low-code development with Mendix
Justina K.
Last position:
Freelance Consultant for Change & Data Transformation at Freelance Fast Data Consulting
Project, Strategic Consulting – building the Data Strategy and Data Governance Policy for the German branch, client (private bank Julius Bär, headquarters Zurich), March 2026 – present
- Design and negotiation of the data strategy with key stakeholders, including obtaining board sign-off (strategic consulting) – in this context, regulatory advice on data regulations in the EU and specifically for Germany. The data strategy includes: Data Lifecycle Management: data capture, data storage, data usage, data retention policy, data quality incident management
- Definition of milestones and technical feasibility for implementing TOM for the data strategy, data quality checks, metrics, and a metadata inventory to ensure the bank’s compliance with DORA, BCBS239, and MaRisk requirements.
Core project data change, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), March – December 2025
- Concept development and solution design for new end-to-end processes including technical interfaces
- Definition of synchronization logic and data flows between legacy and target systems (decommissioning of legacy systems)
- Analysis and validation of data models
- Stakeholder communication with product owners, feature engineers, UX designers, and operational teams for decision-making
- Analytics and impact assessments, e.g. to assess downstream effects and regulatory requirements
- Documentation and comments on technical and business requirements to support implementation in agile squads
Project digitalization of a user group, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), as Interim Product Owner, Jan 2025 – present
- Co-shaping key decisions on data architecture and process logic in the context of historized data and user login functionality
- Development of business solution concepts for migration to the target system, including system integration and data flows
- Support with analytics and impact analyses, especially regarding the ability to provide information to law enforcement authorities
- Active coordination with stakeholders from different squads to support decision-making and ensure regulatory requirements are met
- Creation of test scenarios for operational teams and backend systems in the area of API management using Postman and Bruno.
Emanuel F.
Last position:
Interim Architect & Data Taskforce at Freelancer / Project Assignments
- Data Engineering: Design and implementation of scalable data pipelines
- Legacy migrations to Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines)
- BO Universe migrations to MS Fabric / Semantic Models / Power BI
- Taskforce for data-driven transformation projects involving Azure Fabric / Oracle / MSSQL
Ralf B.
Last position:
Test Manager and Subproject Manager at SvenMahn IT GmbH & Co. KG
- Managed the Test & Acceptance & Quality Assurance subproject
- Project/program management according to Prince2
- Created and updated the subproject plan
- Managed resources
- Created and carried out tests, created tests in Azure DevOps, MS Dynamics etc.
- Process modeling
- Documented project progress with PowerPoint and SÖREN (in-house development)
- Acceptance of the respective tests by the end customer
- Monitoring and reporting of the subproject
- Budget: N/A
- Team: 4 people
Ludo P.
Last position:
Senior Consultant at Insurance
- DWH modernization
- Migration from Informatica PowerCenter to IDMC/CDI
- Migration from IBM DB2 to Databricks
Technologies: Informatica IDMC, Databricks
Ayusee S.
Last position:
Intern at Schaeffler
- Built a Trend-Scouting AI system to automate technology intelligence in power electronics and semiconductors, combining Azure OpenAI with LangChain, Scrapy-based web crawling for structured, noise-free data acquisition, and automated PDF reporting for internal R&D use. Developed a FastAPI-based (Uvicorn) web application to validate LLM outputs, test prompt strategies, and enable interactive system evaluation.
- Developed a real-time STM32 binary telemetry debugger with a PyQt-based GUI, featuring header-based frame synchronization, anomaly detection, template-driven payload decoding, time-aligned buffering, and live signal visualization.
- Developed an AI-driven power inductor designer using surrogate regression models for accurate electromagnetic and thermal prediction. Integrated multi-objective NSGA-II optimization to generate efficient, manufacturable designs.
Ulrich S.
Last position:
Senior Tester at Arvato Systems GmbH
- Planning, defining, and executing test cases for product creation, measurement data upload, and chart verification
- Developing keyword driven function tests using Robot Framework
- Defining and generating realistic test data with Python
- Implementing data-driven and REST API interface tests
- Performing image comparison tests based on OpenCV
- Developing load tests for various environments
- Conducting regression and end-to-end tests, reporting results, and managing defects
- Systematic expansion of test coverage
- Integrating Jenkins with Xray for test management
- Managing tickets with JIRA and documenting in Confluence
- Used Robot Framework, Playwright, Python, VS Code, Prectavi, JIRA, Confluence & Xray, Bitbucket, GitHub, Jenkins, MS Office 365, and Teams in an agile project.
