SAP Business Objects What's New Guide

What's New in SAP BusinessObjects XI 4.0■ SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0

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Contents

About this document...............................................................................................................5Chapter 1

Welcome to SAP BusinessObjects XI4.0................................................................................7Chapter 2

Installation and web application deployment..........................................................................9Chapter 3

Integration to SAP Solution Manager and Diagnostic Applications......................................11Chapter 4

New applications introduced in XI 4.0...................................................................................13Chapter 5

Upgrade management tool.....................................................................................................135.1Monitoring..............................................................................................................................135.2

New and modified features in existing SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise products.............15Chapter 6

Administration........................................................................................................................156.1Auditing..................................................................................................................................156.1.1Data Access..........................................................................................................................156.1.2Data Security.........................................................................................................................186.1.3The Data Federation Administration Tool................................................................................186.1.4Integration for ERP Solutions.................................................................................................196.1.5Lifecycle Management Console.............................................................................................196.1.6Platform Search.....................................................................................................................206.1.7Server management and configuration...................................................................................216.1.8Developer Flexibility...............................................................................................................216.2SDK features.........................................................................................................................216.2.1End User Experience..............................................................................................................226.3Advanced Analysis Web edition.............................................................................................226.3.1BI launch pad.........................................................................................................................266.3.2BI workspaces.......................................................................................................................276.3.3Dashboard Design.................................................................................................................296.3.4Live Office.............................................................................................................................316.3.5The information design tool....................................................................................................326.3.6

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The translation management tool............................................................................................346.3.7The universe design tool........................................................................................................376.3.8SAP BusinessObjects Mobile................................................................................................376.3.9Widgets for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise........................................................................396.3.10SAP Crystal Reports..............................................................................................................416.4SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise........................................................................................416.4.1SAP Crystal Reports 2011.....................................................................................................416.4.2SAP Crystal Reports viewer 2011..........................................................................................416.4.3

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About this document

The What's New guide for SAP BusinessObjects provides a complete list of the new and modifiedfeatures for the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise suite of products since the previous release. You canfind information about all the new products and features that are supported in this release.

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About this document

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About this document

Welcome to SAP BusinessObjects XI4.0

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0 is the business intelligence platform that supports the entirerange of performance management, reporting, querying, and analysis applications. It also providesindustry-standard, proven architecture and platform support for semantic layers, data integration, andsecurity. SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI provides full web-based administration and configurationof the entire system.

SAP BusinessObjects XI:

• Extends the robust information infrastructure provided by earlier releases and integrates seamlesslywith existing product line

• Supports all deployment models and lets you fine-tune administration and configuration of the entiresystem

• Brings together features from across the SAP Business Objects product line to meet your evolvingreporting needs, from using Web Intelligence anywhere to improving Crystal Reports interactivityand personalization

• Facilitates migration from SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 5.x and 6.x to BusinessObjects EnterpriseXI 4.0, however you need to migrate to Release XI 2.0 first.

• Delivers innovation to drive user productivity and self-service reporting• Delivers more reporting with fewer reports• Includes a variety of major enhancements spread across our data access methods, administration

capabilities, and report design options• Simplifies business monitoring with dashboard functionality and improved user experience• Delivers the strongest self-service query and analysis solution for SAP customers

Note:For Beta, the side-by-side deployment of XI Release 3.1 with XI 4.0, enabling existing customers toleverage the investments in SAP Business Objects and Crystal technologies is not supported.

This document provides an overview of the new features and enhancements available in SAPBusinessObjects XI 4.0 and directs you to the available product documentation to get you started usingthe new features.

For the list of supported platforms and databases and application servers, refer to the SAPBusinessObjects XI 4.0, Supported Platforms document, available on the SAP BusinessObjects Supportsection of the SAP Service Marketplace at: http://service.sap.com.

To learn about new features of previous releases, visit our support website at http://help.sap.com.

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Installation and web application deployment

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0 includes the following improvements to the setup program thatinstalls SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise:• Included integration for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and portals

The setup program now includes integration (SAP BW, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards) and portals(Microsoft SharePoint, WebLogic Portal, WebSphere Portal, Oracle Portal Server) and support forthese systems no longer requires a separate installation.

• Bundled language packs

The setup program now includes language packs, and support for different languages no longerrequires a separate installation.

• SAP integration

The setup program now integrates SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise into the SAP supportinfrastructure, including SAP Solution Manager, SAP Product and Production Management System(PPMS) , SAP System Landscape Directory (SLD), and monitoring.

• Automatic version control

The setup program now installs and configures a version control system to keep configuration andother critical files under revision control.

The following improvements have beenmade to the deployment of web applications to a web applicationserver:• WDeploy GUI

The WDeploy web application deployment tool now includes a graphical user interface for thedeployment and removal of all web applications to a web application server.

• Web application OSGi support

The WDeploy web application deployment tools supports the deployment of web applications inOSGi format.

• Centralized configuration

TheWDeploy web application deployment tool consolidates configuration files into a few key locationsthat can be easily accessed and maintained.

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Integration to SAP Solution Manager and DiagnosticApplications

The following new features and enhancements are introduced in this release:• Tracing improvement with a unified tracing mechanism for Java & C++ components.• End-to-end tracing is now available with SAP Passport support.• Integration with CAWily Introscope EnterpriseManager enables enhanced performancemeasurement

through instrumentation of C++ components.• BusinessObjects License Measurement Tool is a java command-line utility used to collect and store

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise licensing data.

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Integration to SAP Solution Manager and Diagnostic Applications

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Integration to SAP Solution Manager and Diagnostic Applications

New applications introduced in XI 4.0

5.1 Upgrade management tool

Upgrade manager is a new tool that upgrades BI repository content from supported previous versionsto the current version of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise. The Incremental Upgrade workflow fromwithin this tool replaces the upgrade functionalities offered previously by the Import Wizard. The CompleteUpgrade workflow from within this tool replaces the upgrade functionalities offered previously by theCentral Configuration Manager (CCM).

For promotion workflows involving moving BI repository content between deployments at the sameversion, please use the Lifecycle Management Tool.

5.2 Monitoring

Monitoring is a new application in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0. This application providesthe ability to capture the runtime and historical metrics of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0 serversand applications, for reporting and notification. The monitoring application is an important tool for thesystem administrators. It helps them identify if an application is functioning normally and if the responsetimes are as expected. This gives a better insight into SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0performance and provides key business metrics, which can be used to configure and monitor differentmetrics as needed.

