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Migrating to SaP Bsessobjecs Xi

SolutionSA Mix of Technology And MeThodology

SAP BusinessObjects XI


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ContEnt

4 Why Migrate to SAPBusinessObjects XI?

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6 Migration Requires a Mix ofTechnology and Methodology

6 T Prvs Autmat

7 The Steps to Making Migrationa Reality

7 fus Aras r Rvw yurBi dpmt

7 Busss Rqurmts

8 Usr Rqurmts8 iT Rqurmts9 Pa r a Sussu Mrat

10 hp esur Quk Usr Apt t nw Sstm

11 Calculating the ROI of Migration11 cus T Rt

it Patrm r yurBussss Suss

Overview

T SAP Busssobjts xi suts trat SAP Busssobjts pr-uts a t crsta Rprts stwar t a s patrm, s u a -

sat a staarz ur busss t (Bi) pmt a wrur tta st wrsp (Tco) wt ru sstm mata, arwar,-usr tra, a supprt sts.

T suts u t SAP Busssobjts lv o stwar, s u atrat Bi rmat ur amar Mrst o appats, sar au-rat, rrsab ata umts vr t Wb r abratv s mak.

our a s t p prtt ur st vstmt b v u t ts u t autmat ur mrat tasks supprt u tru ur tr mratprss va ur uat srvs, sut srvs, a twrk partrs.

Ts papr ts sm t bts mv t t atst ras tSAP Busssobjts xi suts. yu svr mrat s t just abut tt ts abut mt t. yur mrat w av a r a suss u app bst prats.


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B m t th pr tpatrm whh SAP BusssobjtsBi suts ar but, ur tak ab stp twar a Bi strat tbttr t ur busss rqurmts.

SAP Busssobjts xi sutsr a t pprtut r a urustmrs t sat a staar-z thr Bi. Th suts u thSAP Busssobjts dsktp it- stwar, mak t asr rustmrs wh ha ha st arr rass th stwar t pr-tt thr st stmt a stm t th t patrm.

Trusted Information

cmpa rqurmts suh asths Sarbas-o, Bas ii, ath U.S. f a dru Amstrata r razats t b autabr thr busss prats a r-prat rmat. csqut,razats ar stabsh tratrs a prurs t prtm, aurat, a autab ata thata b r b maamt. i ht th rsks a has wth sm ths ruats, mpa-

s trust rmat th atrak bak t th sur sstms.

SAP Busssobjts xi sutsha b but t supprt trust r-mat at a s rm ata-quattrat, trasrm, a a (eTl) u-tat t a surt-ab patrm,

t sstm aut aturs, t prst- ata a rmat t usrs.

Greater Business Insight for MoreUsers

Bi has trata b th us busss aasts a iT. it s wstmat that abut 15% ptta Bi usrs ar tak aata Bi ta. yt mak ss s arua part rbs jb, a Bis ssta t s mak.

A k at SAP Busss-objts xi suts aws tra-ta usrs Bi ts t sarh aaat t at rmat h hurs tra a tra r-

surs, suh as strutur atabass,Bi sstms, ustrutur mpa att tt, sarh s, a thWb.

Athr k bt mrat tSAP Busssobjts xi suts sth abt t trasrm hw u wur busss b trat wthsphstat sua rprstats prsss a prrma a ash-bars a suazat. yu a asprrm what- aass wth ash-

bars t a w shts a makmr rm ss. A ths hpsu ah a ratr rtur ur Bistmt.

Lower TCO ThroughStandardization

SAP Busssobjts xi sutsrprst a uqu pprtut r ut ur ra Bi strat awr ur Tco b m t a u

Why MigratE to SaP BuSinESSoBjECtS Xi?

MAP yoUR Bi STRATegy To yoUR evolvingBUSineSS needS

As ur busss s,s shu ur bussst. Ah m-ptt aata wthSAP Busssobjts xi

suts.

SAP Busssobjts xi suts a hp u a urmpa ah mptt aata a stratrtat a busss t. Wth th atstats SAP Busssobjts xi suts, u a

b what trata Bi ts r. yu a raaapt t ha busss rqurmts a rtrust rmat t pp, whr a hw th wrk.

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Wb-bas Bi nvrnmnt an bstanarzng n a sngl platrm r allur Bi ns. fr th majrt lng-tm ustmrs, ths mans amnnghw thr rganzatns ar urrntlusng lr SAP Busnssobjts st-

war r ntrprs an partmntalqur, rprtng, an analss.

