SAP BOBJ Platform Consultant
Summary
Designs, builds, and maintains SAP BusinessObjects reports and dashboards using WebI, Crystal Reports, and Lumira, while administering and upgrading the BI platform and migrating content between versions.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting & Dashboard Development
- Design and develop reports using:
- Web Intelligence (WebI)
- Crystal Reports
- Analysis for Office
- SAP Lumira (where applicable)
- Create ad hoc reporting solutions for business users.
- Develop complex queries, calculations, variables, and report formatting
Build and maintain executive dashboards and KPI reports.
SAP BI Platform Administration
- Install, configure, and administer SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3 / BI 2025.
- Manage CMS repositories, FRS servers, and server groups.
- Configure authentication mechanisms:
Monitor platform health and availability.
Migration & Upgrade Activities
- Participate in migrations from:
- BO 4.2 to BO 4.3
- BO 4.3 to BI 2025
- Validate report compatibility and regression testing.
- Perform repository migration and content promotion
Develop rollback and cutover strategies.
Security & Governance
- Implement role-based security models.
- Manage users, groups, and folder-level permissions.
- Ensure compliance with organizational governance policies.
Support audit and access-control reviews.
Performance Optimization
- Analyze report and query performance.
- Optimize Universes, SQL generation, and report scheduling.
- Configure caching and server tuning.
Troubleshoot production performance issues.
Required Technical Skills
SAP BusinessObjects
- SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3
- SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025
- Web Intelligence (WebI)
- Crystal Reports
- Information Design Tool (IDT)
- Universe Designer
- Central Management Console (CMC)
- BI Launch Pad
Promotion Management
Databases
- SQL Server
- Oracle
- SAP HANA
- DB2
- Snowflake
PostgreSQL
Data & ETL
- SQL Programming
- Stored Procedures
- Data Warehousing Concepts
- Dimensional Modeling
Star/Snowflake Schema
Preferred Skills
- Experience with SAP BW and SAP HANA reporting.
- Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, or SAP Analytics Cloud.
- Experience with cloud data platforms such as AWS.
- Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD deployment processes.
Understanding of enterprise data governance and metadata management.
Nice-to-Have Experience
- BusinessObjects BI 2025 migration projects.
- Large-scale enterprise reporting modernization.
- Reporting platform consolidation initiatives.
- Hybrid and cloud reporting architectures.
- Insurance, Banking, Healthcare, or Retail domain experience
Key Responsibilities
Reporting & Dashboard Development
- Design and develop reports using:
- Web Intelligence (WebI)
- Crystal Reports
- Analysis for Office
- SAP Lumira (where applicable)
- Create ad hoc reporting solutions for business users.
- Develop complex queries, calculations, variables, and report formatting.
- Build and maintain executive dashboards and KPI reports.
SAP BI Platform Administration
- Install, configure, and administer SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3 / BI 2025.
- Manage CMS repositories, FRS servers, and server groups.
- Configure authentication mechanisms:
- Monitor platform health and availability.
Migration & Upgrade Activities
- Participate in migrations from:
- BO 4.2 to BO 4.3
- BO 4.3 to BI 2025
- Validate report compatibility and regression testing.
- Perform repository migration and content promotion
- Develop rollback and cutover strategies.
Security & Governance
- Implement role-based security models.
- Manage users, groups, and folder-level permissions.
- Ensure compliance with organizational governance policies.
- Support audit and access-control reviews.
Performance Optimization
- Analyze report and query performance.
- Optimize Universes, SQL generation, and report scheduling.
- Configure caching and server tuning.
- Troubleshoot production performance issues.
Required Technical Skills
SAP BusinessObjects
- SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3
- SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025
- Web Intelligence (WebI)
- Crystal Reports
- Information Design Tool (IDT)
- Universe Designer
- Central Management Console (CMC)
- BI Launch Pad
- Promotion Management
Databases
- SQL Server
- Oracle
- SAP HANA
- DB2
- Snowflake
- PostgreSQL
Data & ETL
- SQL Programming
- Stored Procedures
- Data Warehousing Concepts
- Dimensional Modeling
- Star/Snowflake Schema
Preferred Skills
- Experience with SAP BW and SAP HANA reporting.
- Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, or SAP Analytics Cloud.
- Experience with cloud data platforms such as AWS.
- Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD deployment processes.
- Understanding of enterprise data governance and metadata management.
Graduate in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field. 4-6 years of experience in data engineering or related field.
Nice-to-Have Experience
- BusinessObjects BI 2025 migration projects.
- Large-scale enterprise reporting modernization.
- Reporting platform consolidation initiatives.
- Hybrid and cloud reporting architectures.
- Insurance, Banking, Healthcare, or Retail domain experience.