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Automate Change ManagementAutomate Change Managementin Your SAP BusinessObjects Environment
Presenters:Murali Pabbisetty, Partner – Saama TechnologiesTony Thorpe, BI Solutions Architect – MincomTim Beaver, Process Architect – ACS, Xerox Company
Agenda
• Saama Universe Management Tool (10 min.)
o Introduction o Product Featureso Use Caseso Roles Mapping
• MINCOM and ACS Case Studies (15 min.)
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• MINCOM and ACS Case Studies (15 min.)
o Universe Merge Process – The Challengeso Merge Process prior to UMTo Merge Process with UMTo Benefits of the UMT
• Demonstration (30 min.)
• Q&A (5 min.)
About Saama
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• Founded 1997• Focused, pure-play BI provider• Services, software & unique, innovative
IP-based solutions• Experienced leadership team and senior
Board of Advisors• Strong strategic partners• Blue-chip client list• Head Quarters – Campbell, CA• Offshore Development – Pune, India
FocusedTrustedExperiencedPassionate
Process
Universe Change Management
Risk Assessment
ComplianceImproved
UMT – Complements Designer and LCM
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Process Enablement
Assessment&
Mitigation
ComplianceImproved Efficiency
Universe (Core Meta data for BOBJ)
EPMEPM DeskIDeskIWebIWebICrystalCrystal
UMT – Complements Designer and LCM
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Universe (Core Meta data for BOBJ)
RichClientRichClient
DeskIDeskIWebIWebICrystalCrystal
Product Features
Bulk
Report Impact Analysis
Compare and
Merge Universes
Universe
Move and
Difference Logs
Zero Foot Print
Totally SDK Based
Flexible Equality and
Move Rules
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Bulk Update
Properties
Switch Universe
Universe &
ReportDocument
UniverseVersionControlDB
Changes Update Comprehensive
CoverageOptimal
Performance
Automated Change ManagementAutomated Change ManagementUniverse and Report ConsolidationUniverse and Report Consolidation
Easy content upgradesEasy content upgradesFaster Adoption of the solutionFaster Adoption of the solution
UMT Business Benefits
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Difference & Change AuditDifference & Change AuditReporting Reporting Impact Impact AuditAudit
Impact Impact AnalysisAnalysisVersion Version ControlControl
Bulk Bulk Update PropertiesUpdate PropertiesParallel Parallel DevelopmentDevelopment Risk
Mitigation
Use Case #1
Accelerating Universe Enhancement Cycles
Challenge: Identifying, validating and moving new enhancements into production can be a timely, disjointed, and costly process.
Benefits: Users have a visual interface through which they can:
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interface through which they can:• Identify the exact set of
changes and related impact • Track and manage changes• Manage version control
Use Case #2
Parallel Universe Development
Challenge: Only one developer can work on a universe at a time.
Benefits: Multiple developers can work in parallel, enabling:
Accelerated development time
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work in parallel, enabling:• Accelerated development time• Improved accuracy (cut-and-
paste is error-prone)• Ability to manage work by
development efforts by specific skills and access levels
Use Case #3
Universe Updates with DB Schema Changes
Challenge: Identifying and extracting physical schema changes is a manual process.
Benefits: Developers can automatically update a universe with db schema changes, enabling the ability to:
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db schema changes, enabling the ability to:
• Identify the exact changes to the physical schema and their impact upon the existing infrastructure
• Log additions, modifications and deletions to the physical schema
• Visually update the universe with the above changes
• Generate use logs and manage version control
Roles – Feature Mapping
Administrator Univ. Designer Report Dev Biz Analyst
Compare & Merge
Move & Diff Logs
Unv & Report Documentation
Version Control
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Version Control
DB Changes Impact
Switch Universe
Bulk Update Properties
Report Impact Analysis
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Case Study 1 – Mincom, Australia
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We go to the ends of the earthfor our customers.
Introduction to MincomA Saama UMT Case Study
Universe Merge Process – The Challenges
• Mincom’s Universeso Very largeo Must support customizationo Customers can receive between 10-20 universe updates per year
• Mincom’s BO merge processo Unsupported
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o Unsupportedo Needed complete rewrite for BO XIo No visibility of changes – risky
• Reviewed Saama UMTo for internal universe developmento for customer mergingo suitable for both purposes
Merge Process: Prior to UMT
• Time consumingo Need to create separate
merge repositories• Black-box
No visibility of what will be changed
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o No visibility of what will be changedo High-risko Lack of trusto Massive report regression testing effort
Merge Process With UMT
• Simple processo Just open the UMT tool, pointo to the old and new universeso Run the compare process
• Graphical User Interfaceo Use the GUI to identify and review the differences
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o Use the GUI to identify and review the differenceso Choose to selectively merge or AutoMerge the changes
• Users now have trust in the merge process and can massively reduce the regression testing effort
Benefits of the UMT
• Simple quick processo Large time savings (several hours)for customers when receiving updated universes from Mincomo Savings realized with every universe update
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update• Visibility provides risk mitigation
o The detailed graphical visibility increases clarity, reduces risko Large time savings in regression testing as a result
• What could take few months now reduced to 2-3 days
Case Study 2 – ACS, Xerox
ACS Environment Overview
• One large vendor-provided
Split locally into 9 linked, customized Universes
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• One large vendor-provided Universe
• ~4800 objects• ~800 tables• ~1,120 conditions• ~200+ reports
Challenges - Universe Updates
• Universe (Metadata)• Version control of Universes is manual, error prone• No means to compare versions• Confusion and delays due to
multiple environments and multiple universe versions
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multiple universe versions• No simple means of
determining effects of object changes
• Compliance • Cannot readily identify changes to universes or reports • Major difficulty to rollback to previous versions of
universe and reports• Tracking is manual
Challenges – Report Development
• Reporting• No documentation of reports linked to universe objects• Manually created and maintained reference materials• No means of searching for specific calculations or objects
• Integrated Data Dictionary
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• Not easily created or maintained• Lacks linkage• Needed for developers and in
preparation for client “self-service”
Return on Investment
Universe Updates• Estimated savings of $17, 280 per year
Troubleshooting and Analysis – Reporting• Estimated $57,600 per year productivity gain
Monthly Scheduled Report Releases
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Monthly Scheduled Report Releases• 7 new reports/30 report
modifications per release• 10% estimated productivity increase• Yearly productivity gains $149, 760
Total estimated Annual productivity gains: $224,640
UMT Evaluation Model
• Evaluation Period: 10 Days - From the point of Install
• Evaluation Key: Non-perpetual 10 days key – expires after 10 days
• Installation: Remote install to the client providing the application (.exe) file
• Demo: On installation – running 5 use cases with detail featuredemonstration
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• Support: Complete Support/ Maintenance model for evaluation for directprospect
• New Release: No new release/ Build or software upgrade will be providedduring the evaluation. Once the evaluation is completed a complete packageof UMT kit will be provided with access to new build/ support will beprovided.
• Please contact [email protected] to procure the evaluation copy.