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Welcome to the Data Warehousing Stream Sponsored by:
Welcome to the Data Warehousing Stream
Sponsored by:
SAP BusinessObjects BI Within Your SAP Landscape
Get an update on the integration and deployment options for running SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions with SAP NetWeaver BW
and SAP ERP applications
Agenda
1. Overview
2. Enterprise BI for BW Users
3. 3-Step Adoption for BW Users
4. Agile Visualization for BW Users
5. Embedded Analytics
6. DSAG Recommendation
BI for SAP Business Applications
SAP Business Suite
SAP BusinessObjects BI
SAP BusinessObjects BI on SAP Business Suite
SAP Business Suite
SAP
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Targeted Data Marts
SAP Rapid Mart
3rd-Party Applications
Data Mart
Enterprise Data Warehouse
SAP BW
and/or
Custom Data Warehouse
SAP Business Suite
3rd-Party Applications
SAP
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Typical Small/Medium Enterprise Typical Large Enterprise
BI for SAP Business Applications
SAP BusinessObjects BI on SAP Business Suite
Targeted Data Marts Enterprise Data Warehouse
Audience Size
Data Scope
• Separate dtb optimized for BI allows for broader access and more analysis.
• Included content covers only specific subject areas.
• Additional data available with customizations.
• Supports x-module joins.
Audience Size
Data Scope
Audience Size
Data Scope
• Covers all data in ECC, plus other enterprise data sources.
• Single source of truth for all corporate data.
• Broader audience than only app users, e.g., with mobile access.
• Covers all data in ECC, but x-module joins are discouraged.
• Audience size limited by access to transactional dtb.
Typical Small/Medium Enterprise Typical Large Enterprise
Better visibility into your business with pre-built integration
with SAP Business Suite
A solid data foundation with best practices analytical content
One version of the truth across the enterprise
Enterprise Life Cycle Management
SAP NetWeaver BW today
15,000 Customers
Data Warehousing Platform for SAP Business Suite
200 New Installations/Month
1,500+ BW 7.3 Customers
#1
Agenda
1. Overview
2. Enterprise BI for BW Users
3. 3-Step Adoption for BW Users
4. Agile Visualization for BW Users
5. Embedded Analytics
6. DSAG Recommendation
SAP BEx Challenges
Majority of business decisions still made on “gut feel”
Increased IT support and required high training costs
User experience leading to limited adoption
Few users can access and analyze SAP and 3rd-party data on their own
SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BEx queries
Full BI suite for Enterprise BI
Discovery and analysis Dashboards and apps Reporting
Discover areas to optimize your business
Adapt data to business needs
Tell your story with beautiful visualizations
Deliver engaging information to users where they need it
Track key performance indicators and summary data
Build custom experiences so users get what they need quickly
Securely distribute information across your organization
Give users the ability to ask and answer their own questions
Build printable reports for operational efficiency
Enterprise BI for BW Users
Reporting Discovery
and analysis
Dashboarding and apps
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Office
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP
Design Studio • Premium alternative to BEx web app designer
• For power users to create purpose-built BI apps
• Desktop designer builds web and mobile apps
• Supports SAP BW & SAP HANA data
Dashboards and apps
Premium alternatives to BEx
Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office • Premium alternative to BEx analyzer
• For data analysts and business users
• Excel and PowerPoint add-in
• Enables Excel-based OLAP analysis, and Excel-based BI apps
• Supports SAP BW & SAP HANA sources
Discovery and analysis
Analysis, edition for OLAP • Premium alternative to BEx web analyzer/templates
• For business users to analyze and share OLAP data
• Dedicated web-based OLAP client
• Supports SAP BW, SAP HANA + 3rd party OLAP data
Innovation without disruption
• Direct native BICS access to BEx queries – Minimize TCO – Optimize query performance – Expose all BW metadata
• Leverage investments in BW infoproviders – Re-use existing BW cubes across all BI scenarios – Leverage custom cubes and business content – Benefit from existing model optimizations
• Leverage investments in BEx query design – Re-use existing queries with Analysis and Design Studio – Apply existing query design skills to other scenarios – Use BEx query designer to edit/design new queries
Agenda
1. Overview
2. Enterprise BI for BW Users
3. 3-Step Adoption for BW Users
4. Agile Visualization for BW Users
5. Embedded Analytics
6. DSAG Recommendation
3-step adoption for BW users
Discovery and Analysis
Analysis, edition for OLAP
Reporting and analysis on BW data
from the web for business users
Web based
Next generation of BEx web
analyzer
Dashboards and apps
Design Studio
For graphical dashboards and
analytic applications
Next generation of BEx web
application designer
Mobile enabled
Step 1: get started
Discovery and Analysis
Explorer
Web and mobile
Accelerate data discovery workflows
with in memory aggregation
Step 2: replace all BEx tools Step 3: add BW on HANA and
other BI Solutions
Reporting
Crystal Reports and Web
Intelligence
Crystal Reports for highly formatted
production reporting
Web Intelligence for interactive
reporting by business users
Discovery and Analysis
Analysis, edition for MS Office
Reporting and analysis on BW data
from within Excel for business users
Excel and PowerPoint add ins
Next generation of BEx analyzer
Typical scenarios
Discovery and analysis Dashboards and apps Reporting
BI starter Single tool starting point
Analysis for Office
BI suite Add other BEx alternatives
Analysis for Office
Analysis for OLAP
Design Studio
Full BI suite + HANA Leverage BW on HANA
Analysis for Office
Analysis for OLAP
Explorer
Design Studio
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence
Full BI suite Add reporting
Analysis for Office
Analysis for OLAP
Design Studio
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence
