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    ER/Studio Business Architect

    N/AN/AER/Studio Business Architect is a business process and conceptual modeling tool. It simplifies how business stakeholders and data architects document conceptual models and business processes and how those processes impact enterprise data, to align with business goals and regulatory requirements. The tool brings together the simplicity of a drawing tool with the rich semantics of the business process model and notation (BPMN) 2.0 standard. Business users and data professionals can model the…

    $920

    one-time fee per user

    SAP BPM

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASAP NetWeaver Business Process Management is a business process management offering and application infrastructure. It supports joint modeling of processes, central process execution via a Java-based engine, provision of interfaces for users, and integration of business rules into processes.N/A
    Pricing
    ER/Studio Business ArchitectSAP BPM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ER/Studio Business ArchitectSAP BPM
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for new customers only, first year maintenance included. Maintenance includes access to technical support and product updates for the defined period of the agreement.—
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    Features
    ER/Studio Business ArchitectSAP BPM
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ER/Studio Business Architect and SAP NetWeaver BPM
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    ER/Studio Business Architect
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    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of ER/Studio Business Architect and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    ER/Studio Business Architect
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Process designer00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of ER/Studio Business Architect and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    ER/Studio Business Architect
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of ER/Studio Business Architect and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    ER/Studio Business Architect
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Content management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ER/Studio Business ArchitectSAP BPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ER/Studio Business ArchitectSAP BPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    It is well suited when we need to integrate business processes with SAP ERP and SAP CRM - the solution can be integrated with business rules/procedures defined in SAP ERP/CRM and NetWeaver can be used to monitor the rules and flag off exceptions. When there are multiple workflows running, it tends to slow down running of these processes. Also, it entirely depends on SAP portal for it to run efficiently.
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    Pros
    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    SAP
    • Virtual paper trail. Iterations of process and current documentation are all stored as "artifacts", leaving a great trail.
    • Configuration of users. BPM somewhat magically determines which users will be impacted and automates rules.
    • A pro (that is also a con) is the design interface. If you know what you are doing, it is incredibly powerful and malleable.
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    Cons
    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    SAP
    • Live readings would be nice.
    • Easier to maneuver
    • Work with all systems with the press of one keystroke
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    As a big fan of SAP in general, the BPM solution fits right in with all the other things SAP does well, and does it with incredible efficiency
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    Support Rating
    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We have our own tech support for systems, I would say they probably could use more training on it, I don't really think it's anything regarding the SAP system, but more the knowledge they have on the system itself. It seems to take longer for them to fix any issues we may come across.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    I found the initial setup of NetWeaver is much simpler than other products especially in an SAP environment where we have SAP ERP/HRM/CRM as it can be well integrated with other SAP products. The only drawback is the need/dependency on SAP Portal. It is better suited in an environment where SAP ERP is running.
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    Return on Investment
    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    • Helped us harness integrated benefit from having SAP ERP/CRM by leveraging NetWeaver to define business processes/rules and monitor exceptions
    • Did not have any negative experience except for the fact that at times when multiple rules run, it can be somewhat slow
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    ER/Studio Business Architect Screenshots

    Screenshot of A drawing tool with the rich semantics of the BPMN 2.0 standard, where users can model the relationships between people, processes, and data with ER/Studio Business Architect.Screenshot of The Conversation diagram, a high-level representation of the Collaboration diagram. It shows various parts of the business process and who the participants are that engage in a particular process, with a logical relation of message exchanges.Screenshot of Choreography diagrams that show the exchange of information related to the messages between participants working together on tasks shown in the process. This defines the way business participants coordinate their interactions. Choreographies can also be connected in sequence to show a series of related tasks.Screenshot of A conceptual model, that captures the key categories and interactions of data objects that are used by the business, such as subject areas, business entities, interactions and relationships.Screenshot of Reference objects (e.g. steward, business unit, business rule, business element, and application) that can be included. Also can include external data objects (e.g. entity, table, view, data store, data feed, report, and flat file) in both BPMN diagrams and conceptual models.