The benefits of monitoring include the ability to:• Check the performance of each server: This is possible with the help of watches, which shows the

state of each server as traffic lights. The system administrator can set thresholds for these watchesand receive alerts when these thresholds are breached. This helps in taking proactive action if thereis an impending failure or outage.

• View critical system KPIs: This helps in activity and resource monitoring. These KPIs are displayedin the dashboard page of the monitoring application.

• Check system availability and response time: This is possible with the help of probes. Probes simulateworkflows to check if the servers and services in the Enterprise deployment are functioning asexpected. By analyzing the roundtrip time of these probes at periodic intervals, the systemadministrator can assess the system usage pattern.

• Analyze peak load and peak period for the CMS: This helps the system administrator to determineif more licenses or system resources are required.

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• Integrate with other enterprise applications: The SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI4.0 monitoringapplication can be integrated with other enterprise applications like SAP Solution Manager and IBMTivoli.

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New and modified features in existing SAPBusinessObjects Enterprise products

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0 represents the full integration of traditional SAP BusinessObjectsand Crystal Reports products, combining the best features of each product line. Whether you have anexisting SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise system or a Crystal Enterprise system, you will notice a widerange of new features in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0. Click any of the product names to goto the page that describes the new features for that product and find out how to get started using thenew features.

6.1 Administration

6.1.1 Auditing

A new auditing dashboard allowing central administration, while new consistent events and new auditingdatabase schema allowing easier creation of auditing reports. Action auditing allowing correlation ofmultiple auditing events resulting from a single user action.

6.1.2 Data Access

The Data Access layer provides new functionality detailed below.

64-bit operating system supportConnection Server and the data access drivers can be loaded and run on all operating systems supportedby the release of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, as follows:• 32-bit Microsoft Windows• 64-bit Microsoft Windows and UNIX flavors (Linux, HP Itanium, IBM AIX and Sun Solaris Sparc)

when Connection Server is in-proc or used as a remote server

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New and modified features in existing SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise products

For 64-bit Microsoft Windows platforms, SAP BusinessObjects also provides a 32-bit remote ConnectionServer to access datasources for which 64-bit middleware are not available. For more information about64-bit support, refer to the Data Access Guide.

New Java CORBA serverA new N-tier deployment mode of the Data Access layer through Java CORBA server is available inthis release. This allows user applications to access any Java-based datasources remotely. The CentralManagement Console (CMC) provides the same metrics and configuration capabilities as for the nativeCORBA server. For more information about it, refer to the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0Planning Guide.

New properties in the CMCThe "Properties" page of the server in the CMC displays new parameters that allows you to do thefollowing:

• Enable jobs and middleware tracing• Select the datasources to support when Connection Server is used in remote access

New ODBC connectivitiesThe Data Access layer provides the following new connectivities as part of this release:• IBM DB2 UDB for iSeries v6 through ODBC and DB2 CAE on all platforms• Ingres 2006 (9.1) on all platforms• Sybase SQL Anywhere 11 on all platforms• Teradata 13 on all platforms

New JDBC connectivitiesThe Data Access layer provides the following new connectivities as part of this release:• Sybase SQL Anywhere 11 on all platforms• Teradata 13 on all platforms

Before creating a JDBC connection, edit the neoview.sbo, sybase.sbo and teradata.sbo configurationfiles with the required .jar file details. For more information about how to create a connection, refer tothe Data Access Guide.

SAP MaxDB supportThe Data Access layer provides a new connectivity to SAP MaxDB 7.7 database through ODBC andJDBC on all 32-bit and 64-bit platforms supported in this release.

Caution:This connectivity does not support stored procedures.

On ODBC, make sure to use the SAP MaxDB ODBC driver version 7.7.07 (build number 07 or higher).SAP MaxDB provides ASCII and Unicode drivers for both MS Windows and UNIX. The ASCII versionof the ODBC driver always connects to the database kernel with ASCII. The Unicode version of theODBC driver connects to ASCII database kernels via ASCII and to Unicode database kernels withUCS2.

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SAP MaxDB does not require a specific driver manager on UNIX. However, it can be configured towork with the following driver managers if needed:• unixODBC 2.0.9 or higher• iODBC 3.0.5 or higher

On JDBC, make sure to use the latest version of the sapdbc.jar driver. For more information aboutSAP MaxDB JDBC driver, refer to maxdb.sbo configuration file.

DataDirect 6.0 SP2 supportThe Data Access layer supports the use of branded DataDirect ODBC 6.0 SP2 drivers for MS SQLServer 2005 and 2008 databases on all UNIX platforms.

Connection Server activity in CA Wily Introscope WorkstationActivity of workflows involving Connection Server is traced in CAWily Introscope workstation. ConnectionServer functions can be analyzed through the different views proposed by the tool, which are thefollowing:• Dashboard and summary view for overall information• Trace view, where errors are highlighted and described by messages• Tree view, where successive function calls of a specific workflow are displayed and time spent on

a function is highlighted to track the time-consuming activities easily

For more information, refer to the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0 Administrator's Guide.

Configuring connections with Extensions parameterThe Data Access layer provides you with a new way to configure JDBC and JavaBean connections.Instead of setting JAR file details either in the jdbc.sbo or in the javabean.sbo configuration file, youcan create your own directories based on Extensions parameter values in order to store JAR files. Formore information about how to configure a connection, refer to the Data Access Guide.

Checking connections at runtimeYou can customize your driver to make it validate the connection at runtime. This functionality is availablefor Generic ODBC, Generic OLE DB and Generic JDBC connections. For more information about howto check a connection dynamically, refer to the Data Access Guide.

Note:All other supported connectivities handle this connection check and no customization is required.

Reorganization of data access layer directoriesData access driver DLL and JAR files are located in a new drivers folder. Directories of data accessdriver configuration files have also been reorganized. See the SAPBusinessObjects Enterprise installationdirectory or the Data Access Guide for more information.

Documentation of single sign-on supportThe Data Access Guide lists the databases and network layers that support single sign-on (SSO)authentication of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise.

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Documentation of stored procedure limitationsThe Data Access layer does not support all stored procedures as datasources. The Data Access Guideprovides you with some restrictions about them. For more information about how to access storedprocedures and retrieve data, refer to the SAP BusinessObjects Universe Design Tool User Guide.

Documentation of database capability parametersIn this release, data access PRM files only store parameters that allow you to configure capabilities oftargeted databases. Parameters that handle SQL generation capabilities are all stored inapplication-specific extension PRM files. The Data Access Guide then provides only information aboutdatabase capability parameters. For information about SQL generation parameters, refer to the Designer'sGuide.

