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Business Innovation Through Radical Simplification

Agility and Creativity for the Business

Scale and Trust for the Enterprise

BUILD THE CLOUD

INNOVATETHE CORE

SAP Analytics Strategy

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Data Discovery &

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Design StudioDashboardsBEx WebAnalysis for OLAP

LumiraDesign Studio Apps

Design Studio

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Big Data

BW

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Against all data…


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Theme

Simplify

• Reduced downtime for patch upgrade

• Improved upgrade process

• Remove upgrade barriers

• Improved collaboration experience

Innovate

• Innovation in platform and clients

• New Platform support

• Customization, developer experience

Enhance

• Platform & client enhancements

• SAP BW and SAP HANA enhancements

QUALITY

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.


SAP BusinessObjects BI4.2 Top 5

SAP HANA

Online

Direct

Access to

SAP HANA

Views

Recycle BinParallel Data

Provider

Refresh

Commenting


What’s New in BI 4.2 (1)

BI Platform

• Commentary Service

• Upgrade Manager

• Administrators Cockpit

• Promotion Manager

• User Notification

• Recycle Bin

• Publications

• Rest API

• Audit

Web Intelligence

• Shared Elements

• Commentary

• Geo Maps

• Visualization Extensions

• Direct Access to SAP HANA Views

• Big Numbers

• Parallel Queries

• SAP HANA Online Mode



Semantic Layer

• Linked UNX Universe

• Authored SAP BEx Universe

Crystal Report for Enterprise

• Vertical Alignment of Text

• QR Code and Bar Code

• Waterfall Chart

• Direct to Data Enhancements

Crystal Reports 2016

• Vertical Alignment of Text

• Show Parameter Value descriptions

• Conditional Formatting for Line / Box

• Direct to Data Enhancements

Analysis for OLAP

• HTTP Connector for SAP HANA

• Alias Table Support in Essbase

• Currence Conversion for SAP BW

• Break Hierarchy while sorting



Mobile BI

• Broadcast Notifications to Mobile users

SDK

• Extended SDK functionality

Platform Support

Data Access

BI PlatformBI4.2 What’s New

A full demo video on what is new in BI Suite 4.2

can be obtained via this link

https://youtu.be/9eXqkQU5ktk?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform

Simplification for IT

• User Notification

• Recycle Bin

• Publications

• Rest API

Performance


• Audit

• Installer

Enhancements for BI

Administration

• Commentary Service

• Upgrade Manager

• Administrators Cockpit



QUALITY


Demo

SIMPLIFICATION for IT

User Notification

• Easily broadcast information to a single user/group

or all users.

• Specify the timeline for the notification to be visible

• Also send notification as a email

• Notifications to show up in BI Launchpad

• Notification available in “My alerts” as well


https://youtu.be/z2lDLHbiovM


Recycle Bin

Easily restore accidently deleted content.

• Recycle bin has to be enabled

• Only Public Folders / Content is supported

• Documents are automatically removed after

set threshold


https://youtu.be/Q0V50urQNXc?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV

https://youtu.be/Q0V50urQNXc?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Enhancements for BI Admin

Commentary

• A service provided by the platform for all clients

• Centralized and managed by rights

• The comments are context sensitive

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform Demo

https://youtu.be/NlftuOHL3z8?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Commentary (1)

Providing a service for Commenting within BI4.2

• A service provided by the platform for all clients

• Stored in the Audit database or selected database

• Comment actions recorded in Audit Database



Administrator Cockpit

Gain fast insight in your systems state

• A simplified visual page with key information

• Drillable to see the details of individual components

• Specific actions are possible

• Key statistics information is available


https://youtu.be/hmRVZCXxyBE?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV



Upgrade Manager

• Specify the log level on the UI

• New filter option for selection

• Export pending/recurring instances

• Do not migrate security

• View approximate size of selected content




Performance

Promotion Manager

• Selective retrieval of objects from an LCMBIAR file

• Distributed dependency computation.

