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]Integration of Web Templates andOptions into SAP BOBJ Analysis
Dr. Bjarne Berg
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Agenda
Introduction SAP BOBJ Analysis - Office Overview
SAP BOBJ Analysis - Web Overview
Web Application Designer Template integration
Pre-requisites Resources
Inter-Operability
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The Core Tools
In this sessionwe are looking
specifically at the
OLAP tool
previouslyknown as
Voyager and
Pioneer
Now known as
Analysis
*Pioneer is now SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
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The query is the core method for accessing BI data through the
BICS.
You can use existing queries in your Analysis tools
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BOBJ Analysis - an OLAP tool (not dashboard)
Source SAP AG, Aug. 2010
Analysis,
provides asuperset of the
capabilities in
BEx Analyzer
(Excel and
web) andBOBJ
Voyager.
BEx Analyzer
is migrating tothis tool.
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BOBJ Analysis - MS Office
BEx query views & queries can be used (both 3.5 and 7.0),
but your BW system has to be on version 7.x
You need Microsoft Office 2003 or higher to be able to use
BOBJ Analysis 1.0, Edition for MS- Office(preferred 2007
ed).*** Only BEx
works as a
source in the first
MS-Office /Excel
edition (as of
Nov. 14).
Universe support
is planned to be
added in 2011
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Usage Scenarios - BOBJ Analysis
User Senario
Business
User
Consuming standard pre-built BI content in PowerPoint and
Excel
BusinessAnalyst
Data Access and analysis, OLAP, in Excel
Creating ad-hoc PowerPoint presentations
Power User
Complex workbook development (API, Visual Basic)
Centralized creation of workbooks and PowerPoint
There are fundamentally threetypes of user for the BOBJ
Analysis - Microsoft version
(ppt/xls)
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BOBJ Analysis - MS Office now and future
The Excel version have many functions that overlaps with
functions inside the BEx Query Designer.This include, Exception and color coding, and panelnavigation
2010 2011 and on
Innovative Analysis Analysis Excel workbook write back to Integrated Planning
Interactive multidimensional analysis BI platform (XI) services (personalization, publication, RRI)
BICS integration to BW Multiple sources (Essbase, MS-Analysis Services)
PowerPoint publishing
Excel Formula mode (Excel formulas)Supports next generation BWA
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BOBJ Analysis - MS Office
The toolset rebranding (as of Nov. 2010):
Voyager--Pioneer--Advanced Analytics/Analysis--> "Analysis"
BOBJ Analysis cannot be used for planning workbooks. That is
currently being scheduled for a Feb. 2011 release. This will be based
on the BW-Integrated Planning (IP) software.
The BI-4.0 version is in ramp-up 4thQuarter 2010 and includes the
"addition for OLAP" (web version). (Notice: "BI-4.0" is now used in the
version instead of "XI-3.1")
BOBJ Analysis - Office (Excel) will use BOBJ Publisher and not BEx
Broadcaster.
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BOBJ Analysis - MS Office
Current limitations in the Excel version
Variant (personalization selection as in BEx) will be added
later
Report-to-report interface will be added
BW document integration is not operational yet (will beadded)
The formula editor is not available in Excel yet, but will be in
the web version (ramp-up at end of November, 2010).
In Q3, 2011, SAP plans to have in ramp-up one web
client, covering both analysis and ad-hoc querying. This
tool will be based on the WebI platform.
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The BOBJ Enterprise Platform -now called the "BI
platform"
BOBJ Enterprise is not required - Faster to employ.
However, there are many features in the BI platform
Common InfoObjects (PPT and Excel-XLS) - shared
workbooks
Client side SSO
Analysis 1.1 on the BI 4.0 platform (Feb. 2011)
Introduces server side SSO
Support for common InfoObjects for pptXand xlsX
Interoperability with the web interface (edition for OLAP),
WebI and Crystal Reports based on Analysis Views
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BOBJ Analysis, edition for MS Office
SAP BOBJ Analysis edition for MS Office will evolve into
a complete productivity suite for MS Office and BOBJ live
office
MS Office add-ins allow multi-dimensional analysis of
OLAP sources in Excel and PowerPoint.
