Business Intelligence 4.0

Ingo Hilgefort, Solution Assembly & Packaging
September 2011
BI160
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 and
SAP Landscapes in a Single Session
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1 Workshop.. 4 Mentors.
Greg Myers, SEI Tammy Powlas, Fairfax Water
Derek Loranca, Aetna Ingo Hilgefort, SAP Canada
Agenda
Crystal Reports Hands-On
Web Intelligence Hands-On
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Hands-On
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP edition
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Hands-On
Additional Material
Solution Manager Integration, LCM Integration, Best Practices
SAP Crystal Reports for
Enterprise
SAP Crystal Reports in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0
With the release of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.0 , there will be two
versions of Crystal Reports available for use with the BI Platform.
SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise
Major update & re-design of the Crystal
Reports Designer and associated
processing servers
Focus on the needs of the Large
Enterprise & customers with SAP
deployments
Provides the foundation for all future
releases of Crystal Reports
SAP Crystal Reports 2011
Incremental update to CR 2008 with a
few new features
Focused on serving the needs of
standalone customers (Partners and
Volume customers)
Continue to deliver existing functionality
with no regressions
Create Stunning Documents faster than ever before
Easy-to-use, new design environment for novice and professional designers
Create simple reports to represent complex data within a few minutes
Streamlined experience across the suite
Tabbed Tool Bar
WYSIWYG
Point and Click
Easy-to-use
Navigation Panel
Intuitive User Experience
Insert groups
Insert totals
Manage
groups and
sorts
Smart Formatting
Smart Guidelines
Guidelines for easy column resizing
Drag and drop to reorder column
Automatic resizing and column shifting for
object and column insertion
Smart Default Formatting
Designer detects patterns in formatting and
adjusts automatically
Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP NetWeaver BW Query Element Crystal Reports Designer Element
Characteristic Separate fields for key, and description per characteristic
Hierarchy Hierarchies are presented as real external hierarchies
Keyfigure
Measure element in a grouping called Keyfigure.
Each Keyfigure can have up to three elements: numeric value, unit, and formatted value.
Calculated Keyfigure
Measure element in the folder Keyfigure.
(Information about the details of the calculated Keyfigure is not available in Crystal Reports.)
Restricted Keyfigure
Measure element in the folder Keyfigure
(Information about the details of the restricted Keyfigure is not available in Crystal Reports.)
Filter Filters will be applied to the underlying query but are not visible in the Crystal Reports designer.
Navigational attribute Separate fields for key and description per navigational attribute
Display attribute
Each display attribute becomes one field in the field explorer. The display attributes are grouped together with the
actual characteristic.
SAP variables Parameters
Crystal Reports for Enterprise and SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP NetWeaver BW Query Element Crystal Reports Designer Element
Conditions Not Supported
Exceptions
Exceptions are not supported. You can leverage conditional formatting, highlighting, and alerting in Crystal
Reports.
Keydates Keydate variables are fully supported
Display settings Most display settings are supported with the exception of local calculations
Crystal Reports in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0
SAP Data Connection Options
Crystal Reports 2011
Improved Direct Access to SAP BW Query via MDX
Migration path for existing BW Query Crystal Reports 2008 reports
Set database location to Crystal Reports 2011 BW MDX Driver
Crystal Reports for Enterprise XI 4.0
SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 suite consistent Data Access to SAP BW
Access SAP NetWeaver BW via dimensional universes
Direct Access to BEx Queries via transient universes (BICS)
Functionality planned for future release
Direct access to SAP ERP for Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0
Lifecycle Management
Crystal Reports objects managed by BW Publisher and transport integration with SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Suite approach
Leverage one solution for all Lifecycle Management via integration between SAP BusinessObjects Lifecycle
Manager and SAP CTS+
Functionality planned for future release
As Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0 reports are no longer saved to SAP NetWeaver BW repository, the
following features are not available:
Support for Report Report Interface
Support for variable personalization
Prompting
Functionally identical to Crystal Reports 2008
Support for SAP variable concepts natively in Crystal Reports Designer and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
Key date
Hierarchy / Hierarchy Node
Hierarchical LOV
SAP Integration Summary
SAP Crystal Reports 2011
Continues the same direct connectivity to SAP BW as in Crystal Reports 2008
Continues the same direct connectivity to SAP ERP as in Crystal Reports 2008
Lifecycle Management integration with SAP NetWeaver BW
Multi-lingual capabilities for SAP-based reports managed via SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP prompting support via online prompting feature including Report Report Interface and Personalization
SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0
Leverages improve suite wide connection to SAP NetWeaver BW
No direct connectivity to SAP ERP in the SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 release
Integrated with suite wide integrate between Lifecycle Manager and CTS+
Multi-lingual capabilities via SAP BusinessObjects Translation Manager
SAP prompting support handled via common semantic layer
SAP BusinessObjects Web
Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Empowers End Users to Do Their Own Analyses
Business Metadata
Access heterogeneous
data sources
Easily navigate through
hierarchies
Analyze with few clicks
Analyze with few clicks
Context related right
click menu
Rich feature set
Drag and drop
Organized tool bar
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Interactive Analysis Combined with Free-Form Reporting
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0
Productivity & Usability Improvements
Significant productivity & usability improvements
Access to most common features are prioritized and logically grouped by user activity
(Report, Format, Analyze, Access Data)
Workflows built to reflect the natural flow for ad-hoc analysis and reporting users
Modern look & feel and cleaner organization
Immediate access to most frequently used features in an activity
General user experience icons, look & feel, terminology is harmonized across the suite
Seamless integration within InfoView for better access to common workflows & services
Series of functionalities provide a first level of
interactivity for more casual users
No training required to use
Answers to most common questions are a click away
Relieves power users from most common requests to
personalize reports
Various Improvements
New User Experience for Input Controls (Slicing/What if)
Fold/Unfold of Report
Navigation in hierarchies to find the root causes.