Christian H.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager at Geodis
- Led a transformation program in corporate finance & procurement across 25+ countries
- Managed end-to-end implementation of SAP S/4HANA and Coupa for 60 regional entities
- Handled post-acquisition integrations including financial reporting, HR systems, and governance
- Directed cross-functional teams, change management, and stakeholder engagement
- Coordinated post-merger integration with the works council for IT system rollouts and GDPR compliance
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Statistics of experts using SAP BusinessObjects
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.7 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
84%
Master's degree or higher
52%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 16 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts using SAP BusinessObjects
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 16 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SAP BusinessObjects experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (87%)
- Professional Services (64%)
- Banking and Finance (62%)
- Manufacturing (43%)
- Government and Administration (37%)
- Automotive (36%)
- Transportation (33%)
- Retail (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SAP BusinessObjects does
SAP BusinessObjects is a business intelligence suite for turning operational data into governed reports, dashboards and analysis. Companies use it to give finance, sales, supply chain and management teams a consistent view of performance. It supports scheduled reporting, self-service analysis and secure distribution of information across an organization.
Core components
The suite includes Web Intelligence for interactive reporting, the Information Design Tool for semantic layers and the Central Management Console for administration. Specialists may also work with Crystal Reports, Analysis for Office, Live Office and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise. Connections to SAP HANA, SAP BW, relational databases and data warehouses are common.
Typical use cases
SAP BusinessObjects fits recurring reporting and controlled access to business information.
- Build financial, operational and regulatory reports
- Design universes that hide database complexity from business users
- Schedule and distribute reports to defined audiences
- Create dashboards for sales, inventory and executive review
- Connect SAP and non-SAP sources in one reporting environment
Skills around the suite
Strong professionals understand both the product and the data behind it. Their work can include SQL, data modelling, ETL processes, SAP BW, SAP HANA, authentication, role design and report performance. They also translate business definitions into reusable dimensions, measures, prompts and filters that produce consistent results.
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is useful during a migration, reporting redesign, system consolidation or urgent delivery phase. Companies also bring in specialists when universes have become difficult to maintain, reports run slowly, access rules are unclear or business users do not trust conflicting figures. A focused engagement can cover assessment, architecture, implementation, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer.
What quality looks like
A capable SAP BusinessObjects professional asks how data is defined before changing a report. They document source mappings, universe logic, security roles and scheduling dependencies. Quality work includes clear validation with business owners, efficient queries, controlled transports and a practical support model. Experience with the company’s data landscape matters as much as familiarity with the interface.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about SAP BusinessObjects, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
SAP BusinessObjects is used to create, manage and distribute business reports, dashboards and analytical views. Companies often apply it to financial control, sales analysis, operational monitoring and governed access to data from SAP and non-SAP systems.
SAP BusinessObjects is often chosen for governed enterprise reporting, scheduled distribution, complex access rules and reusable semantic layers. Power BI and Tableau may be preferred for visual exploration and broad self-service use, so the right choice depends on reporting controls, data architecture and user needs.
A strong SAP BusinessObjects specialist usually understands SQL, data modelling, ETL, SAP BW, SAP HANA and relational databases. Knowledge of authentication, enterprise security, report scheduling and performance tuning is also valuable.
The required level depends on the scope and risk of the work. A focused report change may need a specialist with strong Web Intelligence skills, while a migration or platform redesign calls for deeper knowledge of universes, repositories, security, transports and source systems.
SAP BusinessObjects work can often be completed remotely when secure access to systems, clear requirements and test data are available. On-site collaboration can help during workshops, user acceptance testing or complex handovers, while language expectations should be agreed with business stakeholders early.
Ask the professional to explain how they validate figures, design universes, protect sensitive data and investigate slow reports. Good work is documented, tested with business owners and structured so another specialist can maintain it without relying on undocumented settings.
For SAP BusinessObjects, clarify the current release, connected data sources, report inventory, security model and the expected deliverables. It also helps to define whether the engagement covers discovery, build work, migration, testing, documentation or ongoing support.
Yes, SAP BusinessObjects professionals may support migrations between environments, repositories or reporting architectures. The work can include dependency analysis, universe and report conversion, security mapping, validation and user acceptance, but the specialist should be selected for the specific source and target systems.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used SAP BusinessObjects in their recent projects is 108 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 863 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used SAP BusinessObjects in their recent projects, 84% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 52% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used SAP BusinessObjects in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used SAP BusinessObjects in their recent projects are German (97%), English (95%), and French (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used SAP BusinessObjects in their recent projects are Information Technology (87%), Professional Services (64%), and Banking and Finance (62%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used SAP BusinessObjects in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Business Intelligence (82%), and Project Management (82%).
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