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Christophe Ochin Presales Manager @GB&Smith
Life cycles management on the BOE platform as well as backup/
recovery best practices
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Backup, promote & version BO content
Schedule & burst your BO reports Explore & analyze BO metadata
Ensure BO license complianceAutomate report qualification
Non-regression testing
XIR2
XI3
BI4Secure your BO deployment
Streamline and Extend SAP BusinessObjects
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Audit and control your metadata over time and across versions
• Load your SAP BusinessObjects data (CMS, universes, documents and audit data) from a datawarehouse
• Query and analyze this data using pre-built BO universes and Webi reports
• Document your deployment
• Detect unused documents and universes, dormant users
• Perform impact analysis
• Follow the evolution of your metadata over time
• Compare environments or BO versions during migrations
Explore & analyze BO metadata
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Explore & analyze BO metadata
Audit and control your metadata over time and across versions
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• User-friendly security management web interface
• Document your deployed security
• Audit and clean your CMS
• Address any kind of GRC
Secure your SAP BO deployment
Replace the CMC by a user-friendly web application giving you a 360° view of your
access rights
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Backup, promote & version BO content
• Backup, version and restore content
• Restore deleted content using our unique recycle bin
• Drag and drop objects across CMS or schedule promotions
• Compare SAP BO environments
Backup, promote & version BO content
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100 – 85K user deployments 1,000,000 administrated users
> 30 countries > 98% renewal rate > 500 clients 50 people
Boston – London – Lille & Grenoble
Technology Fast 500 EMEA 3Times in a row!!
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City of Chicago
Dariusz Zyskowski BI Manager
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Business Objects at the City of Chicago
• Since 2000 (5x, 6x, XI R2, 3.1, 4.2 – in 2016) • Primary reporting tool for the city (311, 911, Police,
Fire, W2’s, Purchase Orders, Invoices) • 1500 users • 90 PROD universes • Webi, Deski, Rich Client, Crystal • 96,000 reports (18,000 Deski) – 130K before 360 • Two clustered VM PROD servers + TEST + DEV • ~800 reports scheduled daily
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360 View+ and 360 Eyes
1. Content analysis to prepare for 4x migration 2. Real time view without running a report 3. Access to many AUDIT reports 4. Back up and Recovery (Recycle Bin) 5. Multiple BO environments comparison and content transfer
• Installed on one of the PROD server (TOMCAT 7) • Oracle 11G DB • Allowing access to BO’s AUDIT DB
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Content analysis to prepare for 4x migrationProgram jobs run in Webi
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Content analysis to prepare for 4x migration42 reports and 4 universes
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Content analysis to prepare for 4x migration
BO environment dashboard – number of reports, report type and universes
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Content analysis to prepare for 4x migration
360eyes DASHBOARD -‐ 03 Recycle Licenses360eyes DASHBOARD -‐ 02 CMS through time360eyes DASHBOARD -‐ 04 Universes360eyes DASHBOARD -‐ 01 CMS
360eyes CMS -‐ 06 Connections detail360eyes SECURITY -‐ 08 Right details360eyes CMS -‐ 05 Overloads summary360eyes CMS -‐ 07 Users by Last Logon Time
360eyes CMS -‐ 16 Universe and Document Relationship
360eyes CMS -‐ 14 Document and Instance volumetry360eyes CMS -‐ 17 User Group Membership
360eyes CMS -‐ 11 Universe Security Matrix
360eyes CMS -‐ 19 Compare Universe Security
360eyes CMS -‐ 18 Compare Folder Security
360eyes CMS -‐ 13 Document Scheduled Jobs360eyes CMS -‐ 10 Folder Security Matrix
360eyes CMS -‐ 12 Unjustified Explicit Rights
360eyes REPORT -‐ 30 Compare documents360eyes REPORT -‐ 31 Track duplicated reports
360eyes REPORT -‐ 42 Track non-‐empty documents360eyes REPORT -‐ 40 Report Documentation360eyes REPORT -‐ 41 Number of documents per universe360eyes REPORT -‐ 52 Impact Analysis (SQL DP)360eyes REPORT -‐ 51 Impact Analysis (SQL Universe Object)360eyes REPORT -‐ 50 Impact Analysis (Universe object)
360eyes REPORT -‐ 60 Last documents use360eyes REPORT -‐ 61 Universe usage rate360eyes REPORT -‐ 62 User actions list360eyes REPORT -‐ 63 User activity
360eyes UNIVERSE -‐ 71 Compare universes360eyes UNIVERSE -‐ 70 Universe Documentation360eyes UNIVERSE -‐ 72 Unused universe objects
360eyes COMPLIANCE -‐ 81 Users through time360eyes COMPLIANCE -‐ 80 User List360eyes COMPLIANCE -‐ 82 Users deployed licenses360eyes COMPLIANCE -‐ 84 Server Infos360eyes COMPLIANCE -‐ 83 Users deployed licenses through time360eyes COMPLIANCE -‐ 85 Recycle Licenses
Out of the box reports
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Content analysis to prepare for 4x migration
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Real time view without running a report
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Real time view without running a report -‐ Users
• Add a user • Insert • Remove • Delete • Group Membership • Bulk User Management • Excel Output • Purge Inboxes
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Real time view without running a report -‐ objects
• Copy/Move/Shortcut • Delete • Excel Output • Purge Webi
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Real time view without running a report -‐ universes
• Copy/Move • Delete • Excel Output
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Real time view without running a report -‐ Security
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Real time view without running a report -‐ Audit
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Real time view without running a report -‐ Audit
Purge Inboxes
Never Connected Users
Universes per connection
Empty Folders
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Backup and Recovery (Recycle Bin)
1. Sizable empty DB for back up content 2. Empty folder on a server/NAS/SAN with plenty of disk space
3. SMTP server properties for Email notifications 4. Schedule backup jobs
• Small BO installations – on a root level • Large BO installations – several jobs (universes, users, reports)
5. Run every day
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Backup and Recovery (Recycle Bin)
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Backup and Recovery (Recycle Bin)How to recover a deleted report
1. Select “Objects” Tab and click on the Recycle Icon
2. Enter search parameters
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Backup and Recovery (Recycle Bin)Search options
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Backup and Recovery (Recycle Bin)3. Deleted report if found in the recovery DB (if it was part of a back up job that run before it was deleted)
4. Import the report back to PROD
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Multiple BO installations comparison
Ability to log into more than one BO environment for side to side comparison and content transfer
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Content transfer – drag and drop
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Benefits
• Much better understanding of our BO environment
• Easier and more intelligent clean up process
• Immediate access to Audit data
• Recycle Bin
Challenges• Initial 360 job run time (next runs are incremental)
• Few not very intuitive options (document retrieval, content transfer)
• Make time to read install and user manuals
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Questions ?
Thank You Looking forward to work with you
www.gbandsmith.com
Christophe Ochin Sales Manager [email protected]
Bruno Masek Sales VP [email protected]
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• 360Suite LCM on steroids! • BIAR handled at object level allowing easy rollback • Recycle bin and possibility not only to recycle • Drag and drop promotion, and automated promotion • Possibility to couple to External scheduler • Ability to handle security via a live interactive matrix showing • explicit and all inherited rights • Find roots of rights via user and resource management • Version control effective • Outperforms on large deployments • Automated Non regression testing • Auditing and canned reports on metadata used an non being used • Impact analysis supported by Hana, Data Services, BW
Key Points