1998 - Nagano
Selling Expenses Growth
5% 0% 10%
Reuse report elements across documents (charts, tables, queries, variables)
Enhanced Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and Drag & Drop
Complex formatting is maintained
Target document gets updated to include necessary query data and variables
You can create a chart and associate dimensions and measures in Edit mode
No need to use Structure Mode
Incomplete chart are displayed as ghosts.
You can drag and drop objects into the chart they are automatically dispatched to the relevant chart area
You can also preselect objects prior to the insertion workflow.
Dimensional concepts
integrated into rich reporting
model
Navigate directly into the
report hierarchies to find root
causes
Dimensional charting
Data Connectivity
Web Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP NetWeaver BW Query Element Web Intelligence
Characteristic Separate fields for key, and description per characteristic
Hierarchy Hierarchies are presented as real external hierarchies
Keyfigure
Measure element in a grouping called Keyfigure.
Each Keyfigure can have up to three elements: numeric value, unit, and formatted value.
Calculated Keyfigure
Measure element in the folder Keyfigure.
(Information about the details of the calculated Keyfigure is not available in Web Intelligence.)
Restricted Keyfigure
Measure element in the folder Keyfigure
(Information about the details of the restricted Keyfigure is not available in Web Intelligence.)
Filter Filters will be applied to the underlying query but are not visible in Web Intelligence
Navigational attribute Separate fields for key and description per navigational attribute
Display attribute
The display attributes are grouped together with the actual characteristic and are shown as subordinates in the
query panel
Web Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP NetWeaver BW Query Element Web Intelligence
SAP variables Parameters
Conditions Not Supported
Exceptions Exceptions are not supported. You can leverage Alerts in Web Intelligence
Keydates Keydate variables are supported
Display settings Most display settings are supported with the exception of local calculations
SAP BusinessObjects
Dashboards 4.0
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
BI Platform Integration
BI Platform back-end optimized for dashboard flash front-end
Dashboards Processing server
Provides a thin processing layer between data source and dashboard front-end
Dashboards Cache Server
Caches query result set per security profile
Query caching policy define in management console (CMC)
Web
Application
Server
DashboardW
eb Services
Flash
Dashboard
CSL
Connector
HTTP
Business Objects Enterprise
DashboardsPro
cessing Server
Dashboards
Cache Server
CSL Connection Server
WebI
Processing
Server
CMS Security and SQL
generation
SQL execution and
cache results
CORBA New
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0
User Auditing and System Monitoring
Audit events
Dashboard User: View, refresh, prompt, logon, logout
Dashboards Designer: create, delete, modify
Server monitoring metrics include
Processing time, cache size & hits, requests (served, queued, failed),
connections, threads, data transfers,...
Multi-lingual dashboards
Publish a dashboard to the BI platform to allow Translation expert(s) to create localized text
for the dashboard
The Translation expert(s) use the Translation Manager to localize:
Component Text Properties: Titles, subtitles, series names, category names
Ranges in Excel marked as translatable by the dashboard designer
Note: Text in Excel formulas is not translatable
They publish the text translations to the BI platform
The platform combines these translations with
the dashboard to create a localized dashboard
At runtime the platform displays the
localized dashboard that matches the
user Preferred Viewing Locale (PVL)
Direct Semantic Layer Connection Query Panel
Improved authoring via query integration and direct access to semantic layer
Define a query by dragging and dropping relational universe objects, dimensions and measures
Query sorting
Create filters or single or multi selection query prompts with or without List of Values than can be used with
a Prompt Selector
Query data preview
Query data
preview
Drag and drop
to create a
query
Direct Semantic Layer Connection Query Browser
Quick access to Query Panel to add and edit queries
Query summary view to see result objects, filters and prompts
Delete and refresh queries
Drag and drop prompts to the canvas to create a Prompt Selector
Query summary
Pin to auto-hide
drag prompt to canvas
Region Prompt
Selector
Optionally insert into the
spreadsheet
Direct Semantic Layer Connection Direct Data Binding
Bind directly from chart and selectors to query result objects
The component will show more or less values depending on the number of rows returned by the query (no
need for Ignore End Blanks)
Optionally bind query results to the spreadsheet
Live data preview at design time when using query data
Multi column components allow you to bind directly to multiple result objects
Direct Semantic Layer Connection Prompts
Auto prompt based on the prompt data type and whether is single or multi value prompt or cascading list of
values
Directly uses the available List of Values
Search or page through list of values as well as show or hide selected values
Single value showing list of values
Single value
Multiple select (in list)
from list of values
Search or page
through list of
values
Data Connectivity
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP NetWeaver BW
BW Query Element Xcelsius Designer Element (Direct Connection to SAP BW)
Characteristic
Each characteristic in the actual dataset is being retrieved based on the settings in the BW query. Settings in regards to
elements like key, short text, medium text, and long text are being leveraged from the BW query. In addition each
characteristic is also available with a list of members which can be used for filtering or provide a list of values for
variables.