SAP Busnssobjts xi slutnsnlu ull platrm-lvl supprt rSAP Busnssobjts dsktp intll-gn, allwng a smth transtn pathr all stng ustmrs. At th samtm, SAP Busnssobjts Wb intll-gn stwar has bn sgnantlnhan wth ntratv vwng anqur-authrng untnalt s u

an mv t a 100% Wb-bas nv-rnmnt r qur an analss.

yu an nsrabl lwr ur Tcowth th ablt t pl glball wthth ntralz arhttur SAP

Busnssobjts Wb intllgn. Anthanks t th trant-ra surtan amnstratn th SAP Busnss-objts entrprs stwar, u antn th rah th analss anntratvt SAP Busnssobjts

Wb intllgn bn th ntrprsan mamz ur ata assts b pr-vng qur an analss t trnalusrs.

Rung th numbr Bi thnl-gs n ur rganzatn an rsult nsgnant st savngs (thrugh lm-natn uplat sts suh as val-uatn, plmnt, tranng, an sup-prt), gratr ntrl vr nrmatn,an bttr algnmnt wth ur bus-

nss usrs. Ths all las t nrasmpttv avantag b ull plt-ng th pwr Bi. Ths stanarza-tn savngs t nl nt a strng Roisupprt b astr, mr nsstnt,an mr mplt Bi.

Wthut stanars

Wth stanars

Number of projects

Costs

Figure 1: Reduced Total Cost of Ownership via Business Intelligence Standardization

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Tn s just a sma part tmratn prss, baus t sntaptur a t Bi bst prats npa wtn ur ranzatn.

SAP Busnssobjts xi sutns

r a unqu pprtunt t rwur Bi strat. our nsutn ran-zatn as a mt rbun an n a Bi strat. itsa t Bi suss m, an wnapp t a mratn stuatn, t mapst ssus su as t wn: Prss hw as t ranzatna strat

an sn t stwar was putn pa?

is tr nw mr mpass n pr-

rman manamnt? can u tak aanta t nwuntnat t rat an us as-bars n SAP Busnssobjts xisutns?

can u rus stn SAP Busnss-objts dsktp intn rprtsn ts asbars?

Pp hw a ur usr rqurmnts

an arss t u sptrum Bi?

is tr a ratr mpass n s-sr?

Ar tr mr mans r tabt t pr r ntrat wtata?

Tn hw as t tna nrnmnt

an? is tr mr manr ata quat tat rqurs eTlwrk?

has ur nrastrutur bmmr ntraz, rqurn mrWb-bas qur an anass?

impmntatn

hw s t pan n t b r utn trms trann, prss an,an Roi assssmnt?

Technology Provides Automation

SAP Busnssobjts xi sutnsm wt an autmat mprt wzartat nabs asr upat b autmat-a mn rpstr rsurs

p n prus rass t tntn patrm. yu an mprtt wn rsurs wt t wzar: dumnts dasbars an anats Smant ars (r unrss) Busnss ws Usr an surt prs grups an atrs

W ts prss s sn t pautmat mratn tasks, w

rmmn tat u r ur tam tru trann n SAP Busnss-objts xi sutns an mratn bstprats r t nsutants r partnrsb n n an mratn t a nwpatrm.

T mprt wzar n SAP Busnss-objts xi 3.1 supprts uprasrm: Busnssobjts 5.1. an ab

an Busnssobjts 6. an ab(nw knwn as SAP Busnss-

objts dsktp intn) Appatn funatn 6.1. an

ab crsta entrprs 9 an 10 SAP Busnssobjts xi 1.0 (rmr

knwn as Busnssobjts xiRas 1)

SAP Busnssobjts xi 2.0 (rmrknwn as Busnssobjts xiRas 2)

SAP Busnssobjts xi 3.0

Migration rEquirES a MiX of tEChnologyand MEthodologyThe Bi SUcceSS Model

Figure 2: The Business Intelligence Success Model Methodology

hw w ur panb at upn anmasur?

Wat ar turrnt n-usrrqurmnts?

hw as ttna nrn-mnt an?

Wat ans nstrat must tBi sstm supprt?

Measurable Results

Data-Driven Decision Making

Technical Readiness

Bara can Mmt

Rprtn

Prrman Manamnt

inrastrutur data

Prss can Mmt

Qur an Anass

Roi Anass

Business Intelligence Success Model

Organizational Readiness

vsn anStrat

oranzatnan cutur

Sksdpmnt

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d u wat t bm famlar wtSAP Busssobjts xi sluts aqukl tak avata f tm tav mpttv avata? yua av ts bjtv b plasm arl iT a prjt tam tra

a b ru a plt plmt ft sluts paralll wt ur ur-rt plmt.