New methods in the Driver Development KitThe DDK API provides you with new methods to retrieve PRM parameter values set in the PRM filesof data access drivers. It also provides a new method to allow the environment to get access to driverconfiguration. Moreover, it provides a new class for managing exceptions. For more information, referto the Data Access Driver Java SDK Developer Guide.

New Connection SDK APIThe brand new Connection SDK API comes with SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise to help customersto develop their own access to connections stored in the CMS. The Connection SDK API allowsdevelopers to manage the reading and updating of connections to datasources. For more information,refer to the Data Access Connection Java SDK Developer Guide.

For more informationFor more information about the datasource support, refer to the Supported Platforms document.

6.1.3 Data Security

• A FIPS-140 compliant mode of operation is introduced in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0.• Specialized Cryptographic Officers group created to manage encryption.• A two-key encryption system in affect to protect sensitive data stored in the Central Management

Server.

6.1.4 The Data Federation Administration Tool

The data federation query engine is integrated in the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise platform. Thistechnology enables multi-source universes by distributing queries across disparate data sources, andlets you federate data through a single data foundation.

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The data federation administration tool is a rich client interface that offers tools and easy-to-use featuresto manage your data federation services.

Note:

The data federation technology in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0 is not a replacement for DataFederator XI 3.0. Some data federation features, such as mappings and target tables, are not availablein SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0.

In order to use these features, you can create universes using the universe design tool and then addconnections to an installation of Data Federator XI 3.0.

The data federation administration tool lets you optimize data federation queries and fine-tune the datafederation query engine for the best possible performance.

You use the data federation administration tool to do the following:• Test your SQL queries.

• Visualize optimization plans, which detail how federated queries are distributed to each source.

• Compute statistics and set system parameters to fine-tune the data federation services and get thebest performance.

• Manage properties to control how queries are executed in each data source at the connector level.

For example, you can use a property like maxConnections to set themaximum number of connectionsfrom the query engine to the underlying data source, thus permitting or limiting the number ofsubqueries the engine can send to that data source simultaneously.

• Monitor running SQL queries.

• Browse the history of executed queries.

6.1.5 Integration for ERP Solutions

The add-on solutions for integration with SAP, Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD EdwardsEnterpriseOne and Siebel, are now part of the standard SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise package.

6.1.6 Lifecycle Management Console

6.1.6.1 Change Transport System

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The Change and Transport System (CTS) is a tool that helps you to organize development projects inthe ABAP Workbench. It can also be used to customize and transport the changes between the SAPsystems and your system landscapes.

6.1.6.2 Command Line Input Option

The Command Line option of the lifecycle management console tool enables you to promote objectsthrough command line input from one SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise system to another SAPBusinessObjects Enterprise system.

The lifecycle management console tool supports the following job promotion through command lineoption:• Export an existing lifecycle management console job template• Promote with existing job template• Promote an existing LCMBIAR• Export single/multiple platform queries• Promote multiple platform queries

6.1.6.3 Override Settings

The Override Settings option enables you to promote the overrides through a job promotion or throughthe BIAR files.

6.1.6.4 Visual Difference

Visual Difference enables you to view the differences between two versions of the same file. You canuse this feature to determine the difference between files to develop and maintain different report types.This feature gives a comparison status between the source and the destination versions. For example,if a previous version of the user report is accurate and the current version is inaccurate, you can compareand analyze the file to evaluate the exact issue.

6.1.7 Platform Search

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Platform Search is completely re-architected with advanced management features, such as clusteraware indexing and search and Search Syntax. It is equipped with a number of advanced searchconfigurable options listed below:• Search Statistics: Platform Search offers the search statistics, such as Indexing Status, Number of

indexed documents and Last indexed time stamp.• Start/Stop Indexing: With this option you can start or stop the indexing process.• Crawling Frequency: This gives you the flexibility to opt for real time or schedule based indexing.• Level of Indexing: Platform Search enables you to tune the search content by setting the level of

indexing in three ways, namely Platform Metadata, Platform and Document Metadata, and FullContent.

• Enable/Disable Extractor: With this option, you can select the extractors of your choice from ContentType for deep indexing.

• Rebuild Index: It deletes all the existing indexing content and re-indexes from the start.• Index Location: When documents are indexed, they are stored in shared folders in the index locations,

namely, Master Index location, Persistent Data location and Non-persistent Data location.• Exclude content from index: You can manually enter the document IDs of the infoobjects that you

do not want to get indexed.• Error Management: It lists the documents that failed to be indexed.

6.1.8 Server management and configuration

The following enhancements are introduced in this release.• New server metrics have been exposed to improve system transparency.• Node management workflows have been improved.• Server configuration settings for the entire cluster can now be backed up and restored through the

Central Configuration Manager (CCM).• SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise servers now generate log files that describe the networking

resources that are being used, to simplify troubleshooting deployments that are behind firewalls.• Many more kinds of jobs now processed in a unified, enhanced Adaptive Job Server.

6.2 Developer Flexibility

6.2.1 SDK features

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Application developers can access many of the new features included in this release by using theprovided SDKs. For more information about SDK support for new features, refer to the correspondingdeveloper guide.

For information about what's new in the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Java SDK, see the SAPBusinessObjects Enterprise Java SDKDeveloper Guide. This SDK includes the following enhancements:• support for alerting• support for data security• support for role-based authentication• changes to auditing• changes to BIAR interfaces to allow direct transfer of objects between two Central Management

Servers (CMS).• changes to CeProgID and CeKind class usage.

For information about what's new in the Report Application Server (RAS) Java SDK, see the ReportApplication Server Java SDK Developer Guide. This SDK includes the following enhancements:• support for Java generics.• changes to grouping and sorting APIs.• support for Crystal Reports Read-Only (RPTR) and Microsoft Excel 2007 (XLSX) Data-Only export

formats.

For information about what's new in the Report Application Server (RAS) .NET SDK, see the ReportApplication Server .NET SDK Developer Guide.This SDK includes the following enhancements:• a Crystal Report viewer control for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications.• support for Crystal Reports Read-Only (RPTR) and Microsoft Excel 2007 (XLSX) Data-Only export

formats.

For information about what's new in the Viewers Java SDK, including support for Crystal ReportsRead-Only (RPTR) and Microsoft Excel 2007 (XLSX) Data-Only export formats, see the Viewers JavaSDK Developer Guide.

For more information about what's new in the Web Services SDK, see the SAP BusinessObjectsEnterprise Web Services Developer Guide.

