0510 sap businessobjects bi platform 4 0 administration improvements

Henry Kam, Senior Solution Manager, BI Platform and Crystal Reports

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0

Administration Improvements Session Code: 0510

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Table of Contents

BI Platform Overview


SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0 Feature Pack 3 (aka “Support Pack 4”)


SAP BusinessObjects BI platform

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform empowers organizations to share and discover

information and to make better decisions. This flexible, scalable and reliable platform provides a common

infrastructure for all BI tools, and includes such capabilities as:

BI content management Secured storage of BI content

Scalable and robust service • Ability to scale up and scale out to suit the demand

• Fault tolerance and load balancing

Platform administration Central web based administration tool

Management of BI content life cycle

Auditing Audit trail for compliance or capacity planning

Information delivery Distribution of personalized BI content to mass audience

in an automated manner

Software development kit

Rich API for extending the solution or for process automation

Crystal

Reports

Dashboards Web Intelligence

Analysis

Explorer

BI platform


Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI Easy access to information

SAP BusinessObjects BI web based applications provides end users self-service access to BI content

BI content access and organization Assist users to locate and consume BI content

Add and organize BI content in a secure fashion

Information discovery and sharing Help users discover relevant information to solve their

business problems

Enable information sharing among users

BI workspaces Allow users to layout and link multiple BI assests for a holistic

view of business information

Portal server integration Access BI content from your portal server of choice


SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4.0 and Feature Pack 3 (aka Support Pack 4)

System administration

Monitoring and diagnosis

Lifecycle management

Auditing enhancements

Hot backup of BI repository (FP3)

BI repository in HANA (FP3)

Multitenancy enhancements (FP3)

Solution Manager integration

64-bit platform

Multilingual

Security

FIPS 140-2 encryption

Single sign-on to HANA (FP3)

Custom user attributes (FP3)

Information access

Content search

Alerting

Insight to action (FP3)


SAP BusinessObjects BI self-service access 4.0 and Feature Pack 3 (aka Support Pack 4)

Easy access to information

BI launch pad

BI workspaces

Search

BI launch pad customization (FP3)

Portal integration

Microsoft SharePoint (FP3)

Java portal servers

SAP Enterprise portal

Collaboration

Collaboration via SAP StreamWork (FP3)


SBOP

Maintenance Model – Strategy

3 New Delivery Vehicles

Maintenance Delivery Vehicles inspired from SAP maintenance model

XI 3.1 DELIVERY BI 4.x DELIVERY

Service Pack MINOR VERSION

FixPack SUPPORT PACKAGE

LAFix PATCH (Cumulative)


Maintenance Model for BI 4.0 Aligning with Standard SAP Terminology

XI 3.x

Term

BI 4.x

Equivalent

BI 4.x Contents BI 4.x Frequency

Service

Pack Minor Version

Support Pack contents +

• Selected new features

• Selected new platforms

(development and validation)

• Priority 3 or more complex

customer corrections

• New languages

• Complex internal corrections

Every 12-18 months for 5

years

No new minor version after

the final release in the 5th year

FixPack Support Package

Patch contents +

• Priority 2 issues

• Internal corrections

• New platforms (validation and minor

corrections)

• Small enhancements

0-4 years: Every 3-4 months

5-7 years: Every 6 months

LAFix Patch

Urgent customer corrections

• Priority 1 issues

• Top Priority 2 issues

Every 3 weeks

See this blog for more information

http://blogs.sap.com/analytics/2011/07/27/demystifying-standard-sap-support-for-major-releases-of-sap-businessobjects-bi/


SAP BusinessObjects Maintenance Strategy

“7-2”

Two distinct maintenance phases:

Mainstream Maintenance

Provide corrections such as Patches, Support Packs, and Minor Releases

Priority One Support

Provide corrections with Patches only on Priority One type of issues


Example: SBOP Product Family

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise

Mainstream Maintenance

> = 2 years

Mainstream

Maintenance

Mainstream

Maintenance

Priority

One

Support

Mainstream

Maintenance

2011 2012 2009 2010 2014 2013 2015 2016 2017 2008 2007 2006 2011 2012 2009 2010 2014 2013 2015 2016 2017 2008 2007 2006 2018 2019

