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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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