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Agenda

Data Bursting

Overview

Exception Broadcasting

Broadcasting to PrintersMulti Channel Broadcasting

Others


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Wh y En t e r pr i s e Re p o rt i n g , Qu e r y & A n al y s i s

Fast & reliable BI data access on every organizational level

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Information ConsumersHighly intuitive Composites & BI Apps

PatternEnterprise Reports

Business UsersAdHoc & Personalization,

Web & Excel Integration

BusinessProcess Experts

for modeling& deployment

An integrated and state-of-the art modeling environmentFor all types of queries, reports, and analytics

For business users and ITFor BI data & external data

A state-of-the art BI runtime for the masses:High visual appeal & usabilityHigh performance use of BIMass distribution

A seamless integration intoMS Excel

SAP NetWeaver PortalKnowledge management &

collaboration capabilitiesComposite applications

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r i s e R e

p o r t i

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Q u e

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A n a l y s

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Ent erpr i se Repor t ing , Query, & Analys i s - Benef i t s

The scenario comprises all ways that BI data is provided to end-users and how end-users interact with BI data

Composite Applications(Embedded BI)

Ad HocAnalysis

ExcelIntegration

BIApplications

EnterpriseReports

Reducing TCO byMinimizing the training costs for end-users (state-of-the art UIs)Use of an adaptable and flexible BI modeling environment (SAP Business Explorer &SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer)

Driving ROI byExtending the reach to masses of usersAvoiding the IT bottle neck by enabling the business userProviding high end-user productivityGuaranteeing fast and informed business decisions on all company levels



Ent e rp r i se Repor t ing , Query, & Ana lys i s Sc ena r ioVa r i a n t s

Query, Reporting & Analysis Design

Describes how IT and/or business users can design and deploystandard reporting and analysis for large groups of end-users.

Ad Hoc Query & AnalysisDescribes how business users can analyze, configure andpersonalize ad hoc queries on various data sources

Excel IntegrationDescribes how business users can model and interact with BI data

by fully leveraging MS Excel capabilities (Add-On in Excel: BExAnalyzer)

Information BroadcastingDescribes how IT and/or business users can distribute BI data at arequired time (ad hoc, scheduled, when data is changed, or based onexceptions), via various channels (e-mail, printer or portal) and invarious formats

Embedding BI into ApplicationsDescribes how to embed and use BI capabilities within applications



Bus iness Ex p lore r Su i t e

NW04s Business Explorer Suite (BEx)

BEx Query Designer

Information Broadcasting

WebAnalyzer

WebApplication

Designer

MS ExcelAdd-inReport

Designer

7.0 BEx Web BEx AnalyzerBI Pattern

7.0 Portal

SAP BI Info Provider3rd Party BI

Usage Type BI Java including the usage types Portal & ASJava is required for using the 7.0 BEx Explorer Suite



Composite

UserInterfaces

EnterpriseReportBI App MS ExcelAd Hoc


Ent e rpr i se Repor t ing , Query and Ana lys i s

BI Consumer ServicesBI Consumer Services

DataSources

WebAnalyzer

WebApplication

Designer

Analyzer(Add-In)

ReportDesigner

MS ExcelIntegration

Reporting andAnalysis Design

Ad Hoc Query& Analysis

SAP Business Explorer Suite (BEx)SAP NetWeaverVisual Composer

Embedded BI

BIExtension

Kit

O t h er

S er vi c

e s &B A P I S

SAP

OperationalData*

Non-SAPOperational

Data*Info Provider

3rd-Party

BI Data BEx Queries

SAP NetWeaver BI

* Not available for SAP Business Explorer BICS connection yet



B Ex De si gn - & Ru nt i m e

BI (based on AS ABAP) BI Java (based on AS Java & Portal)

ADSXML

Runtime Layer

Broadcasting BEx Web Planning KM

Persistence Layer

Web Apps QueriesQueryViews

InfoProviders

Internet Grafic Service Adobe Document Service

Platform

BEx Design Tools BEx Web Apps, Queries,Reports & PatternsBEx Web AdHoc

Analysis & ExcelIntegration

IT & BusinessUser

Business User InformationConsumer

BI SKILLS: high low no

Reports

Queries

Applications



Sc e na ri o Var ia nt 4 : I nf or m a t i o n B ro ad c a s t i n g

BroadcastingBroadcastingSetting Creation

(5) Save Setting

(7) System determinesDistr. Type

(6) Schedule Setting

(1) Start Broadcaster

(3) Select Output Format

(4) Select DistributionType

(2) Select BI object(query, query view,workbook, Webtemplate or report)

(8) determinesReceiver

(9) determines alert ifdefined

(10) Broadcasts

Alerting

(11) Check AlertCategory

BI User Interaction

(13) Access BI Data

(14) Analyze Data (if applicable)