High-level requirements SAP BEx SAP BusinessObjects BI
Discovery N/A Explorer
Analysis (Excel-based) BEx analyzer Analysis, edition for MS Office
Analysis (web-based) BEx web analyzer/templates Analysis, edition for OLAP
Dashboards and apps BEx web application designer Design Studio
Reporting (pixel-perfect) BEx report designer Crystal Reports
Reporting (ad hoc) N/A Web Intelligence
Cheat sheet
Agenda
1. Overview
2. Enterprise BI for BW Users
3. 3-Step Adoption for BW Users
4. Agile Visualization for BW Users
5. Embedded Analytics
6. DSAG Recommendation
SAP Lumira The fastest, most engaging way of discovering insights from your data
Pull together data from a variety of corporate sources
Manipulate, cleanse, enrich, and merge with personal data
Explore and analyze with interactive visualizations
Share insights with desktop, mobile, and Cloud users
No dependency on IT
SAP Lumira and SAP BW
• Today – Option 1: direct access to BW on HANA
• Access to BW-managed HANA views and query snapshots • SSO enabled, limited support for hierarchies and variables • Suitable for online access to very large data sets
– Option 2: universe access to BW infoproviders • BAPI access to underlying relational models • SSO enabled, limited support for hierarchies and variables • Suitable for offline access to smaller data sets
• Tomorrow – Direct native BICS access to BEx queries
Agenda
1. Overview
2. Enterprise BI for BW Users
3. 3-Step Adoption for BW Users
4. Agile Visualization for BW Users
5. Embedded Analytics
6. DSAG Recommendation
Why embedded analytics
Executives & Managers
Business Analysts
Task Workers
Manage by key metrics. In a hurry to get answers
Access and interpret data for executives &
managers, using BI tools
Day to day operational needs
Underserved by traditional BI due to complexity
?
Strategic to BI
Source: Wisdom of Crowds® BI Market Study, Dresner Advisory Services, May 2013
What’s new
SAP Business Suite before SAP Business Suite after
Modern user experience
Compelling analytics for all users
Best-of-breed BI solutions
Legacy reporting technology
Analytics for sophisticated users
Limited report formatting capabilities
SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions embedded
within the SAP Business Suite
Transforming the user experience
• Actionable insight at the point of decision like never before – Modern, compelling, and seamless user experience – Context-relevant and actionable – In-depth and complete
• Best-practice business analytics content – Preconfigured reports and dashboards – Embedded in standard business processes – Out-of-the-box end-to-end best practices
• Deep and unique integration – Leverage investments in the SAP Business Suite – Leverage latest innovations and established best practices – Enable easy extension and customization
Embedded analytics content Delivered with ECC 6.0 EhP5 and CRM 7.0 EhP1
Finance
19 Dashboards / 16 Reports 29 Dashboards
Human Resources Sales, Marketing, and
Services
10 Dashboards
Key trend Real-time analytics on transactional systems
Predefined reports and
dashboards based on
business content in BW
ALV reporting
Reports and dashboards
deployed as BW content
Integration with launch
pad and side panel
SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010 (EhP5)
SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2011 (EhP6)
SAP Business Suite on HANA Innovations 2013
Embedded Reports
and Dashboards
Predefined ODP’s
Standard BW/BEx query
access to transactions
SAP BusinessObjects BI
suite fully enabled
BW Accelerator and
Enterprise Search
enabled
Predefined virtual data
models
Predefined SAP
BusinessObjects BI and
SAP Lumira content
Faster, simpler, smarter
Operational Data
Providers SAP HANA Live
BI with SAP HANA Live SAP best practices from transactions to analytics out-of-the-box
Immediate rollout with no integration challenges
Rapid Deployment Solutions
Easy extension and customization
SAP HANA
SAP HANA Live
Virtual Data Models
SAP BusinessObjects BI
Deployment Options
Customers can add new analytics capabilities immediately without disruption to their existing landscape. Any investment today will be valid for the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA.
Existing Stack
SAP Business
Suite (ERP, CRM,
SCM,…)
SAP Frontend
Sidecar Approach
Any DB
SAP
Business
Suite (ERP, CRM,
SCM,…)
SAP Frontend
Real-Time Replication
Integrated Stack
SAP HANA
SAP HANA
SAP HANA Live SAP HANA Live
SAP
BusinessObjects
BI
SAP
BusinessObjects
BI
Getting started
• Customers with SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010 (ECC 6.0 EhP5, CRM 7.0 EhP1) or above can access ALV reporting software and predefined SAP BusinessObjects BI content free of charge from SMP – SAP Crystal Reports Viewer for SAP Business Suite applications 1.0
– Content extension to BW content for SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 / BW 7.3
• Key online resources – Help Portal
– Learning Map
– SCN (embedded analytics)
– SCN (operational data providers)
• SAP HANA Live customers access predefined SAP BusinessObjects BI content via SAP HANA Live Rapid Deployment Solutions
• Deployment of custom content requires SAP BusinessObjects licenses
Agenda
1. Overview
2. Enterprise BI for BW Users
3. 3-Step Adoption for BW Users
4. Agile Visualization for BW Users
5. Embedded Analytics
6. DSAG Recommendation
DSAG recommendation
https://www.dsag.de/uploads/media/Frontendempfehlung_V7.pdf
With the two newly developed analytics solutions, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis,
edition for MS Office, and SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio, SAP BW
customers now have solutions to help them replace the SAP BEx tools with much
more powerful client applications
“
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, is a suitable replacement for SAP BEx Analyzer,
and even enables migration of workbooks
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio can replace SAP BEx Web Application
Designer in selected projects such as many dashboarding scenarios, web-based
reporting and analysis, as well as mobile BI
Jörg Steinhorst Head of BI Commission
DSAG-Technologietage event, Feb 2013
