SAP BusinessObjects Explorer

Explore your business at the speedof thought

Let’s Start With…

…a Demonstration!

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Business Background

Our GoalEveryone should be this person

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Business Users need…

The right information

Any corporate information

Trusted information

SpeedIntuitiveExperience

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Business Users need…

Simple

Visual

Understandable

SpeedIntuitiveExperience

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SpeedSpeed

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Business Users need…

“I need the answer now”

“I don’t have time”

“Gut feel is a lot faster”

Information

IntuitiveExperience

For the 1st time, we provide…

SpeedSpeed

InformationInformation

IntuitiveIntuitiveExperienceExperience

Immediate insight…

...on mountains of data

…for allbusiness users

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What happens when ease of use, speed andcontent comes together?

The Internet in 1990: Expert only zoneLacking an intuitive experienceSlowLack of organized content

The Internet in 2009: For everyoneFastMy grandma can do itAny information

Our challenge:Can we lead a similar transformation for business users?

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Functionality Background

To instantly find factsWeatherStock Prices

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Everyone Uses Search

Finding and analyzing corporate information should be this easy

To investigate or do researchTicket prices, hotelsCuriosity about a subject

To access information not readily availableNew York city traffic mapRestaurant reviews

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Data Exploration Is Search Against BI…

Use familiar key-word searchto find business information

Answers “on-the-fly” andinvestigative questions

Searches directly onpre-indexed data

No previous reports or metricsneed existProvides fast search andexploration

Searches across all datasources

Any universe accessible sourceBW Accelerator accessible sources

Note: BI Accelerator is now called BW Accelerator

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…and Then It’s Exploration Of the Results

Intuitively explore ondata

No data model or dataknowledge required

Automated relevancyof results

Most relevant informationis displayed firstBest chart type autogenerated

Share insights with othersExport to Web Intelligence, CSV or imageSave it locally as a browser bookmarkOne-click to send a link to the results by email

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Marketing Background

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What Are These Names?

Polestar vs Explorer

Polestar in the Cloud vs Polestar OnDemand vs Explorer in the Cloud

Explorer Accelerated

BIA vs BWA

NetWeaver BI vs NetWeaver BW

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Some History...

“SAP BusinessObjects Polestar”1st full release: XI R22nd full release: XI 3.1 in January

“SAP BusinessObjects Explorer”New core name for all variations of Polestar as of 11MAY09Also the name for the standalone (aka Universe based) version of Explorer

“SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version for SAP NetWeaver BusinessWarehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW)”…yes it’s a mouthful

– You can just say “SAP BusinessObjects Explorer” within contextExplorer in the Cloud (aka Explorer OnDemand)

Started as Labs projectNow officially part of Whohar under the OnDemand umbrella

SAP NetWeaver BWNew umbrella name for all NetWeaver based BI capabilities– SAP NetWeaver BI is now SAP NetWeaver BW– SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator is now SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator

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Product Background

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What Is Explorer?

Business Intelligence for All UsersBuilt on SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 platformSearch and Exploration tool with the power of BISearch across corporate data and display resultsby relevancyVisual and relevant data exploration

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Inherits Platform Capabilities…

Built for SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1Leverages existing features of the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise platform– Application in the CMC– User, group and application rights– Data source connectivity– Smart server support– Distributed servers

Leverages new Universe features– Mandatory and optional prompts– Multiple contexts– Object level security

Interoperability with other BI tools– Drill from Xcelsius, Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence– Export to Web Intelligence– Search from Intelligent Search

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What Is Explorer Accelerated?

All of the above…directly against SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator

Enable Explorer as additional client for BW AcceleratorVery easy, intuitive UI paired with BW Accelerator’s high scalability

Explorer benefitsPerformance speedup factor between 100 and 1000No change in BI user experience (transparent to users)Self-service BI for knowledge workersAbility to answer investigative questionsFurther reduce IT and report author backlogAbility to get fast factsUnderstand new data

Note: Export to WebI not available in first release of Explorer Accelerated

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What Is Explorer in the Cloud?

Explorer OnDemand against Excel

Use Explorer as a quick data exploration tool on top of ExcelNothing to installNothing to administer

Explorer in the Cloud benefitsSelf-service BI for the massesAbility to answer quick questionsFurther reduce IT and report author backlogAbility to get fast factsUnderstand new dataUser community driven tool adoption

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How Are the Different Versions Delivered?

ExplorerAvailable with SAP BusinessObjects BI package and EdgeRelease vehicle: SP1 for Explorer XI 3.1– Don’t let the fact that it is an SP fool you – SP should stand for “Super Powerful”

Explorer AcceleratedAvailable as an appliance just like BWARelease vehicles:– SP1 for Explorer XI 3.1– Revision 50 for BWA– EhP1 SP2 or greater for BW

Explorer in the Cloudhttp://polestar.ondemand.com

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Availability

Explorer XI 3.1 Available mid to end of January 2009All Tier 1 languagesOS: WindowsApp Server: Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic

Explorer XI 3.1 SP1 Available June 2009OS: Windows, AIX, SuSE LinuxApp Servers: Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic, Netweaver Application ServerExplorer Accelerated

Explorer in the Cloud Available in Labs

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Platforms, Packaging, GTM

Platform RequirementsSAP NetWeaver 7.0 EhP1 SP 2 or greaterSAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator 7.0 Revision 50SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1SAP BusinessObjects Explorer XI 3.1 SP1

Packaging StrategyMarket and deliver as a black box (aka hardware appliance)

SUSE Linux is the only OSMinimize supported App ServersMinimize supported system DatabasesBlade servers from HP, IBM, Solaris, Fujitsu/Siemens