the 2015 guide to sap businessobjects bi 4.1 improvements for managing and maintaining a...

Henry Kam

SAP

The 2015 Guide to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1

Improvements for Managing and Maintaining a

High-Performing BI Platform

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Agenda

SAP BusinessObjects BI platform overview

Why upgrade from XI to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.x?

– Save time and resources to manage and administrate your system

– Enterprise readiness

– Lower user support calls with intuitive information access

What’s new in the SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 BI platform?

Wrap-up


SAP BusinessObjects BI platform

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform empowers organizations to share

and discover information and to make better decisions

BI content management Secured storage of BI content

Scalable and robust service • Ability to scale up and scale out to suit the demand

• Fault tolerance and load balancing

Platform administration Central web-based administration tool

Management of BI content lifecycle

Auditing Audit trail for compliance or capacity planning

Information delivery Distribution of personalized BI content to mass audience

in an automated manner

Software development kit

API for extending the solution or for process automation


Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI

SAP BusinessObjects BI provides end users’ self-service access to BI content

BI content access and organization Assist users to locate and consume BI content

Add and organize BI content in a secure fashion

Information discovery and sharing Help users discover relevant information to solve their

business problems

Enable information sharing among users

BI workspaces Allow users to layout and link multiple BI assets for a holistic

view of business information

Portal server integration Access BI content from your portal server of choice


Open, agnostic, and unified Access any data, consume information anywhere

Enterprise Portals

MS Office On Demand Services

Browsers Mobile Devices

ERP SAP Business Suite

Oracle E-Business Suite

PeopleSoft

JD Edwards

Unstructured data in

Social Media and

Hadoop

Embedded Content

MS Excel Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft

SQL Server and other

relational data sources

Universe Semantic Layer

Business Intelligence Platform

EDW SAP BW

TeraData

Other data warehouses

SAP HANA Platform

Reporting Agile Visualization Dashboards and Apps

Essbase

Microsoft AS

Oracle OLAP

Simplifying the End-User Experience

Existing Customer Investments Are Safe

We are converging use cases, not features and functions

All existing content is safe and will continue to work

All BI 4.1 clients will continue to be maintained and supported

We will reuse metadata to facilitate adopting new concepts

We don’t plan a forced migration

The BI Portfolio Today

Web Intelligence

Crystal Reports

Design Studio

Dashboards

Lumira

Explorer

Set Analysis

Analysis for OLAP

Analysis for Office

Live Office

Distribute Information Build Engaging Experiences Discover. Predict. Create.

Reporting Dashboards and Apps Agile Visualization

Analysis for Office and Design Studio as premium alternatives

to BEx Analyzer and Web Application Designer

Advanced predictive analysis capabilities embedded in Lumira

Step 1 of the Convergence Plan

Dashboards

Lumira

Explorer

Set Analysis

Analysis for OLAP

Analysis for Office

Live Office

Discover. Predict. Create.

Agile Visualization

Add Explorer-style exploration, search, and visualization

recomendation to Lumira

Add Dashboard-style controls, WS support, and BEx WAD

features to Design Studio

Web Intelligence

Crystal Reports

Design Studio

Distribute Information Build Engaging Experiences

Reporting Dashboards and Apps

Step 2

Interoperability workflows

Set Analysis

Analysis for OLAP

Live Office

Open Lumira stories in Design Studio

Explore and reuse Design Studio content in Lumira

Insert Lumira charts or stories to Excel and PowerPoint

Design Studio Lumira

Analysis for Office

Discover. Predict. Create. Customize.

Agile Visualization, Dashboards, and Apps

Web Intelligence

Crystal Reports

Distribute Information

Reporting

Final Step

Set Analysis

Analysis for OLAP Add Set analysis and third-party OLAP to Lumira

Interoperability workflows

Discover. Predict. Create. Customize.