Hierarchies
Each level of the hierarchy will be presented but all levels are put combined into a single column in the data set. The
depth of the hierarchy depends on the configured number of levels in the BW query designer.
Keyfigures
Each keyfigure can be shown as plain numeric value or as formatted value based on the user preferences. This choice
can be made for each SAP NetWeaver BW connection configured in the Data Manager.
Calculated / Restricted Keyfigure
Each calculated / restricted keyfigure is treated like a keyfigure. The user does not have access to the underlying
definition in the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards designer.
Filter
Filters will be applied to the underlying query and the user has access to the configured filter values and can use those
values for display purposes. In addition the user can set additional filter values for characteristics from the underlying BW
query during the runtime of the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards object.
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and SAP NetWeaver BW
BW Query Element Xcelsius Designer Element (Direct Connection to SAP BW)
Navigational Attributes Navigational Attributes are being treated identical to a characteristic.
Display Attribute
Display attributes can be used for a list of values and can become part of the overall dataset. In the actual dataset a
display attribute can only be shown in combination with the actual characteristic.
Variables
Variables from the BW query are transferred to SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards as part of the connection and will be
shown as variables in the Input Values area of the SAP NetWeaver BI connection settings.
Structure A single item with several rows
Conditions Fully Supported
Display Settings Fully supported
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis,
Edition for Microsoft Office
Analysis, Edition for MS Office
Simpler and More Intuitive for Fast Business Insights
Modern and familiar
Microsoft Office user
experience
Simplified drag-&-drop to
filter, and slice-&-dice
Few simple clicks to
fast business insights
More Powerful with Live Presentations
Live analyses embedded into PowerPoint
presentations
Analysis embedded as live object
Export current analysis from Excel
Insert BEx query results directly
More Powerful with Pervasive BI Applications
Powerful application design
Combine multiple data sources
Free formatting of text elements
New APIs as Excel formulas
Support of BW integrated planning
High-performance run-time
Immediate response time regardless of data volume
Tight integration with in-memory acceleration
technologies
Analysis, Edition for MS Office:
Design Panel
Views
Analysis: Allows navigation, filtering, and so on
Information:
General information on the embedded data source or the workbook itself (i.e. last
data refresh, created by, and so on)
All relevant information (filters, variables, and so on) at one glance, in one place
Components: Structural information view either from the data source or the
worksheet perspective
Navigation
Simplified drag&drop within panel or into grid to filter, drill-down, slice&dice, replace,
and so on
Finger-tip access to hierarchies
Access to display attributes
Analysis, Edition for MS Office:
Context-Sensitive OLAP Functions
New options for the end-user
Excellent integration into the overall Office look & feel
Define conditional formatting (formerly exceptions)
Define filter by measure (formerly conditions)
Define basic and dynamic calculations
Excel commentary on data cells (kept in right place if crosstab changes)
New hierarchy features
Collapse into hierarchical structures (display hierarchy)
Show/hide hierarchy levels
Sort breaking hierarchies
Advanced Workbook Design & Sharing
Workbook Design
Easy insertion of multiple data sources (from multiple BW systems)
Improved overview of used elements in an Excel workbook
Free formatting of text elements (cells with meta data retrieval
formulas)
New APIs as Excel formulas (via VBA)
Add Excel-based charts
Easy consumption of Workbooks
Add information on the data sources (name, last update, )
Add filter status and integrate filter dialogue
Sharing XLS Workbooks & PPTs
Save workbook/PPT presentation directly in BOE (if deployed) or on
3rd party repository (BW storage is not supported)
Edition for MS Office High-Level Architecture
Scenario 1: Client/Server Deployment
saplogon.ini
Local file folder
and/or
3
rd
-party file server
BW
BI Consumer
Services (BICS)
1
2
3
1. Connection management
2. XL workbook / PPT management
3. Data access
1
2
3
BW
BICS
SAP BusinessObjects
BI Platform
1
2
3
4
HTTP
Edition for MS Office High-Level Architecture
Scenario 2: BI Platform Deployment
Connection management
XL workbook / PPT management
Data access
Batch publishing (future)
1
2
3
4
Data Connectivity
Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office and SAP NetWeaver BW
BEx Query Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office
Keyfigure Measure
Characteristic Dimension
Variable Prompt
Characteristic Values Member
Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office and SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP NetWeaver BW Query element Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office
Characteristic Separate fields for key and description per characteristic.
