SAP BusinessObjects Live Office

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With SAP BusinessObjects Live Office,your Microsoft Office documents displaydata from the same trusted semanticlayer that supports your company’squery, reporting, and analysis system.When everyone uses the same correct

source of information, you don’t spendtime disputing the validity of the data.Instead, everyone focuses on makingquicker, more confident decisions. SAPBusinessObjects Live Office helps yoube confident that the data you accessis timely, consistent, and accurate.

Secure, Shared Documents

Traditionally, Microsoft Office docu-ments contain static information that

relies solely on version control forproper updating and a password forsecurity.

SAP BusinessObjects Live Officetakes advantage of the security SAPBusinessObjects Enterprise provides.You can publish documents to SAP

Self-Service Access to CorporateData

Without help from IT, locating the pre-cise data you want can be difficult andtime consuming. SAP BusinessObjects

Live Office gives you convenient, self-service access to corporate information.You log on once to a single, centralizedsystem to access all the key data youneed. Using intuitive wizards and tool-bars, you connect to and select datafrom documents in Crystal Reports® orSAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence®software or via ad hoc data selections– all within Microsoft Office. Onceyou’ve embedded the information intoyour document, you can quickly format,

reorganize, and perform calculations –using the familiar features in MicrosoftExcel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.

Confident Business Decisions

SAP BusinessObjects Live Office letsyou embed refreshable, corporate data –managed by the SAP BusinessObjectsEnterprise software, a flexible and scal-able intelligence platform. Use SAPBusinessObjects Live Office to accesslive data connected to accurate under-

lying reports and business-friendly que-ries – data your IT team has alreadyverified. Modify data filters and formu-las as needed, while retaining all exist-ing formatting and calculations. Thenautomatically refresh a single item –or all the data in your document – forinstant access to the most up-to-dateinformation.

SAP BusinessObjects

Live Office helps youembed trusted, refresh-able corporate data intoMicrosoft Office docu-ments, spreadsheets,presentations, ande-mail messages. SAP BusinessObjects Live

Office gives you convenient,

self-service access tocorporate data and puts themost accurate, up-to-dateinformation at your finger-tips for more confidentdecisions.



BusinessObjects Enterprise for instantaccess over the Web or embed themdirectly in your e-mail messages usingMicrosoft Outlook. The underlyingreport automatically retains your securityparameters to help ensure that users

see only the data they should haveaccess to – and security is maintained,even when you share the documentoutside the firewall.

Share and Present BI withMicrosoft Office Today

By integrating data within the MicrosoftOffice environment, SAP Business-Objects Live Office gives you an effi-cient method for embedding trusted

data in your documents, spreadsheets,presentations, and e-mail messagesand increasing business users’ self-sufficiency. Instant refreshing puts themost accurate, up-to-date data at yourfingertips for more confident decisions.And by taking advantage of the proveninfrastructure from SAP Business-Objects Enterprise, you can share anyresulting documents securely withothers for collaborative decision making.

Find Out More

The benefits of SAP BusinessObjectsLive Office can be realized today inall supported versions of MicrosoftOffice. To learn more about SAPBusinessObjects Live Office, call yourSAP representative or visit our Web siteat www.sap.com/sapbusinessobjects.

SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio ofSolutions

The SAP BusinessObjects portfolio ofsolutions helps you optimize businessperformance by enabling you to close

the gap between strategy and executionwhile addressing business and compli-ance risks. To manage operations effec-tively, contain costs, and meet custom-er demands, you need comprehensivebusiness solutions that provide com-plete and integrated business informa-tion. With insight into every aspect ofthe business, you can monitor perfor-mance, spot inefficiencies, and identifyopportunities for growth.

In the face of growing compliancechallenges − including environmental,health, financial, trade, border security,waste disposal, and specific customerrequirements − you need to build con-trols and checks into your businessprocesses. Supporting regulatory com-pliance also requires these processesto be fully transparent.

Turn Insight into Strategy

SAP BusinessObjects solutions are

open, action-oriented, and connected.They deliver a complete, intuitive profileof business performance using anydata from any application and any plat-form and ease collaboration to improvedecisions and resolve issues. The solu-tions automatically detect significantrisks and performance issues withinand beyond the business.

With the SAP BusinessObjects portfo-

lio, you gain broader insight and canalign strategy, optimize decisions, andimprove risk management, regardlessof underlying transactional systems.The SAP BusinessObjects portfolioprovides consistent, integrated solu-tions that are portable and interopera-ble, transforming the way you workby connecting people and informationand optimizing business performance.In short, SAP BusinessObjects solu-tions help you turn insight into strategyand strategy into operational decisions

ready for execution.

By taking advantage ofthe proven infrastructurefrom SAP Business-Objects Enterprise, you

can share any resultingMicrosoft Office docu-ments securely withothers for collaborativedecision making.



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SummarySAP® BusinessObjects™ Live Office software integrates business intelligence (BI) withinthe Microsoft Office environment. Embed trusted, refreshable data within documents,spreadsheets, and presentations and share them with your coworkers. Or go beyond theorganization’s firewall by adding BI directly in your e-mail messages using MicrosoftOutlook.

Business Challenges• Reliance of business users on IT department to provide reports and data• Constant discussions over data accuracy that delay decisions• Assurance that data in Microsoft Office documents stays current without struggling

with version control• Security of documents while sharing them• Productivity loss caused by manually updating spreadsheets• Learning curve associated with advanced BI analysis tools

Key Features• Self-service access – Access BI content directly within Microsoft Office documents

without IT assistance• Sharable documents – Publish Microsoft Office documents to SAP BusinessObjects

Enterprise software for instant access over the Web, while maintaining data security

even when shared outside the organization• Trusted information – Display data in documents from the same trusted source that

supports your organization’s intelligence platform• Secure, direct refresh – Automatically refresh a single data item or all data in your

document to stay current• Business intelligence in Microsoft Outlook – Embed BI directly in your e-mail

messages using Microsoft Outlook• Formatting and calculations – Format and perform calculations using familiar features

of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Business Benefi ts• Support confident business decisions based on current, accurate information• Share trusted data for collaborative decision making while maintaining security• Eliminate time-wasting debates over data accuracy• Improve business users’ self-sufficiency and decrease IT involvement• Reduce the cost of delivering BI by leveraging your existing BI content and metadata

investment

For More InformationTo learn more about SAP BusinessObjects Live Office, call your SAP representativeor visit our Web site at www.sap.com/sapbusinessobjects.