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Information Design ToolOverview and Best Practices

Natasha Kishinevsky – Business Intelligence Manager

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Introduction SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview UDT vs. IDT comparison IDT – New Concepts and Terminology Universe Creation Process Questions

Introduction: Me

[email protected]

Full-service IT consulting firmFounded in 1988

Offices Chicago Minneapolis Raleigh Bangalore, India

Introduction: Dunn Solutions Group

Chicago Minneapolis Raleigh Bangalore

Practice Areas

Business Intelligence

DI + EIM/Quality

Budgeting & Planning

End-to-End BI

Data Warehouse

Dashboards

Mobile BI

Managed Services

Predictive Analytics

Training

Open-Enrollment

On-Site + Custom

Jumpstart/Mentoring

Packaged Solutions

Legal Dashboard

Visible Visitors

Application Development

Web Design

E-Commerce

Custom App Dev

Mobile App Dev

Portals Optical Shop Dashboard

Audience Opinion

Selected Clients

City of Chicago

SAP Gold Partner (top level, partner since 1995)

Utilize full SAP BusinessObjects stackNational coverageComprehensive SAP BusinessObjects

trainingAuthorized Education Partner since

1995Authorized Training Centers in Raleigh, NC / Minneapolis, MN / St. Louis, MO

SAP BusinessObjects Partnership

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Business Intelligence Platform

SAP Business Intelligence Stack

EnterprisePortals

MS OfficeOn Demand Services

BrowsersMobile Devices

ERPSAP Business SuiteOracle E-Business PeopleSoftJD Edwards

Unstructured data in Social Media and Hadoop

OLAP Cubes

Embedded Content

MS ExcelOracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server and other relational data sources

Universe Semantic Layer

EDWSAP NetWeaver BWTeraDataOther data warehouses

SAP HANA Platform

ReportingAnalysis and Exploration Dashboards

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Analysis and Exploration

Discover areas to optimize your business

Adapt data to business needs Tell your story with beautiful

visualizations

Discover. Predict. Create.

Dashboards

Deliver engaging information to users where they need it

Track key performance indicators and summary data

Build custom experiences so users get what they need quickly

Build engaging experiences

Reporting

Securely distribute information across your organization

Give users the ability to ask and answer their own questions

Build printable reports for operational efficiency

Share information

Semantic Layer: Universes

User Asks a Business Question

Creates a Query in Web Intelligence

Semantic Layer Translates the Business Question into SQL

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Old vs. New: Overview

The Universe Design Tool is supported The “Old” universe creation tool Universes created have the UNV extension

The Information Design Tool – New Addition to the BI stack The “New” and improved universe creation tool Universes created have the UNX extension

Old vs. New: Compatibility

Tool IDT Universes (UNX) UDT Universes (UNV)Crystal Reports X X

Web Intelligence X X

Explorer X

Dashboard Design X QAAWS & LO

Lumira (Visual Intelligence) X X

What Should I do with my “Old” universes?

Convert Conversion

Process is seamless and straight forward

Take full advantage of the platform with UNX universes

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New Concepts - Project

Projects serve as Workspaces Connections and Connection

Shortcuts Data Foundation Layer Business Layer Multiple Retrievals

Shared Projects Synchronize Changes with the

platform Collaborate on Universe

development

New Concepts - Data Foundation

Universe Structure Define relationships

(joins) between tables Multi-Source Data

Foundations Detect and resolve

Loops Create Calculated

Columns Create Derived tables Define Parameters and

Lists of Values Profile Data Create multiple views

of the data structure

New Concepts – Business Layer

Business Layer is the new Universe When published, is

combined with the Connection and Data Foundation to form a UNX file

Contains folders and objects

Objects can be tested with Business Layer Queries

New Terminology

Old Terminology New TermsClasses Folders

Detail Objects Attributes

Hierarchy Navigation Path

Self Restricting Join Filter

@Prompt Parameter

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Universe Creation – Step by Step

New Project

New Connection• Insert connection

in the repository• Add Connection

Shortcut

Data Foundation• Add Tables• Add Joins• Resolve Loops• Table Filters• Use Views

Business Layer• Add folders and

Objects• Queries• Publish to

Repository

Universe Creation – Demo

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Any Questions?

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