Hierarchy Each available hierarchy is shown
Keyfigure Each Keyfigures is shown as a measure object (no separate fields for Unit)
Calculated Keyfigure & Restricted Keyfigure Treated like a keyfigure
Filter Filters will be shown in the navigation panel
Navigational attribute Treated like a characteristic
Display attribute Each Display Attribute is shown as subordinate for the characteristic
SAP variables Turned into prompts
Structure Structures are shown in the navigation panel and structure elements can be filtered / selected
Exceptions Are turned into read only conditional formatting
Conditions Are turned into read only Filter by Measure
Display settings Fully supported, for example scaling, rounding,
Integration with SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1
Central provisioning of BW connections
Client-side Single-Sign On
Saving and sharing workbooks centrally (common xls / ppt info object)
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 4.0 (as of ramp-up start)*
Support system-type connection
Server-side and client-side Single-Sign On
Saving and sharing workbooks centrally (common xls(x) / ppt(x) InfoObject)
Interoperability with other clients: WebI, Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis, Web
edition based on Analysis View
Technical Pre-requisites
Client Computer
Windows XP or higher
MS Office 2003 or higher / MS Office 2007 or higher for PowerPoint / MS Office 2010
No requirement for SAP GUI
Sizing: See SAP note 1466118
SAP NetWeaver BW
Version 7.0 or higher
No requirement for BI Java usage type
SAP BusinessObjects BI platform (optional)
SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 or SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0
Windows or Unix OS supported by the BI platform
SAP NetWeaver J2EE 7.1 or any web server supported by the BI platform
Innovate without Disruption for Immediate Benefits
Run with existing InfoProvider and queries
No need to migrate BEx queries
No need to change BW data models
Support BW 7.x and BEx queries 3.5/7.x
Transition BEx analyzer users now
Most BEx features already supported
Short-term plan for remaining gaps
Scheduling and variants planned for future
Adopt new BI platform at your own pace
Direct connection to BEx queries (BICS)
Deploy new BI platform only when needed
SAP BW Business Explorer (BEx) Maintenance
Existing BW / BEx objects
BEx queries, query views and BW info provides can be re-used within Analyis, edition for MS Office (BEx 7.0 & BEx 3.5 on top of BW7.x)
No need to migrate queries, no change in BW data models necessary
The SAP BEx Query Designer stays as is and can further be used for managing BEx queries
Business Explorer 7.0
Delivered and compatible with all current BW 7.x releases
Continues to be delivered with future SAP NetWeaver BW releases
Currently no planned end of life, however, no major feature enhancement will happen
Renewed maintenance with every major BW release according to SAPs support policies
Business Explorer 3.5
Delivered with BW 3.5 and maintained according to the policy of this release (see SAP note 1410878).
BEx 3.5 is also compatible with a BW 7.0 backend and has been delivered with BW 7.0. SAP will maintain BEx 3.5 functionality within BW 7.0
and subsequent releases until the end of BW 7.0 maintenance cycle.
Maintenance of BEx 3.5 is NOT extended with BW 7.30 or other future releases.
Note that full PAM support of BEx 3.5 cannot be granted by SAP as Microsoft has removed, e.g., support for some components within
Windows 7 that are used by BEx Web Application Designer 3.5
Co-existence of Analyis, Edition for MS Office and BEx Analyzer?
Coexistence of BEx Analyzer and Analysis, edition for MS Office
You can install BEx and Analysis, edition for MS Office on a single PC.
Only one add-in can be active in an Excel session (in other words, either BEx or Analysis, edition for MS Office
can be active)
Opening a BEx workbook activates the BEx add-in.
OLAP Edition
Edition for OLAP
Uncover Deep Business Insights with
Self-Service Analysis
Self-service analysis
Deep business insights
Leverage all your investments
Interact with multiple dimensions and hierarchies
Run deep analyses with advanced analytical
functions
Break data silos to enrich analyses and
visualizations
Edition for OLAP
Pervasive web-
based analysis
Modern look-and-feel with
intuitive drag-and-drop
Few simple clicks to fast
business insights
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP
Capabilities
New user experience
Task panel
Layout panel
Sheets
Quick Access & Tabbed toolbars
New data presentation
Positioning of members
Asymmetric drilling
Member reordering
Swap axes
New analytical capabilities
Sorting
Search
Conditional formatting
Calculations
Null and zero suppression
Multiple data sources
Deferred query (auto update)
New information sharing
Interoperability
Export to Excel and PDF
Enhanced User Interface Designed to Optimize Workflows
Workflows such as filtering, conditional formatting, and adding calculations can all be achieved without hiding
your data (no more pop-up dialogs)
The Task panel enables conditional formatting to preview results
Defining layout without dragging onto the crosstab or chart
Quickly view the orientation of the selected crosstab or chart
Add hierarchies to an existing analysis
Drag & drop hierarchies between the column, row, and background filter axes
Define filters and action other features on the hierarchy/dimension
The Layout panel is optional and can be hidden to increase the available real
estate in the workspace
Sheets
A Sheet can contain a mix of up to four crosstabs and charts
In the Task panel, the Outline tab gives a holistic view of the workspace
Simple and Direct Access to Complementary Features
Quick Access toolbar
Tabbed toolbars
Conditional Formatting
Unlimited number of exception ranges can be created
Highlight cell background, cell value or add a symbol
9 levels of priority
Results can be previewed
Deferred Query Layout Data Without Running Queries
1
2
3
Export to Excel and PDF
Enhanced exporting to Excel
Number formatting and conditional formatting is
retained
Charts are exported
Analyses or sheets can be exported
Flexible printing as PDF
Print visible data or all data
Fit to page width
Specify headers and footers including custom text
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP Edition
High-Level Architecture
Zero-client Web-based architecture
Analysis workspace management with the SAP
BusinessObjects BI platform
Data access with MDX queries to MS Analysis Services
BW
MS Analysis
Services
BICS
AJAX & HTTP
SAP BusinessObjects
BI Platform
1
2
Web Browser
1
2
Data Connectivity
Analysis, OLAP Edition and SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP NetWeaver BW Query element Analysis, OLAP Edition
Characteristic Separate fields for key and description per characteristic.