6.3 End User Experience

6.3.1 Advanced Analysis Web edition

SAPBusinessObjects Advanced Analysis, Web edition, the successor to SAPBusinessObjects Voyager,contains new features and enhancements that are focused on improving productivity and depth of

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analysis. These features and enhancements include a new layout panel, tabbed toolbar, worksheets,updated data presentation and analysis features, improved exporting capabilities, server maintenanceand support features, and new interoperability with Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects BIinteractive analysis.

Task panelAdvanced Analysis contains a new "Task" panel with the following tabs:• The Data tab displays your data source connections and their dimensions and hierarchies.• The Outline tab allows you to view the relationships between the analyses and visual components

on your worksheets.• The Properties tab displays a selected component's properties. You can edit common properties

such as "Analysis Name", "Description", and chart dimensions.

Worksheets, which are composed of up to four crosstabs and charts, allow you to group related analysesfor better organization. Sheets can be accessed as tabs at the bottom of the analysis window. Thesesheets are summarized on the Outline tab in the "Task" panel.

Layout panelThe "Layout" panel is an alternative way to display and arrange visual components. This panel can behidden to maximize screen space. You can add and rearrange dimensions or hierarchies by draggingand dropping these elements into the "Column", "Row" and "Background" drop zones. These elementscan be filtered, sorted, or organized within the panel.

Tabbed toolbarThe tabbed toolbar allows you to complete most data-analysis tasks from the toolbar. Similar featuresare grouped together into tabs to simplify the layout. Some buttons on the toolbar are associated withmultiple functions, which can be accessed by clicking the arrow beside the button. Most toolbar functionscan also be accessed in the corresponding context menu.

You can toggle Auto Update from the toolbar to perform several navigation steps before updatingcrosstab and chart components.

Analysis panelsYou can configure analysis features with "Analysis" panels, such as Filter, Custom Calculations, andConditional Formatting. "Analysis" panels open on top of the "Task" panel to keep the analysis windowvisible. Additionally, the Conditional Formatting panel provides a Preview option that displays theeffects before completing the changes.

Data presentationThe following improvements to data presentation have been added:• You can now control the positioning of parent and result members.• Aggregate calculations, which summarize a selection of members, can now be changed at runtime.

Each member can have its own Aggregation.• Asymmetric analysis allows you to view different hierarchy levels for each member.• You can reorder members in order to make comparisons easier. Members can be dragged and

dropped across levels within a parent member.• You can swap the axes of any component independently from the main analysis.

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• Aggregation level hinting highlights all cells at a particular hierarchy level, which helps you keeptrack of which cells are on the same hierarchy level.

SortingYou can sort by member names and values. Members can be sorted alphabetically, values can besorted numerically, and sort results can be grouped or ungrouped.

SearchAdvanced Analysis features a search function with new features, such as rank results by relevanceand Boolean search operators.

Conditional FormattingConditional Formatting allows you to format selected columns, rows, or cells to highlight importantresults. This includes a preview feature that displays the chosen effects before adding them to theanalysis. You can assign levels of priority to formatting rules, which determine which conditional formattingis displayed. Formatting can be assigned to a specific dimension within nested dimensions. There isno limit to the number of ranges you can select for formatting.

CalculationsCalculations allow you to strengthen your analysis or highlight specific data. Calculations are addedas newmembers with the same behaviors as other members, such as filter or apply conditional formatting(except for dynamic calculations). Advanced Analysis comes with the following Calculations.

• Custom Calculations allow you to create your own calculations from any combination of functionsand members.

• Dynamic Calculations automatically recalculate the associated members when the data changes.• Simple Calculations are any calculation that involve multiple members and any one of the four

basic arithmetical operators: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division.

ChartsCharts allow you to present data visually on your workspace. Advanced Analysis comes with the followingcharts:• Column (Clustered, Stacked, 100% Stacked, 3D Clustered)• Line• Pie• Bar (Clustered, Stacked, 100% Stacked)• Scatter• Bubble• Radar• Box Plot

Chart interactivity allows components that are linked to the same analysis to simultaneously displayand update the same data when you make changes to either component.

The scope of analysis feature allows you to select areas on a chart to focus on.

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Nulls and zeroesThe Nulls & Zeroes button allows you to focus on meaningful values by suppressing rows or columnswith zero or null values.

CommentsYou can add Comments up to 255 characters to Charts, Crosstabs, or cells.

Focused AnalysisFocused Analysis allows you to quickly analyze specific areas within an existing sub-analysis. FocusedAnalysis can be toggled on or off.

Multiple queriesAdvanced Analysis allows for multiple simultaneous queries from different data providers, from up tofour different data sources per sheet.

Predictive analysisPredictive analysis analyzes data predict the probability of future events. It comes with two new features:

• Find Outliers defines statistical boundaries and highlights data that falls outside this range.• Find Trends looks for patterns in data from a set of statistical equations for trend analysis.

SharingAdvanced Analysis has improved its export capabilities to Microsoft Excel. You can export charts,analyses, sheets, and workspaces, and retain number formatting and exception highlighting. Exporteddata can be opened immediately in Excel or saved as an Excel file for later use.

Data can be printed to PDF file in two forms:• Sheet form prints the content of the screen onto a single page• Data form prints the filtered data rather than the visual component.

Analysis ViewAnalysis View allows interoperability between Advanced Analysis and other SAP BusinessObjectsproducts, such as Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence. Analysis Views, which are specific views ofvisual components, are saved independently from workspaces. Analysis Views can be created inAdvanced Analysis and consumed in Advanced Analysis, Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence.

Server maintenanceIn the event of server failure, all sessions transfer to another live server, which will maintain user statesand allow administrators to run maintenance with minimal user impact.

AuditingThe Audit feature, which has been standardized with the BusinessObjects Enterprise suite, now recordsall view, save and export actions and all Cube and server connections.

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TracingTracelogs are now accessible to SAP Solution Manager Diagnostics and PPMS. Unified Tracing allowsadministrators to trace a workflow across multiple components and servers. Instrumented server codeallows easier performance diagnostics.

LifeCyle managementThe LifeCyle Management Tool allows administrators to promote workspaces and data connections,including BW queries, cubes and their dependencies, to different deployments.

6.3.2 BI launch pad

BI launch pad (formerly known as InfoView) features an improved user interface and additional optionsfor interface customization.

TabsThe new user interface features twomain navigation tabs, the Home tab and the Documents tab. Objectsthat you view open in new tabs or windows depending on your user preferences. Additionally, anydocuments that you frequently access can be opened as tabs and pinned. The next time you log on toBI launch pad, the pinned document tab is automatically open and ready for viewing.

