SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise BI Platform
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SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Who is it for?
Deliver relevant information to people when
and where they need it
Provide self-service access to information
with less reliance on IT
Deploy one unified infrastructure for data
assets and analytics
What is it for?
SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI platform is a flexible and scalable solution
designed to make it easy to discover and share insight for better decisions
Business User
Content Designer
BI Administrator
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SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Semantic layer for exposing business data under a single umbrella
Self-service BI portal and workspace for providing access to content
Publishing and distribution of BI content to a mass audience
Lifecycle management for managing BI content across the development,
testing, and production lifecycle
Platform administration to manage, control, configure, and audit a BI
deployment from a central console
Key Capabilities
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SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Greater user autonomy – by exposing data in
plain business terms and increasing the range
of data accessible by business users
Informed participants to decisions – by
making information consumption simple,
personalized, and dynamic
Faster deployment and optimized use of IT
infrastructure and resources
Benefits
Semantic layer for
exposing business data
under a single umbrella
Self-service access to
information with less
reliance on IT
Simplified, right-scale
deployment
Top Differentiators
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SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
BI content can be delivered to users via different channels
MobileMS OfficeDesktop WidgetWeb Browser
BI Launch
PadSharepoint
SAP
NetWeaver
PortalJava Portal
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
BI Launch Pad
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformBI Launch Pad
The Business Intelligence launch pad allows
users to find, access, manage and work with BI
efficiently and securely
Intuitive web interface
Up and running out of the box
Next generation Infoview
Better user experience and optimized workflow
Reducing the time required to learn to use the tool and increasing user productivity
Easier administration and supportabilityDelivering BI content in a way tailored to the role of the business users
What’s New
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformBI Launch Pad Usability Improvement
Home page widgets give
users easy access to the
most common features
Quick access to BI
applications and search
Recently viewed reports,
scheduled documents, alerts
notifications and more
Start location configurable
Bring Important Information
Forward
Quick access to
reports, dashboards
and applications
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformBI Launch Pad Usability Improvement
Schedule and Send to action
from document viewers
Ability to create new folder
on save
Clean up all documents in
Inbox in one click
Auto-refresh in history page
Reduce Manual Steps
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformBI Launch Pad Usability Improvement
Multiple tabs allow opening
several documents at the
same time
Pinning keeps document
opened in a permanent tab
New layout saves more
screen real estate to BI
content
Access to More BI Content
Efficiently
Easier to work with
multiple documents at
the same time
Work with several
documents at the
same time
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformBI Launch Pad Usability Improvement
Custom home page
Preference set by user or
administrator
Role based personalization -
preference setting and custom
home page for user group
Application fine tuning with
property files – preserved
during maintenance
Customization and
Administration
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformBI Workspace
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New BI workspace
• All information and analytics
needed for daily activities
• Mass appeal with simple,
drag and drop experience
• Decreased dependency on IT
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Portal Integration Options
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformSAP Enterprise Portal Integration
SAP NetWeaver Portal : iView
Java portal servers : JSR168
Document listing portlet – enable
rapid deployment of BI frontend
application in portal
Feature parity with BI launch pad –
all BI contents, all actions
Document viewing portlet for
building custom portal application
Single Sign On
Portal Integration
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Deployed as a SharePoint Site template IOMS
provides instant access to content stored in
BusinessObjects from SharePoint
IOMS is the integration option for SAP
BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
& Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 64 bit
SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformMicrosoft Office SharePoint Integration
IOMS allows users to search, manage, view
and interact with BusinessObjects content from
the SharePoint environment
IOMS Includes webparts for extending other
SharePoint sites with BusinessObjects
reports, dashboards & more
* Not available at initial 4.0 release. Planned for enhancement release soon after.
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformMicrosoft Office SharePoint Integration
Multi-lingual Interface is driven
by users locale settings.
