European data management startup VirtDB has released the beta version of Data Unfolder Lite, a free data manager for SAP.
The solution allows SAP R/3 users to analyse their operational ERP data in business intelligence tools such as Tableau, QlikView or TIBCO Spitfire, by changing the extract, transform and load (ETL) process into a single-click user action.
According to VirtDB, the solution uses the operating system’s clipboard to obtain data from SAP, so it does not require components to be installed on SAP Application Server.
“We have done many business intelligence projects where the time spent on load-sap-data-from-here-to-there efforts were 40-50 per cent in total. Companies pay big bucks for this,” said Peter Csillag, CEO, VirtDB.
“I liked to be paid well for handcrafting ETL processes on SAP data, but to be honest, it had no added value for customers most of the time. It just killed their productivity by hindering iterations on the data, laming the agility in analytics projects.”
In addition to Data Unfolder Lite, designed for personal use and fast prototyping of BI content, VirtDB has an enterprise grade SAP data management product called Data Unfolder.
“We have released a free version of our SAP data management tool to evangelise the market. Free, agile and SAP words are not common in the same sentence – this is what we want to change,” said Tamas Holics, CTO, VirtDB. “We will always have a free version to provide value to entry level clients as well.”
