SAP BusinessObjects to Power BI | Codestone

On-demand Insight Session, 20 minutes

From universe to semantic model

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 leaves mainstream maintenance at the end of 2026. In this 20-minute session, Keith Fisher, Senior Consultant for BI and Analytics at Codestone, explains how to move your reporting to Power BI in phases, using the universes you already have as the blueprint.

Two colleagues working late on a laptop in the office

Your universes already describe your business. Use them as the blueprint for Power BI.

Years of work have gone into your universes: the joins, the business names, the security rules. Converting reports one for one carries old workarounds into the new platform. In a migration project, we design new Power BI semantic models using the universes as the blueprint, and your team rebuilds only the reports people still use.

  • One model, many reports: the business logic lives in one governed place
  • Self-service: users explore and adapt reports themselves, so fewer requests wait in IT’s queue
  • Microsoft 365: reports sit in Teams and SharePoint, next to the work
  • Ready for AI: a clean model gives Copilot data it can answer from

Three reasons to decide now

Your version is leaving mainstream support

BI 4.3 leaves mainstream maintenance at the end of 2026. The choice is another upgrade, to BI 2025, or a move to the platform your business already uses every day.

Two platforms, one job

You may be paying to run SAP BusinessObjects alongside Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 E5 already includes Power BI Pro licences.

Faster answers on a model you trust

Business users work from a governed model, so the figures agree wherever they appear.

Move one business area at a time

Both platforms run side by side until the last area has moved.

01

Map

We inventory your reports and universes, use the platform’s auditing to find what’s still used, and group it by business area.

02

Model

We design the Power BI semantic model for the first area from what its universes already define.

03

Move

Your team rebuilds the reports still in use, with our support, while SAP BusinessObjects keeps running.

04

Switch off

When the last area has moved, SAP BusinessObjects can be retired.

Your team builds. We make sure the model is right.

Graff’s analyst builds its Power BI reports. Codestone ran a workshop and advised on data modelling, report design and security, so store managers see only the data meant for them.

“Codestone was really helpful and gave me advice and useful recommendations on improving on the scope and user-friendliness of our Power BI reports.”
Segun Orija, SQL Data Analyst, Graff. Read the case study

Watch the 20-minute session

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In 20 minutes you’ll see:

  • The choice BI 4.3 customers face before the end of 2026
  • How universes translate into Power BI semantic models
  • How to phase the move one business area at a time
  • What your WebI and universe team can take on themselves

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