Home tabThe Home tab uses modules that let you better manage the documents you work with most. The defaultHome tab layout contains the following modules:• "My Recently Viewed Documents"• "My Recently Run Documents"• "Unread Messages in My Inbox"• "Unread Alerts"• "My Applications"

You or your administrator can also design a custom BI workspace and set it as a default Home tab fordifferent users and groups.

Documents tabThe Documents tab (formerly called the Document List) has undergone several user interfaceimprovements. The drawers in the left-hand Navigation panel let you switch between different views ofthe repository easily. Additionally, the Details panel lets you view document metadata as you browse.

Viewing documentsThe default document-viewing behavior of BI launch pad has changed. How you view an object canaffect what is displayed:• If you view a dynamic content document (for example, a Crystal report or an interactive analysis

document) by double-clicking the object in the List panel, the latest instance of the document opens.If the latest instance is unavailable, the object itself opens.

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• If you view an object by clicking View > View, the object opens.• If you click View > View Latest Instance, the latest object instance opens.• If you view a publication or program object, BI launch pad will display the object properties if the

latest instance is unavailable.

SearchSearch functionality and performance have improved in this release. When you type the text that youwant to locate in the Search field in the toolbar, “quick search” functionality shows the top six resultssorted by relevance as you type. Search goes through the metadata and content of documents thatare found in the repository and in Explorer. You can also use advanced syntax such as boolean, phrase,and attribute values in your search.

When you run your search, your results are listed in the Search drawer and sorted by facet. Thesefacets group your results together by InfoObject metadata, document metadata, and document content.

AlertingAlerting is a feature that spans different applications and is used to notify users and administratorswhen events are triggered. In SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, users and administrators can subscribeto alerts for system, file, or custom events. Reports created in Crystal Reports for Enterprise whichcontain alerts also support Alerting. When the events or report alerts are triggered, notifications aresent to the subscribers' email addresses or a BI system destination (for example, a BI launch padaccount).

For more information about BI launch pad, see the BI launch pad Help or the BI launch pad User'sGuide available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.

6.3.3 BI workspaces

6.3.3.1 New and modified features in BI workspaces

This section provides a high-level overview of the components and features provided in the latest releaseof BI workspaces for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0. The term Dashboard Builder has beenrebranded to BI workspaces in this release.

SAP BusinessObjects BI workspace for Release XI 4.0 introduces the following features.

Simplified workflows for creating BI workspaces• Create, design, and manage BI workspaces easily.• Enhanced Save, Save As, and Open workflows to store BI workspaces in public or personal folders.• The legacy workspace creation objects, such as My InfoView, My Dashboard, and Corporate

dashboards have been migrated into a single object called BI workspace.

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Enhanced BI workspace interface• "Module Library" improvements.• New advanced search option in "Module Library".• Docking option for "Module Library".• Improved BI workspace toolbar and topbar.• The improved toolbar provides various options for you to create, edit, and save a BI workspace

through multiple tab editing and save option at the BI workspace level.

Improved user experience to work with BI workspaces• The drop-down menu on the toolbar allows you to view and scroll through the complete list of tabs

and sub tabs.• The column layout mode allows you to resize columns for better usability and readability.

Note:Until the previous release, the width of the columns of a BI workspace in the BI workspace layoutin a docking mode are automatically computed. You could not resize the column width. In Aurora,you will be able to resize the width of each column. There will be a draggable area for each columnto adjust the BI workspace in the layout to resize columns. This would enhance better usability andviewing standards of BI workspaces.

• You can specify the target viewer in which the document should be displayed by invoking the linkfrom multiple "Navigation List" with more than one viewer per page.

• Viewing latest instance or recently viewed documents.• Multilingual support.• Separate workflows to create modules.• Improved accessibility.• Easy navigation through openDocument URL links.

Improved monitoring, management and deployment of BI workspaces• Close integration with SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Central Management Console (CMC) for

security features.• Improved security features for viewing and editing BI workspaces through the CMC.• Auditing for BI workspaces through CMC.• UpgradeManager, which automatically migrates the related BI workspaces from the previous release.• Reduced footprint for componentization.• Unified logs to track access.• Supportability.

Seamless connectivity to reports through advanced content linking• Visual Content Linking: The interportlet communication enables you to perform advanced visual

granular linking of various source and target data types. You can enable the source DashboardDesign or Interactive Analysis component to target prompts and filters within target DashboardDesign, Crystal Reports, or Interactive Analysis documents on composite BI workspaces.

• Granular mapping: You can view the data used in Dashboard Design, Interactive Analysis, and otherrelated data types as visual representations. The data that can be linked in the source and targetmodules is automatically mapped and presented visually.

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Related documentationFor more information about BI workspace for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0, see the GettingStarted Creating BI Workspaces Guide or SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise BI Workspace User GuideXI 4.0.

6.3.4 Dashboard Design

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard Design (formerly called Xcelsius) contains new features andenhancements that are focused on improving productivity and direct enterprise data connectivity. Thesefeatures and enhancements include new and updated support for SAP BusinessObjects Universequeries and integration with SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise.

Dashboard Design caching and processing serversA new data processing layer is available for enterprise data connectivity and is designed to addressthe scalability and performance requirements of large scale dashboarding deployments. It includes twonew servers: a Dashboard Design Cache Server and a Dashboard Processing Server. The DashboardDesign Cache Server provides data caching and sharing on consistent data models (Relational Universequeries) off the Semantic Layer, and the Dashboard Processing Server manages query processingrequests. Both servers are integrated into standard BI Platform services including auditing andmonitoring.

Query PanelA new Query panel is available for creating Universe-based queries in Dashboard Design. To define aquery, you can now drag relational universe objects, dimensions, and measures from the Query panelto the canvas. You can also define the order that result objects are returned by the query, the data sortorder, query filters, and single- or multi-selection prompts. The Query panel also provides a data previewof the query.

Query Browser panelThe new Query Browser panel displays a summary view of result objects, filters, and prompts includedin the model and provides quick access to Query Panel for creating and editing queries. You can alsorefresh queries from the Query Browser to update query data that is bound to components. When youdrag a query from the Query Browser panel to the canvas, a Prompt Selector component is automaticallyadded to the model.

Direct data bindingIn Dashboard Design, you can now bind data from query result objects directly to charts and selectors.When data is bound directly to charts and selectors, the component displays a preview of the querydata on the canvas in design time.

Universe Connectivity componentsThe Components Browser contains a new Universe Connectivity category dedicated to query dataconnections. The Universe Connectivity category contains two new components: Query Prompt Selectorand Query Refresh Button.

