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ASUG Influence: SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Update Session #4210
Joyce Butler – ASUG SIG Chair, Cameron InternationalTammy Powlas – Customer Chair, Fairfax Water Alexander Peter – SAP Product Management, SBOP AnalysisIan McAlpine – SAP Product Management, SBOP Analysis
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Learning Points
Continue progress on Influence Council goals and objectives
Obtain current information surrounding product evolution
Provide input to ongoing product development
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Agenda:
Overview of Analysis
Review Influence Council status and timeline
Update on the development activities
Analysis Office 1.4 update
Analysis OLAP 4.1 update
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SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
Web
Microsoft Office
Analytical ApplicationsAnalytical Applications AdHoc OLAPAdHoc OLAP
Design Studio• Premium Alternative to BEx Web App
Designer• Design studio for power users to create
purpose‐built OLAP analysis & planning apps• Mobile support• Customer‐ and SAP‐delivered content• Supporting SAP BW & SAP HANA sources
Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office• IT / Developers, Data Analysts, Business Users• Excel‐based OLAP analysis• Excel‐based BI applications• Live PowerPoint presentations• Supporting SAP BW & SAP HANA sources
Analysis, Edition for OLAP• Dedicated Ad‐Hoc OLAP client for
business users to analyze OLAP data and share it with others
• Seamless interoperability between designer and ad‐hoc client
• Supporting SAP BW & SAP HANA sources + 3rd party OLAP
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Agenda:
Overview of Analysis
Review Influence Council status and timeline
Update on the development activities
Analysis Office 1.4 update
Analysis OLAP 4.1 update
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Analysis Influence Council Leadership
Tammy Powlas, Fairfax WaterCustomer Lead
tpowlas@fairfaxwater.org
Joyce Butler, Cameron InternationalASUG SIG Chair
joyce.butler@c‐a‐m.com
Ian McAlpine, SAP CanadaProduct Management, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
ian.mcalpine@sap.com
Alexander Peter, SAP AGProduct Management, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
alexander.peter@sap.com
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Analysis Influence Council Purpose
Drive product strategy via forward looking discussions
Next major releaseUpcoming minor releasesAreas with largest business impact
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ASUG IC Participant Involvement
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Time
IC LaunchIC Feedback IC Closure
Initiation
Launch
RequirementsGathering
RequirementsGathering
SAP Revisions
Confirmation ofrequirements
SAP Revisions
Final confirmationof requirements
Close the loopvia influence update
High
Charter Timeline: June 2012 to May 2014
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Influencing SAP
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Influencing SAP
• Converting BEx 3.5 Workbooks
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Influencing SAP
• Variants
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Influencing SAP
New Prompt dialog, exclusive to Analysis OLAP
– Display by default just the required prompts
– Choose to save prompt values with the workspace
– Create public or private variants
– Reuse existing variants stored in BW
– Support for prompt merging
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Influencing SAP
New Custom Grouping feature in Analysis OLAP
– Create new groups of members from different hierarchies
– Choose members via individual selection, search or conditional filtering
– Combine member selection using set complement or set intersection
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Influencing SAP
Create Analysis Application (Export to Design Studio) feature from Analysis OLAP in 3 mouse clicks
– Empower business analysts to easily share their analysis throughout the organization without requiring professionally created reports or apps
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Activities to Date
Reviewed Analysis for Office 1.4+ functionality Reviewed Analysis for OLAP 4.1+ functionality
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Agenda:
Overview of Analysis
Review Influence Council status and timeline
Update on the development activities
Analysis Office 1.4 update
Analysis OLAP 4.1 update
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Development Activities
Release Planning Analysis, edition for MS Office
Analysis 1.4, edition for MS Office: planned for Q2 2013
Release Planning Analysis, edition for OLAP
Analysis 4.1, edition for OLAP: planned for Q2 2013
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Agenda:
Overview of Analysis
Review Influence Council status and timeline
Update on the development activities
Analysis Office 1.4 update
Analysis OLAP 4.1 update
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SAP Product Road Map for Analysis, edition for MS Office