• Revamped Overrides workflow

• Performance improvements

• Lesser load on app server



Performance

Audit

• Enriched auditable options

• Improved scalability



Performance

SIMPLIFICATION for IT


Installer

• Reduce install startup screen time

• Split install – Install caching separately to reduce downtime

• Improve Error reporting

• Ability to add new supported language through Support Pack

• Tomcat 8 is now default bundled Web Application Server

• SAP SQL Anywhere 16 is bundled as default CMS and Audit DB


https://youtu.be/mTn5f33gxck?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV

Web IntelligenceBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence

Trusted Foundation

• Parallel Queries

• Big Numbers

SAP Backend

Integration

• Direct Access to SAP HANA

• SAP HANA Online Mode

Enable the Business

• Commentary

• Shared Elements

• Geo Maps

• Visualization Extensions


QUALITY


Trusted Foundation

Parallel Queries

• Activated by defaults

• Can be disabled

• Max number of concurrent refresh jobs configurable

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo

https://youtu.be/bj6ldWfgFRs?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Trusted Foundation

Big Numbers

• Integration of the IEEE “Decimal Floating Point” format

• Increase precision from 15 to 40 digits

• New Web Intelligence calculator function to convert to Decimal format

• Contextual Menu to convert any measure to Decimal format


https://youtu.be/6OEofAMm_3o?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Enable the Business

Commentary

• Add / View / Remove Comments

• Comments to be stored by platform service


https://youtu.be/e-Gzv_ZPsVw?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Enable the Business

Shared Elements• Share Web Intelligence content (report part) with other users, as shared elements

• Shared element is saved with the report part, corresponding data source, data providers, variables

and formats

• Browse and reuse Web Intelligence content created by other users

• Factorize Web Intelligence content to ease the update process with reference persistence


https://youtu.be/mRwBQ6oTFUI?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Shared Elements (1)

Simplify Web Intelligence document creation and user experience, with reusing common objects. You

can create a shared object within Web Intelligence Design Mode from every block available.

• Shared Element will contain all required meta data

• Report part

• Data Source

• Data Provider

• Variables

• Formatting

• Data is excluded

• Displayed based on user profile

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence


Enable the Business

Geo Maps

• Create Geomaps using Web Intelligence

• Integrated geographical Database covering countries, regions, sub-region and cities (100K+)

• New Geo Choropleth, Geo Bubble and Geo Pie charts


../../BAS Pre-Sales/Business Objects Suite/BI42/What's New/BI 4.2 - WebI - Geomaps.mp4


Enable the Business

Visualization Extensions

• Empower Web Intelligence with third-party visualizations

• Can be inserted and consumed as any other Web Intelligence element

• Configured centrally via the Central Management Console


https://youtu.be/601Nz7krhjE?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


SAP Backend Integration

Direct Access to SAP HANA Views

• Browse HANA Views directly on Relational or OLAP Connection

• HANA Hierarchies supported via OLAP Connection

• No Authoring of Universe Required


https://youtu.be/gnQkgByMrLY?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


SAP Backend Integration

SAP HANA Online

• Connect directly to SAP HANA Views

• Web Intelligence calculations are delegated to SAP HANA whenever possible

• No Query Panel

• No Microcube

• Optional “Go Back to Standard Mode”to get additional reporting features


https://youtu.be/sJW-RSJWzVk?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV

Semantic LayerBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Semantic Layer

Simplification

• Linked UNX Universe

SAP Backend

Integration

• Authored SAP BEx Universe

Enable the Business


QUALITY


Simplification

Linked UNX Universes• Parity with Universe Design Tool

• Changes to a core UNX are propagated to all derived UNX universes

• Derived UNX universes are independent universes and can be amended

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Semantic Layer Demo

https://youtu.be/nhyeTo0wDmk?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Key Links (2)

SAP BI Recommended Links

• SAP BI Statement of Direction : http://www.sap.com/bin/sapcom/en_us/downloadasset.2014-09-sep-19-

21.business-intelligence-solutions-from-sap-statement-of-direction-pdf

• SAP BI Recourse Center : www.sapbi.com

• Official tutorials for SAP BI : http://sap.com/learnbi

• SAP BI Process Flows : http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8292

• IT Planning Resources : https://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001160122012E

• Choosing the right BI Client : http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-38981

• SAP BI Sizing : www.sap.com/bisizing

• SAP BI Pattern Books :

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+Business+Intelligence+Platform+Pattern+Books

• SAP BI Platform Support Tool :

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+BI+Platform+Support+Tool

http://www.sap.com/bin/sapcom/en_us/downloadasset.2014-09-sep-19-21.business-intelligence-solutions-from-sap-statement-of-direction-pdf.bypassReg.html

http://www.sapbi.com/

http://sap.com/learnbi

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8292

https://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001160122012E


http://www.sap.com/bisizing

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+Business+Intelligence+Platform+Pattern+Books

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+BI+Platform+Support+Tool


Latest What’s New for BI4.2 on SCN

The Public What's New for BI4.2 L0 can be found via :






SAP BusinessObjects What’s New Collection:







Change Log

Version Comment Date

1.0 Initial Final Version 15-10-2015

1.1 Update for SCN Locations 16-10-2015


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