(15) Personalize Data (ifapplicable)

(17) Use KM Services (ifapplicable)Edit, Copy, move, delete,

download, rename, subscribe to,change permissions of, send,give feedback to, download oradd to favorites

(18) Use Export/Printing Services(if applicable)

(16) Integrate Documents (ifapplicable)

(19) Use Information Broadcasting

(12) Deliver Alerte.g to UWL

UsageType:

BI Java,

EP

BI

Tool:

BEXBroadcaster



I n f or m a t i o n B r oa d c a s t i n g

Information Broadcasting allows you to make objects withBusiness Intelligence content available to a wide variety of usersaccording to their needs

the right information: based on BEx Queries, Views,Workbooks, WebApplications & Enterprise Reports

in different formats: HTML, MHTML, PDF, ZIP, Printer Formats,Online Links, SAP Alerts

to the right people: e.g. single users, groups, distribution lists,user-specific or Role-specific (incl. Non-SAP Users)

in different channels: e-Mail, Portal, BEx Portfolio (Unifiedaccess based on Knowledge Management Folders), CollaborationRooms, Universal Work List

at the right time: event driven, exception driven, Ad-Hoc,scheduled


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I nf or m a t i on B ro ad c a st i ng - En ha nc e m e nt s

A dd it i o na l ne w b ro ad c a st i n gf eat u re s i nc l ud e:

New Object Types

Query Views

Formatted Reports

New Distribution Types

Data Bursting Broadcast to recipientsderived from BW master data and optionallyadapt the output format for each recipientException broadcasting - Create Alertsettings based on defined exceptions

Integration into SAP Alert Framework &UWL

New Output Options

Printers

PDF Files


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Ac c ess t o Bus ines s Ex p lo re r Ro le

A c e s s t o B r o ad c a s t e r v i a t h e Po r t a l , a n yBEx Too l , any que ry, w ork book , w eba p p l i c a t i o n


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I n f or m a t i o n A c c e s s a n d Co l l ab o ra t i o n

KM Services enabled on top ofany broadcasted BI data aswell as on any documentattached to BI data

Use KM Services for:SubscriptionFeedbackDiscussion

CollaborationRatingTREX search

NotesDownload


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K M S i & B I


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K M Se r vi c e s & B I

KM Services can be used on any broadcasted data (regardless of

its physical storage location, as long as it is accessible via aRepository Manager)

Available KM Services depend on the capabilities of the

Repository Manager that is usedKM Services can be used on any BI object that is broadcasted to aKM Folder

via the CM Repository Manager for broadcasted BI queries,reports, workbooks, query views and web applications in PDF,HTML etc.via the Repository Manager for BI Metadata for broadcasted online

links to BI queries, reports, query views and web applications

B d t i B I t l d t


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B r o ad c a s t i n g B I -e x t e r n al d a t a

VisualComposer BI

Kit

UDI

XMLASAPQuery JDBC ODBO

Business Explorer Suite (BEx)

BEx Query Designer


WebAnalyzer

WebApplication

Designer

MS ExcelAdd-in

ReportDesigner

BEx Web

DBConnect BAPI

ServiceAPI File XML/A

BEx AnalyzerBI Pattern

BI Consumer Services

BI Platform

Data Warehouse

Enterprise Portal

Analytic Engine Meta Data Mgr

KM/ Collaboration

Business Explorer Suite


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Agenda

Data Bursting

Overview



Others

Dat a Burs t ing


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Dat a Burs t ing

Dat a Burs t ing

This capability allows you to broadcast user-specific data based onmaster data in BI.

Example: burst a cost center report according to each cost centermanager and retrieve the e-mail addresses from a master data attribute


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Dat a Burs t ing


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Dat a Burs t ing

Dat a Burs t ing

Make sure the e-mail addresses of your receoves are retrievable via BImasterdata

Send Doc ument unc hanged

The recipient list is retrieved via the master data and every recipientreceives the same document

A t t r i b ut e f o r Re c i p i e n t De t e r m i n a t i o n

Every recipient receives just the view on the data relevant for him/her


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Agenda

Data Bursting

Overview



Others

Ov er vi ew : Ex c e pt i on B ro ad c a s t i n g A rc h it e c t u re


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Ov er vi ew : Ex c e pt i on B ro ad c a s t i n g A rc h it e c t u re

NW Application Server

BEx Broadcaster

BEx Query with Exception Central AlertFramework

BI

Other Applications

Ex c e p t i o n B r o ad c a s t i n g

Integration of Exception Reporting

Searching queries for exceptions that have occurred

Distribution of exceptions that have occurred by e-mail or with theAlert Framework

Send a Short Textvia SMS or Pager

Send a Long Textvia E-Mail or Fax

Send an Alert tothe UWL

Ex c e p t i o n B r oa d c a s t i n g


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Query Designer 1. Create Exception

