SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator software includes features that support the following capabilities:

• Access to disparate data – Accessing multiple data sources for your reports is more of the rule today than the exception. Today's mature and sophisticated business intelligence (BI) deployments can benefit more than ever from the capabilities data federation offers. SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator allows easy, reliable, and ad hoc access to disparate data – regardless of data structure and location.
• Computation of data on demand – The ability to compute information on demand when physically moving the data isn't an option. If you have a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, you can use data federation to quickly unite on-premise and hosted data and leverage the business intelligence tools familiar to you.
• Acceleration of query performance – You can provide fast, trusted access and synchronized data from structured and unstructured sources. Query times can be reduced by several orders of magnitude, while providing data quality and higher report authoring productivity.
• Data lineage and impact – SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator can help you track data lineage and impact analysis for your current projects. Plus, the software integrates with SAP BusinessObjects Metadata Management, enabling you to perform end-to-end data lineage and impact analysis.