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The Query Prompt Selector component automatically handles prompt value selection behavior basedon the metadata for the query prompt. The Query Prompt Selector component is available in threestyles:• Single value• Single or multiple selection with List of Values• Single or multiple selection with cascading List of Values

If the prompt includes a list of values, the Query Prompt Selector component allows users to searchfor or browse through the list at runtime and also select whether the values are shown or hidden in themodel.

The Query Refresh Button component allows users to request a refresh of the query data from withinthe model at runtime.

Regional Data Format by User Preferred Viewing LocaleData formatting controls how data, such as dates, times, currency, and numeric values, is presentedto users. In previous versions of the product, the data format was determined by the locale set whenthe model was created. Dashboard Design now allows models to format their data using dynamicregional data formats, which means that the format can be changed automatically to match the enduser's preferred viewing locale.

Themodel designer does not need to do anything to configure regional data formatting.When DashboardDesign models are saved on the platform, the model automatically adjusts its data format settings tomatch the preferred viewing locale set in BI launch pad.

Text translationIn Dashboard Design, most text contained in models published to the platform can be translated toother languages through the Translation Manager.

When a model is saved to the platform, the translation workflow is enabled and translation expertstranslate the text used in themodel. The text translations are then published to the platform and combinedwith the model to create localized versions of the model.

At runtime, user's see the localized version that matches their preferred viewing locale.

The following text in Dashboard Design models can be translated:• Most text input including titles, subtitles, series names, category names, and so on• Data in Excel ranges that are marked as translatable by the model designer.

Dashboard Design objectsDashboard Design introduces a new object type in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise. Where previousversions of the software required two objects, an Xcelsius object for working with the model in thedesigner and a Flash object for running the model, the Dashboard Design object holds both the designdocument (XLF) and the Flash file (SWF) in a single object.

If the object is opened in Dashboard Design and modified or changed through the Translation Manager,the SWF cached in the Dashboard Design object is automatically updated to reflect the changes. Modeldesigners do not need to re-export the Flash object separately for users to receive the latest changes.

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Dashboard Design objects support object-level security. For example, system administrators can setthe user rights to block certain users or user groups from modifying or even viewing the dashboard.

For models that have Universe query connections, system administrators can specify preferred servergroups for query caching and processing. Object-level caching options override server-level settings,so system administrators can allocate resources and adjust processing settings to accommodateindividual model requirements.

Lifecycle Management of Dashboard Design objectsTo integrate with LifeCycle Management support in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0, the newDashboard Design object maintains relationship and dependency information, including the model's:• relationship with Universe queries• dependency on QaaWS and Universe objects in QaaWS connections• dependencies on corresponding Crystal reports, Interactive Analysis documents, and Universe

objects in Live Office connections.

With integration to Lifecycle Management tools, system administrators can check dependency informationfor Dashboard Design objects and make sure all dependent objects are promoted together.

Dashboard Design models access SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise data through a Web Servicesconnection. If the model is migrated to a different location, such as from a testing system to a productionenvironment, theWeb Services URLmight change. To support this scenario, Dashboard Design modelsaccept dynamic Web Services URLs at runtime. BI launch pad and CMC retrieve the Web ServicesURL from the Web Services application object for the Web Services connection.

6.3.5 Live Office

Live Office Panel for Microsoft OutlookIn Microsoft Outlook, a new Live Office Panel allows users to access BI content directly from emailmessages. The panel facilitates contextual search for BI content and builds a network relationshipbetween that content, people, and email threads so background and other relevant information is readilyavailable for future email discussions.

Fromwithin the panel, users can search for relevant content, insert documents or links in email messages,associate files with email threads, and add documents to a favorites list. Based on this information, therelationship network, and the context of newmessages, the Live Office Panel also suggests documentsthat might be relevant to the email message.

The Live Office Panel supports the following document types for search, associate, add to favorites,suggest, and insert as Live Office object:• SAP Crystal Reports 2011• SAP BusinessObjects Interactive Analysis (Planned for Beta Refresh)• Universe queries (Planned for Beta Refresh)

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In addition, the following documents types are supported for search, associate, add to favorites, andsuggest. They cannot be inserted as Live Office objects:• Dashboard Design• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)• Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

Enhanced performance in Microsoft ExcelWhen inserting Live Office objects into Microsoft Excel documents, the performance is improved.

Auditing events included SAP BusinessObjects EnterpriseRefresh and prompt selection events from Live Office are now recorded in SAP BusinessObjectsEnterprise auditing. (Event type IDs 10,700-10,799). Live Office create, delete, modify, logon, and logoffevents are recorded as CMS events with the same name. For more information about auditing in SAPBusinessObjects Enterprise, see the “Monitoring” section in the SAP BusinessObjects EnterpriseAdministrator's Guide.

Explore Excel Data (Planned for Beta Refresh)In Microsoft Excel, users can easily upload data to SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Premium edtion anduse its intuitive visualization and search functionality to examine the data in selected areas or completeExcel worksheets. They can then download the results (data and visualizations) to use in otherapplications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

6.3.6 The information design tool

About the information design toolThe information design tool is a SAP BusinessObjects metadata design environment that enables adesigner to extract, define, and manipulate metadata from relational and OLAP sources to create anddeploy SAP BusinessObjects universes.

A universe is an organized collection of metadata objects that enable business users to analyze andreport on corporate data in non technical language. These objects include dimensions, measures,hierarchies, attributes, pre-defined calculations, functions, and queries. The metadata object layer isbuilt on a relational database table schema or an OLAP cube, so the objects map directly to the databasestructures. A universe includes connections to the data sources so queries can be run on the data.

The role of the universe is to provide semantically relevant and understandable business objects for abusiness user, who is free to analyze data and create reports using the business language appropriatefor their analytical needs.

Universes are used by SAP BusinessObjects data analysis and reporting applications.

To enable the designer to create universes, the information design tool provides the resources necessaryto:• Create connections

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• Extract a complete OLAP cube schema, or extract tables and joins to build a relational schemacalled a data foundation. You can also create views and derived tables on a data foundation.

• Createmetadata objects from the cube or data foundation. These objects are contained and organizedin a business layer. The SQL and MDX syntax can be validated and queries run against the targetdatabase to test the business layer.

• Compile the business layer, the data foundation, and the connections into single universe file (.UNX)• Publish the universe to the CMS to be implemented in deployments of BusinessObjects reporting

and data analysis applications.

Query PanelThe Query Panel is a tool you use to build and test the queries that the end users can use to createreports. the Query Panel is used by the information design tool, Interactive Analysis, and Crystal Reports.You insert result objects into the "Result Objects" pane that you want to show in the query report. Youcan add filter objects to filter the results returned by criteria such as a date range, results greater thana given value, selected regions and so on. You can also view the SQL that makes up the query. TheQuery Panel is used in the following tools:• information design tool• Interactive Analysis• Crystal Reports

Member SelectorThe "Member Selector" is a tool you use to select members of OLAP universe hierarchies to:• Create named sets of members when creating a universe• Create queries based on hierarchies or members of hierarchies• Define members that will be excluded from queries

The "Member Selector" consists of the following panes:

DescriptionPane

This is the top pane of the "Member Selector", there are three tabs:• "Members" tab: Select or exclude members according to specific relationships

in the hierarchy.• "Metadata" tab: Select or exclude bymetadata criteria. This tab displays objects

by hierarchy levels, named sets, and calculated members.• "Prompt" tab: Create prompts so that the user selects members or metadata

at run-time.

"Member picker"

This shows the selected members, prompts, and excluded members of the querythat you are building. The information you see in the "Summary pane" appearsin the "Result objects" pane of the "Query Panel".

"Summary pane"

The Member Selector is used in the following tools:• information design tool• Interactive Analysis• Crystal Reports

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information design tool, and in the Query Panel used by the information design tool, Interactive Analysis,and Crystal Reports.

Multi-Source UniversesYou can now create a data foundation on multiple data sources. When you compile a universe basedon a multi-source data foundation, your business intelligence application can use the universe to sendqueries to multiple sources at once.

Multi-source universes provide a simplified layer of abstraction over your data sources. They let youuse standard SQL 92 syntax to define your derived tables and business objects. The query engine thatthe multi-source universes use translates the queries into the language of the sources, and distributesqueries efficiently among the sources.

To provide this functionality, the query engine technology from SAP BusinessObjects Data FederatorXI 3.0 has been enhanced and integrated into SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise. The data federationquery engine works transparently under the hood: you drag and drop objects in the multi-source datafoundation, and when your business intelligence applications run queries through the universe, the datafederation query engine distributes queries and returns results in the most efficient way possible.

The data federation query engine provides features including the following:• SAS connections: You can use multi-source universes to create connections to your SAS data. The

data from these connections can also be federated with data from other sources, as with any sourcethat you use in a multi-source universe.

• Relational-based connections to SAP NetWeaver BusinessWarehouse 7.01: Multi-source universesprovide an alternative way to create connections to SAP NetWeaver BW 7.01.

These connections let you generate data foundations as star schemas based on the OLAP data.You can then define and manipulate the objects in the data foundation as you would any relationalconnection.

• “Semi-join”: improvements in performance and detection for narrow queries on data coming fromlarge tables that can be filtered using data from small tables. The semi-join technology can selectthe optimal strategy for retrieving data from your sources during execution, depending on the volumeof data.

• Native queries and native expressions: Your multi-source queries can include native syntax for thedata sources to take advantage of specific features of the data sources. Native queries allow entirequeries written in the source syntax. Native expressions are parts of queries written in native syntax,and can be parametrized and combined with other expressions in a larger multi-source query.

6.3.7 The translation management tool

The translation management tool supports the following tools and products:

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Table 6-1: Translatable document types

ActionDocument type

Import the document, translate it, then export itback to the CMS.InfoObjects and Dashboards stored in the CMS

For documents stored in the CMS: import them,translate them, then export them back to the CMS.

Files stored locally can be translated directly.

Web Intelligence reports, Crystal reports docu-ments and XI4.0 .unv documents stored in theCMS or stored locally

Files stored locally can be translated directly.

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI4.0 informationdesign tool universe (.unx) file, data foundation(.dfx) file, business layer (.blx) documents storedlocally or in the Shared Projects folder of the CMS

Open the file with universe design tool XI4.0 andsave it.

Or

Import the file with information design tool, andpublish it as a .unx universe

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI3.1 Universe De-signer universe (.unv) file.

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI3.0 Universe De-signer universe (.unv) file.

Translatable text formatsThe following font format properties are supported by the translation management tool for localization:• Font Name: (provide a list of supported fonts)• Font Style: Bold, Normal or Italic• Font Size: from 8 to 72• Font Color

XLIFF statusThe translation management tool supports the following XLIFF statuses:

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DescriptionXLIFF statusCategory

Indicates that the content is new. For example,content that was added to or edited in a previouslytranslated document.

NEW

Needs Trans-lation

(This contentis not dis-played to theend-user)

Indicates that the content needs to be translated.NEEDS_TRANSLATION

Indicates only non-textual information needsadaptation.NEEDS_ADAPTATION

Indicates text needs translation and non-textualinformation needs adaptation.NEEDS_L10N

Indicates only non-textual information needs re-view.NEEDS_REVIEW_ADAPTATION

TranslationVisible

(This contentcan be dis-played to theend-user)

Indicates translation and adaptation of non-textualcontent needs review.NEEDS_REVIEW_ L10N

Indicates that translated content needs to be re-viewed.NEEDS_REVIEW_TRANSLATION

Indicates that the content has been translated.TRANSLATED

Indicates that changes are reviewed and ap-proved.SIGNED_OFF

Indicates the terminating state.FINAL

New concurrent translation featureWith concurrent translation, you can manage the translation of a document into different languages atthe same time.

In order to allow several translators to work in parallel on the same document, but on different languages,the management of locale publication has been improved.

The translation management tool exports back only locales:• That have been added by the translators with the translation management tool (the locale is added

to the resource)

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• That have been modified by the translator with the translation management tool (the locale is updatedif there are no synchronization issues)

XLIFF file format compatiblityThe translation management tool now provides full XLIFF compatibility.

Translating standalone resourcesIn standalone mode, you can work without connection to the CMS. In order to do this, the files to translatemust be stored locally.

Translating CMS resourcesYou can translate objects stored in the CMS. To do this, you must have the rights to translate theobjects, and you must authenticate with the CMS before translating.

Safe publishThe tool verifies the content of a document yuo have edited with the previous version and ensures thatwork is not lost when the document is published to the original location.

Managing objects and translation versionsThe tool compares the translated document with the original source document to detect any changesthat might have bben made to the source dcoument.

Publishing a single localeYou can publish one locale at a time.

Text editor enhancementsThe text editor benefits from the following enhancements.

6.3.8 The universe design tool

The following classes and methods are new or modified in the universe design tool API:• New or modified Classes:• New or modified Methods:• Updated Object Model Diagrams

Refer to the Universe design tool API reference online help, and the universe design tool OMD .pdfdocument for detailed information.