Priority

One

Support

Mainstream Maintenance Priority

One

Support

SBOP Enterprise

XI 3.x family

SBOP Enterprise

BI 4.x family

Enterprise BI 4.0

Enterprise BI 4.1

Enterprise BI 4.5


SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4.0+FP3 Major product updates

For BI content life cycle management usage, Import Wizard in XI 3 is replaced by

the Lifecycle Management Console in BI 4.0

For repository upgrade across product versions, Import Wizard in XI 3 is replaced

by the Upgrade Management Tool in BI 4.0

Integration kits for connecting to SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD Edwards and Oracle

EBS systems are no longer separate add-on packages in BI 4.0. The capabilities

are included as part of the BI platform.

Starting from BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3, Lifecycle Management Console is

integrated into Central Management Console as the promotion management

application and the version management application.


Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0+FP3 Major product updates

BI 4.0 launch pad replaces the Java InfoView of former SAP

BusinessObjects Enterprise releases

BI 4.0 IOMS replaces the .NET InfoView of former SAP BusinessObjects

Enterprise releases

BI 4.0 workspaces replaces the Dashboard Builder product in previous

versions of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise. BI workspace is fully

integrated with the BI launch pad and installed with the core BI platform


Monitoring

Server metric and

probes

User-defined watch

condition

Visualization dashboard

in the CMC

Alert email

Integration with SAP

Solution Manager, Tivoli,

and JMX compatible

tools

Monitoring Capabilities


BI Content Lifecycle Management

Lifecycle Management Console

replaces Import Wizard

Connection override in bulk

automatically

Version control, rollback

Scripting facility

Auditable

Integration to standard SAP

LCM tool for combined

landscape, via CTS+

LCM Enhancements Lifecycle Management Console

Production Development & Testing


Auditing

For all events

Simplified system wide

configuration

Auto purging of old data

Enhanced audit data

store for simpler audit

reports and applications

Auditing Enhancements


Upgrade and Deployment

Multilingual BI delivery

across geographic

locations

Enhanced scalability with

virtualization and 64-bit

support

Continued

heterogeneous platform

and database support

Global Readiness

and Scalability


New search engine

Search document

attributes and content

Unified search

integrated with BI

launch pad

Facetted navigation on

search results for

refined results

Search Enhancements

Search


Alerting

Alert consumers

subscribe to alerts

easily

All subscribed alerts

managed in one place

Administrators and

users can subscribe for

others

Consistent workflow for

any alert source

Alert Subscription


BI Launch Pad

Home page widgets for

easy access to common

features

Quick access to

applications and search

Recently viewed reports,

scheduled documents,

and alert notifications

Configurable start location

Bring Relevant

Information Forward


BI Launch Pad

Schedule and Send to action

from document viewers

Create new folder on save

Clean up all Inbox

documents in one click

Open several documents at

the same time

Keep document opened in a

permanent tab

Reduce Manual Steps


BI Launch Pad

Preference set by user or

administrator

Role-based personalization

– preference and home

page settings for user

group

Application fine tuning with

property files – preserved

during maintenance

Customization and

Administration


BI Workspace

Centralize and personalize information and analytics needed for daily work

activities while reusing existing relevant BI content


BI Workspace

Simpler workspace

creation workflow

Improved content linking

capabilities

Integrated search

capabilities (BI platform

Better viewing experience

with tabs and multiples

viewers

Workspace Creation and

Consumption


Integration with SAP NetWeaver Portal and Java Portal

SAP NetWeaver Portal : iView

Java portal servers : JSR168

Feature parity with BI launch pad –

all BI contents, all actions

Single sign on

Document listing portlet – enable

rapid deployment of BI applications

Document viewing portlet for building

custom portal application

Portal Integration


Upgrade and Deployment

New easy to use tool

Combine the best of import

wizard and database migration

tool

Performance improvement

over import wizard

Choice of upgrades: complete

or incremental

Direct upgrade from XI R2

SP2 or later, and from XI 3.x

Upgrade Management Tool


Table of Contents

BI Platform Overview


SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0 Feature Pack 3 (aka “Support Pack 4”)