Broadcaster 2. Create Broadcasting Section

Broadcast whenevera certain exeptiontakes place

Broadcast only forspecific exception

level



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Broadcast whenevera certain exeption

takes place

Broadcast only forspecific exceptionlevel



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p g

Broadcast whenevera certain exeption

takes place

Broadcast only forspecific exceptionlevel



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p g

Choose Alert Category to transfer text information via the

broadcast (optional)


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Crea t e a Cont a ine r fo r t h e Aler t


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Create Container Elements

for BI parameters that youwant to transfer via thebroadcast

Container Elementcreated

Main t a in Tex t s f or t h e Aler t m essage


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Create the Message title and a Message text. You can

include text variables that you set-up in theBroadcaster as well as from the Alert Framework

A dd Op t i on al Su bs eq ue nt A c t i vi t i es


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Here you can enter a URLwhich should be checkedby the recipient in orderto react to the alert.

Here you can enter a textfor a subsequent activity.

As si gn t h e A le rt t o En d-U se rs


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You have to assign the alert to end-users. The central alert frameworkof SAP WebAS provides you with three options:

Fixed Recipients: Here you can enter the names of recipients whoshould get the alert.

Recipients Via User Roles: Here user roles can be entered allusers assigned to the roles will get the alert.

Subscription Authorization: Here you can enter user roles as well all users assigned to these roles will have the option to subscribefor the alert later.

Co n f ig u r in g t h e UWL A l er t Fr a m e w o r k Co n ne c t i o n


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You can define connections to system as alert providers to the UWL

Via user mapping the UWL knows which alert containers a user isassigned to (either via the users or ist roles).

Depending on the user the UWL can determine and display theusers alerts from different connected systems

Ac c ess t o t he UWL v ia t he Bus ines s Ex p lo re r Ro le


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Ac c ess t o t he UWL v ia t he Bus ines s Ex p lo re r Ro le


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Universal Worklistcentralized way to access work and relevant informationAggregates workflow task items from multiple and different systemsEnables end users to make direct decisions and actions

personalization of the presentation of work items


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Agenda

Data Bursting

Overview


Broadcasting to Printers

Multi Channel BroadcastingOthers

B r oa d c a s t t o Pr i n t e r


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B r oa d c a s t t o Pr i nt e r

Broadcast to any printer based on Post Script (PS), Printer CommonLanguage (PCL) & PDF.

The Adobe Document Servce is used to generate the necessary format

Printers can be set-up in SAP AS: SAP Menu Tools CCMS Print

B r oa d c a s t t o Pr i n t e r


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B r oa d c a s t t o Pr i nt e r

Layout and Header/Footer can be determined for each Broadcast setting


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Agenda

Data Bursting

Overview




Mul t i Channe l Broadcas t ing


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Mul t i Channel Broadcas t ing

After selecting an output format you can choosedifferent channels and different receivers for eachchannel


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Agenda

Data Bursting

Overview




Value Se t


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Value Set

The Broadcaster enables you to fill precalculated value set variables with valuesfor characteristic values in the background

The precalculated value sets are available as variable values in BEx queries

Typica l u se cases :

analyzing target groups since you can specify a fixed value

when complex selections are involved such as with a Top n inquiry, used toimprove query performance

Value Se t

V l S


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Value Set

After you have defined the Broadcaster setting, you can schedule it

you can use the precalculated value set in a value set characteristic variable.

The value of this variable is the value set ID created in the Broadcaster setting

The variable can be ready for input and you can select different value sets in thevariable screen at the query runtime.

Broadcaster

QueryDesigner

Fi l l OLAP & MDX Cac he


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Fill OLAP & MDX CacheYou can warm up the OLAP Cache & MDX Cache with BEx Queries

B ro ad c a s t t o Pr ec a lc u la t i o n St o re


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B r oa d c a s t t o Pr e c a l c u l a t i o n St o r e

You can precalculate web templates via the Broadcaster. Via the CommandWizard in the Web Application Designer you can create URLs that can callup precalculated web templates

I n fo rm a t i o n B ro ad c a s t i ng & Re po rt i ng A ge nt


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The replacement of the 3.x Reporting Agent by InformationBroadcasting in 7.0

The functions of the Reporting Agent are replaced by the InformationBroadcaster

Old Reporting Agent scenarios still run in 7.0 based on the ReportingAgent

The Reporting Agent is not developed any further. It is removed from the

7.0 Data Warehousing Workbench. You can now only reach theReporting Agent using transaction code REPORTING_AGENT.

A migration of Reporting Agent settings and Reporting Agent packagesby broadcast settings is not planned.

SAP recommends covering Reporting Agent scenarios using InformationBroadcasting.


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