• Highly interactive multidimensional analysison SAP sources (BW & HANA)
• MS PowerPoint Publishing
• Excel‐based application design via powerful API
• Analysis Excel write‐back on BW‐IP (integrated planning)
• Combine local andcorporate data (via BW Workspaces)
• Conversion support
• Automatic transformation into web and iPadapplications (via Design Studio)
• BI platform integration enhancements (SSO improvements)
• Waterfall Charts
• Scheduling and publication
• Continuous Improvement (Performance, usability)
• Enhanced PowerPoint support
• Document management
• “Dynamic Grid”, i.e.enhanced formatting options in analysis modus
• Custom local hierarchies
• Access to 3rd party sources (via DSL)
• HANA platform
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.Planned RTC: Q2 2013
Today Planned Innovation Future Direction
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Planned Features in Release 1.4
• Analysis Suite– Interoperability with Design Studio– Automatic transformation from Analysis Office apps
to iPad apps
• Enhancemed BI Platform Support– Single Sign‐On and LCM
• Innovation– Waterfall Charts
• Continuous Improvements– Broadcasting via BI Platform (Feature Pack planned
for Q3 2013)– Launch Query Designer– Readmode, Versioned/time‐dep hierarchies, de‐
/activate hierarchies, Data Refresh, Member selector for mass data (note 1824726)Ramp‐up planned for Q2 2013
Analysis,edition for Microsoft Office
Using Design Studioruntime
iPad App
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Agenda:
Overview of Analysis
Review Influence Council status and timeline
Update on the development activities
Analysis Office 1.4 update
Analysis OLAP 4.1 update
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SAP Product Roadmap for Analysis, edition for OLAP
Highly interactive analysis Focused analysis, powerful user
defined calculations
Multiple sources in one workspace SAP NetWeaver BW SAP HANA SAP EPM Providers Microsoft SSAS Teradata
SAP BW enhancements Display attributes Compact axes Manual entry of prompts
SAP HANA enhancements Hierarchies Prompts (Variables)
Improved support for BW Currency conversion Scheduling
Improved support for SSAS Drill Through
Improved support for Essbase SSO Alias tables
Analysis features Multi‐axis and tree map charts Collaboration
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
(Release 4.0 SP5)
Improved support for BW Enhanced prompt dialog Prompt merging Variants Conditional formatting (exceptions)
from the query
Analysis features Custom grouping Waterfall charts
Information Access Report‐Report Interface Enhanced OpenDoc support Jumplink to Web Intelligence
Seamless Integration with Design Studio
Additional data sources Oracle Essbase & Oracle OLAP
Planned RTC: Q2 2013
Today Planned Innovation Future Direction
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Planned Analysis OLAP Features in BI 4.1
• Analysis Suite– Interoperability with Design Studio– Automatic transformation from Analysis OLAP workspaces to
simplified browser & iPad apps
• Enhanced BW Support– New, redesigned prompt dialog– Enabled prompt merging– Support for public and personal variants (create & reuse from NW)– Display conditional formatting (exceptions) defined in the Query
• Innovation– Waterfall Charts– Custom Grouping (create alternative hierarchies)
• Information Access– RRI (Report‐to‐Report Interface)– Enhanced OpenDocument– Jumplink to WebIntelligence and Crystal Reports
• New Data Sources– Oracle Essbase– Oracle OLAP– (plus Teradata)Ramp‐up planned for Q2 2013
Analysis, edition for OLAP
Using Design Studioruntime
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Introductions
Name Role Experience with Analysis Do you primarily author, consume or administer
Analysis?
What do you value most about Analysis?
What is your suggestion(s) for improving Analysis?
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SAP BusinessObjects Analysis‐Related Sessions this week
Session Code Description Date / Time
0302 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio & Dashboards Roadmap
Tues. 12:30 to 1:30 S210C
0305 What’s new with Analysis Office & OLAP? Wed. 11:00 am to noon S210C
0312 Moving Beyond BEx: Strategies for Unlocking the Value in Your BW Data with BI 4
Thurs. 01:45 p.m. ‐ 02:45 p.m.S210C
0308 Customize the Look and Feel of BW Reports in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis (Office) by Using API Calls to Expand the Functionality and User Experience
Wed. 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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Check it out!
Join the ASUG BI Community
http://www.asug.com/special‐interest‐groups/4271
Follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/asug_bi Hashtag for ASUG Annual Conference #ASUG2013
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Questions
FeedbackPlease complete a session evaluation for this session! Session 4210
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THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING
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SESSION CODE: 4210
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