A srs f amstrat tra

urss fr SAP Busssobjts xisluts ar avalabl tr tru-lar r t lassrm. Mrfrmat a b fu atwww.sap.m/sapbusssbjts.

W rmm u tru tfllw k pass t mrat ast plmt t t latst SAPBusssobjts xi sluts. ea fts pass s vr tal aspart f t mplt umtatavalabl wt t sluts, tra

urss avalabl frm ur uatsrvs, a ffrs frm ursult srvs: Assessment and planning. T

assssmt pas ssts f aut- a partular plmt t tr-m t tls vlv a prjtpass.

Installation of destination environ-ment. dur ts pas, a wrksta f t latst SAP Busss-objts xi sluts wll b stall

t prv ass t t mratfutalt a allw staff tbm famlar wt ts prat.

Importing content to destinationsystem. Ts pas rrsps tt atual mrat mplmtat

us t apprprat tls t mvtt frm t la sstm tt SAP Busssobjts xi slu-ts vrmt.

Test and validation. T tst a val-at pas vlvs a ka pstmplmtat turqur rr fr t ustmr tput t Bi sstm t prut.

Focus Areas for Reviewing YourBI Deployment

T psal mrat f t atualusrs, smat lar, rprts, a sfrt frm rlas t atr sl aspt f t mrat pr-ss. Pssbl t mst mprtat partf t prss s t ursta w aurrt plmt a vlv as partf a mrat t t latst vrs fsftwar. Wl t t pla tmplt mrat trms f tm,rsurs rqur, a plmtsuls s bvus, t pprtut

t rvw t urrt a futur Bis f t razat s ftvrlk.

Tr ar tr k aras t srw rvw a razats Biplmt: Busss rqurmts Usr rqurmts iT rqurmts

cas a plas arss a fts bra aras wll av a prfumpat t l t appra tmrat st plmts but als t futur vlpmt f a Bi strat-. Ma razats ar tak t

pprtut prst b t mratt SAP Busssobjts xi slutst ram tr Bi strat.

Busss RqurmtsWl plmts f arlr rlassf SAP Busssobjts sftwarma av b fftvl mt ts f ur busss, as ur razats stuat r alsma rqur a rvaluat f ur tl-l platfrm s. Sm tpal

qusts razats ar asklu: Wat urrt busss tatvs,

prssurs, r prblms a mrfftvl b alt wt b ajustt s f ur busss tll- slut?

is a prfrma maamt ta-tv rv w ur razat smasur, la t a rqurmtfr asbars a srars?

has a mpla tatv (su asfr Sarbas-ol r Basl ii m-

pla) tru w rprtrqurmts tat ur urrt slu-t at mt at a rasablst?

Ursta w ur Bi plmta a t slv ts busssprblms wll b k t tu tsvalu t t razat.

thE StEPS to Making Migration a rEality

MigRATion PhASeS

Map ur Bi strat tur vlv bussss.

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User RequrementsWen revewng urrent user requre-ments, many rganzatns sver terequrements are fferent frm tsete system was rgnay esgne taress. Tus, questns su as

tse ste bew w assst n mgra-tn pannng an n any requre ree-sgn f te system: W uments are atuay regu-

ary use? hw are tey use? W users n my system are atua-

y atve? W user grups requre nrease

nteratvty? has my user base expane? hw w a f ts ange n te next

18 mnts? has tranng been avaabe t take

avantage f urrent ata anfuntnaty?

Answers t tese questns prve anpprtunty t ensure users an aesste nsgt tey nee t make mreeffetve esns. Makng crystaReprts uments avaabe va teWeb n te same envrnment uset aess SAP Busnessobjets Webintegene, evepng key perfr-

mane natr (KPi) asbars tprve a sutabe envrnment frexeutves t everage exstng Bievepment nvestments, r swtngfrm a esktp-base t fuy Web-base query an anayss epymentt reue te st f makng anayssapabtes avaabe t a we userbase a aw fr nreaseeffetveness.

iT RequrementsTe mgratn f a Bi system t a newreease as ffers an pprtunty tep ensure te tena nfrastrutures agne t te antpate usage, stat ata s avaabe an represente n

a nsstent manner t meet te abverequrements fr te busness an teen user. Ts su, f urse, beunerst n te ntext f te bus-ness an en-user requrementsrevewe abve.

