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Business Innovation Through Radical Simplification
Agility and Creativity for the Business
Scale and Trust for the Enterprise
BUILD THE CLOUD
INNOVATETHE CORE
SAP Analytics Strategy
This presentation and SAP‘s strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.
Data Discovery &
Analysis
Dashboards&
Applications
LumiraExplorer
Design StudioDashboardsBEx WebAnalysis for OLAP
LumiraDesign Studio Apps
Design Studio
ReportingCrystal ReportsWeb IntelligenceDesktop Intelligence
Crystal ReportsWeb Intelligence
Analysis OfficeEPM Add-inLive OfficeBEx Analyzer
Office Integration
Analysis Office
Com
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Inte
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Simplify the landscape…
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Big Data
BW
Oracle
Against all data…
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SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Theme
Simplify
• Reduced downtime for patch upgrade
• Improved upgrade process
• Remove upgrade barriers
• Improved collaboration experience
Innovate
• Innovation in platform and clients
• New Platform support
• Customization, developer experience
Enhance
• Platform & client enhancements
• SAP BW and SAP HANA enhancements
QUALITY
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
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SAP BusinessObjects BI4.2 Top 5
SAP HANA
Online
Direct
Access to
SAP HANA
Views
Recycle BinParallel Data
Provider
Refresh
Commenting
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What’s New in BI 4.2 (1)
BI Platform
• Commentary Service
• Upgrade Manager
• Administrators Cockpit
• Promotion Manager
• User Notification
• Recycle Bin
• Publications
• Rest API
• Audit
Web Intelligence
• Shared Elements
• Commentary
• Geo Maps
• Visualization Extensions
• Direct Access to SAP HANA Views
• Big Numbers
• Parallel Queries
• SAP HANA Online Mode
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What’s New in BI 4.2 (2)
Semantic Layer
• Linked UNX Universe
• Authored SAP BEx Universe
Crystal Report for Enterprise
• Vertical Alignment of Text
• QR Code and Bar Code
• Waterfall Chart
• Direct to Data Enhancements
Crystal Reports 2016
• Vertical Alignment of Text
• Show Parameter Value descriptions
• Conditional Formatting for Line / Box
• Direct to Data Enhancements
Analysis for OLAP
• HTTP Connector for SAP HANA
• Alias Table Support in Essbase
• Currence Conversion for SAP BW
• Break Hierarchy while sorting
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What’s New in BI 4.2 (3)
Mobile BI
• Broadcast Notifications to Mobile users
SDK
• Extended SDK functionality
Platform Support
Data Access
BI PlatformBI4.2 What’s New
A full demo video on what is new in BI Suite 4.2
can be obtained via this link
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SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform
Simplification for IT
• User Notification
• Recycle Bin
• Publications
• Rest API
Performance
• Promotion Manager
• Audit
• Installer
Enhancements for BI
Administration
• Commentary Service
• Upgrade Manager
• Administrators Cockpit
• Promotion Manager
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
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Demo
SIMPLIFICATION for IT
User Notification
• Easily broadcast information to a single user/group
or all users.
• Specify the timeline for the notification to be visible
• Also send notification as a email
• Notifications to show up in BI Launchpad
• Notification available in “My alerts” as well
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform
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Recycle Bin
Easily restore accidently deleted content.
• Recycle bin has to be enabled
• Only Public Folders / Content is supported
• Documents are automatically removed after
set threshold
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform
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Enhancements for BI Admin
Commentary
• A service provided by the platform for all clients
• Centralized and managed by rights
• The comments are context sensitive
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform Demo
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Commentary (1)
Providing a service for Commenting within BI4.2
• A service provided by the platform for all clients
• Stored in the Audit database or selected database
• Comment actions recorded in Audit Database
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform
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Administrator Cockpit
Gain fast insight in your systems state
• A simplified visual page with key information
• Drillable to see the details of individual components
• Specific actions are possible
• Key statistics information is available
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform Demo
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Enhancements for BI Admin
Upgrade Manager
• Specify the log level on the UI
• New filter option for selection
• Export pending/recurring instances
• Do not migrate security
• View approximate size of selected content
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform
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Enhancements for BI Admin
Performance
Promotion Manager
• Selective retrieval of objects from an LCMBIAR file
• Distributed dependency computation.