Ships with a starter home page
that can be quickly
customized by SharePoint
administrators
IOMS deploys as a SharePoint site providing instant access to BusinessObjects content from
SharePoint
These mockups only for the purposes of communicating the proposed future capabilities of IOMS 4.0. Final screens may vary.
Familiar SharePoint look, feel ,navigation,
menus and breadcrumbs
accelerate user adoption
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformMicrosoft Office SharePoint Integration
These mockups only for the purposes of communicating the proposed future capabilities of IOMS 4.0. Final screens may vary.
Access content in your
BusinessObjects Inbox, personal or
public folders
Change your view to show or hide the
BusinessObjects folder tree or
categories
Manage existing BusinessObjects content schedules, publications, instance history, parameters & properties
Navigate, print, refresh and interact
with reports and dashboards using
IOMS viewers
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformMicrosoft Office SharePoint Integration
Rich, informative search results support
quick location in BusinessObjects
repository
Search only the IOMS site or perform a global search across all SharePoint sites
Search for content by title, keywords, properties, description or the content of the report or file
“Did You Mean” query suggestions help users
find what they are looking for
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Search
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New enhanced search
engine
Search document
attributes and content
Unified and optimized
search UI in BI launch pad
Facetted navigation on
search results makes it
easy to filter and refine
results
Search Enhancements
Faster search on all
document attributes
Refine search
result easily
SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformSearch
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformSearch Openness
OpenSearch API enables integration with other search systems
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Repository
Microsoft SharePoint
BI Platform Search Java SDK
Open Search v1.1 API
BI Platform search (BI Platform) Search Service
BI Content 3rd Party ContentBI Platform System
Objects
CR WebI . . . PDF .DOC .XLS Discussions QAAWS ...
NetWeaver Enterprise Search
Google Search Appliance
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Alerting
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformAlerting
Goal: management by exception
Provide the right information at the right time
Reduce time spent on examining recurring reports that do not
convey new information
Alerting in 4.0
Unified and extendable alerting framework
Simple subscription based workflow eases user adoption
Notification email or message in BI launch pad
Alert generated by real time event (Event Insight) or scheduled data checking (BI
documents – Crystal Report in initial release)
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformAlerting
Triggers of Alerts Reactions to Alerts and Events
Real time event (Event
Insight )
Data condition (processed
by BI document)
BOE schedule completion
ETL completion
System monitoring
Send notification message
Schedule report to run
Run custom application
SAP BusinessObjects
Business Intelligence
Platform Alerting
Framework
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformAlerting Subscription
Alert consumers
subscribe to alerts easily
All subscribed alerts
managed in one place
Administrators and power
users can also subscribe
for others
Consistent workflow for
any alert source
Alert Subscription
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Monitoring
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformPlatform Monitoring
System Heath
• Identifying anomalies
• Supporting maintenance
• System failure prevention
System Performance
• Work completion
• Average completion time
• System resource utilization
Rules and Alerts
• High availability
• Same day response
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformPlatform Monitoring
Server metric and probes
Custom probe
User defined watch
condition
Visualization Dashboard in
CMC
Alert email
Integration with SAP
Solution Manager, Tivoli,
and JMX compatible tools
Monitoring Capabilities
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformAuditing
Complete and consistent
audit events
Simplified system wide
configuration
Auto purging of old data
Enhanced audit data store
schema simplifies
reporting and application
development
Auditing Enhancements
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Lifecycle Management
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformBI Content Lifecycle Management
Lifecycle Management Console
replaces Import Wizard
Connection override in bulk
automatically
Version control, rollback
Scripting facility
Auditable
Integration to standard SAP LCM
tool for combined landscape, via
CTS+
LCM Enhancements
Test Production
LCM Job
version control
Lifecycle Management Console
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SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformSystem Upgrade
New optimized tool, easy of use
Combine the best of Import Wizard
and Database migration tool in
XI3.x
Big performance improvement
over Import Wizard
One click full upgrade or selective
incremental upgrade
Direct upgrade from XI R2 SP2 or
later, and from XI3.x
Upgrade Management Tool
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