SAP HANA Support Broad and Deep BI Integration

Shared repository reduces system

administration overhead

Use SAP HANA as a BI repository

and audit database

Single sign-on from BI client tools

to HANA database improves

usability

Single Sign-on support with Kerberos

Key New Capabilities

SAP HANA

SQL MDX BICS SQL

SAP BusinessObjects

BI Solutions Other query tools

SAP Business

Suite Other data sources

SAP NetWeaver

Business Warehouse

SAP In-Memory Computing Studio

SAP In-Memory Database

Calculation and Planning

Engine

Row & Column

Storage

Real-Time Data

Replication

SAP

BusinessObjects

Data Services


Convert Insight to Action Enable Closed Loop Business Processes from BI to Transactions

Invoke operational transactions in both SAP and non-SAP applications

Supported by SAP Crystal Reports and

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Reuse action defined in SAP BW

Supported actions

Generic web addresses like Google maps

BEx and BW web applications

Crystal Reports and Dashboards

Transactions

ABAP reports

BW and Infoset queries

Contextual information passed

through


Web Services

BI Documents

SAP Applications


Insight to Action


OEM Enablement Faster to Develop, Easier to Redistribute

Repackage and customize the BI Suite

Installer includes only desired features and

keycodes

Customized branding and theme for installer

and BI launchpad

Changes persist after patch installation

Reduced TCO for multi-tenant deployment

Delegated administration

Tool to automate tenant provisioning

Archive and restore BI content of individual

tenants

Custom user attributes simplifies data

security

Import user attributes from external directory

systems or via API

Filter data in semantic layer based on user

attributes

r attributes



TCO Reductions Reduce IT support effort and cost

Hot backup

Backup repository database and files while

system is running

Lifecycle management console

enhancements

Integrated into Central Management Console

Enhanced CTS+ integration workflow

Improved monitoring

Graphical view of BI deployment topology

Improved problem reporting and root cause

drilldown

User-defined KPIs in monitoring dashboard



Integrating Social Collaboration with BI SAP StreamWork

SAP StreamWork brings together people, information, and business methods to drive fast,

meaningful results

Send BI documents to a SAP

StreamWork activity to collaborate

with colleagues

Link from SAP StreamWork to BI

documents

Schedule BI documents to send to

SAP StreamWork

Follow and collaborate on BI documents

within BI launch pad

Stay up-to-date with SAP StreamWork

feed in BI Workspaces

Integrate StreamWork access with the

Mobile BI solution


Make better decisions by combining

social collaboration with BI

Add value to BI documents by

augmenting them with social insights

Value


Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI Collaboration

See recorded demo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVo9epbGjUY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVo9epbGjUY


Integration Option for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Integration: BI launch pad for a Microsoft environment

Integration option for Microsoft

SharePoint replaces InfoView (.Net

version) of prior releases

Deeper platform integration

Support SAP authentication for SSO

Auditing of view actions

Support SharePoint 2010

More productive

Native SharePoint look-and-feel

Enhanced search

Display recently viewed and recently

searched documents

Multilingual support

Web Part for supporting new BI

content types

Web Part linking



Key links for more information

Key links

Road maps on SAP Service

Marketplace

http://service.sap.com/roadmap

SAP Community Network http://www.sdn.sap.com/

Product Availability Matrix (PAM) www.service.sap.com/pam

Release Strategy Brochure www.service.sap.com/releasestrategy

Maintenance Strategy www.service.sap.com/maintenance

SAP BusinessObjects Support http://service.sap.com/bosap-support

BI 4.0 eLearning Tutorials http://www.sap.com/learnbi

Product Documentation http://help.sap.com/

BI 4.0 Sizing Estimator http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/105

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Where to go to provide product feedback and ideas

SAP Idea Place https://ideas.sap.com

Influence programs http://service.sap.com/influence

SAP User Groups

http://www.sapusergroups.com/

http://service.sap.com/roadmap

http://www.sdn.sap.com/

http://www.service.sap.com/pam

http://www.service.sap.com/releasestrategy

http://www.service.sap.com/maintenance

http://service.sap.com/bosap-support



http://www.sap.com/learnbi

http://help.sap.com/

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/1055c550-ce45-2f10-22ad-a6050fff97f1










https://ideas.sap.com/

http://service.sap.com/influence

http://www.sapusergroups.com/

Thank You! Session Code: 0510

Henry Kam, Senior Solution Manager, BI Platform and SAP Crystal Reports

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