SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025
What do we know about it?

Last update: 11/02/2025

A new era for SAP BusinessObjects

“SAP is committed to continuing to invest in the on-premise BI suite.”

This. Is. Big. News. 

In the past, SAP was unsure of the future of SAP BusinessObjects by firstly announcing its end-of-life, then introducing a hybrid mode, and as of June 2022, and then again in May 2024, in their Statement of Direction, SAP officially confirmed they would continue to invest in SAP BusinessObjects with a future release named SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025. 

The future’s bright, the future’s SAP BusinessObjects 😉

What is SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025?

BI 2025 is the next SAP BusinessObjects release after BI 4.3 which will be available on March 12, 2025, as announced in the latest release timeline and maintenance strategy blog. Customers will have the choice of staying on-premise or moving to the cloud, whether that be on SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) or the Private Cloud Edition (PCE).

This future release will only focus on the most-adopted tools which will include:

• Web Intelligence
• Single source .unx universes 
• Crystal Reports Classic
• SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
• BI platform (includes the BI Launchpad)

There will also be changes to patches; there will be no more Priority 1 Support but instead Customer Specific Maintenance (CSM) with the first 12 months dedicated to security fixes. However, SAP will continue to deliver patches for the BI 20XX versions, which will be delivered every 6-8 weeks (this replaces the old Service Packs).

One of the exciting announcements made in their positioning strategy is that BI 2025 will now include dashboard capabilities. This enhancement positions Webi, and consequently SAP BusinessObjects, as more than just a transactional reporting platform. It now stands as a modern BI platform for data acquisition and transformation, visualization building, and therefore decision-making.

What will not be included in BI 2025?

While this new version is great news for SAP BusinessObjects customers, SAP will stop investing in certain components for this future release:

*Lumira Designer will continue to be maintained and supported in BI 2025, but no new features will be added.

This list of components will not be included in the BI 2025 release. They will remain in the BI 4.3 version but their Mainstream Maintenance Support will end in 2026. If any of these deprecated components are important to your organization, you need to get ready to adopt the alternative solutions now.

For example, UNV will no longer be supported after BI 4.3 and so you need to start converting your UNV as early as today. UNV to UNX conversion can be a huge project so it is highly recommended you start to consider your migration path to UNX as early as possible. What was once only possible in the IDT, is now possible with the 360Suite solutions by Wiiisdom. We published an ebook on how to convert your UNV to UNX to help you with the migration process.

Additionally, multi-source universes (MSU) in UNX format will no longer be supported by the end of BI 4.3 or even exist in BI 2025. Wiiisdom can help you convert your MSU in just a few simple steps.

Will you start planning a move to SAP BI 2025? Discover how to be BI 2025-ready with Wiiisdom here.

You can get the latest information on the SAP BusinessObjects roadmap in this video: