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Bonn � Boston
Chris Dinkel, JC Raveneau, and Thierry Audas
Discover SAP® BusinessObjects™
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Contents at a Glance
PART I SAP and Business Objects
1 Why Business Intelligence Matters ............................ 21
2 Business Objects: A Historical Perspective ................. 47
3 SAP and Business Objects: The Perfect Match ........... 57
PART II SAP Business Objects Portfolio Solutions
4 Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution ...... 77
5 Business Intelligence and On Demand Solutions ....... 85
6 SAP Business Objects Enterprise Information Management Solutions ............................................. 141
7 SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management Solutions ............................................. 183
8 SAP BusinessObjects Governance, Risk, and Compliance Solutions ................................................ 227
9 Solutions for Small Businesses and Midsize Companies ................................................................ 263
PART III SAP Business Objects Solutions for Non-SAP Customers
10 Customers with Previous Investments in SAP Business Objects ........................................................ 293
11 Customers New to SAP Business Objects Solutions ...... 309
PART IV The Future of SAP Business Objects Solutions
12 SAP Business Objects Product Directions and Roadmap ........................................................... 321
13 SAP Business Objects Innovation Center .................... 331
Appendices
A Glossary .................................................................... 339
B Technical Landscapes ................................................ 345
C References ................................................................ 363
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Acknowledgments ..................................................................... 15Preface ...................................................................................... 17
SAP and Business ObjectPART I s
Why Business Intelligence Matters 1 ........................ 23
The Business Intelligence Fact Gap .................................... 24A Business Intelligence Definition ..................................... 27How BI Can Help Your Organization .................................. 29
Better Transparency of the Organization ...................... 29Running the Organization by the Numbers .................. 29Helping You Hold on to Your Customers ..................... 30A Solution with Immediate Impact ............................. 30Increasing the Value of Your Business Process Automation Systems .................................................... 31
Key BI Functionality in the Market Today .......................... 32Database Management Systems .................................. 32Database Integration and Data Quality Management ... 33Reporting .................................................................... 33Query and Analysis ...................................................... 34Predictive Analysis ....................................................... 36Dashboarding and Visualization ................................... 36Performance Management Applications ....................... 37Information Infrastructure ............................................ 39
BI User Profiles .................................................................. 39Executives and Managers ............................................. 40Business Analysts ......................................................... 40Information Consumers ............................................... 40
The Future of Business Intelligence ................................... 40Enterprise BI Deployments .......................................... 41BI Standardization ....................................................... 41Convergence of BI and Performance Management ....... 41Search-Based BI ........................................................... 42Collaborative BI ........................................................... 42
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BI Mash-Ups ................................................................ 42BI on Unstructured Data .............................................. 44In-Memory BI .............................................................. 44OnDemand BI ............................................................. 44
Summary ........................................................................... 45
Business Objects: A Historical Perspective 2 ............ 47
A Good Idea Can Go a Long Way ...................................... 47Examining the Growth of Business Objects ........................ 50
The Early Days ............................................................. 50A Story of Innovation ................................................... 53
Business Objects in 2007 .................................................. 55Summary ........................................................................... 56
SAP and Business Objects: The Perfect Match 3 ....... 57
Complementary Products .................................................. 57SAP ERP ............................................................................ 58SAP NetWeaver Platform .................................................. 65SAP Business Objects Enterprise Performance Management ..................................................................... 67SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence ........................ 69SAP Business Objects Enterprise Information Management .... 70Long-Time Product Integration .......................................... 72
Crystal Enterprise/MySAP Integration Kit ..................... 72SAP Business Objects Enterprise/SAP Integration Kit .... 72
A Clear Market Leader ...................................................... 73Summary ........................................................................... 74
SAP Business Objects Portfolio SolutionPART II s
Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution 4 ... 77
Your Organization’s Performance: The Humbling Statistics ... 77How Organizations Close the Gap Between Strategy and Execution ................................................................... 79
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The SAP Advantage ........................................................... 80Case Study ........................................................................ 83Summary ........................................................................... 84
Business Intelligence and On Demand Solutions 5 .... 85
The Need for a Business Intelligence Platform ................... 85Security ....................................................................... 88Storage, Publishing, and Distribution ........................... 89Auditing and Monitoring ............................................. 89High Availability and Performances .............................. 90General Administration ................................................ 92Lifecycle Management ................................................. 93Upgrade and Migration ................................................ 94
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Solutions ......... 95The Semantic Layer ...................................................... 96Enterprise Reporting .................................................... 100Ad Hoc Reporting and Analysis .................................... 106Advanced Analytics ..................................................... 109SAP Business Objects Analysis ...................................... 113SAP Business Objects Predictive Workbench ................. 115SAP Business Objects SET Analysis ................................ 116
Dashboards and Visualization ............................................ 117SAP Business Objects Xcelsius Enterprise ...................... 118SAP Business Objects Dashboard Builder and BI Workspace .............................................................. 122
Search and Exploration ...................................................... 123SAP StreamWork and SAP Business Objects BI OnDemand ....................................................................... 125
SAP StreamWork ......................................................... 126SAP Business Objects BI OnDemand ............................. 130
Summary ........................................................................... 139
SAP Business Objects Enterprise Information 6 Management Solutions ........................................... 141
SAP Business Objects Data Services .................................... 141SAP Business Objects Data Integrator ........................... 143
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SAP Business Objects Data Quality Management .......... 147SAP Business Objects Universal Data Cleanse ..................... 152SAP Business Objects Text Analysis ..................................... 156SAP Business Objects Data Federator ................................. 163SAP Business Objects Metadata Management .................... 166SAP Business Objects Rapid Marts Packages for PeopleSoft ........................................................................ 170SAP Business Objects Rapid Marts for Siebel ...................... 172SAP Business Objects Rapid Marts for Oracle ..................... 174Case Study ........................................................................ 179Summary ........................................................................... 181
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance 7 Management Solutions ........................................... 183
SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation .............. 183SAP Business Objects Strategy Management ...................... 187SAP Business Objects Financial Consolidation .................... 191SAP Business Objects XBRL Publishing ............................... 195SAP Business Objects Financial Information Management ..................................................................... 200SAP Business Objects Intercompany ................................... 206SAP Business Objects Profitability and Cost Management ... 208SAP Business Objects Spend Performance Management ..... 215SAP Business Objects Supply Chain Performance Management ..................................................................... 219Case Studies ...................................................................... 223
SAP Business Objects Financial Consolidation ............... 223SAP Business Objects Profitability and Cost Management ............................................................... 224
Summary ........................................................................... 225
SAP BusinessObjects Governance, Risk, and 8 Compliance Solutions ............................................. 227
SAP Business Objects Risk Management ............................. 228SAP Business Objects Access Control .................................. 236
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SAP Business Objects Process Control ................................ 241SAP Business Objects Global Trade Services ........................ 247SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management ........... 251SAP Business Objects Sustainability Performance Management ..................................................................... 256Case Studies ...................................................................... 259
SAP Business Objects Access Control ............................ 259SAP Business Objects Global Trade Services .................. 260
Summary ........................................................................... 262
Solutions for Small Businesses and Midsize 9 Companies ............................................................... 263
Unique BI Needs of Small Businesses and Midsize Companies ........................................................................ 263SAP Crystal Reports ........................................................... 264SAP Crystal Dashboard Design .......................................... 268SAP Crystal Reports Dashboard Design Package ................ 270SAP Crystal Reports Server ................................................ 271SAP Business Objects Edge Business Intelligence (BI) ......... 274
SAP Business Objects Edge BI Standard Package ........... 275SAP Business Objects Edge BI with Data Integration ..... 277SAP Business Objects Edge BI with Data Management ... 279Conclusion on SAP Business Objects Edge BI ................ 279
SAP Business Objects Rapid Marts ..................................... 280SAP Business Objects Edge Planning and Consolidation ..... 281SAP Business Objects Edge Strategy Management .............. 283SAP Business Objects OnDemand ...................................... 285Case Studies ...................................................................... 286
SAP Crystal Reports and SAP Business Objects Xcelsius Enterprise ....................................................... 286SAP Business Objects Edge BI with Data Management ... 287
Summary ........................................................................... 289
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SAP BusinessObjects Solutions for Non-SAP PART III Customers
Customers with Previous Investments in SAP 10 Business Objects ...................................................... 293
Investment Protection ....................................................... 293Upgrade Considerations .................................................... 295Access to a Complete Portfolio of Solutions ...................... 299Get More Value from SAP Enterprise-Ready Standards ...... 302Case Study ........................................................................ 305Summary ........................................................................... 307
Customers New to SAP Business Objects 11 Solutions ................................................................. 309
The Safe Choice ................................................................ 309Blueprint for Adopting SAP Business Objects Solutions ...... 313
Where You Should Start ............................................... 314How to Start ................................................................ 314Implementing BI .......................................................... 316
Summary ........................................................................... 317
The Future of SAP Business Objects SolutionPART IV s
SAP Business Objects Product Directions and 12 Roadmap ................................................................. 321
In Memory ........................................................................ 321Extend the Reach .............................................................. 323Software as a Service and Cloud ........................................ 326Social BI and Collaboration ............................................... 327Summary ........................................................................... 330
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SAP Business Objects Innovation Center 13 ................ 331
Customer-Driven Innovation ............................................. 331Get Involved ..................................................................... 333Summary ........................................................................... 334
Appendices .................................................................... 337
A Glossary ............................................................................ 339B Technical Landscapes ........................................................ 349C References ..........................................................................367
Index ......................................................................................... 369
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SAP and Business Objects: The Perfect Match
The merging of SAP and Business Objects is an ideal pairing not only for the respective companies but also for the respective customers. The SAP software suite has historically had a proven excellence in business process applications. And the Business Objects suite has his-torically proven excellence in business intelligence. The combined organization brings a solution to a problem that many ERP imple-mentations face. That is, now that all of the business processes and enterprise data have been centralized in one system, how do we pull that data out to make faster, more accurate, and more effective deci-sions?
Complementary Products
Let’s take a look at how the two platforms fit together, as illustrated in Figure 3.1.
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SAP NetWeaver
Knowledge Workers &Business Users
Semantic Layer
Data IntegrationOpen to any Data Source
SAP BusinessObjects
Text Analysis
Data Quality Management
Ad hoc Query, Reporting,and Analysis
Enterprise Reporting,Dashboards
Task WorkersAnalysts
Portal
Master Data Management
Analytic Engine & In-Memory+ =
Data Warehouse
Composition Environment
Best connectivity to SAP
All Employees
All Views onInformation
Open – Any Source
Data Accuracy andConsistency
Scalable InformationDelivery
Trusted InformationFoundation
Structured andUnstructured
Combined Product StacksFigure 3.1
SAP ERP
SAP ERP is the core of the SAP Business Suite. It comprises a variety of applications and processes that work interactively for core business process execution. Those applications and processes for SAP ERP are shown in Tables 3.1 through 3.8.
Talent Management Workforce Process Management
Competency Management Employee Administration
Recruiting Organization Management
Employee Performance Management
Global Employment
Talent Review and Collaboration Benefits Management
Employee Development Healthcare Cost Management
Learning Time and Attendance
Succession Management Payroll and Legal Reporting
SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM)Table 3.1
The core of the SAP Business Suite
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Talent Management Workforce Process Management
Compensation Management HCM Processes and Forms
Talent Management Analytics Employee Self-Service
Manager Self-Service
Employee Interaction Center
Workforce Planning
Workforce Cost Planning & Simulation
Workforce Benchmarking
Workforce Process Analytics & Measurement
Strategic Alignment
Workforce Deployment Travel Management
Project Resource Planning Travel Request and Pre-trip approval
Resource and Program Management Travel Planning – Online Booking
Retail Scheduling Travel and Expense Management
Global Travel Policy Compliance
Travel and Expense Analytics
Table 3.1 SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) (Cont.)
Financial Supply Chain Management
Treasury
Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment
Treasury and Risk Management
Collections Management Cash and Liquidity Management
Credit Management In-House Cash
Dispute Management Bank Communication Management
SAP ERP FinancialsTable 3.2
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Financial Accounting Management Accounting
General Ledger Profit Center Accounting
Accounts Receivable Cost Center and Internal Order Accounting
Accounts Payable Project Accounting
Contract Accounting Investment Management
Fixed Assets Accounting Product Cost Accounting
Bank Accounting Profitability Accounting
Cash Journal Accounting Transfer Pricing
Inventory Accounting
Tax Accounting
Accrual Accounting
Local Close
Financial Statements
Travel Management
Corporate Governance
Audit Information System
Management of Internal Controls
Risk Management
Whistle Blower Complaints
Segregation of Duties
Table 3.2 SAP ERP Financials (Cont.)
Product Development Product Data Management
Product Development Product Structure Management
Development Collaboration Recipe Management
Specification Management
Change and Configuration Management
SAP Collaborative Product Development Table 3.3
Product Development and
Collaboration
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SAP ERP3
Product Intelligence Product Compliance
Product-Centric View Product Compliance
REACH Compliance
Document Management Tool and Workgroup Integration
Document Management CAD Integration
Table 3.3 SAP Collaborative Product Development (Cont.)
Purchase Requisition Management Operational Sourcing
Purchase Requisition Processing Sourcing
Purchase Optimization
Compliance Management
Purchase Order Management Contract Management
Purchase Order Processing Operational Contract Processing
Delivery Schedule Processing Scheduling Agreement
Commodity Management Trading Contracts
Invoice Management
Invoice Processing
SAP Invoice Management by Open Text
Flexible Invoice Reconciliation
ProcurementTable 3.4
Sales Order Management Aftermarket Sales and Service
Account Processing Service Sales
Internet Sales Service Contract Management
Managing Auctions Customer Service and Support
Inquiry Processing Installed Base Management
Quotation Processing Warranty & Claims Management
Operations: Sales and Customer ServiceTable 3.5
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Sales Order Management Aftermarket Sales and Service
Trading Contract Management Field Service
Sales Order Processing Depot Repair
Contract Processing
Billing
Incentive and Commission Management
Returnable Packaging Management
Consignment
Commodity Management
Table 3.5 Operations: Sales and Customer Service (Cont.)
Production Planning Manufacturing Execution
Production Planning Manufacturing Execution
Capacity Planning Shop Floor Integration
Lean Planning Supervision and Control
Manufacturing Analytics
Manufacturing Collaboration
External Processing
Quality Collaboration
Operations: Manufacturing Table 3.6
Investment Planning and Design Procurement and Construction
Business Planning Supplier Qualification and Candidate Selection
Investment Management Bidding and Contract Management
Asset Portfolio Management Procurement Process
Collaborative Specification & Design Document Management
Maintenance Engineering Project Management
Enterprise Asset Management Table 3.7
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SAP ERP3
Interfacing CAD systems Collaborative Construction
Project Management Project and Investment Controlling
MRO and Services Procurement
Maintenance and Operations Decommission & Disposal
Technical Assets Management Asset Transfer & Disposal
Workforce Management Document Management
Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
Collaborative Disposal Management
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Project Management
Work Order Management Waste Management
Approval Processing Asset Compliance
Contractor Management Asset Remarketing
Refurbishment
Mobile Asset Management including RFID enablement
Service Parts & Inventory Management
Interfacing CAD, GIS, and SCADA Systems
Work Clearance Management
Shutdown Planning
Asset Tracking with RFID
Takeover/Handover for Technical Objects
Asset Analytics & Performance Optimization
Real Estate Management
Integrated Asset Accounting Portfolio Management
Asset and Maintenance Reporting Commercial Real Estate Management
Table 3.7 Enterprise Asset Management (Cont.)
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Asset Analytics & Performance Optimization
Real Estate Management
Asset Performance Management Corporate Real Estate Management
Reliability Centered Maintenance Facilities Management
Asset Life-Cycle Costing Support Processes
Damage Analytics
Object Statistics
Spend and Supplier Performance Analytics
Predictive Condition Monitoring
Operator Dashboards
Budget Tracking
Maintenance Cost Planning
Fleet Management
Fleet Administration
Fleet Maintenance
Transportation Logistics
Capacity Planning
Fleet Analysis
Table 3.7 Enterprise Asset Management (Cont.)
Quality ManagementEnvironment, Health, and Safety Compliance Management
Quality Engineering EHS Management
Quality Assurance/Control Recycling Administration
Quality Improvement
Audit Management
Operations: Cross Functions Table 3.8
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SAP NetWeaver Platform 3
Inbound and Outbound LogisticsInventory and Warehouse Management
Inbound Processing Cross Docking
Outbound Processing Warehousing and Storage
Transportation Execution Physical Inventory
Freight Costing
Product Classification
Duty Calculation
Customs Communication Service
Trade Document Service
Trade Preference Processing
Global Trade ServicesProject and Portfolio Management
Export Management Portfolio Management
Import Management Project Management
Trade Preference Management Resource Management
Restitution Management
Table 3.8 Operations: Cross Functions (Cont.)
These solutions make up the basic SAP ERP system. SAP also has in-dustry-specific versions of the SAP ERP system as well, such as SAP for Banking, SAP Aerospace & Defense, SAP for Consumer Products, SAP for Mill Products, and SAP for Oil & Gas, along with several oth-ers. See the SAP website for more information on industrial solutions. We will now take a look at SAP NetWeaver BW.
SAP NetWeaver Platform
The SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) plat-form provides the core data warehousing capabilities of the SAP Busi-ness Suite.
Industryspecific solutions
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It has three primary components:
The first layer is extraction, transformation, and load › (ETL). This component extracts data from a specific data source, applies trans-formation rules, and loads the data into the PSA layer of SAP NetWeaver BW.
Portal Integration
Busin
ess Explorer Suite
BEx
Information Broadcasting
XML
BEx
Web
BEx Analyzer
QueryReportingAnalysis
DataMining
MetadataRepository
MasterData PSA
ODS Objects
Analysis
Scheduling Monitoring
Administration
XMLA
ODBO
BAPI
SAP Applications Non SAP Applications
Reporting
Ope
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PlanningAlerting &
Pre-calculation
Data Marts
Data Targets
SAPApplications
Non-SAPApplications
BI Services
BI Platform
Interfaces:
Data Source:
AdministratorWorkbench
Data Warehousing
Extraction, Transformation,& Loading
Third-PartyTools
BAPI FILE XML DBConnect
UDConnect
SAP NetWeaver BW ArchitectureFigure 3.2
Primary SAP NetWeaver platform
components
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The next layer is the Data Warehouse › itself, which provides the stor-age layer for the various types of data structures in SAP NetWeaver BW. These structures include InfoCubes, InfoObjects, MultiProvid-ers, and DataStore Objects (DSOs).
The third layer is Reporting. This layer currently consists of the SAP ›Business Explorer (SAP BEx) toolset. The toolset consists of the follow-ing: BEx Excel analyzer, BEx query designer, BEx Web analyzer, BEx report designer, and BEx Web application designer. According to SAP, some of these tools will be retired and either replaced or enhanced by some of the SAP Business Objects tool suite (see Figure 3.2.) But SAP will continue to support the tools for the foreseeable future.
Next we will take a look at some of the recent acquisitions and new products that SAP has collectively placed in the SAP Business Objects enterprise performance management (EPM) space.
SAP Business Objects Enterprise Performance Management
The SAP EPM applications are designed for specific requirements that are common in the current marketplace to increase a customer’s com-petitive edge and stay compliant with regulatory requirements. Ex-amples of these solutions include the following:
SAP Business Objects Strategy Management › : This solution allows companies to set goals, map strategies, and then monitor and man-age performance from high-level objectives down to operational metrics.
SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation › : This appli-cation enables companies to increase accuracy in planning at all levels in an organization while reducing budget cycles and associ-ated costs. The introduction of these capabilities to an organization speed up and improve financial and management reporting and decision making.
SAP Business Objects Financial Consolidation › : This application al-lows customers to complete financial consolidations and reporting cycles faster with a higher degree of confidence in the underlying data.
SAP BusinessObjects EPM Solutions
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SAP Business Objects XBRL Publishing application by UBma- ›trix: This application enables customers to leverage data in SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation, SAP Business Objects Financial Consolidation, and SAP Business Suite to create XBRL documents. The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is the new global standard for exchanging financial and business information.
SAP Business Objects Financial Information Management › : This application gives customers the ability to access, map, and load information from multiple SAP and non-SAP systems into SAP Business Objects Financial Consolidation and SAP Business Objects Profitability and Cost Management applications.
SAP Business Objects Intercompany: › This application allows cus-tomers to accelerate their closings by enabling business units to de-bate and reconcile balances directly with each other and eliminate delays at the corporate and division levels.
SAP Business Objects Profitability and Cost Management › : This application enables customers to identify the causes of underper-formance and take action to reduce costs and optimize profitability across dimensions such as product, customer, and channel.
SAP Business Objects Spend Performance Management › : This ap-plication gives customers the power to maximize cost savings and reduce supplier risk by giving continuous visibility into company-wide spending patterns, savings potential, and external market fac-tors.
SAP Business Objects Supply Chain Performance Management › : This application enables customers to improve supply chain effec-tiveness by focusing on actionable, operational process metrics that impact supply chain performance.
SAP Business Objects Sustainability Performance Management › : This application enables customers to track and communicate sustainability performance, set goals and objectives, manage risks, and monitor activities.
The SAP Business Objects EPM suite extends a customer’s ability to collectively optimize business performance from the SAP ERP plat-form or other core application software programs. Next let’s take a
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look at the SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence set of solutions to see the capabilities in those applications.
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence
The SAP Business Objects BI suite of tools is composed of the SAP Business Objects tool set. These tools are used to provide the core functionality that empowers end users to make decisions and con-sume information with relative ease. These tools cover a wide variety of capabilities:
Information infrastructure › : The SAP Business Objects Enterprise software allows customers to share and distribute information for optimal decision making. The platform is built on a service-oriented architecture, which supports a variety of tools that allow IT depart-ments to extend BI to any application or process.
Advanced analytics › : This set of applications is designed for finan-cial and business analysts to use sophisticated analytic engines to access both numeric and text data. The customer can interrogate complex historical data to look for trends, outliers, and patterns through a visual interface.
Dashboards and visualizations › : SAP Business Objects Xcelsius En-terprise enables customers to create sophisticated visualizations of process and performance data. End users can perform what-if anal-ysis with these dashboards to make better informed decisions.
Query, reporting, and analysis › : This set of applications allows end users to interact with data and perform ad hoc analysis. They support query generation and integrated analysis, as well as basic web-based and client-based report authoring.
Reporting › : The SAP Crystal Reports tool allows customers to connect to virtually any data source, design and format interactive reports, and share them both internally and externally using the SAP Business Objects Enterprise platform. Crystal Reports has native connectivity to the SAP ERP and SAP NetWeaver BW applications.
Search and exploration › : The SAP Business Objects Explorer ap-plication provides a simple interface to allow end users to search
Core functionality to empowers end users
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and explore data to provide quick, easy answers to on-the-fly ques-tions. The solution comes in both SAP and non-SAP versions. The SAP version of the Explorer platform is integrated with the SAP NetWeaver BW and the SAP NetWeaver BW accelerated version for ease of implementation and use.
These tools make up the SAP Business Objects suite. They comple-ment the SAP ERP and SAP NetWeaver BW applications by seamlessly providing the basic reporting, ad hoc, search, and delivery capabilities that are needed by customers using those solutions. Next, let’s take a look at the set of SAP Business Objects enterprise information man-agement (EIM) tools that are now available to customers.
SAP Business Objects Enterprise Information Management
The SAP EIM products provide customers with a world-class set of ETL tools that allow IT to build a completely integrated EIM solution that spreads across the organization and encompasses both SAP and non-SAP data sources. Those solutions include the following:
Data Integration › : The SAP Business Objects Data Integration set of tools allows customers to access all types of structured and unstruc-tured data from virtually any source, from databases to web forums. They allow the integration and delivery of data in real time or batch mode using flexible approaches through data federation or ETL.
SAP Business Objects Data Quality Management › : This software enables customers to verify that data is correct, consistent, and complete. The software also includes data profiling, parsing, cleans-ing, standardization, and matching capabilities that increase trust in data and the decisions that are made on that data.
SAP Business Objects Data Services › : This software provides cus-tomers with an enterprise class data integration and data quality solution. It provides one development, run time, and management environment that allows users to integrate, transform, improve, and deliver data to any target with any type of frequency.
Completely integrated EIM
solution
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SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management › : This component is an enabling foundation for EIM. It provides a single version of master data for supplier, product, customer, or user-defined data objects in heterogeneous environments.
SAP Business Objects Metadata Management › : This software al-lows customers to consolidate and integrate data metadata into an open and relational repository. It consolidates and audits metadata, enables users to view and analyze the integrated metadata, and pro-vides a “metapedia” or encyclopedia that translates the metadata into business definitions for easier navigation and data discovery.
The combined set of classic SAP and SAP Business Objects applications provides customers with a robust, complete solution that is flexible enough to fit any need or requirement, as shown in Figure 3.3.
SAP NetWeaver Portal
SAP NetWeaver MDM ERPFinancials
OperationsHuman ResourcesCorporate Services
CRM SCM
SRM PLM
Any Portal, Any Destination
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
CrystalReports
Web Intelligence Xcelsius
SAP NetWeaverBW Accelerator
Data Services
Data QualityData Integrator
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SAP NetWeaverBusiness Warehouse
The Combined Product Stack Figure 3.3
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A
Absence history, 172Academic Research Centers, 335Access control, 301Accounting cycle, 192Accounts payable, 170Accounts receivable, 170, 175Acquisition, 155Acquisition activities, 144Acquisition planning, 194Acta, 54Action item, 128Activity, 126Activity-based costing, 208Ad hoc reporting, 106Administration, 93Adobe Flash file, 103Advanced analytics, 69Aftermarket Sales and Service, 61Agility, 142Agnostic, 293ALG Software, 55Allotee, 176Allowee, 176Analysis, 53, 113Analytical applications, 38Analytic functionality, 258Analyze profitability, 210Annual revenue, 196Appliance, 323Architecture, 316AS/NZ 3460, 235Asset Analytics & Performance Optimization, 63, 64Asset Management, 170Audit, 92Audit cycle, 246Auditing, 89, 276Auditor, 241Audit trail, 192, 204Automate business rules, 193
Automated change management, 239Automated notification, 246Automated workflow, 246Automate interfaces, 193Automates consolidation entries, 193Automatic cash flows, 193Availability, 90, 316
B
Balanced scorecard, 38Balance sheet, 34, 187, 198, 266Basel II, 35Belgium’s Paperless Douane en Accijnzen (PLDA), 250Below horizon, 191Benchmarking functionality, 194Best-run businesses, 311Business Explorer (BEx), 305
query designer, 67report designer, 67Web analyzer, 67Web application designer, 67
BIAR, 95BI
content search, 332Launch pad, 89mash-ups, 42standardization, 41user profiles, 39Workspaces, 122
Bottom-up, 186Breaks, 108Budget, 185Budget decisions, 78Budgeting, 185, 186, 282, 314Budgeting and planning applications, 38Budget Line, 177Budget Summary, 178Bulk load, 154Business Intelligence Archive Resource
Index
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(BIAR), 95Business Intelligence (BI), 23, 80, 141, 309
applications, 80definition, 27in the Cloud, 334pyramid, 86
Business Objects, 47, 52, 87, 295BusinessObjects 6.5, 295
Data Quality Management, 55Data Federator, 54Intelligent Search, 55Labs, 331Polestar, 332Profitability and Cost Management, 55solutions, 293universes, 48Xcelsius, 55
Business planning, 300Business problem, 310Business-relevant budget, 186Business-rule templates, 151Business transaction processing, 141
C
Calculations, 108Capabilities, 310Carbon Exploration, 334Carbon footprint, 334Cartesis, 55Cash flow, 187Categorization, 158Category orientation, 222Central data repository, 186Centralized data repository, 185Centralized deployment, 208Central Management Console (CMC), 88, 92, 277Central repository, 53Change impact, 166Change management, 143Change management analysis, 166Charts, 132
Charts of accounts, 186Class, 97Cloud computing, 326Collaboration, 126, 127, 142, 190, 191, 327Collaborative BI, 42Collaborative decision making, 327Collaborative matching process, 207Collection errors, 192Collective intelligence, 188Combined graphics, 244Comments, 128Complex input text, 154Compliance, 144, 198, 243, 246, 282, 301Compliance leakage, 216Comprehensive validation, 205Conditional formatting, 102Consolidation, 192
application, 192process, 186
Continuous improvements, 312Contract Management, 61CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture), 92Corporate dashboard, 122Corporate executive, 188, 232Corporate governance, 60,192Corporate performance management, 24Corporate transaction, 187Corrective and preventive action (CAPA), 243COSO II, 235Cost management, 300Cost-savings opportunity, 215Crystal Decisions, 54Crystal Enterprise, 72Crystal Reports, 54Custom dictionary, 152Customer relationship management, 157Custom output, 154Customs documents, 249
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D
Dashboard, 118, 136, 149Dashboarding, 36, 117Dashboards and visualizations, 69Data analysis, 148Database management systems (DBMSs), 32Database server, 313Data cleansing, 148, 149Data enhancement, 148Data federation, 165, 181Data fragmentation, 164Data governance, 142Data integration, 33, 70, 278Data-integration functionality, 220Data lineage, 144, 166, 168
diagram, 169Data management, 217Data marts, 181Data matching, 148Data mining software, 36Data quality, 141, 151, 152, 181, 192, 279Data Quality Management, 33, 55Data reliability, 194Dataset, 131Data source, 111Data Store Objects (DSOs), 67Data volume management, 148Data warehouse, 67Data warehousing, 141Decision, 83
framework, 158making, 127, 232process, 129Support Systems, 28
Decommission & Disposal, 63Delegated administration, 88Delivery, 144Delivery-point validation, 150Department, 190Design mode, 137Desktop Intelligence, 52, 298Detail, 99
Detailed activity log, 241Developer skills, 142Development, 144Dimension, 99, 131Document Management, 61Draft invoice, 178Draft revenue, 177Drag and drop, 145Dynamic microcube, 53
E
eCl@ss, 218Economic globalization, 248E-filing mandate, 248Electronic Commerce Code Management Association Open Technical Directory, 155Emergency privilege usage, 241Emissions accounting, 254End-to-end data management, 142Enterprise connectivity, 143Enterprise data quality, 144Enterprise deployment, 316Enterprise directory, 88Enterprise information integration (EII), 54Enterprise information management (EIM), 24, 80, 309Enterprise performance management (EPM), 80, 86, 191, 295, 300Enterprise portal, 89Enterprise readiness, 303Enterprise resource planning (ERP), 209, 217, 238, 277, 312Enterprise risk management (ERM), 229, 232, 234, 235Enterprise-wide managerial, 209Environment, 302Environmental accidents, 230Environmental performance, 252Environment, Health, and Safety Compliance Management, 64, 253, 254Error, 147
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ERWin, 168ETL, 181European Union (EU) trade agreements, 249Event, 178Excel, 131, 185, 198, 199, 239, 282Excelsius, 54Excise movement and control System (EMCS), 250Executive Information Systems (EIS), 28, 36Expenditure, 178Exploration, 123Exploration Panel, 124Explore, 133Export Control Classification Number, 155Export management, 249eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), 195, 196Extractable entity, 160Extraction, 158Extraction, transformation, and load (ETL), 33, 66, 144
F
Facets, 134Facility emissions, 254Fact gap, 25Fast close process, 186Features, 310Federated query, 163Financial, 153Financial Accounting, 60Financial and operational analysis, 186Financial consolidation, 185, 300
application, 38, 194process, 193system, 192
Financial fraud, 230Financial information, 160Financial planning, 281Financial position, 176
Financial report, 198Financial reporting, 192, 209Financial risk, 231Financial Supply Chain Management, 59Financial table footnotes, 199Firewall, 28FirstLogic, 55Flash, 121Fleet Management, 64Forecasting, 185, 186Formatting, 102, 133Formula, 102Formula language, 133Forrester Research, 23France’s Dédouanement en Ligne par Traitement Automatisé (DELTA D), 250Fraud, 243Fraud and compliance, 156Free SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand account, 130Free SAP StreamWork account, 126Free trade agreement, 248Frequency distribution, 149
G
Gartner, 23General ledger, 170, 175, 205
line-item entry, 211Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), 35, 187, 194, 199Geocoding, 150Geographical orientation, 222Geospatial assignment, 150Germany’s Automated Tariff and Local Customs Processing System (ATLAS), 250Global Coding Systems, 155Global data support, 142Global label management, 255Global reconciliation process, 208Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
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standard, 258Global trade, 248
compliance regulations, 251Global Trade Services, 65, 301Google, 42Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), 24, 41, 80
H
HANA, 322Health, 302Health and safety, 252Healthcare, 254Higher brain function, 78High-performance, 44High Performance Analytical Appliance (HANA), 322Historic, 137Horizontal scaling, 90Hosted, 130
I
IBM, 163, 305Import management, 250Import–export regulations, 237Import Wizard, 94Inbound and Outbound Logistics, 65Incentive, 78InfoCubes, 67Infomersion, 54InfoObjects, 67Information appreciation, 36Information Design tool, 100, 297Information infrastructure, 69, 166Information management strategies, 80Information quality, 151Information technology, 41InfoView, 89Initial public offering (IPO), 51Initiatives, 283In-memory, 321Innovation, 294Innovation center, 331
Innovations, 331Insight, 82Instance, 137Instinct-feel, 26Insufficient information, 27Integrated data model, 194Interactive, 109Interactivity, 133Intercompany elimination, 187Intercompany reconciliation, 192, 193, 194Internal account records, 151Internal customer feedback, 159International Data Processing, 155International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), 35, 187, 195, 199International Organization for Standardization, 155International Standard for the Classification of Product and Services, 155International trade, 248, 249Interoperability, 87Inventory and Warehouse Management, 65Inventory Snapshot Section, 177Investment Planning and Design, 62Invoice Management, 61InXight, 55iPad, 325iPhone, 325
J
J.E. Edwards, 147Job skill set, 79Job transaction, 172
K
Key performance indicator (KPI), 36, 188, 190, 220, 222, 236, 256, 258, 283Key risk indicator (KRI), 228, 233, 234, 236
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L
Legal and management consolidation and reporting requirements, 186Legal documents, 264LifeCycle Management, 307Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), 240Linear process, 79Line-of-business (LOB) manager, 188, 232Linguistics capabilities, 160Linux, 142Logging information, 147
M
Mainstream maintenance, 304Maintenance and Operations, 63Maintenance model, 304Management Accounting, 60Management reporting, 34Manufacturing, 153Manufacturing Collaboration, 62Manufacturing Execution, 62Marketing activity, 156Marketing expenditure, 185Master data management, 141, 180Material Transaction Section, 177McKinsey & Company, 23Measure, 99Mediance, 54Memory, 44Memory footprint, 322Merger, 144, 155Mergers and acquisitions, 192Metadata integration, 144, 166Metadata layer, 35Microcube, 107Microsoft, 163Microsoft Office, 184, 185, 186, 209, 282Microsoft Windows, 142Microsoft Word, 199Midsize company, 263Migration, 94, 296
Mobile BI, 325Mobile device, 323Modeling, 37Monitor, 147Monitoring, 83, 90, 92, 294Monitoring add-on, 333Multidimensional analysis, 186Multiplatform support, 142Multiple data sources, 53MultiProviders, 67Multisource, 306MySAP Integration Kit, 72
N
National Stock Number, 155New classifications, 154North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 249North American Industry Classification System, 155, 218Notification, 128, 246
O
OLAP data cube, 110OnDemand BI, 44Online analytical processing (OLAP), 101, 110On-time delivery, 221Operational domain, 144Operational excellence, 29Operational reporting, 35Operational review, 190Operational Sourcing, 61Operational system, 186OPR, 251Oracle, 50, 147, 163, 174, 206, 208, 280, 305
application, 174E-Business Suite, 294
Organize, 132
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P
Panoramic view, 152Parameter panel, 103Parsing, 154Partner, 311Pathway diagram, 189Payroll, 172PeopleSoft, 147, 170, 280, 294Performance, 316Performance management (PM), 37, 38, 41, 191, 256, 309
solutions, 80Performance measure, 188Performance report, 190Performance target, 189Personal dashboard, 122Pervasive enterprise applications, 41Pharmaceutical, 153Physical Inventory Section, 177PICK, 127Planning, 185, 186Planning and consolidation, 37Preaggregate, 322Predictive analysis, 36Preloaded dictionary, 154Privacy leak, 230Process control, 301Process execution, 82Process refinement, 83Procurement and Construction, 62Procurement initiative, 216Product Compliance, 61Product Data Management, 60Product data specifications, 154Product Development, 60Product Intelligence, 61Production and management reporting, 186Production Planning, 62Profitability, 300Profit and loss (P&L), 34, 187Project, 315Project and Portfolio Management, 65Project asset, 178Project summary, 178
Project transaction summary, 178Prototypes, 332PSA layer, 66Publish, 132, 137Purchase order, 178
history, 179Purchase Order Management, 61Purchase receipt, 178Purchase requisition, 178Purchase Requisition Management, 61
Q
Quality Management, 64Query, 53Query and analysis, 35Query as a Web service, 332Query as a Web Service (QaaWS), 109Query optimizer, 163Query panel, 106Query, reporting, and analysis, 69
R
Rapid Marts, 295Ready-to-use, 130Real Estate Management, 63, 64Record selection, 101Referential integrity report, 149Refresh, 137Registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemicals (REACH), 255Regulation, 249Regulatory obligation, 255Relational database management system (RDBMS), 47Relational data structure, 213Relevant data, 156Report, 132Report creation wizards, 100Reporting, 33, 53, 69, 100, 185Reporting portal, 167Reporting requirement, 192Report instance, 137
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Repository, 89, 282Requirements, 315Reservation Section, 177Restriction of hazardous substances directive (RoHS), 255Return on investment (ROI), 31, 80, 143Reuse, 142Rich Client, 106Rich contextual visualization, 189Risk, 301Risk analysis, 232Risk assessment, 229Risk identification, 232Risk management, 35, 231, 243Risk manager, 229, 232Risk monitoring, 233Risk planning, 232, 233Risk prioritization, 235Risk response, 235Risk response and mitigation, 233Role-based access, 190Role-based permission, 205Rollout, 332Root-cause diagnostic, 220Running, 147Runtime environment, 142
S
Safety management, 302Sagitta system, 250Sales Order Management, 61Sample report, 266SAP BEx, 115SAP BEx Analyzer, 300SAP BusinessObjects, 52, 80SAP BusinessObjects 4.0, 294SAP BusinessObjects Access Control, 236, 237, 238, 239SAP BusinessObjects Access Control application, 236SAP BusinessObjects Accounts Payable Rapid Mart, 170, 174SAP BusinessObjects Accounts Receivable Rapid Mart, 170, 175
SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, 113SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis, Web edition, 113SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, 299SAP BusinessObjects Asset Management Rapid Mart, 171SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0, 324, 333SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand, 125, 130SAP BusinessObjects BI platform, 87, 314SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence (BI), 69, 74, 183SAP BusinessObjects Call Center Rapid Mart, 172SAP BusinessObjects Campaign Rapid Mart, 173SAP BusinessObjects Contract Rapid Mart, 175SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard Builder, 122SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard Design, 118SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator, 163SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, 141, 143, 144, 146, 158, 170, 205SAP BusinessObjects Data Quality Management, 70, 143, 147, 148SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, 70, 141, 152, 170, 172, 277
Designer, 145SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI, 274
Data integration, 275, 277Data management, 275, 279, 288Standard package, 275
SAP BusinessObjects Edge Strategy Management, 283SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, 72, 289SAP BusinessObjects enterprise information management (EIM), 70, 74, 141, 183SAP BusinessObjects enterprise
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performance management (EPM), 67, 74, 185, 189, 195, 198, 200, 201, 202SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, 123, 133, 275, 276, 323, 332SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated, 299, 312, 321SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iPhone, 334SAP BusinessObjects Federal Financials Rapid Mart, 175SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation, 67, 191, 193, 194, 195, 197, 202SAP BusinessObjects Financial Information Management, 68, 194, 200, 201, 202, 203, 205SAP BusinessObjects Fixed Assets Rapid Mart, 176SAP BusinessObjects General Ledger Rapid Mart, 171SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services, 247, 249SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), 183, 227SAP BusinessObjects HR Rapid Mart, 172, 176SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center, 331SAP BusinessObjects Intercompany application, 68, 194, 206, 208SAP BusinessObjects Inventory Rapid Mart, 177SAP BusinessObjects LifeCycle Manager, 93SAP BusinessObjects Live Office, 276, 327SAP BusinessObjects Metadata Management, 71, 164, 166SAP BusinessObjects Metadata Management Architecture, 168SAP BusinessObjects OnDemand, 285, 326SAP BusinessObjects Pipeline Rapid Mart, 173SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, 67, 183, 184, 185,
186, 187, 197, 202, 281SAP BusinessObjects portfolio, 201, 313SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Workbench, 115SAP BusinessObjects Process Control, 241, 244, 245, 259SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management, 68, 202, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214SAP BusinessObjects Projects Rapid Mart, 177SAP BusinessObjects Purchasing Rapid Mart, 178SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts, 170, 280, 295SAP BusinessObjects Rapid Marts package, 205SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management, 190, 228, 232, 233, 234, 244, 259SAP BusinessObjects Sales Rapid Mart, 179SAP BusinessObjects SET Analysis, 116SAP BusinessObjects Social Network Analyzer, 329SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management, 68, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management, 67, 184, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 258SAP BusinessObjects Supply Chain Performance Management, 68, 219, 220, 221SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability Performance Management, 68, 256, 257SAP BusinessObjects Text Analysis, 146, 156, 158, 160, 162SAP BusinessObjects Universal Data Cleanse, 152, 153, 155SAP BusinessObjects User Conference, 315SAP BusinessObjects Voyager, 110,
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276, 300SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, 106, 132, 276, 288SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199SAP BusinessObjects XBRL Publishing application by UBmatrix, 68SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise, 118, 129, 136, 235, 286, 288SAP Business One, 100SAP Business Suite, 100, 195, 197, 198SAP Carbon Impact OnDemand solution, 258SAP Community Network (SCN), 315, 333SAP Crystal Dashboard Design, 268
Departmental edition, 269Personal edition, 269
SAP Crystal Reports, 100, 103, 132, 235, 243, 264, 286
Dashboard Design package, 270 Designer, 266
SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management, 251, 255SAP EPM, 67SAP ERP, 58, 74, 258, 323SAP ERP Financials, 58SAP E-Sourcing application, 217SAP Integration Kit, 72SAP NetWeaver, 158, 184, 187, 251, 294SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse, 65, 74, 164, 187SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management, 71SAP NetWeaver Portal, 180SAP Recycling Administration, 258SAP SAPPHIRE, 315, 321SAP Solution Manager, 303SAP standards, 303SAP StreamWork, 125, 126, 285, 326, 328SAP TechEd, 315Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), 35, 167,
186, 195Scalability requirements, 146Scalable performance, 143Scenario-creation tools, 194Scenario-planning function, 186Scheduling, 137, 276SCN, 315Scorecard, 222, 258Scorecarding applications, 38Seagate Software, 72Search, 123, 276, 324Search and exploration, 69Section 12(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 256Sections, 272Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), 208Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 196Security, 88Segregation of duties (SoD), 236, 238, 240
rules library, 236Semantic layer, 96, 165, 294, 310Semantics, 198Service-oriented architecture (SOA), 251Services enabled, 143Setting goals, 283Share, 132Shockwave Flash, 121Siebel, 147, 172, 280Silicon Valley, 50Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), 105Simultaneous consolidation, 193Single-click automatic role creation, 239Single platform, 142Single repository, 142, 167Single semantic layer, 164Small and medium businesses (SMBs), 311Small business, 263SmartPhones, 324SMB, 263Social BI, 328
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Software as a Service (SaaS), 44, 125, 326Software development kit, 147Sole-sourced supplier, 216Solution, 310Solution loop, 79Solution replacement, 310Sorting, 101, 132Special customs procedures, 250Spend analysis, 155SPSS Clementine 12.0.1, 115SQL Server, 208Stakeholders, 190Stakeholders analysis, 127Standalone, 266Standard Industrial Classification codes, 218Statement of Budgetary Resources, 176Statement of Net Cost, 176Statutory compliance, 193Statutory reporting, 185Stock keeping unit (SKU), 162Strategic goals, 78, 188, 190Strategic objectives, 38Strategic planning, 232Strategic plans, 186, 188Strategy, 77, 82, 300
Actual execution, 77development process, 189Intended, 77management, 189, 300
Streamlined process, 186Strengths, 311Structured Query Language (SQL), 48Success, 147Summarization, 158Summary profiles, 149Superfund, 255Supplier, 217Supplier risk, 215Supply chain, 152, 300Supply Chain Operational Reference (SCOR) model, 221Supportability standards, 305Supported platforms, 296
Sustainability, 257, 302framework, 257performance, 256
SWF, 103, 121SWOT, 127Sybase, 326System of record, 190
T
Table, 132Talent Management, 58Taxonomy, 160, 198, 199TCP/IP, 92Teradata, 164Text identification, 156Text parsing, 156Text reporting, 244Third-party mapping, 105Timeless software, 303Tool and Workgroup Integration, 61Tools in SAP StreamWork, 127Top-down, 186Total cost of ownership (TCO), 44, 143, 167Totaling, 102Trace, 147Trade agreement, 248Trade preference management, 250Training, 172, 332Transparency, 29Travel Management, 59Treasury, 59Trial version, 266, 270Trusted information, 142
U
UBmatrix, 195, 197United Nations Standard Products and Services Code, 155United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UN SPSC), 218Universe, 96, 164Universe Designer, 99, 297
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Universe Design tool, 99UNIX, 142Unstructured data, 44, 153, 157, 158Upgrade, 94, 296Upgrade Management tool, 95, 297Upgrades, 311Usage auditing, 166U.S. Customs Service’s Automated Broker Interface (ABI), 250User experience, 324User-friendly model-control functionality, 212User privilege, 166
V
Value-added analysis, 192Venn diagram, 149Vertical scaling, 90Visualization, 117, 118, 134, 268Visualization tools, 36
W
Waste in electrical and electronic equipment directive (WEEE), 255Waste management, 255Web Intelligence, 52Web pages, 157Web services, 109Web Services Interoperability, 147Weight initiative, 188, 190What-if modeling, 117, 119, 186What-if simulation, 237Workbench, 156Workforce Deployment, 59Workforce Process Management, 58
X
XBRL, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 300XBRL 2.1
specification, 199Xcelsius, 243, 268, 276
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