Hierarchy Each available hierarchy is shown
Keyfigure Each Keyfigures is shown as a measure object (no separate fields for Unit)
Calculated Keyfigure & Restricted Keyfigure Treated like a keyfigure
Filter Filters will be leveraged but are not visible to the end-user
Navigational attribute Treated like a characteristic
Display attribute Display Attributes are not supported for Analysis, OLAP Edition in release 4.0. Planned for the 4.1 release
SAP variables Turned into prompts
Structure Structures are shown in the navigation panel and structure elements can be filtered / selected
Exceptions Are turned into read only conditional formatting
Conditions Are turned into read only Filter by Measure
Display settings Fully supported, for example scaling, rounding,
High-Level Architecture
Client Computer
Internet Explorer 7 or 8
Safari 4
Firefox 3.5
OLAP Source
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 SP 23 or higher, SAP NetWeaver BW 7.01 SP05 or higher
No requirement for BI Java usage type
MS Analysis Services 2005 SP1, 2008, or higher
SAP BusinessObjects BI platform
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0
Windows or Unix OS supported by the BI platform
SAP NetWeaver J2EE 7.1 or any web server supported by the BI platform
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
What is SAP BusinessObjects Explorer?
Access any data
Type in business terms to start exploring data
Access data exposed by IT, or personal data
No report or data model knowledge required
Visual exploration
Look at top N values, sort or filter the data
Automatic chart generation
Interact with the data
Share Insight
Send link by email or bookmark
Use as starting point for further analysis
Access from iPhone or iPad
Finding and analyzing corporate information should be this easy
Everyone is using Search
To instantly find facts
Weather
Stock Prices
To access information not readily available
New York city traffic map
Restaurant reviews
To investigate or do research
Ticket prices, hotels
Curiosity about a subject
Everyone is using Search
Intuitively explore on data
No data model or data knowledge required
Web or Mobile
Automated relevancy of results
Most relevant information is displayed first
Best chart type auto generated
Share insights with others
Export to CSV or image
Save it locally as a browser bookmark
One-click send to email
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated
SAP BusinessObjects Accelerated
Delivered as an appliance
Using BWA or SAP HANA as the data engine
Load from BW or any source (through data services)
Scale to terabytes of data
Index 200m records / hour
76
10 million
records
100 million
records
1 billion
records
At the speed of thought
In-Memory Acceleration
Response
Time in s
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Whats new in 4.0
Integration with BI Launchpad
1. Information Spaces appear in the
Document list
-Actions: View and Properties
3. Allows to launch
Explorer
2. Infoview search can
find Information
spaces
Integration with BI Launchpad
1. Exploration performed in
Infoview tabs
2. Integrated Toolbar
Disk based
indexes
Explorer
Universes
UNX
Excel
Files
Any Relational
Data Source
Desktop
In Memory indexes
BWA Hana
SAP BW SAP ERP
Supported data sources
UNX support
Multi source universe
New relational sources
Performance improvements
UNV to be converted to
UNX for use in Explorer
SAP HANA 1.0 support
Support for Analytic views,
and calculation views
BWA 7.2 support
Support for Microsoft Excel files
Data Connectivity
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Innovation
Exploration Views
Empowers business users to easily create, navigate & share key business views.
Highly Personalized & Dynamic Experience
Leverage investments in Business Objects Enterprise, Explorer, in-memory data sources (HANA, BWA) &
Semantic Layer
Smart visualization with auto adapting Views on mobile devices.- Interact and analyze make informed
business decisions.
APPENDIX
Planned features for SAP
BusinessObjects 4.1
SAP BusinessObjects 4.1
Planned Improvements for Data Connectivity towards SAP Systems
Semantic Layer
Data Connectivity towards SAP ERP
o Classic InfoSets
o ABAP Functions
o SAP Queries
Full Support for Scaling Factor
Crystal Reports for Enterprise, Web Intelligence, SBOP Dashboards, Analysis OLAP Edition
Support for Level based Selection of Hierarchies
Crystal Reports for Enterprise, Web Intelligence, SBOP Dashboards
Analysis, OLAP Edition
Compact Display (Display as Hierarchy)
Focused Navigation (Chart / Table)
Support for Display Attributes
Support for SAP HANA
Leveraging the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise based OLAP Connections based on BICS
Data Connectivity and
Meta-Data Support
SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Connectivity for SAP Landscape
Direct Access via BICS or Multi Source Universe
` Re-uses your existing BEx Queries
` Connectivity is shared across all BI client tools
` Provides hierarchical meta-data
` One Connection can point to multiple BEx Queries ( Multi-
Source)
` Allows to connect to SAP ERP via Transient Provider (ECC 6
EhP05)
` Support for BEx Query elements, such as structures, variables,
restricted and calculated keyfigures
No Customization of objects possible
No option to create your own objects outside the BEx Query
No connection limits possible (for example, timeout after 5 min)
` Direct link to Infoprovider level
` Allows to combine multiple source in a single connection
` Allows you to customize the objects
` Allows you to create your own objects and calculations
No support for external BW hierarchies
No support for restricted keyfigures
No support for calculated keyfigures
Direct BICS Connection Multi-Source Universe
Meta-Data Support for BEx Queries
The following slides are based on SAP BusinessObjects 4.0
The listed support for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (former Xcelsius) is based on the direct connection
to SAP NetWeaver BW (not to confuse with the newly offered BI Consumer Services connection in SAP