• Revamped Overrides workflow
• Performance improvements
• Lesser load on app server
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform
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Performance
Audit
• Enriched auditable options
• Improved scalability
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform
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Performance
SIMPLIFICATION for IT
Enhancements for BI Admin
Installer
• Reduce install startup screen time
• Split install – Install caching separately to reduce downtime
• Improve Error reporting
• Ability to add new supported language through Support Pack
• Tomcat 8 is now default bundled Web Application Server
• SAP SQL Anywhere 16 is bundled as default CMS and Audit DB
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform Demo
Web IntelligenceBI4.2 What’s New
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SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence
Trusted Foundation
• Parallel Queries
• Big Numbers
SAP Backend
Integration
• Direct Access to SAP HANA
• SAP HANA Online Mode
Enable the Business
• Commentary
• Shared Elements
• Geo Maps
• Visualization Extensions
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Trusted Foundation
Parallel Queries
• Activated by defaults
• Can be disabled
• Max number of concurrent refresh jobs configurable
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo
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Trusted Foundation
Big Numbers
• Integration of the IEEE “Decimal Floating Point” format
• Increase precision from 15 to 40 digits
• New Web Intelligence calculator function to convert to Decimal format
• Contextual Menu to convert any measure to Decimal format
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo
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Enable the Business
Commentary
• Add / View / Remove Comments
• Comments to be stored by platform service
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo
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Enable the Business
Shared Elements• Share Web Intelligence content (report part) with other users, as shared elements
• Shared element is saved with the report part, corresponding data source, data providers, variables
and formats
• Browse and reuse Web Intelligence content created by other users
• Factorize Web Intelligence content to ease the update process with reference persistence
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo
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Shared Elements (1)
Simplify Web Intelligence document creation and user experience, with reusing common objects. You
can create a shared object within Web Intelligence Design Mode from every block available.
• Shared Element will contain all required meta data
• Report part
• Data Source
• Data Provider
• Variables
• Formatting
• Data is excluded
• Displayed based on user profile
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence
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Enable the Business
Geo Maps
• Create Geomaps using Web Intelligence
• Integrated geographical Database covering countries, regions, sub-region and cities (100K+)
• New Geo Choropleth, Geo Bubble and Geo Pie charts
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo
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Enable the Business
Visualization Extensions
• Empower Web Intelligence with third-party visualizations
• Can be inserted and consumed as any other Web Intelligence element
• Configured centrally via the Central Management Console
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo
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SAP Backend Integration
Direct Access to SAP HANA Views
• Browse HANA Views directly on Relational or OLAP Connection
• HANA Hierarchies supported via OLAP Connection
• No Authoring of Universe Required
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo
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SAP Backend Integration
SAP HANA Online
• Connect directly to SAP HANA Views
• Web Intelligence calculations are delegated to SAP HANA whenever possible
• No Query Panel
• No Microcube
• Optional “Go Back to Standard Mode”to get additional reporting features
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo
Semantic LayerBI4.2 What’s New
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SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Semantic Layer
Simplification
• Linked UNX Universe
SAP Backend
Integration
• Authored SAP BEx Universe
Enable the Business
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Simplification
Linked UNX Universes• Parity with Universe Design Tool
• Changes to a core UNX are propagated to all derived UNX universes
• Derived UNX universes are independent universes and can be amended
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Semantic Layer Demo
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Key Links (2)
SAP BI Recommended Links
• SAP BI Statement of Direction : http://www.sap.com/bin/sapcom/en_us/downloadasset.2014-09-sep-19-
21.business-intelligence-solutions-from-sap-statement-of-direction-pdf
• SAP BI Recourse Center : www.sapbi.com
• Official tutorials for SAP BI : http://sap.com/learnbi
• SAP BI Process Flows : http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8292
• IT Planning Resources : https://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001160122012E
• Choosing the right BI Client : http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-38981
• SAP BI Sizing : www.sap.com/bisizing
• SAP BI Pattern Books :
http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+Business+Intelligence+Platform+Pattern+Books
• SAP BI Platform Support Tool :
http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+BI+Platform+Support+Tool
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Latest What’s New for BI4.2 on SCN
The Public What's New for BI4.2 L0 can be found via :
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-68331
The Public What's New for BI4.2 L1 can be found via :
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-68332
The Public What's New for BI4.2 L2 can be found via :
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-68333
SAP BusinessObjects What’s New Collection:
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60001
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Thank You
SAP GTMBI
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Change Log
Version Comment Date
1.0 Initial Final Version 15-10-2015
1.1 Update for SCN Locations 16-10-2015
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