Te ata nfrastrutures n many rgan-zatns ave raay ange ver tepast severa years wt te ntrutnf new ata strage mes (su as

ata wareusng), new appatns(su as upate ustmer reatnspmanagement, enterprse resure pan-nng, r ustm appatns), an atamvement apabtes (new ata qua-

ty r ata ntegratn presses). A-tnay, rganzatns ave ntnuete rve t reue sts trug Web-evere appatns an nfrmatnwe ntnung t estabs Bi stan-ars an mpeteny enters.

We remmen iT epartments avea fu unerstanng f te fwngssues urng ata an arteturemgratn pannng:

Wat s te mst apprprate anst-effetve met f prvngte neessary reprtng, query, ananayss?

des a arger user base requre aWeb-base every?

is tere a greater fus n ata qua-ty requrng anges t ata ntegra-tn jbs?

have te ata sures use n te Bisystem ange?

is tere any new funtnaty tat anmprve te effeny an perfr-mane f ur system (fr exampe,te abty t take avantage f aggre-gate tabes wtn a atabasesystem)?

Wat esgn r epyment Bi

stanars ave been mpemente?

As an exampe, weve ften seen us-tmers use te fu ent (nw knwnas SAP Busnessobjets desktpintegene) t aess mutpe ata-bases, wt sme reprts ntanng upt 15 r 20 synrnze ata prv-ers. At tat tme, te sftware wasuse mre as a ata extratn trater tan fr ts a query ananayss pwer.

Peraps nw s te tme t nserntegratng sme f yur sattere atasures nt a snge ata mart r atawareuse n rer t enabe ne ver-sn f te trut arss te mpanyan ep gan greater vsbty ver yurenterprse perfrmane.

Beause sme ustmers ave usesftware evepment kts (SdKs)t ustmze SAP Busnessobjets

leverage an prtetyur exstng Bi nvest-ments.

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pruts t ft ther spef nees,man ustmzatn ptns have beennlue as stanar features n SAPBusness-objets xi slutns, s uwnt neessarl nee t mgrate allur ustm ng t these slutns.

Ths wll help u nserabl reueur ttal st f wnershp b uttngbak n the supprt st fr ustme.

Plus, ur nsultng serves an part-ners are n a g pstn t help umgrate ur ustmzatn t the newmel, beause the ma have hanlethe ustmzatn n the frst plae. Anthe have ret aess t ur tehnalsupprt an researh an evelpment

rganzatn, whh wll help spee themgratn f ur ustmze SAPBusnessobjets applatns.

in atn, t s mprtant t uner-stan the tranng requrements relatet takng avantage f new funtnal-t, mprve eplment ptns, annew amnstratn r seurt mels.Ths revew shul nlue bth enusers an tehnal staff.

Plan for a Successful Migration

our nsultng serves an partnersan assst u n efnng a etalemgratn plan, nlung a user tranngplan, t help ensure quk aptn fthe new sstem.

We an help u assess ur urrentBi eplment wthn a llabratve,strateg, requrements-gatherng wrk-shp. Ths sessn s fuse n help-

ng u gan the mst value frm urBi slutn. B entfng an uner-stanng ur gals an requrements,we an elver a Bi slutn t meetur busness nees. yu an leverageur nsultng serves an partners

eperene an knwlege t prvethe value an retn neessar t

pstn ur Bi ntatve fr suess.Belw are the fferent stages f theplannng press:Determine business requirements.

When plannng fr mgratns, SAPcnsultng frst wrks wth the us-tmer t efne the nees f thebusness, whh rves the mgratnassessment plan. Ths assessment

prves all partes wth a lear anmplete unerstanng f the galsrvng the mve t a new release.

Assess migration readiness. Afterwrkng wth the ustmer t evelpa sl unerstanng f busnessrequrements, we perfrm a etalereaness assessment an wrklsel wth ur tehnal prjetteam t full plan the mgratn. dur-ng the assessment, we evaluate ur

urrent nfrastruture, semant laer,reprts, an ustmzatns t efnea mgratn path talre t ur spe-f eplment. Ths assessmentprves all partes wth a lear anmplete unerstanng f the tasks

an resures requre fr a su-essful mgratn.