Agile Visualization, Dashboards, and Apps

Web Intelligence

Crystal Reports

Distribute Information

Reporting

Design Studio Lumira

Analysis for Office


Agenda







Wrap-up


SBOP

Maintenance model – Strategy

Three new delivery vehicles

Maintenance delivery vehicles inspired from SAP maintenance model

XI 3.1 DELIVERY BI 4.x DELIVERY

Service Pack MINOR VERSION

FixPack SUPPORT PACKAGE

LAFix PATCH (Cumulative)


Maintenance model for SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Aligning with standard SAP terminology

XI 3.x

Term

BI 4.x

Equivalent

BI 4.x Contents BI 4.x Frequency

Service

Pack Minor Version

Support Pack contents +

• Selected new features

• Selected new platforms

(development and validation)

• Priority 3 or more complex

customer corrections

• New languages

• Complex internal corrections

Every 12-18 months for 5

years

No new minor version after

the final release in the 5th year

FixPack Support Package

Patch contents +

• Priority 2 issues

• Internal corrections

• New platforms (validation and

minor corrections)

• Small enhancements

0-4 years: Every 3-4 months

5-7 years: Every 6 months

LAFix Patch

Urgent customer corrections

• Priority 1 issues

• Top Priority 2 issues

Every 3 weeks

See https://support.sap.com/release-upgrade-maintenance/release-strategy/release/on-

premise/rules.html for more information

https://support.sap.com/release-upgrade-maintenance/release-strategy/release/on-premise/rules.html











SAP BusinessObjects maintenance strategy

“7-2”

Two distinct maintenance phases

Mainstream Maintenance

Provide corrections such as patches, support packs, and minor releases

Priority One Support

Provide corrections with patches only on Priority One type of issues


Example: SAP BusinessObjects product family

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise

Mainstream Maintenance

> = 2 years

Mainstream

Maintenance

Mainstream

Maintenance

Priority

One

Support

Mainstream

Maintenance

2011 2012 2009 2010 2014 2013 2015 2016 2017 2008 2007 2006 2011 2012 2009 2010 2014 2013 2015 2016 2017 2008 2007 2006 2018 2019

Priority

One

Support

Mainstream Maintenance Priority

One

Support

SBOP Enterprise

XI 3.x family

SBOP Enterprise

BI 4.x family

Enterprise BI 4.0

Enterprise BI 4.1

Enterprise BI 4.5


Remote supportability

Capabilities

Netviewer

Attended Root Cause Analysis

Screen Sharing

Application Sharing

File Sharing

SAProuter

Service Delivery

Unattended Root Cause Analysis

Remote Connections

Diagnostics

SAP BI Platform Support Tool

Solution Manager

System Monitoring

System Analysis

Basic Advanced


SAProuter

For Increased security

Remote supportability (cont.)

Netviewer

Netviewer

Provides:

Application, file, and screen sharing

Remote control

Recording

Encrypted data exchange

Safe mode

Used for:

Solving support incidents (messages)

Customer training and education

https

DMZ

Netviewer

Server https

Internet

Attended root cause analysis

SAProuter

Optional

Connections Diagnostics Architecture



SAProuter

Provides:

Remote, secure connection to customer system

Used for:

Solving support incidents (messages)

Remote service delivery

Remote debugging

SAProuter SAProuter

https

Unattended root

cause analysis

Remote debugging

and correction

Netviewer Architecture SAProuter Connections Diagnostics



Connections Many connection types available

Netviewer Connections SAProuter

SAProuter SAProuter

Customer R/3 Support

HTTP Connect

Remote Desktop

Netviewer

Generic DB

Citrix

Telnet

SSH

VNC

Hana

Debugging

BW RFC

Diagnostics Architecture


Business

Objects

Business

Intelligence

Remote

Support

Component Recommended for

SAP

BusinessObjects

XI 3.1 landscape

only

Lower complexity

Customer

Landscape

Management

Platform

Higher Complexity / SAP Solutions Single Systems / Fewer Products

Remote

Support

Component

Business

Objects

Enterpris

e

ERP

CRM

Business

Objects

Business

Intelligence

SAP Solution

Manager

Supports mixed

landscapes (SAP

BusinessObjects &

other SAP

products)

Richer feature set

Wily

Introscope Recommended for

SAP BI 4

landscapes

Diagnostics &

Metrics only

Lower complexity

Single System / Metrics Only

Business

Intelligence

4.0

Diagnostics Overview


Diagnostics (cont.) Overview


Landscape Analysis Report

E2E Trace Wizard

• Alert Summary

• Server Comparison

• Schedule Analysis

• Content Analysis

• License Analysis

What are the two main features of the support tool?

Diagnostics (cont.) Overview


E2E test scenario


What are the benefits?

No installation

No agents or Solution Manager required

Speed up incident processing and resolution

Enable Enterprise Support service delivery

Support without incidents (self-help)

Avoid system outages

Free tool to make everyone’s life easier!


SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4.x – Why upgrade?

