sap business objects analysis

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis

August 2010

Alexander Peter,Director Product Management Analysis ClientsSAP AG

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Agenda

1. Overview for Analysis clients

2. Product Details: SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office

3. Product Details: SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP

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4. Appendix

Explorer

The Right Tool For The JobProviding best fit solutions across the range of BI requirements

Crystal Reports

Xcelsius

DataExploration

Advanced Analysis

Web Intelligence

Dashboards & VisualizationReporting

Professionally

Informed

Executives,

Managers

Voyager / Pioneer

BEx Analyzer

BEx WAD

Web Intelligence

FullInteractive Experience, ResponsivenessLimited

Technically

Capable

Information

Consumer

Business

Analysts

PredictiveWorkbench

Explorer

The Right Tool For The JobProviding best fit solutions across the range of BI requirements

Crystal Reports

Xcelsius

DataExploration

Advanced Analysis

Web Intelligence

Dashboards & VisualizationReporting

Professionally

Informed

Executives,

Managers

SAP Business Objects Analysis Clients

Voyager/ BEx

Analyzer

BEx WAD

(Pioneer)

Web Intelligence

FullInteractive Experience, ResponsivenessLimited

Technically

Capable

Information

Consumer

Business

Analysts

PredictiveWorkbench

Step 1 (BI 4.0): SAP BusinessObjects Analysis

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BEx WAD

Interactive Analysis

Explorer

Instant ExplorationCustom Analytic & Planning Apps

Explorational (OLAP)Analysis

Self-Service Reporting &Analysis

Web

Intelligence� IT / Developer for Task

workers

� Technical expertise (design), business domain expertise (consumer)

� Purpose-built BW-based

� Data Analyst(s)

� Analytical expertise

� Analytical question can be immediately pursued

� Business Users

� (Limited) technical expertise (report designers), business domain expertise (consumer / prosumer)

� Search and navigation tool for casual users to access business data

� No training required

� Ability to search, explore

Analysis, edition

for OLAP

Analysis, Edition for MS Office

� Covers all of the above directly within MS Office Excel & PowerPoint

MS

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Analy

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apps for routine analytic & planning scenarios

� BEx WAD runtime integrated into BOE, Publishing into InfoView

� Optimized for highly interactive analysis

� Limited layouting & formatting

(consumer / prosumer)

� Interactive report creation

� Flexible formatted reports with built-in analysis features

� Ability to search, explore and visualize massive data volumes via BWA

� Smart visualization capabilities

Semantic Layer

Web IntelligenceCrystal ReportsAnalysisedition for MS Office

Analysisedition for OLAP

Interoperability Between Analysis and Other Clients

in 2010 based on BI 4.0

Shared Query

Create /

consume

Create /

consume

Create /

consumeCreate /

consume

Interoperability Semantic Layer(next generation)

� Analysis is captured in a query object called analysis view that is shared between products in the SAP BusinessObjects suite (similar for the BEx query view in the BEx Suite)

� The analysis view captures the view on the data including filters and other features – it is stored in BO Enterprise

� Analysis can create and consume the analysis view, The first clients who are able to consume it are CR & Web Intelligence. Each tool interprets the analysis view in a way that is consistent with its native environment

Shared Query(Analysis View)

BICS Component

Interoperability

(Consume through transient universe)

Agenda



3. Product Details: SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Web Edition

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3. Product Details: SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Web Edition

4. Appendix

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office

� MS Office Add-Ins that allow ad hoc multidimensional analysis of OLAP sources in MS Excel,

intuitive creation of BI presentations with MS PowerPoint as well as Excel workbook-based

application design.

� SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office will evolve into a fully-fledged

productivity suite for MS Office by converging with SAP BusinessObjects Live Office

� Premium Alternative to SAP BEx Analyzer



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Interactive Analysis

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Analysis, edition

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� Data Analyst(s)



� Optimized for highly

� Business Users







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� Limited layouting & formatting






Use Cases for Analysis, edition for MS Office

Power User Tools Easy BI consumption

ExplorationConsumingDashboards

Active/staticReport

Consumption

AdvancedAnalysis

Building Content(Dashboards, Reports,

workspaces)

InteractiveAnalysis

CR XCE AA Web WebI WebI/CR XCE Explorer

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� Centralized creation of Analysis content (workbooks & PowerPoints)

� Sophisticated workbook design (VBA APIs and so on)

� Ad Hoc data access and data analysis, slicing & dicing, and so on, in Excel

� Ad Hoc embedding of BI data into PowerPoint presentations

� Consuming pre-defined BI content in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

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Business User &

Task Worker

Power User / IT Business Analyst

Consuming BIContent

Analysis, edition for MS Office

MS

Offic

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Building MS OfficeContent in Excel & PPt

Ad hoc Data Analysis in Excel

Note: the bigger the orange share, the more suitable the tool for the user segment


MS Excel Add-In with Query Panel


MS PowerPoint Add-In


Design Panel

� New Design Panel for easy navigation

� Views

� Analysis: Allows navigation, filtering, and so on

� Information:

� General information on the embedded data

source or the workbook itself (i.e. last data

refresh, created by, and so on)refresh, created by, and so on)

� All relevant information (filters, variables, and

so on) at one glance, in one place

� Components: Structural information view either from

the data source or the worksheet perspective

� Navigation

� Simplified drag&drop within panel or into grid to filter,

drill-down, slice&dice, replace, and so on

� Finger-tip access to hierarchies

� Access to display attributes

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Advanced Analysis

� New options for the end-user

� Define conditional formatting (formerly “exceptions”)

� Define filter by measure (formerly “conditions”)

� Define easy calculations and dynamic calculations

� Excel commentary on data cells

� New hierarchy features

� Collapse into hierarchical structures (“display

hierarchy”)hierarchy”)

� Show/hide hierarchy levels

� Sort breaking hierarchies

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Easy Application Building

� Workbook Design

� Easy insertion of multiple data

source (from multiple systems)

� Improved overview of BW elements

in an Excel workbook

� Free formatting of text elements

(cells with meta data retrieval

formulas)

� New APIs as Excel formulas� New APIs as Excel formulas

� Add Excel-based charts

� Easy consumption of Workbooks created

by Analysis, edition for MS Office

� Add information on the data sources

(name, last update, and so on

� Add information on the filter status

� Integrate filter dialog

� Sharing Workbooks/PowerPoint files

� Save workbook/ppt presentation in

BusinessObjects Enterprise

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Analysis, Edition for MS Office : High Level

Architecture

� Direct BW Connectivity via BI Consumer

Services

� Connection management via BO

Enterprise (optional)

� BOE repository services for workbooks

and PowerPoint filesAnalysis,edition for Microsoft Office

BI Consumer Services

BusinessObjects EnterprisePlatform

Repository/InfoView

SAP Sources

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.x(BEx Queries, views,

InfoProviders)

SAP NetWeaver BWAccelerator

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Connections

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for

Microsoft Office 1.0 – Prerequisites

� Prerequisites

� MS Office 2003, MS Office 2007 or MS Office 2010 (on MS Windows XP and higher)

– Powerpoint Add-in only available for MS Office 2007 and MS Office 2010

� SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 or higher**

– Recommendation: use BW 7.0 EHP1 or even SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 as there are

significant TCO and integration improvements between BusinessObjects Enterprise and

NetWeaver

– Queries defined in SAP BEx Query Designer 3.5 (within SAP NetWeaver 7.0!) or 7.0+ ;

also: direct access to SAP NetWeaver BW InfoProvider and query viewsalso: direct access to SAP NetWeaver BW InfoProvider and query views

– No need to migrate queries, no change in BW data models necessary

– The SAP BEx Query Designer stays as it is and can continues to be the semantic modeling level for SAP NetWeaver BW data.

� SAP Business Objects Enterprise (BOE) XI 3.1 (can run side-by side with SAP

NetWeaver BW)

– See next slide for information about platform capabilities

� Client Sizing: See SAP note 1466118

** Requirements may be higher for other clients

*Please note: these are preliminary statements .

The statements remain to be finalized once Advanced Analysis, edition for MS Office becomes available.

