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BusinessObjects BI 4.2 45 features in 45
minutes
Rajesh Ponnurangam, Infosol
BI 4.2 - 45 features
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Administration Features 1
Semantic Layer Features 2
3
4
Web Intelligence Features
Demo (Selected Features)
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BI Administrators’ Cockpit
1
Cockpit Features
• Enables an administrator to collect basic data about BI 4.2 system
• High level information on servers, scheduled jobs, Content Usage and application
• Restart failed server & jobs
Recycle Bin 2
Recycle Bin
• Restore accidently deleted content
• Needs to be Enabled
• Only Public folders content is supported
• Documents automatically removed after a threshold
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CMS Driver & Universe 3
Unlock CMS Database
• Reporting and Analysis solution for CMS Database
• Sample universe is delivered
• Sample Reports are delivered
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CMS Driver & Universe 4
Unlock CMS Database
• Pre-packaged Universes & Reports
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Audit Driver & Universe 5
Unlock Audit Database
• Reporting and Analysis solution for Audit Database
• Sample universe & Reports are delivered
Promotion Management 6
Promotion Management
• Selective retrieval of objects from an LCMBIAR file
• Removal of flash dependency
• Lesser load on App server
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Promotion Management 7
New Wizard
• Enable mass copy of CMS content
• No coding/scripting required
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Administration Console 8
BI Admin Console
• Automate repetitive tasks across several landscapes
• https://<host>:<port>/BOE/BIAdministrationConsole
• Supported workflows covers
• Change Document ownership
• Document refresh
• WebI Change Source
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User Notification 9
User Notification
• Broadcast information to a single user/group or all users
• Specify the timeline for notification
• Send notification as a email
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Server Groups Exclusivity 10
Server Groups
• Servers added to Exclusive ServerGroup will be excluded from the common pool
• servers part of “Exclusive ServerGroup” will be freed from the general load of the system
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Server Groups Exclusivity 11
Server Groups
• Assign Server groups at folder level for scheduling/ viewing Crystal and WebI reports
• Assign Server groups at User group level for scheduling/ viewing Crystal and WebI reports
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Scheduling Features 12
Adaptive Job Server
• Support for Custom Headers for Email
• Email from BI Platform (AJS) will have custom header in recipient headers.
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Scheduling Features 13
Security Setting
• Security settings to authorize users/usergroups using specific scheduling destinations
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Scheduling Features 14
2 New Schedule Status
• Warning: For WebI Reports that are partially refreshed or partially run
• Expired: Reported when the object has passed the end date(paused) or maximum number of retries
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User Deletion 15
User Deletion
• Detection if a user has objects attached before deletion
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Authentication Configuration
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List of Auth Types
• New property “logon.authentication.visibleList” is introduced in BIlaunchpad.properties and CmcApp.properties, which will ensure only limited authentication types are available for end user
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SAP BW Integration 17
Support for BW Events
• BW Event in CMC Events
• New REST API to fetch and Trigger BW Events
• New Process Type called “BOE Trigger Event in BW is introduced”
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SAP BW Integration 18
BW Password Change
• Change Password in LaunchPad and CMC for BW users registered in BI Platform
• Users get prompted to change BW passwords at
• Initial Logon
• Expired Passwords
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Virus Scan Integration 19
File Repository Virus Scan
• Support the scan of all files committed to the File Repository for viruses • Directory input of Virus Scan adaptor
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Other Misc. Features 20
Inbox Limit
• Setting added to limit the number of documents by user or user group
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Other Misc. Features 21
Instance count
• New column in Folders to gain quick insight of number of instances attached to a document
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Other Misc. Features 22
Instance count
• New column in User & groups to gain quick insight on the status of the user
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Linked Universes 23
Reduce TCO
• Same principle as universe
linking with UDT and UNV
• Changes to a core UNX are
propagated to all derived UNX
universes
• Derived universes are
independed universes and can
be amended
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Lock/Unlock Universes 24
Locking Universes
• Prevent other users from
working on the universe
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IDT Usability Enhancements 25
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IDT Usability Enhancements 26