BusinessObjects Enterprise)
BEx Query Element Crystal Reports
for Enterprise
(BICS)
Web Intelligence
(BICS)
Dashboards
(former Xcelsius)
(Using Direct
connection to
SAP BW)
Analysis, edition
for MS Office
Analysis, OLAP
Edition
SAP Business
Objects Explorer
Universe
(Relational)
InfoProvider Dimension
- - - - -
Characteristic
- - - - - - -
Characteristic with Hierarchy
- - - - - -
Structure based on Characteristics
- - - - -
Navigational Attribute
- - - - - - -
Display Attribute
- - - -
Key Figure
- - - - - - -
Unit / Currency
- - - - - - -
Calculated Key Figure
- - - - - -
Restricted Key Figure
- - - - - -
Compounded Characteristics
-(!) -(!) -(!) - - -
Defaults in the BEx Query
- -
Constant Selection
- - - - -
for Enterprise
Web
Intelligence
Dashboards
(former
Xcelsius)
(Using Direct
connection to
SAP BW)
Analysis,
edition for MS
Office
Analysis, OLAP
Edition
SAP Business
Objects
Explorer
Universe
(Relational)
Single Value Variable
- - - - - -
Multi Single Value Variable
- - - - - -
Interval Variable
- - - - -
Selection Option Variable
-(!) -(!) - - -
Hierarchy Variable
- - -(!) - - -
Hierarchy Node Variable
- - -(!) - - -
Hierarchy Version Variable
- - - -
Text Variable
- - - - - -
EXIT Variable
- - - - - -
Single Key Date Variable
- - - - - -
Multiple Key Data Variable
- - - -
Formula Variable
- - - - - -
Default Values for Variables
- - - - - -
for Enterprise
Web
Intelligence
Dashboards
(former
Xcelsius)
(Using Direct
connection to
SAP BW)
Analysis,
edition for MS
Office
Analysis, OLAP
Edition
SAP Business
Objects
Explorer
Universe
(Relational)
Scaling Factor
-(!) -(!) - - -(!)
Number of Decimals
- - -
Display Result Rows (top / bottom)
- - - - -
Suppress Result Rows
- - - - -
Calculate Result as (local calculation)
- - - -
Display as hierarchy
- -
Sorting
- - - - -
Hide / Unhide
- - - - -
Reverse +/- signage
- - - - -
for Enterprise
Web Intelligence Dashboards
(former Xcelsius)
(Using Direct
connection to
SAP BW)
Analysis, edition
for MS Office
Analysis, OLAP
Edition
SAP Business
Objects Explorer
Conditions in rows
- - -
Conditions in columns
- - -
Conditions on selected characteristic
- - -
Exceptions
- -
Empty / non empty
- - - - -
Possible workarounds
BEx Query Elements Relational Universe
Calculated / Restricted Keyfigures Define calculated measures as part of the Universe
Variables Define prompts as part of the Universes or Web Intelligence Query Panel.
Not possible for EXIT variables or variables filled through authorizations
Currency and Unit Conversion Possible with manual modeling of tables with conversion rates in the SAP BusinessObjects Universe Designer and joins in Data
Federator.
Display Attributes Possible with joins from InfoProvider to the master data tables in the Universe.
External BW Hierarchies No Workaround
Conditions Use filters on measures.
Compounded Characteristics
Compounded Key Values
Combined Key Value for the compounded characteristic except
for Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office
Cascading prompts for compounded characteristics
Supported by Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office only
Scaling Factor
Scaling Factor is supported, but the information about the
actual scaling factor is missing
with the exception of
Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office
Local Calculations
Local Calculations
Items like a Ranking configured in the BEx Query
Key Figures configured with a local calculations are
filtered out for
Crystal Reports for Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Conditions
Conditions can be configured to be
applied in the rows
applied in the columns
applied on fixed characteristics
applied independently
As of SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 only
Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office and
Analysis, OLAP Edition f
fully support Conditions
Hierarchical Reporting
Capabilities
SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Hierarchical Capabilities
Crystal Reports for Enterprise
Support for hierarchical member selection
Support for hierarchical parameters
Support for hierarchies in charts and crosstab
Support for delegated measures
Support for hierarchical report design
Not part of Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0:
Switching between hierarchies on the fly
Level based member selection
Web Intelligence
Not part of Web Intelligence 4.0
Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office & OLAP Edition
Support for Level based member selection
Support for exchange of hierarchies
Dashboards
Support for hierarchical member selection via BEx Web Runtime
Support for hierarchical parameters via BEx Web Runtime
Not part of Dashboards 4.0
Support for Level based member selection
Support for exchange of hierarchies
Hierarchical visualizations are planned for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1
Common Items
Hierarchical Member Selection
In SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 for Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, and Dashboards the selection is based on
members and it is a fixed selection (not on levels)
Hierarchical charting
Hierarchical charts are not offering a drill down in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0
Migrating XI 3.x BI Content to
SAP BusinessObjects 4.x
SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 SAP Integration
Migrating BI Content from XI 3.1 to 4.0
The following steps are purely focusing on migrating the BI content
for Crystal Reports 2008 (BW MDX Driver) moving to Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0 (BICS Connectivity)
for Web Intelligence XI 3.1 (OLAP Universe) moving to Web Intelligence 4.0 (BICS Connectivity)
IMPORTANT:
Remember that the new connectivity does not allow for customization or custom objects
>> Means all needed objects need to be part of the underlying Bex Query
Migrating XI 3.1 OLAP Universe to BICS Connection
Step 1: Open the Web Intelligence report in Edit Mode
Step 2: Use the Change Source Menu
