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SAP BusinessObjects 4.0Patrick Jacquet / Centre of Expertise Suisse RomandeMay, 2011

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Agenda

SAP BI 4 Platform introduction– 1 single BI platform– SAP Landscape integration– Meeting SAP Customer Expectations

New semantic layer– Mission– What’s new ?– Multi-Source universes– OLAP Business Layer– Web Intelligence and BW sources

SAP BusinessObjects AnalysisNew Monitoring ToolUpgrade Management Tool

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 Platform


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4

BI Platform

Dashboards

CrystalReports

WebIntelligence

Analysis

Explorer

Trusted Data


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4

Leverage all of your investments –BW cubes and BEx query design

Transition BEx analyzer users to the next generation of SAP BI

Adopt SAP BusinessObjects BI platform at your own pace

Innovation without Disruption

Increase business user autonomy and self-service usage

Boost BI adoption for more informed decision making across the enterprise

Minimize user training, support and customization costs

Simpler and More Intuitive

Tighter integration with the SAP NetWeaver technology platform

BI standardization from the board room to the shop floor

Increased speed and agility with cost effective in-memory computing

SAP Landscape Simplification

T h e B e s t B I S u i t e f o r S A P

Dashboards

Reporting

Interactive Analysis OLAP

Analysis

DataExploration


SAP Landscape integration

Key Touch Points to SAP Landscapes SAP BI 4.0 Third Party BI

BW Access

Direct BICS access

SQL (Universe access)

MDX (XI 3.1 OLAP universes)

ERP Access ALV (embedded analytics)

Platform Integration

Solution Manager

Change & Transport System +

BEx Web template hosting

Unified Java stack


Meeting SAP Customer Expectations

Low TCO High Performance Fully Dimensional

New Semantic Layer


New semantic layerMission

Enable the business users to freely and securely access, analyze, enrich, and share information using familiar business terms

Make business users autonomousEnable single user experience over all dataProvide trust and consistencyEnable consumption by all applications and BI tools Allow IT to keep control and ensure security of information

Semantic Semantic LayerLayer

Data SourcesData Sources

Query and Analysis

Dashboards andVisualizations

Reporting

FullFull--Spectrum Spectrum Business Business IntelligenceIntelligence


New semantic layerWhat’s new ?

ProductsNEW – Information Design Tool

New generation design toolAll new projects should use this toolMost existing universes can be opened and converted to the new format by this tool

UPDATED – Universe design toolUniverse design as XI3.xStill shipped in this version in order to enable the smoothest possible transition

ComponentsNEW – Information engine

Query and computation Behind the scenes, this is the component that enables querying and computational capabilities to BI clients during report consumption

NEW – Query serverData federation engineThis is the component that enables MSU (Multi-Source Universe) functionality

UPDATED – Connection serverConnectivityThis is the component that establishes the connectivity to data sources


New semantic layerMulti-Source universes

Benefitso Federate different database vendors, OLTP and DWH, SAP BW, SAS, flat fileso Lower TCO for integration projects (no complex ETL to put in place)o May, in some cases, suspend the need for a consolidated DWH o Multi-tier deployment with load balancing

Federation within the information design toolo Create a data foundation and a business layer based on multiple connectionso Create multi-source joins and derived tableso Source independence through SQL 92 and DF functions, while keeping the ability to use native SQL when necessary


New semantic layerOLAP Business Layer

Business Layer structure (Analysis dimensions, dimensions, attributes, measures, filters)

OLAP metadata pane:Actual content of the cube

Properties of OLAP metadata in the cube

Object editor: displays properties of selected object or current Business Layer


New semantic layerWeb Intelligence and BW sources

Relational Sources

SAP BW

Pre-4.0 Legacy Universes

Web Services

Excel

MSAS

New 4.0 Universes

Relational Sources

Web Intelligence client

Pre-existing Bex Queries

SAP BW

Direct Connectivity to BW• No need for universe setup• Protection for BEx query investment• Rapid prototyping and proof of concept

building• Stop-gap solution until investment in new

flexible universes

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis


SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Ed. for MS OfficeThe future of BI is now


SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Ed. for MS OfficeKey Capabilities

Run with all existing BW cubes and BEx queries – No need to change any

Light footprint, can run without the BI platform – No disruption to IT operations

Drag-and-drop analysis of BW across multiple dimensions and hierarchies

Modern and familiar user experience with MS Office-like ribbon menus

Immediate response time with direct integration with SAP HANA


SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Ed. for OLAPUncover Deep Business Insights with Self-Service


MonitoringFeatures

CMC VisualizationInstrumentation &

3rd Party Integration

Probes


MonitoringCMC Visualization

Watches

KPIs

Alerts

Monitored

data


MonitoringProbes

SDK-based programs designed to test and report the health of the system

Replaces the out-of-the-box Diagnostic Tools

Provide the ability to monitor an SAP Business Objects system by using simulated application probes.