6.3.9 SAP BusinessObjects Mobile

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SAP BusinessObjects Mobile XI 4.0 provides following new functionalities:

Mobile Server Configuration ToolMobile Server Configuration Tool is a wizard based tool that enables administrators to simplify theconfiguration of the Mobile server based on the selected deployment option. In addition, it enablesadministrators to edit previously selected Mobile server parameters.

For information about Mobile Server Configuration Tool, refer SAP BusinessObjects Mobile Installationand Deployment Guide.

Mobile rights for users and groupsSAP BusinessObjects Mobile supports the following application rights for selected users and groups:

DescriptionRight

Grants access to log into SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise throughMobile application and view documents

Log on to SAP BusinessObjectsMobile application

Grants access for subscribing to document/recurrence alertsSubscribe to document alerts

Grants access for saving documents on the Mobile deviceSave documents to device's local-store

Grants access for sending reports by emailSend documents from device asan email

For more information about Mobile rights, refer SAP BusinessObjects Mobile Installation and DeploymentGuide.

Sending the URL of the BI document by emailYou can send the URL of the BI document by email and the recipient can open the document byaccessing the openDocument URL in the email body.

For information about how to send the URL of the BI document by email, refer Using SAPBusinessObjects Mobile guide.

Embedding multiple local actions to a particular cell in the reportYou can embed multiple local actions to a particular cell in the report thus enabling users to performseveral actions on the cell content. You can simultaneously embed "phoneto", "smsto", and "mailto"local actions on the cell content, and the Mobile client displays a contextual menu with call, sms, andemail local actions.

For more information about this feature, refer Designing BI documents for mobile users guide.

Single click support for touch based smart phonesWith touchscreen smart phones, you can open the document or folder or report with a single click onits title.

Local actions: elookup and plookupSAP BusinessObjects Mobile provides the following new local actions:

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DescriptionAction

Enables you to retrieve email address from the address bookelookup

Enables you to retrieve a phone number from the device address bookplookup

For more information about commands and syntax, refer Designing BI documents for mobile usersguide.

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile installation packageSAP BusinessObjects Mobile XI 4.0 is delivered as part of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise packageby default. However, we recommend that you install SAP BusinessObjects Mobile on a dedicated serverfor optimum performance. To install SAP BusinessObjects Mobile on a dedicated server, you must useCustom install option.

For custom installation instructions, refer Installing the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile server section inSAP BusinessObjects Mobile Installation and Deployment Guide.

CVOM supportSAP BusinessObjects Mobile supports viewing CVOM based charts.

Managing mobile servers in Central Configuration Manager (CCM)SAP BusinessObjects Mobile enables you to start/stop mobile server using CCM.

Enhanced platform supportSAP BusinessObjects Mobile supports following client platforms:• BlackBerry: BlackBerry OS 4.2.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7• Symbian (J2ME): S60 3rd Edition and 5th Edition• Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1

For more information about supported platform and databases, refer Products Availability Report at:http://service.sap.com/bosap-support

6.3.10 Widgets for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise

The widgets component is available in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0 Beta; however, the newfeatures for connecting to SAP BusinessObjects Interactive Analysis and SAPWeb Dynpro applicationswill not be available until updates to those products are available. These features are expected to beavailable in the Beta Refresh.

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6.3.10.1 Widgets with SAP BusinessObjects Interactive Analysis content (Plannedfor Beta Refresh)

Copy content from Interactive Analysis widgets (Planned for Beta Refresh)After creating a widget from SAP BusinessObjects Interactive Analysis content, users can now copytables or charts from the widget and paste it into Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel,Outlook).

Modify prompt values for Interactive Analysis widgets (Planned for Beta Refresh)For widgets created from SAP BusinessObjects Interactive Analysis data, users can view the currentprompt values, modify those values, and refresh the widget using the new prompt values.

Active hyperlinks from Interactive Analysis widgets (Planned for Beta Refresh)If widgets based on SAP BusinessObjects Interactive Analysis data contain hyperlinks, users can nowclick the hyperlinks to access the target sites in a new browser window.

6.3.10.2 Widgets with SAP Web Dynpro content (Planned for Beta Refresh)

Access to Web Dynpro applicationsWidgets for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise is now able to connect to SAP NetWeaver ApplicationServers and retrieve applications created in Web Dynpro and registered as widgets. These applicationscan then be added to the desktop as widgets.

Connect to both SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise and SAP NetWeaver Application ServersIn addition to connecting to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise repositories, widgets can now connect toSAP NetWeaver Application Servers and create desktop widgets based on data from either system.Widgets can connect to both systems at the same time and even havemultiple, simultaneous connectionsto each system.

Execute SAP business transactions from widgetsWidgets can now connect directly to SAP transactional systems. Rather than just reviewing analyticaldata, users can take direct action from within widgets, such as creating requisitions for e-recruiting.

Customizable widgetsUsers can customize widgets to suit their personal preferences without affecting the source application.They can show or hide tables, columns, or Web Dynpro controls, as well as define a data refreshschedule. These changes are maintained for the user even if they close the widget.

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Create visual representations of dataWidgets now allows users to easily create visual representations of table data. Users simply select thedata they want t include, select from a variety of available chart types, and click Visualize to transformthe selected data into a chart.

View data in the portalUser can easily navigate to the portal or original Web Dynpro application in the browser to accessadditional features and functions for working with the data.

6.4 SAP Crystal Reports

6.4.1 SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise has the following new features:• Improved discoverability of UI and key report creation steps; this provides for easier grouping, sorting,

and formatting.• Greater UI consistency with other BI Client tools such as Interactive Intelligence and Advanced

Analysis.• Smart Guidelines, which allow for faster creation and maintenance of column based reports.• Improved Enterprise integration; it can be launched from the BI launchpad.

6.4.2 SAP Crystal Reports 2011

SAP Crystal Reports 2011 has the following new features.• Coexistence - you can have a mix of Crystal Reports for Enterprise and Crystal Reports 2011 reports

in your beta environment.• Read-only reports (RPTR) - you can create read-only reports.• XLSX exporting - you can export reports in the new XLSX format.

6.4.3 SAP Crystal Reports viewer 2011

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SAP Crystal Reports viewer 2011 has the following new features:• Enhanced Print Dialog (for Windows only).• Support for DSL-based (SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise) reports.• "Breadcrumb" is now on top of the viewer, rather than in the status bar.• XLSX export format has been added.

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