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Components of SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 – An Overview

Adam Getz, Manager – Business IntelligenceMay 21, 2015

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BI Maturity Model

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BI Products: Value vs. Product Complexity

Operational Reports

Ad-hoc Reports

OLAP & Mobility

Dashboards& Scorecards

Exploration& Visualization

What are the Available Components in SAP BI 4.1 Suite?

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BI 4.1 Platform

Crystal Reports Predictive

Web Intelligence

DashboardsLumira

Explorer Mobile

Data Services, Text Analysis

Suite of Business

Intelligence Products

HANA Database

Business Objects 4.1 Architecture

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BI Launch Pad 4.1 Portal

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BI Launch Pad 4.1 – End User Portal

� Highly intuitive web environment for end-users

� One point of access to all BI tools and information

� Home Tab contains most relevant content in 5 modules:

� My Recently Viewed Documents

� Unread Messages in My Inbox

� My Recently Run Documents

� Unread Alerts

� My Applications

� Document Tab provides access to all BI content:

� Left Hand Navigation Divided by 4 Drawers

� My Documents

� Folders

� Categories

� Search

� Details Panel (View and Open BI Documents)

BI Launch Pad –

Home Tab

BI Launch Pad –

Documents Tab

Central Management Console (CMC)

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Central Management Console (CMC)

� Web-Based Administration Tool

� Configuration and Management of BusinessObjects Environment

� Control of System Elements

� User and Groups

� Folders and Personal Folders

� Settings and Preferences

� Server and Services

� Security, Access Levels, & Authentication

� Objects, Rights, Permissions

� License Keys

� Universes and Data Connections

� Calendars

� Events

� Management of User, Group, and Object-Level Rights

Central Management

Console

SAP BI 4.1 Universe

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Universe: Semantic Middleware Layer / Metadata

Information Design

Tool (IDT) with .unx

Universe

� Business representation of a database

� Translates databases into business terms

� Resides between a database and reports/queries

� Provides an interface to create ad-hoc queries

� Legacy versions of BusinessObjects (Prior to BI 4.0)

– Legacy universe format (.unv) − Universe design tool called Designer

� Starting with SAP BI 4.0

– New universe format (.unx) − New universe design tool called Information Design Tool (IDT)

Crystal Reports 2013 / Crystal Reports for Enterprise

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Crystal Reports: Operational Reporting

� Create high-fidelity, pixel-perfect reports

� Advanced development environment

� Ideal tool for developers

� Ideal solution for canned or published reports

� Multiple deployment options:

– Crystal Reports 2013: Provides a incremental update

to Crystal Reports 2008/2011 with some new

features.

– Crystal Reports for Enterprise: Newly designed

version of Crystal Reports, with a major redesign of

the Crystal Reports Designer, but with some

limitations.

Crystal Reports 2013

Crystal Reports for

Enterprise

Web Intelligence (WebI)

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Web Intelligence (WebI): Query & Analysis

� Web-Based Query & Analysis

� Business users develop reports / charts / ad-hoc queries

� Generates answers to business questions

� Ideal for business users and analysts

� Drag and drop fields, prompts, and filters to develop

queries and reports within the WebI Designer

� View and format data within the WebI Report Panel

� Uses BOBJ Universe as a source

WebI Designer

WebI Report Panel

SAP BI 4.1 Dashboards

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Dashboards (aka Xcelsius)

� Formerly Called Xcelsius (prior to SAP BI 4.0)

� Display Interactive Visual Models with charts, drop-down menus, and sliders

� Display Enterprise KPIs

� Visually Stunning Presentations

� Integrated with SAP BI 4.1 Platform

� New Features / Integration

– Direct connections to universes

– New query panel to rapidly generate queries

– Live data preview at design time

– New formatting options

SAP BI 4.1

Dashboard

SAP BI 4.1 Live Office

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SAP BI 4.1 Live Office

� Add-on for Microsoft Office applications

� Provides access to data stored in BusinessObjects platform

� Universe Queries are Queries from Buisiness Objects Universe, Similar to Web Intelligence Queries

� Insert content from Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, and Universe Queries into Microsoft Office documents

– MS PowerPoint

– MS Word

– MS Excel

– MS Outlook

Live Office and MS

Excel

SAP BI 4.1 Explorer

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SAP BI 4.1 Explorer

� Guided Data Exploration

� Unparalleled Query and Analysis Capacities

� Quickly Explore and Visualize Very Large Data Sets

� Key Word Search Experience Similar to Google, Yahoo, or Bing

� Rapidly Drill Down and Drill Up

� Pervasive Searches with queries directly to data without the need for a predefined report or query

� Utilizes Existing BOBJ Universes

SAP BI 4.1 Explorer

SAP BI 4.1 Mobile App

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SAP BI 4.1 Mobile App

� Business Intelligence on the Go

� For Use on Smart Phone or Tablet Device

� Real-time Access to Data

� Leverages Existing BI Infrastructure

� Download Mobile Apps from the iTunes Store

� Enables personnel to make time-critical decisions even when disconnected from the enterprise network

� Access to Data on 24x7 Basis

SAP BI 4.1 Mobile App

SAP BI 4.1 Lumira

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Lumira: Visual Intelligence

� Formerly called SAP BI Visual Intelligence

� Highly-interactive visualizations of data

� Instant visualization on large volume of data

� Visually conduct data analysis

� Attractive analytics to convey and share knowledge

� View data from many different visual perspectives

� Choose from breadth of visualizations including Geo & Trellis charts

� Chart manipulation with trends, forecast, rank, sort & calculated measures

SAP BI 4.1 Lumira (Visual

Intelligence)

SAP BI 4.1 Predictive Analysis

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In the past, Predictive Analysis has been an island.There is a wide disconnect between the BI and Advanced Analytics world.

SAP BI 4.1 Predictive Analysis

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But now, SAP brings BI and Advanced Analytics together.

SAP BI 4.1 Predictive Analysis

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SAP BI 4.1 Predictive Analysis

� Most Advanced Business Intelligence Capabilities

� True Data Mining Ability

� Exploits useful patterns in data that may have otherwise been difficult to determine

� Leverages statistics, advanced techniques, algorithms, and sophisticated data search capabilities

� Forecasts and projects future results

� Calculates levels of correlation between data elements

SAP BI 4.1 Predictive

Analysis

Questions

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