Develop a migration plan. As a elv-erable frm the assessment, we wllument the fnngs n a stanarmgratn assessment plan. Ths planwll nlue a summar f the bus-ness requrements entfe, anvervew f the urrent eplment,remmenatns n hw t preewth a mgratn, a esrptn f theatvtes an resures requre t

nut the mgratn, an tranngremmenatns.Provide training development rec-

ommendations. As part f the mgra-tn assessment plan, we wll elvertranng evelpment remmena-tns. Ths plan assesses the eua-tn nees f the ustmer an re-ates the apprprate tranng plan frthe busness an tehnal users.Suh euatn ul be nstrutr-le, Web- r cd-base, va the SAPBusnessobjets Knwlege Ael-

eratr sftware, r tran-the-tranernstrutn.

Provide full knowledge transfer anddocumentation. it s ur ntentn tallw ur ustmers t learn angrw frm the eplment f thenew platfrm t the pnt f ttal self-suffen. it s ur ntentn t wrkwth ur busness an tehnalresures t prve hgh-qualtmgratn umentatn as stanarwthn ths serve fferng.

Bi nslatn an

help nrease ur r-

ganzatns return n

nvestment an results

n sgnfant peratng

effenes.

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When plannng fr a mgratn t SAPBusnessobjects xi slutns, cnsderthe fllwng t help ensure successfulend-user adptn:Develop plans and knowledge. A

seres f sstem admnstratn

curses fr SAP Busnessobjects xislutns s avalable t help u getfamlar wth the ntellgence platfrm.Wth the latest release f these slu-tns, u wll be able t take mgra-tn tranng r tpcs tranng nspecfc features and prduct chang-es t update ur knwledge.

Develop technical skills. Prjectteams can be traned thrughnstructr-led curses, e-learnng,Web semnars, r wrkshps.

Develop business-user skills. T ful-l acheve benefts frm ur Bi sft-ware, educate ur busness userswth SAP Busnessobjects Knwl-edge Acceleratr, and bst thempact f busness-user tranngthrugh custmzatn and user-adptn servces.

Help Ensure Quick User Adoptionof the New System

User adptn s a ke element n mea-surng the success f ur mgratn.B drvng user acceptance f the new

sstem, u wll get a faster return nnvestment frm the updated Bi sstem.

yu can engage eperts frm ur pr-fessnal servces team r partners thelp u wth a mgratn. The wllcme up wth tranng recmmenda-tns and n man cases, a full tran-ng plan as part f the mgratn plan-nng prcess. Tranng s an essentalpart f an mgratn and wll help umamze end-user adptn f the newsftware. internal advcates (spnsrs,a Bi cmpetenc center) can als helpdrve end-user adptn acrss the var-

us departments f ur rganzatn.

SAP Busnessobjects xislutns are delvered wthmgratn and cnversnutltes t help u aut-mate ur mgratn tasks.

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CalCulating thE roi of Migration

idenTifying TAngiBle And inTAngiBle BenefiTS

custmrs wh hav mrat t SAPBusssobjts xi suts hav wt-ss srab bts r bthth iT partmt a ths aras

th busss whr th suts wrp. Whthr b ras pr-utvt, stram busss pr-

sss, r ru iT sp, SAPBusssobjts xi suts havma a quatab mpat thsrazats w t mpmt tha Bi stwar.

Th w s a st k rvrs tsr wh masur th mpat staarzat SAP Busss-objts xi suts vrsus mataur urrt Bi mpmtats: Mata rtrmt st savs

thr Bi pmts Rut iT haut u t

Bi t rtrmt a as maamt

Rut tra sts (r bthiT a usr)

Rut srvr r thr har-war sts Ru iT amstrat sts u

t: S mtaata ar S Wb prta

S surt ma S Wb vrmt S rastrutur r

maamt Smp SdK/bjt m

imprv prtabt thruh mr-t busss prsss

Conclusion The RightIntelligence Platform for YourBusinesss Success

SAP rzs th t mmzth st a rsk r ustmrs apt-

SAP Busssobjts xi suts.W prv a ra ts, um-tat, bst-prat tra, a ta-r srvs va ur sutats rpartrs t mak ths trast assmth as pssb.

SAP Busssobjts xi suts sup-prt th utur suss ur ra-zat s tak th stps w t b-t rm th ustrs mst avaa mpt t patrm. fr

mr rmat abut SAP Busss-objts pruts a srvs, pasvst ur Wb st atwww.sap.m/sapbusssbjts.

T ab a s vrs th truth a mak suss, a razatmust stabsh a s atauat.

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