Analysis, Edition for MS Office – Platform

Capabilities and Roadmap

� BOE is strategic BI platform for all SAP BusinessObjects Clients

� Analysis 1.0 on BOE XI 3.1

– Central provisioning of BW connections

– Client-side Single-Sign On

– Saving and sharing workbooks centrally (common xls / ppt InfoObject)

� Analysis 1.1 (planned) on BO Enterprise 4.0 (as of begin of ramp-up for BI 4.0)

– Support system-type connection

– Server-side and client-side Single-Sign On

– Saving and sharing workbooks centrally (common xls(x) / ppt(x) InfoObject)

– Lifecycle Management

– Interoperability with other clients: WebI, Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects

Analysis, edition for OLAP based on Analysis View

� Although technically possible and good for testing purposes direct operation of the Office

Add-In on BW without BOE is not recommended for productive usage (main services like

central repository, interoperabilty, and so on are not supported)


The statements remain to be finalized once Advanced Analysis, edition for MS Office becomes available.

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4. Appendix


OLAP

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP

� As premium web-based OLAP analysis client for business analysts to run ad hoc OLAP

analyses, and create OLAP workspaces for private usage or sharing with others

� SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP completes SAP BusinessObjects’ client

portfolio in the area of OLAP analysis and interoperates with offerings such as Web

Intelligence & Crystal Reports

� The mid-term plan is to bring Web Intelligence and Analysis, edition for OLAP together into

one harmonized user experienceone harmonized user experience

�Successor of SAP BusinessObjects Voyager



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BEx WAD Explorer




Analysis, edition

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Web Intelligence

� IT / Developer for Task workers



� Data Analyst(s)



� Optimized for highly

� Business Users





Analysis, edition for MS Office


MS

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� Limited lay outing & formatting






Power User Analysis Tools

Use Cases for Analysis, Edition for OLAP

within the family of analysis products

Ad Hoc OLAP Analysis

Pre-Built and Explorational Analysis

ExplorationUsing OLAP &Planning Apps

on BW

ActiveConsumption of

Interactive reports

Building OLAP & Planning Apps on BW

InteractiveReports & Analysis

BEx WAD Analysis4OLAP WebI WebI BEx WAD Explorer

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Building MS OfficeContent

Advanced AnalysisConsuming BI

Content, eg. WebI, CR

MS

Offic

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� Creation of re-usable Advanced Analysis workspaces

� Not necessarily an expert for sophisticated BI Application Design

� Ad Hoc data access and data analysis, slicing & dicing

� Creation of Advanced Analysis workspaces for personal use

� Can use pre-defined Web workspaces

� Need to operate between Advanced Analysis and more BI consumer tools like Web Intelligence or Explorer

Note: the bigger the orange share, the more suitable the tool for the user segment

Business User &

Task Worker

Power User / IT Business Analyst

Analysis, Edition for OLAP

Advanced Analysis

� New options for the end-user

� Define conditional formatting (formerly “exceptions”)

� Define filter by measure (formerly “conditions”)

� Define simple and dynamic calculations

� Create custom calculations

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Analysis, Edition for OLAP:

Data Presentation – Charts

Scope of Analysis

■ Chart types from shared CVOM library: Column (Clustered, Stacked, 100% Stacked, 3D

Clustered), Line, Pie, Bar (Clustered, Stacked, 100% Stacked), Scatter, Bubble, Radar, Box Plot

■ Interactivity – if a chart and a crosstab are linked to the same analysis, both components display

the same data and update simultaneously whenever you make changes to either component

■ Scope of Analysis – change window to focus on most important data in the chart© SAP 2010 / Page 30

Analysis, Edition for OLAP

High Level Architecture

� Analysis, edition for OLAP leverages

BOE platform services (LCM,

persistency, authentication, and so

on) and cannot be used without BOE

� Server component for Analysis,

edition for OLAP can be optionally

installed on

� NW J2EE 7.1 or on

� Any J2EE supported by BOE

Analysis, edition for OLAP

AJAX/ HTTP

Application Server

Any J2EE supported by BOE(e.g., SAP NetWeaver)

� Any J2EE supported by BOE

� Analysis workspaces & analysis

views stored in BOE repository

BusinessObjects Enterprise Platform

OLAP Data Access & Drivers


SAP Sources

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.x(BEx Queries, views,

InfoProviders)

SAP NetWeaver BWAccelerator

3rd Party OLAP Sources

e.g., MS AnalysisServer

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OLAP – Prerequisites

� Prerequisites

� Browser: MS Internet Explorer 7 and 8, Firefox 3.5, Adobe Acrobat 8 and 9, and Safari 4

for Apple Mac.

� SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 4.0

� For SAP BW connectivity: SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 SP 23 or higher** or

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 EHP1 SP5 or higher**

– Recommendation: use SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 as there are significant TCO and

integration improvements between BOE and NetWeaver

– Queries defined in SAP BEx Query Designer 3.5 (within SAP NetWeaver 7.0!) or 7.0+ ; – Queries defined in SAP BEx Query Designer 3.5 (within SAP NetWeaver 7.0!) or 7.0+ ;

also: direct access to SAP BW InfoProvider and query views (no need to migrate

queries or change data models)

� For MSAS connectivity: MS Analysis Services 2005 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Analysis

Services 2008

** Aurora program requirements may be higher for other clients


The statements remain to be finalized once Analysis, edition for OLAP becomes available.

Roadmap for Enhanced Microsoft Analysis

Services (MSAS) Support

� Major MSAS features already supported in first version of SAP BusinessObjects Analysis,

edition for OLAP.

� Planned support of following MSAS features in the harmonized SAP BusinessObjects

Analysis & Web Intelligence product

� Server-based named sets

� Dimension attributes (within hierarchies)

� Actions

� KPIs

� Drill-Through (available in Voyager)


The statements remain to be finalized once Analysis, edition for OLAP becomes available.

InfoView

Using of BEx Web Application Designer

Templates in BO Enterprise/InfoView in BI 4.0

� Integration of SAP BEx Web

Application Java runtime into SAP

BusinessObjects Enterprise

� No additional SAP NetWeaver J2EE

stack required

Adv. Analysis(Web) Runtime

BEx WebRuntime

BEx WebApplications

BusinessObjects Enterprise Platform


SAP NetWeaver BW

BEx Queries /InfoProviders

BEx WebTemplates

(Web) Runtime Runtime

BEx Web ApplicationDesigner 7.x

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Integration into SAP NetWeaver Portal

� Integration of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 4.0 into SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0

� Integration with SBO Portal Integration Kit (PIK)

� Document List Portlet displays complete BI launch pad (formerly InfoView)

� Document Viewer iView displays all kind of single SBO reports (including Analysis,

edition for OLAP). Analysis, edition for MS Office workbooks must be open via

Document List Portlet

� Administration

� Document Viewer iView allows creation of Portal Roles with specific, pre-defined

reportsreports

� Document List Portlet allows instant

access to newly created ad hoc reports

� Preferences

� Users can change viewer type in their

BOE preferences (e.g., thin vs. thick

client for Crystal Reports)

� Security

� Single Sign-On is supported by identity

propagation using SAP Logontickets

� Single Sign-On ensures usage of

Analysis Authorization of SAP

NetWeaver BW

SAP Business Explorer (BEx)

� Maintenance

� BEx 7.0 continues to be delivered with the next SAP NetWeaver BW releases. At this

point in time, there‘s no planned end of life. The maintenance period is renewed with

every major BW release.

� BEx 3.5 is part of BW 3.5/SAP NetWeaver 04 and the maintenance cycle is coupled to

this release (see SAP note 1410878). As BEx 3.5 is also compatible with a BW 7.0

backend and had been delivered with BW 7.0, SAP will maintain BEx 3.5 functionality

within BW 7.0 and subsequent releases until the end of BW 7.0 maintenance cycle.

Maintenance is NOT extended with BW 7.30 or other future releases. Note that full PAM

support of BEx 3.5 cannot be granted by SAP – as Microsoft has removed, e.g., support support of BEx 3.5 cannot be granted by SAP – as Microsoft has removed, e.g., support

for some components within Windows 7 that had been used by BEx Web Application

Designer 3.5.

� Also see: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bex

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