For the next 2-3 years it will be a premium offering
running in parallel for the old BEx offerings.
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Other Observations
Excel/PPT version is already in General Availability (GA)
as of mid-October 2010.
Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) objects may
be added into the Analysis Office in the future
(discussions are under way at SAP - stayed tuned for
decision).
Some manual work remains: you have to use theInformation Designer to refresh the structure in the
Universe every time the InfoCube changes (manual
process as in XI 3.x)
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Agenda
Introduction
SAP BOBJ Analysis - Office Overview
SAP BOBJ Analysis - Web Overview
Web Application Designer Template integration
Pre-requisites Resources
Inter-Operability
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BOBJ Analysis - for OLAP (web version)
Shares nothing with BEX web. It is a toolbox for the web
analyst Voyager development can be ported to the "edition for
OLAP' tool. However, MS Analysis Services are notsupported yet (will be).
This web version is more interactive and sharesfunctionalities with BEx Query Designer
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No Java is required on SAP BW
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Lean Vs. Complete Deployment
Typically Analysis MS-version is installed in the BOBJ
Enterprise 3.1 or BI -4 environment. By doing so, users donot need a SAP GUI and can share workbooks,
powerpoints and connections.
Smaller lean installations can skip the BOBJ Enterpriseenvironment and access BW directly, but every users
must have a SAP GUI installed on each machine and
connections must be made for each client machine
Both installations use the BICS connectors
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BEx queries have a lot of functionality that
can be leveraged in SAP BOBJ Analysis
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BICS Query access Vs. InfoProvider Access
If you access an InfoProvider directly, instead of usinga BEx query, you are bypassing a lot of features.
These include:
Restricted and Calculated key figures
Authorization relevant objects
Variables and custom structures
Conditions and exceptions
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Be careful, too many users may
impact ECC performance
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Real-Time Analysis Access
The trick to get real-time access:
Use a BEx query and set it up as a
"transient
provider" in the local BI client in the ERP 6
system (SP-5)
This allows the BEx query to access an InfoSets in
ERP and can deliver real-time analysis in MS-Officeand on the web.
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Differences in Relational & Dimensional Universes
There are severaldifferences in Relational
and Dimensional
Universes.
Read more at:http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/i
ndex?rid=/library/uuid/b014d61b
-cace-2d10-10bf-9be9fd577c42
Source SAP AG, Nov. 16, 2010 by Didier Mazou, Elizabeth Imm, Abdellatif Astito.
NOTE: both the Universe Designer
(XI 3.1) and Information Designer
(BI-4) is included in the next release.
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Agenda
Introduction
SAP BOBJ Analysis - Office Overview
SAP BOBJ Analysis - Web Overview
Web Application Designer Template integration
Pre-requisites
Resources
Inter-Operability
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Web Application Designer Templates
Using web templates SAP BI users do basicnavigation on the formatted reports by
either integrating navigation,
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BEx Web Application Designer (WAD)
BI Analytical Engine
BEx Web Application DesignerBEx Analyzer/
Query Designer
Web Service
Charting Engine
Web Browser
HTLM Templates InfoProvider
WAD is an intuitive toolto build powerful webapplications and to
interact with portals andcustom templates.