Probes could be run ‘on demand’ or as part of overall monitoring framework (scheduled).

Probes can be run from command line

Results can be stored and displayed.

Additional custom probes can be added.


MonitoringDefault Probes

CMS Logon Logoff This probe tests the availability of the CMS and ability for users to log on to the BOE system through any client

application. It successively logs one user on, tests the session validity, and logs the user off. CMS ping

This probe sends an empty query to the CMS and succeeds if the CMS returns a parse failure error. It should complete very quickly as the query parsing is part of the CMS core. Any other error would indicate a problem and unhealthy CMS.

CMS cache This probe tests the availability and health of the Info store cache. After a warm-up period, it is expected that the

CMS retrieves it from the cache; hence the query shall not hit the repository database. If this query fails, it is likely that the cache is not properly functioning or the cluster definition is incorrect.

CMS database connection This probe tests the availability of the repository database by executing a query to return the system Info Object

representing the cluster name. The CMS retrieves it from the database; hence a failure is likely to indicate a connection problem between the CMS and the database.

Crystal Reports Service through Page and Cache Server This probe tests the availability of the Crystal Report service through Page and Cache servers. Using the Page

and Cache servers, it successively opens a Crystal report, refreshes it, optionally exports it to the PDF format and then closes it.

Crystal Reports Service through Report Application Server This probe tests the availability of the Crystal Report service through Report Application servers. Using the Report

Application servers, it successively opens a Crystal report, optionally exports it to the PDF format and then closes it. Web Intelligence Service

This probe tests the availability of the Web Intelligence service through Web Intelligence Report Servers. It successively opens a Web Intelligence document, refreshes it, optionally exports it to the XLS and PDF format and then closes it.


Monitoring3rd Party Integration

Integration with IBM Tivoli via Tivoli Enterprise monitoring Agent.

Integration with SAP Solution Manager.

Open JMX framework allows simple integration with Other ESM vendor tools.


MonitoringSummary

Improved Supportability

Improved Supportability Lower TCOLower TCO

Integrate with SAP SM and

IBM Tivoli

Integrate with SAP SM and

IBM Tivoli

Open Solution (JMX)

Open Solution (JMX)

CMC Visualization Dashboard

CMC Visualization Dashboard

Health Monitoring

Probes

Health Monitoring

Probes

Upgrade Management Tool


Upgrade Management ToolWhat’s New ?

Challenges XI 3.x, XI R2 BI 4.0

Multiple Tools Confusion about which tool to use: Central Configuration ManagerImport Wizard – used for both

upgrade and LCM

•Single integrated upgrademanagement tool•Simplified Intuitive UI•Clear workflow•Lifecycle management has its own separate tool

Scalability Single-threadedCan be problematic and time

consuming for large repositories

•Multi-threaded•Does not need to load entire repository in memory•Reduces execution time

Troubleshooting Hard to isolate problem areasRequires full regression test when

new patching is required

•Componentized plug-ins isolate problem areas•Patches can be released for specific areas


Upgrade Management ToolDesktop Intelligence reports migration

• Desktop Intelligence documents are not available in 4.0 CMS.• The only way for a user to work with Desktop Intelligence content in 4.0 is to follow one of the following procedures:

CMS XI 3Deski report

CMS 4.0Webireport

CMS XI 3Webireport

1 a) Use the XI 3.x Report conversion tool to convert Desktop Intelligence reports to Web Intelligence reports on the same stack

1 b) Use the 4.0 Upgrade management tool to promote the content

2. Use the 4.0 Report conversion tool to convert Desktop Intelligence reports to Webi reports and publish them to a BI 4.0 system

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Thank You!

Contact information:

Patrick JacquetSenior Business Solutions Architect - Suisse RomandeBusiness Objects / Business IntelligenceSAP (Suisse) [email protected] +41 79 473 45 44


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Low TCO High Performance Fully Dimensional


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More control and visibility for precise data selection during Query Definition

Dimensions presented as native hierarchies from dimensional sources

Member selection for selecting hierarchical values

Integration of hierarchical concepts into query panel user experience


Start With SAP BusinessObjects BI Now For Benefits Today and Tomorrow

Trusted insights for all users, all data, on one platform

Innovation with no disruption

• Simpler, more intuitive, powerful

• Better monitoring of the business

Best-of-breed BI expansion

• Google-like• Self-service• Pixel-perfect

Solid and safe

foundation

BEx BEx QueriesQueries

•• Analysis Analysis for for OfficeOffice

•• DashboardsDashboards

•• ExplorerExplorer•• Analysis for Analysis for

OLAPOLAP•• Crystal ReportsCrystal Reports

Web Intelligence Web Intelligence with the with the

full full BI suiteBI suite

LOB Benefits

IT Benefits Increasing user satisfaction and adoption, and more user self-service

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