Save time and resources to manage and administrate your system

New maintenance model

Monitoring and diagnosis

Auditing enhancements

Lifecycle management

HANA support

Enterprise readiness

64-bit platform

SAP product standards

Multilingual

Hot backup of BI repository

Multitenancy enhancements

New upgrade tool

New BI functionality: Mobile BI, SAP predictive analysis, SAP Lumira, SAP Design Studio

Lower user support calls with intuitive information access

New customizable BI Launch Pad and BI Workspaces

Content search

Portal integration (java, SharePoint, SAP Enterprise Portal)

Alerting

Insight to action


Monitoring

Server metrics and probes

User-defined watch

condition

Visualization dashboard

in the CMC

Alert email

Integration with SAP

Solution Manager, Tivoli,

and JMX compatible tools

Monitoring Capabilities


Auditing

For all events

Simplified system-

wide configuration

Auto purging of old

data

Enhanced audit data

store for simpler audit

reports and

applications

Auditing Enhancements

Sample universes and reports:

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-6175






BI Content Lifecycle Management

New Lifecycle Management

functionality in CMC 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 Lifecycle Management Console

Production Development & Testing








HANA support


64-bit platform


Multilingual



New upgrade tool




Content search


Alerting

Insight to action



Enhanced scalability with virtualization and 64-bit support

First release that utilizes SAP Product Standards

Multilingual BI delivery across geographic locations

Hot backup

Backup repository database and files while system is

running

Reduced TCO for multitenant deployment

Delegated administration

Tool to automate tenant provisioning

Customize the BI Launch Pad

Customized branding and theme for BI Launch Pad with

property files

Changes persist after patch installation

User Preferences settable by user or administrator

Global Enterprise Readiness

and Scalability


Upgrade and deployment http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-25474

New easy-to-use tool for repository

upgrade across product versions

Combines and replaces the best of

import wizard and database

migration tool

Performance improvement over

import wizard

Choice of upgrades: Complete or

incremental

Direct upgrade from XI R2 SP2 or

later, and from XI 3.x

Upgrade Management Tool





New BI functionality

SAP Mobile BI SAP Lumira

SAP Predictive Analysis SAP Design Studio








HANA support


64-bit platform


Multilingual



New upgrade tool




Content search


Alerting

Insight to action


Access to more insight

Common access experience

across the different BI clients

for all data sources

New abstraction layer for

multi-dimensional data

sources

Native multi-source support

for universes leveraging SAP

BusinessObjects Data

Federator technology

New semantic layer

ERP

SAP Business Suite

Oracle E-Business Suite

PeopleSoft

JD Edwards

Unstructured data

in Social Media and

Hadoop

OLAP Cubes MS Excel Oracle, IBM DB2,

Microsoft SQL Server

and other relational data

sources

EDW

SAP NetWeaver BW

Teradata

Other data warehouses

SAP HANA Platform


SAP BW

Leverage your SAP BW investment FOR SAP BW customers

Direct dimensional access to your BEx

queries

No need to create a universe

Support of hierarchies and dimensional

metadata

Hierarchical query panel

Member selector, hierarchical navigation,

member functions

Hierarchical report output

Hierarchical columns, fold/unfold, level

totals, hierarchical graphics, multi-

DataProvider synchronization,

hierarchical formulas on report

InfoProviders

BEx Query

Crystal Reports, Web

Intelligence,

Explorer, and Dashboards Analysis

UNX Universe BICS

SQL


SAP ERP access

Objective: Extract ERP data through a universe

ERP information is mapped to virtual relational tables

Support older versions of SAP ERP

Single-source and multi-source UNX universes

Supported Objects

ABAP Functions

InfoSets

InfoSet queries

Covers 95% of all SAP ERP deployments, including R/3

SAP R/3 Enterprise, R/3 4.6, mySAP ERP 2004, SAP ERP 6.0 (including EHP1, EHP2)

Details

Joins are only supported in Multi-Source Universe

ABAP function input parameters are mapped to input columns that are either mandatory or

optional


BI Launch Pad

Replaces the Java InfoView of

former SAP BusinessObjects

Enterprise releases

Home page widgets for easy

access to common features

Quick access to applications and

search

Recently viewed reports,

scheduled documents, and alert

notifications

Configurable start location

Bring Relevant

Information Forward


New search engine

Search document

attributes and content

Unified search

integrated with BI

Launch Pad

Facetted navigation on

search results for

refined results

Search Enhancements

Search


Integration with SAP Enterprise Portal and Java portal

SAP Enterprise Portal: iView

Java portal servers: JSR168

Feature parity with BI Launch Pad –

All BI contents, all actions

Single sign-on

Document listing portlet – Enable

rapid deployment of BI applications

Document viewing portlet for building

custom portal application

Portal Integration


Integration option for Microsoft SharePoint Portal integration: BI Launch Pad for a Microsoft environment