BW queries can bemanipulated in WAD forbetter display
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Web Template Integration in BOBJ Enterprise runtimeenvironment (instead of BI-Java)
Source: SAP AG, 2010
InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal
SAP BOEPlatform
SAP NetWeaver BW
BEx Web
Templates
Analysis Web
Server
Workspace
PIO Web
Tab
BEx Web
Tab
BI Consumer Services
BEx Queries/
InfoProviders
Analysis Web
BEx Web
App
Designer
Planned 2010
SAP NetWeaver BW
SAP BOE
Platform
Analysis Web Server
Workspace
PIO Web
Tab
BEx Web
Tab
BI Consumer Services
Analysis Web
Analysis Designer/ SDK
BEx Web
Templates
BEx Queries/
InfoProviders
BEx Web
App
Designer
Migration options
via Pioneer SDK
InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal
Future
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Analytical Application Development Kit - replaces
WAD
There will be an "Analytical Application Development Kit"(aka "Developer Studio" and "Zen") that will be launched
as an alternative to WAD for planning and OLAP
applications.
This will be in ramp-up Q3, 2011,
and will be known as BI - 4.x
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Developing Planning & OLAP Applications on SAP
BW
What tool to use to develop web applications Dashboards and formatted reports
Use Crystal Enterprise and Xcelsius
OLAP and Planning Applications
Short-term: Web Application Designer (WAD) for 2010
Mid-term: Eclipse Based Planning and OLAP applications
while leveraging visualization in Xcelsius.
Source: SAP AG, Nov. 2010
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Agenda
Introduction
SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview
SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview
Web Application Designer Template integration
Pre-requisites
Resources
Inter-Operability
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Pre-Requisites for web version
Connectivity:
SAP BW 7.0 SP23 (note: queries defined as 3.5 still works)
SAP BOBJ BI-Platform 4.0 (upgrade from XI 3.1)
For MS-Analysis services: MSAS 2008 (or 2005 SP1 and
SP2)
Need a browser:
Safari 4 for Macs
Explorer 7 (minimum)
Firefox 3.5 (minimum)
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The next wave -future MS Analysis Services support
The next generation of Analysis will integrate WebI andwill also have support for:
Drill-through as it is currently working in Voyager
Actions (event handlers)
Service based name series
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Agenda
Introduction
SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview
SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview
Web Application Designer Template integration
Pre-requisites
Resources
Inter-Operability
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Resources
NEW: Inside SAP BusinessObjects Advanced
Analysis. Ingo Hilgefort, Hardcover: 342 pages SAP
PRESS, 1st Edition; (Oct. 10, 2010) ISBN:1592293719.
Alexander Peter, TechEd presentation "BI-102 SAP
BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis - Overview"
available on sdn.sap.com
SAP Solutions at
http://www.sap.com/solutions/sap
businessobjects/large/business-intelligence/advanced-
analytics/analysis-
microsoft/featuresfunctions
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BI 4.0 (upgrade from XI 3.1) Interoperability
Analysis -
Edition forOLAP
Analysis -
Edition for MS-Office
Web
Intelligence
Crystal
Reports
BICS (BI Connectors)
Semantic LayerShared Query
(analysis view)
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* Transient Universes
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BOBJ Tools Interoperability (using 'old' names)
Source: SAP AG, Oct. 2010
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Downloading the software
Go to the SAP Support Portal and Click on:
1) Software Downloads
2) SAP Software Distribution Centre
3) Support Packages and Patches4) Support Packages and Patches - Entry by Application
Group
5) SAP BusinessObjects portfolio - right side of screen
6) SBOP Analysis MS Office7) SBOP Adv. Analysis Office 1.0
8) Win32
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Key Learnings
The MS Office (Excel/ppt) edition for BOBJ Analysis is
now available, but has some limitations.
The ramp-up for the OLAP started with BI 4.0 4thQuarter
2011
There is no-need to convert WAD templates, they can beconsumed inside BOBJ Analysis - edition for OLAP
More source are being added in 2011 (MSAS, Essbase)
Long-term, this should be your strategy for OLAP
WAD will be replaced by "Analytical Application
Development Kit" (aka "Developer Studio" and "Zen") with
a ramp-up in Q3, 2011.
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] Thank you for participating.Dr. Bjarne [email protected]
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