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IDT Preferences 27
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Bex Query Universes 28
Locking Universes
• Display BEx queries in a
more user friendly way
• Bex Query universes use the
BICS Connector
• Auto generated Business
Layer with ability to rename,
regroup and delete objects
from SAP BEx
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Parallel Queries 29
Parallel Queries
• Boost refresh performance
• Activated by default
• Ability to change max
number of concurrent data
refresh jobs
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Shared Elements 30
Shared Elements
• Share WebI content with
Other Users
• Shared element is saved with
the report part, corresponding
datasource, data providers,
variables and formats
• Browse and reuse WebI
Content created by other
users
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Commentary 31
Comments on WebI
• Option to store in Audit
database or selected database
• Comments can be copied
• Managed by new security
rights
• Authorizations on commenting
can be defined on folder or
object level
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Geo Maps 32
Geomaps with WebI
• Integration of geographical
database into WebI
• New WebI Charts: choropleth,
geobubble and geopie
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Calculation Extensions 33
Calc Extensions
• Calculation extensions are used
to create your own functions in
the language formulae
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Visualization Extensions 34
New Element Types
• New framework for developers to
build
• Fully integrates with WebI reports
• Managed at CMC Level
• Authorizations on commenting
can be defined on folder or object
level
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Big Numbers 35
Improve Calculation Precision
• Integration of IEEE “Decimal
Floating Point” format
• Increased precision from 15 to 40
digits
• New WebI Calculator function to
convert to Decimal format
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HANA Online 36
HANA Direct access
• Connect directly to HANA views
• WebI Calculations are delegated
to HANA
• Usual WebI workflow with Query
panel
• HANA hierarchies are supported
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Java/DHTML Parity 37
Free hand SQL support
• Create a document based on Free-Hand SQL in BI Launch Pad
• The ability to use Free-Hand SQL is now controlled via a security right set at connection level
• Multi Block Selection
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DeskI Parity 38
Same Level Breaks
• Combine multiple dimension into a single Break
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DeskI Parity 38
Same Level Breaks
• Define breaks based on values within the document
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DeskI Parity 38
Delete Trailing blanks
• Query level feature equivalent to a RightTrim([Object])
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DeskI Parity 38
Export to Excel
• Export to Excel with Class Name • If a duplicate name exists,
Export to Excel shows the class name of the objects in it’s header
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DeskI Parity 39
Export to Excel
• Export to Excel with Class Name • If a duplicate name exists,
Export to Excel shows the class name of the objects in it’s header
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HTML Export 39
Fiori LaunchPad 40
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Fiori LaunchPad 40
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Fiori LaunchPad 40
Section and Zoom 41
WebI Report Navigation 42
WebI Filters 42
WebI Filters 42
WebI Interactive Viewer 43
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Schedules & Recycle Bin 44
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New Charts 45
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New Functions 46
References
• CMS Driver - https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Unlock+the+CMS+database+with+new+data+access+driver+for+BI+4.2+SP3
• BI Admin Console - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/08/introduction-to-bi-administration-console/
• Promotion management Wizard - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/27/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-promotion-management-wizard/ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw1XjYS8IXU • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLmBUyZhh0U
• Server Group Exclusivity - https://blogs.sap.com/2016/11/07/servergroup-enhancements-
for-scheduling-in-4.2sp03/
• BW integration - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/11/08/sap-bi-4.2-sp05-triggering-schedule-in-bi-platform-from-bw-part-1/
References
• SP 05 What’s new with semantic Layer - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/23/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-whats-new-in-web-intelligence-and-semantic-layer/
• WebI Parallel Queries - https://blogs.sap.com/2016/01/22/new-webi-feature-in-bi42-parallel-queries/
• What’s new with BI 4.2 - https://blogs.sap.com/2014/11/24/sap-businessobjects-whats-new-collection/#jive_content_id_SAP_BusinessObjects_BI42_Whats_New_Slides
• What’s New in FIRO LaunchPad - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/11/06/sap-bi-4.2-sp05-whats-new-in-fiori-bi-launchpad/
• What’s new in WebI and Sematic Layer - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/23/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-whats-new-in-web-intelligence-and-semantic-layer/
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