Integration option for Microsoft

SharePoint replaces InfoView (.Net

version) of prior releases

Deeper platform integration

Support SAP authentication for SSO

Auditing of view actions

Support SharePoint 2010

More productive

Native SharePoint look and feel

Enhanced search

Display recently viewed and recently

searched documents

Multilingual support

Web Part for supporting new BI

content types

Web Part linking

Key New Capabilities


Agenda







Wrap-up


BI 4.1 Suite install packages (platform and clients)

• BI 4.1 is available as a full install and update install

• First time installs can be done using the BI 4.1 full install package

• Existing deployments:

• Supported upgrade scenarios (upgrading from previous major version [XI R2 or XI R3])

• Full install package

• Supported update scenarios (updating from current major version [XI 4.x])

• Update install package


What’s new in BI 4.1 Suite http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-40283






BI 4.1 supported upgrade scenarios

From XI R2 and XI 3

• Direct upgrade path from XI R2 SP2 and XI 3.1 to 4.1

• Separate Environments (recommended) • Install BI 4.1 (Full install package) on a separate server

• Use Upgrade Management Tool to upgrade content to BI 4.1

• Side-by-Side Install • BI 4.1 (Full install package) can be installed on the BOE XI R2 SP2 or BOE 3.x Server, provided:

• Server OS is 64-bit, and

• Meets BI 4.1 install prerequisites

From BI 4.x to BI 4.1

• In-place update install package (recommended) • Update BI 4.0 deployment (overwrites binaries)

• For more information refer to the Minor Release Update Guide:

http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700000491852013E/sbo41_bip_update_en.pdf

• Upgrade info: http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/11/05/doing-a-full-install-for-

updating-from-bi40-to-bi41-think-again



http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/11/05/doing-a-full-install-for-updating-from-bi40-to-bi41-think-again



























What’s new in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4.1 Enhancements at a glance

Platform enhancements reduce

administration cost

Multitenancy and shared-

service

Security enhancements

Supportability enhancements

Administration

Workflow improvements

increase user adoption

Right to left layout

Enhanced collaboration

Document upload workflow

enhancement

User Workflow

Increase time to value and

promote best practice

System configuration wizard

Enhanced sizing guide

Default CMS database

change

Upgrade Management Tool

enhancements

Deployment


System configuration wizard

Simple workflow to accomplish initial server configuration

Prevent misconfiguration

Easily adapted to different deployment scenarios

Use for initial setup or subsequent modification

Command line facility for programmatic configuration


Deployment enhancements

System sizing (www.sap.com/bisizing)

Updated sizing guide

Enhanced sizing estimator

Best practice information on virtualization

Default database for repository and auditing

Bundled with Sybase SQL Anywhere

Small footprint and easy to install

Upgrade Management Tool enhancements

Check for dependent service on target system

Improved handling in user accounts of third-party authentication type, removing need

to remap user groups after migration


Platform and administration enhancements

Single sign-on to HANA

Single sign-on from BI client tools to HANA

Cross platform solution via SAML

RESTful API

Single sign-on with Active Directory or trusted authentication

JSON standard format support

Supportability

Improved server status indication in CMC

Increase support staff efficiency

Log file and error message, thread dump collection

Product version (major/minor version, SP, and patch number) easily observable

and consistently represented in all client tools and server applications


BI Launch Pad enhancements

Right to left layout support

UI layout support for Arabic

Layout direction dynamically adjusted based on user locale

Document upload

Option to replace existing document when uploading a third-party document

Facilitate data refresh for Explorer InfoSpace based on Excel files


BI Launch Pad enhancements (cont.)

Enhanced collaboration workflow – Social Collaborative BI

New Integration with SAP Jam

Collaborate while viewing document in viewer

Collaborate on document instance

User rights to manage authorization of users to collaborate on individual document


Promotion Management (LCM) New in 4.1 SP2 – Performance improvements and tips

New limit for web UI promotion – within the 20 min time out, can promote over

1,000 objects at a time

Use Command Line Interface (CLI) for handling over 1,000 objects

Take advantage of inherited rights: Promote folders only with security, and then

promote objects in the folder without securities

When using CLI – turn off dependency and security calculation if possible

For large jobs, consider increasing heap size on the job server – Xmx?G

Take advantage of performance improvement in 4.1 SP2 regardless of CMS

source and target being older releases

BI Platform BI4.1 SP03, What’s New


Session Management

New with BI4.1 SP3, the administrator can manage the

sessions of the system’s users in the CMC > Sessions

page

Central listing allows Administrators to forcefully terminate a session or

multiple sessions


Direct to folder link

New right-click menu for all folders

allows user to get direct folder link.