Step 3: Change the source to the new BICS Connection
Step 4: Map the existing fields to the new list of fields
Issues in 4.0
Unit / Currencies & Hierarchies
Migrating Crystal Reports 2008 to Crystal Reports for Enterprise
Step 1: Open the Crystal Reports 2008 report to Crystal Reports for Enterprise
Step 2: Change the connection to the new BICS Connection
Step 3: Map the fields to the new meta-data
SAP BusinessObjects
Integration with Solution
Manager
SAP Solution Manager
SAP SOLUTION MANAGER
Component-
Specific Tools
End-to-End
Root Cause Analysis
Lower mean
time to resolution
End-to-End Change Analysis
End-to-End Workload Analysis
End-to-End Exception Analysis
End-to-End Trace Analysis
C(++) ABAP Java .net
Technical
Monitoring, Alerting &
Administration
Optimize operations
Technical
Reporting
Prove value to business
MANAGED SYSTEMS
SAP EarlyWatch Alert
Service Level Reporting
Standard IT Reporting
Customer BW Reporting
Technical Monitoring & Alerting Technical Administration
Unified Alert Inbox
Alert correlation & propagation
Open monitoring infrastructure
IT Calendar
Task
Management
Runbook
Tools
Explorer
Central planning and tracking
Standardized and guided operations
Open automation infrastructure
SAP Solution Manager
Supportability Integration Points
CTS + Integration
SAP Passport and Unified tracing
Solution Manager Configuration
SLD (System Landscape Directory)
Central dynamic Trace switch
Activity / Resource Monitoring
AppSight Instrumentation
Introscope Instrumentation
Single user trace
Administration read only role
Remote Access
SAP Solution Manager System Landscape Directory
Problem:
Several employees have complained that the system has not worked correctly for several days.
The company support organization is informed about the problems and is starting root cause analysis
using SAP Solution Manager.
To begin the analysis of the problem, the end-to-end change analysis application will be used to check
if configuration changes might be the root cause.
Solution:
Information stored as part of the System Landscape Directory allow for End to End Change Analysis
Examples of available information:
SAP BusinessObjects web tier configuration data
SAP BusinessObjects Services layer
Platform Services Configuration
SAP Solution Manager System Landscape Directory
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Compare Configuration of QA and
production landscape
or production landscape at two
different point in times
Select Configuration store
group
Select Configuration
store(e.g. configuration file
stored in file system)
View configuration
Enable History Filter
(Display of changed
configuration
parameters only)
Change timestamp to be analyzed
SAP Solution Manager Exception Analysis
Problem:
An employee reports errors using the Web Intelligence application.
To analyze the problem, the End-to-End Exception Analysis application will be used to isolate the
component that causes the problem and to analyze error messages written by the component.
Solution:
End to End Exception Analysis integrated with SAP Solution Manager allow for alerting and analysis of
thresholds for SAP BusinessObjects components
Examples:
SAP BusinessObjects web tier
Java Application Errors (from Web Application Server Log)
Event Log Errors (Windows only)
SAP BusinessObjects services layer
Server error Logs
Event Log Errors (Windows only)
SAP Solution Manager Exception Analysis
Number of error messages per BO
server component
When did most of the error messages
occur
Change timeframe to be analyzed
Switch to detailed views with error
message details per software
component
SAP Solution Manager Workload Analysis
Problem:
Several employees of a company have complained about slow system response during the generation of Web
Intelligence reports over the last few days.
To begin the analysis of the problem, the end-to-end workload analysis application will be used to analyze which
component is responsible for the long running requests and whether resource bottlenecks occur.
Solution:
Central monitoring and End to End Workload analysis using SAP Solution Manager is providing alerting and
monitoring functionality for the SAP BusinessObjects environment and the SAP environment in a single
environment
Examples:
SAP BusinessObjects Services
Average Response Time per Request
Number of Requests
CPU & Memory Util.
Calls to Data Source
SAP Solution Manager Workload Analysis
Most important performance KPIs per
server component
Check performance in time profile Change timeframe to be analyzed
Switch to detailed views with
performance metric details per BO
Server
SAP Solution Manager Tracing
Problem:
An employee complained about high system response time while refreshing an Interactive Intelligence report.
End-to-end trace analysis will be used to determine whether the high response time is mainly caused by client or
server processing or network and which request and component accounts for the highest part of the response
time.
Solution:
Using the central trace integration with SAP Solution Manager provides access to tracing and log files
Examples:
SAP BusinessObjects web application layer
HTTP Request Analysis
Server Analysis
Log Viewer
SAP BusinessObjects server layer
Server Analysis
SAP Solution Manager Tracing
Check which parts of response time
are spent in Client, network, server
Check HTTP status codes of requests
Detailed Analysis
Filter only most expensive requests
Check which parts of response time
are spent per applications server host
involved
SAP Solution Manager Remote Support
Remote Support Component for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
Focused on SAP customers who only use SAP BusinessObjects (without SAP NetWeaver / SAP BusinessSuite)
allows customers to better manage, monitor and evaluate their SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise system
Functionality Available
SAP Early Watch Alert: This report provides a summary of the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise system landscape
and its configuration.