Link can be shared with other users, which will take them directly to a

specific folder in BI Launch Pad. This is similar to the OpenDocument

function, with folders instead of individual documents.


What’s new in SP5 for BI platform

• Metadata search enhancements

• Right to left support for search (Hebrew and Arabic locales)

• Analysis Office support for search

• Schedule support for Analysis Office

• Customization of Web Intelligence user interface elements based on user

groups and folders


BI platform support – Supported platforms BI 4.1 SP05

With BI 4.1 SP05 the following platforms have been added:

Extended support for Virtualization

• Citrix XenApp 7.5

Extended support for Portal Servers

• Oracle WebLogic Portal 10.3.6

With BI 4.1 SP05 the following databases have been added for CMS and Audit

support

• SAP HANA 1.0 SPS09

• Oracle MySQL 5.6

With BI 4.1 SP05 the following other technologies have been added as

supported:

• Firefox ESR 31

• Adobe Flash Player 14


BI platform support – Connectivity

With BI 4.1 SP05 the following databases have been

added:

Extended Big Data Support within BI 4.1 SP05:

• ODBC Support for Hadoop Hive and Cloudera Impala

• Amazon EMR Hive via JDBC and ODBC

• Hadoop Hive 0.13 and Hive2 Architecture

• Cloudera Impala with Hive2

Additionally connectivity support has been enriched with support for:

• SAP HANA 1.0 SPS09

• Teradata 15

• IBM DB2 i7.2

• Progress OpenEdge 10.2B

• Compatible support for Vertica 7.0 and 7.1


SAP Lumira 1.21 Simpler access to Lumira

Govern Lumira easier with BI 4.1 SP5

• Govern Lumira Desktop directly from CMC

• Lumira Server, HANA, Lumira add-on no longer

needed for the governance workflow

http://saplumira.com/community2/events.php


2015 SAP Lumira Deployment Options

desktop server for teams server for BI platform server for

SAP HANA cloud

GA In development In development GA GA

Audience Individual Analyst Teams:

LOB & SMB IT & Enterprise

IT &

Enterprise

LOB, SMB,

Enterprise

Data Engine

Velocity Engine

HANA Engine

Platform Windows

MacOS Windows & Linux

BI Platform & Edge BI

(Windows, Linux, UNIX)

HANA

Platform

HANA Cloud

Platform


SAP Lumira, Edge: Packaging

• SAP Lumira, Edge includes 2 components. Choose 1 to deploy:

• SAP Lumira, server for teams: Standalone deployment (Q1 2015)

• SAP Lumira, server for BI Platform: Add-on to an Edge BI deployment (Q1 2015)

• Both include an embedded in-memory engine

• Both support commodity hardware

• Neither require HANA

• SAP Lumira, server for teams has its own end-user portal

• SAP Lumira, server for BI platform will support BI Launch Pad and run as

an Edge BI service


PLANNED INNOVATIONS Future Direction Today

SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Product roadmap overview – Key themes and capabilities

Deployment simplification

Installation improvements

Simplified configuration

Software version management

Multitenancy

Resource management

Tenant provisioning tool

enhancements

Security

SAP HANA single sign-on

enhancements

SAP Identity Management

integration

API enhancements

RESTful web services

Other enhancements

Continuous improvements

Enhance audit

Migration improvements

Session management

Manage inbox

Notification

Multitenancy

Server group

CPU usage

Integrated into CMC

Publication enhancements

Secure FTP

Analysis Office support

Report instance as source

API enhancements

Continued API enhancements

Deployment flexibility

Flexible and rapid deployment

options

Software maintenance

improvement

System landscape

simplification

TCO reduction

Administration simplification

Enable system integration

Open security

Continued API enhancements

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. (Release 4.1 SP4)


PLANNED INNOVATIONS Future Direction Today

Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI Product roadmap overview – Key themes and capabilities

Easy access to information

BI Launch Pad

BI workspaces

Customization

Style and brand customization

Portal integration

Microsoft SharePoint

Java portal servers

SAP Enterprise Portal

Globalization

Right to left interface in BI

Launch Pad

Collaboration

Enhanced collaboration

workflows

Improved experience

Change SAP BW password

Breadcrumb navigation

Microsoft SharePoint

SAP authentication support

Support new content types

Enhancements

Trashcan

User preference settings

Customization

Continued customization

enhancements

Casual user consumption

User self service

Collaboration

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. * Up to 4.0 SP4, including FP3

(Release 4.1 SP4)


Agenda







Wrap-up


New Interface for Service Marketplace Support Portal http://support.sap.com

http://support.sap.com/


Product documentation http://help.sap.com

http://help.sap.com/


SAP Community Network (SCN) BI Community http://scn.sap.com/community/business-intelligence

http://scn.sap.com/community/business-intelligence





BI 4.0 Support Page wiki http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/BI4.0+Product+Support+page?or

iginal_fqdn=wiki.sdn.sap.com

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/BI4.0+Product+Support+page?original_fqdn=wiki.sdn.sap.com




BI 4.0 eLearning Tutorials www.sap.com/learnbi

http://www.sap.com/learnbi


openSAP https://open.sap.com/courses

https://open.sap.com/courses

https://open.sap.com/courses


Upgrade information www.sapbusinessobjectsbi.com/upgrade/

http://www.sapbusinessobjectsbi.com/upgrade/

http://www.sapbusinessobjectsbi.com/upgrade/


SAP BusinessObjects Pattern Books http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+Business+Intelligence+Plat

form+Pattern+Books

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+Business+Intelligence+Platform+Pattern+Books

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+Business+Intelligence+Platform+Pattern+Books


Product Availability Matrix (PAM) https://support.sap.com/pam

Requires login credentials to the SAP Service Marketplace

Support Policy Guide: https://service.sap.com/bosap-supportedplatforms

https://support.sap.com/pam



https://service.sap.com/bosap-supportedplatforms






BI Sizing http://sap.com/bisizing

http://sap.com/bisizing


BI 4.0 Sizing Estimator www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/1055c550-ce45-2f10-22ad-

a6050fff97f1

You can use EV Technologies’ Free Sherlock Quick Sizer to determine the inputs

to use for the BI 4.0 Sizing Estimator

http://evtechnologies.com/products/sherlock-quick-sizer/

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/1055c550-ce45-2f10-22ad-a6050fff97f1
















Best Practices for SAP BO BI 4.0 Adaptive Processing

Servers: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-31711






BI Virtualization http://sap.com/bivirtualization

http://sap.com/bivirtualization


Roadmaps http://service.sap.com/roadmaps


http://service.sap.com/roadmaps

http://service.sap.com/roadmaps


SAP BusinessObjects Maintenance Schedule https://support.sap.com/release-upgrade-maintenance/package-stack-

schedules.html


https://support.sap.com/release-upgrade-maintenance/package-stack-schedules.html











Maintenance Forward Fit Plan https://websmp204.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000272572011E


https://websmp204.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000272572011E




Analytics Notifications https://support.sap.com/kb-incidents/notifications.html

https://support.sap.com/kb-incidents/notifications/analytics.html

https://support.sap.com/kb-incidents/notifications.html









BI PLATFORM SUPPORT TOOL (for 4.0 and 4.1) http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+BI+Platform+Support+Tool

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+BI+Platform+Support+Tool

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+BI+Platform+Support+Tool

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/download/attachments/352486374/scn1.png


SAP Enterprise Support Academy http://support.sap.com/esacademy

Expert Guided Implementation sessions, Meet the Expert sessions


http://support.sap.com/esacademy

http://support.sap.com/esacademy


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7 key points to take home

New SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 maintenance strategy enables faster adoption of innovation without disruption

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 provides the platform for new BI experiences (SAP Mobile BI, SAP Design Studio,

SAP Lumira, SAP Predictive Analysis)

Upgrading from XI to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 platform:

– Saves time and resources to manage and administrate your system

– Provides greater levels of enterprise readiness

– Lowers user support calls with intuitive information access

The most current release is 4.1 Support Pack 5

The recommended method to upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1 is to apply the incremental patch installer

Adopt the remote supportability tools: SAP Router, Remote Support Component, and Solution Manager. BI

Remote Supportability can allow an SAP engineer to connect directly to a customer’s BI deployment in order to

troubleshoot an issue. Either by utilizing Solution Manager or the Remote Support Component, customers can

monitor and evaluate their own BI platform system.

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