Examples are; system and hardware configuration, software versions, key performance indicators, detailed
service settings, and SAP BusinessObjects technology checks.
Root Cause Analysis: A systematic top-down approach to determine where and why a problem occurred, as well
as defining how to perform a root cause analysis across different support levels and different technologies.
Auto update: If SAP create new functionality or bug fixes for remote support component the software downloads
updates for itself and installs them automatically.
Which SAP BusinessObjects solutions are supported?
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP2 and future versions
Further details: http://service.sap.com/rsc
SAP BusinessObjects LCM
Integration with CTS+
CTS
Change and Transport System
To synchronize content in SAP ABAP deployments
CTS+
Enhanced Change and Transport System
Used to transport non ABAP objects
TMS
Transport and Management System
Transaction STMS
Define transport domains and transport routes
Transport all changed objects from one system to
another.
Transport organizer
Transport routes
LifeCycle Manager is a Web-Based tool that enables you to
Promote Business Intelligence resources from one BusinessObjects system to another BusinessObjects system
Manages dependencies of BI resources
Rollbacks a promoted resource to restore the destination system to its previous state
Manages different versions of BI resources
No additional licensing required
Available now at the SAP
Service Marketplace extranet
BOE Systems
TMS System-Landscape Configuration Representation of BOE Systems
TD1
(DEV System)
TEST
TD2
TEST
TD1
TEST
XYZ
TD2
(Test System)
XYZ
(Prod System)
Promotion of
Jobs
Application
Type
BOLM
Transport
Request
Transport
Request
Transport
Request
ZIP
Application
Type
BOLM
Start the import in
TMS to process the
job
O
Collect
objects
O
Promote via CTS
Job
O
Transport
Request
Transport
Request
Transport
Request
ZIP
Transport
Organizer
Web UI
O
1. Change(s) made in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Development system
2. Lifecycle Manager used to:
Collect changed objects & any required internal dependencies into Promotion Job
Associate any external dependencies with the promotion job (e.g. BEx Queries)
Assign Promotion Job to Transport Request
Export to CTS+ consolidation environment
3. Transport Request is being released. CTS+ transports objects via Transport Routes to various
Transport nodes (destination systems)
4. Lifecycle Manager import plug-in called at destination & changes committed to destination system
(>> SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 4.0)
All objects committed with administrator credentials
Overrides to database connections are applied based on override table at destination system
Related objects (e.g. BW) committed to appropriate destination as well
Home page shows status of promotion jobs
Jobs can be organized and secured by folders
Click New Job to create a new promotion job
The destination is Promote via CTS option.
Objects are selected
Selected Objects depends on a BEx Query
The BExQuery can be selected and a reference
added to the job
2nd Level SAP BW Dependencies are shown
Default Transport Request is
assigned.
BW dependencies may be in different
Transport Requests.
The job resolution status is
displayed.
The request can be
released from LCM.
Content Overview in
CTS+
Request Import in
the target system
Option to release
directly available
SAP BusinessObjects
Integration of BEx Web
Applications
Integration of BEx Web Applications
Integration of SAP BEx Web Application Java
runtime into SAP BusinessObjects BI platform
No additional SAP NetWeaver J2EE stack
required
SAP NetWeaver BI 7.01 SP08 required
BI Launch Pad
BusinessObjects BI Platform
BI Consumer Services
SAP NetWeaver BW
BEx Queries /
InfoProviders
BEx Web
Templates
Adv. Analysis
(Web) Runtime
BEx Web
Runtime
BEx Web
Applications
BEx Web Application
Designer 7.x
Integration of BEx Web Applications
Existing BEx Web Applications can be executed from BI Launch Pad
Overall Landscape
Current deployment option Additional option in combination with SBOP 4.x
Overall Landscape
SAP Netweaver Java stack is not required for BEx WAD running in BI Platform
SAP Netweaver Java stack is not required for using the direct BICS connection towards SAP
NetWeaver BW
With the exception of Xcelsius 2008 / Xelsius 4.0 (>> planned for4.1)
Due to the missing SAP Portal component there are limitations on functionalities in SBOP 4.0
No Knowledge Management, i. e. no operations involving documents are possible
Adobe Document Services (ADS) is not available (PDF generation is done via own SAP library)
Report-Report-Interface is not possible
On the BI Platform, the BEx WAD Runtime does not support Information Broadcasting
Multiple Backend (ABAP) BW system is not supported
Single Sign On is not supported (planned for SP02)
SAP BusinessObjects
Integration with SAP Enterprise
Portal
SAP Enterprise Portal Integration
Portlet providing BI launch pad features enabling
rapid deployment of BI frontend application in portal
Feature parity with BI launch pad all BI contents, all
actions (view, edit, create, schedule)
Viewing portlet for building custom portal application
UI driven workflows to display documents
Supports browsing the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
repository
SAP Community Resources
SAP BusinessObjects Community
SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture
www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/bi-solution-architecture
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