SAP BusinessObjects 4.0
SAP BusinessObjects – Software
Professionally
Informed
Standard
Reporting
& Alerts
Dashboards
&
Scorecards
Self-Service &
Light Analysis
Guided Search
Heavy
Analysis
Advanced
Visualization &
Discovery
Text
Mining
Executive,
Manager
Crystal
Reports
Information
Consumer
Forecast
& Model Deployment
Xcelsius
Web Intelligence
& Explorer
BEx / BOBJ
Analysis
Business
Analyst
Technically
Capable
Essbase
Visualization &
Discovery
Advanced Modeling &
Statistics
Text
Analysis
Key New Capabilities in BOBJ 4.0
Mobility
• Allow analytics to be delivered in a targeted fashion to any mobile device with
visual interactivity and smart search across the content. This is further enhanced
by allowing all corporate data to be visible on the mobile device instantly
through In-Memory analytics.
Data Federation
• Universes can now include multiple sources making report authoring
tremendously easier, enabling new analytic applications, and providing faster
time-to-value.
User Experience
• Improved usability for end-users, analysts and Administrators. Visualizations,
terminology, and menus are used consistently across the entire BI Tool Suite. Adhoc analysis and report design workflows are common across the BI suite with
common use of the query panel.
Performance
• Optimized for 64 bit, virtualization, and in-memory technologies.
• New system monitoring, diagnostics and alerting to optimize deployment.
• Best integration and performance on SAP systems leveraging native BW
connectivity for improved integration and speed on SAP BW.
Tool Name Changes in BOBJ 4.0
BOBJ XI 3.1 Tool
BOBJ BI 4.0 Tool
Crystal Reports 2008
Crystal Reports 2011
Web Intelligence Rich Client
Interactive Analysis Desktop
Xcelsius
Dashboard Design
Explorer
Explorer
InfoView
BI Launch Pad
Query as a Web Service
Query as a Web Service Designer
Translation Manager
Translation Management Tool
Voyager
Advanced Analysis – Web
Designer
Universe Design Tool
Key Capabilities - Highlights
• Information Design Tool (IDT)
– New Tool to design new common semantic layer
– Data Federation. Multi-source universes
– Future Universe Replacement
• Web Intelligence
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–
–
–
Hierarchy Support. Display/Filter/Prompt
Improved printing support
New Visualizations and Charts
Improved Office Integration
• Advanced Analysis
– New Tool to perform OLAP analysis - Web/Office
– Future BEx replacement
Key Capabilities - Highlights
• BI Launch Pad (formerly InfoView)
– Improved End User Portal Experience
– Improved Search & Navigation
– Replacement for InfoView
• Crystal Reports for Enterprise (CR4E)
– New Tool for business user authored formatted
reports
– Future replacement for Crystal Reports 2011
• Dashboard Design (formerly Xcelsius)
– Combined design/runtime object
– Improved data binding and display options
Key Capabilities - Highlights
• BOBJ Mobile (MobI)
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–
–
–
New Tool for Targeted BI Content
Deliver existing WebI/CR on mobile devices
Available on iDevices (iPad, iPod, iPhone)
Future: Android support
• BOBJ Explorer
– Platform Integration
• BI Launch Pad >> Open from folder
• Live Office >> Send to Explorer from Excel
– Updated Desktop and Mobile User Experience
Degree of End User Impact
Component
Administrators
Authors
Consumers
BusinessObjects Reporting &
Analytics team
CMC
Low
N/A
N/A
LCM
High
N/A
N/A
Universe Design Tool
Low
Low
N/A
Information Design Tool
High
High
N/A
Medium
High
High
Web Intelligence
Low
High
Medium
Crystal Reports 2011
Low
Low
Low
Medium
Medium
Low
Advanced Analysis
High
High
High
Crystal Reports for Enterprise
High
High
Low
Mobile BI (MoBI)
High
High
High
Explorer
Low
Low
Low
Live Office
Low
Low
Low
BI Launch Pad
Dashboards 4.0
BOBJ 4.0 Demo
Key Upcoming Dates
• Training
– Training Kick-Off: Week of May 23rd
– Train-the-trainers: June
– Training: End of June through July
• Testing
– Early Adopters: Week of May 16th
– IS/Power Users: Mid-June start in sandbox
– Dev/QA Testing: July
• Go-Live
– July 23rd, 2011
Post July Go-Live Timeline
August
• SAP BOBJ Mobile
December
• SAP BOBJ
SharePoint
Integration
• SAP BOBJ Data
Federator
Useful Links
• Project website
• Charter
• Detailed Timeline
Questions
Appendix
Milestone Timeline
MARCH
•Virtual Server for
Sandbox
•Requested
•Built
•LCM Server Sandbox
•Requested
•Software Installed
Sandbox
•Define Training Needs
•Infrastructure Kickoff
•Ramp Up Coach on
Board
APRIL
•LCM Server Sandbox
•Built
•Virtual Server for Dev
•Requested
•Virtual Server for QA
•Requested
•Content Migrated to
Sandbox from
Production
•Package BOBJ 4.0 SP1
Client Tools
•Assess Security in
BusinessObjects
•Key user have access to
4.0 training from SAP
•ID Subset of Key users to
help with Training Doc
•End user Kick Off
meeting
•Risk Assessment
Meeting
MAY
•Virtual Server for Dev
•Built
•Software Installed
•Virtual Server for QA
•Built
•Software Installed
•Virtual Server for
Production
•Validate BOBJ 4.0 SP1
Client Tools
•requested
•Key users and Designers
Training
JUNE
•Virtual Server for
Production
•Built
•Software Installed
•All Key users and
Designer Trained
•General user Training
JULY
•Migrate date from Dev
to Dev
•Migrate Data from QA
to QA
•User testing in Dev and
QA
•Migrate Data form Prod
to Prod
•General user Training
• Live in Production
•Post Go live Support
•Wrap UP Meeting
Explorer: BI Launch Pad Integration
Explorer: BI Launch Pad Integration
Explorer: iPhone User Workflow
Search
Explore
Visualize
Share
Explorer: iPad User Workflow
Search
Explore
Visualize
Share
Explorer: Desktop Screenshot
20
Explorer: Exploration Dashboards
Explorer: Exploration Dashboards
BI Mobile Delivery Use Cases
GMI
Availability:
MoBI
End of
Aug, 2011
Explorer
Now
MoBI: Supported Functionality
Functionality
CR
WebI
Refresh reports
X
X
Zoom and navigational shortcuts
X
X
Navigate to related documents via hyperlinks
X
X
Filter results via prompts
X
X
Subscribe / unsubscribe to alerts
X
X
Take follow-up actions
X
X
Save documents locally
X
X
Work offline
X
X
Drill on results from summary to details
X
Track data changes via customizable highlighting
X
CR=Crystal Reports
WebI=Web Intelligence
MoBI: iPad Report Menu
MoBI: iPad Visualizations
MoBI: iPhone/iPod Screenshots
CR4E: CSL Support
CR4E: Hierarchy Awareness
CR4E: Multi-Lingual Capabilities
CR4E: Data Connectivity
CR2011: Data Connectivity
CR: Data Connectivity Options
CR: Prompting
Dashboard: Translation Services
Dashboard: Multi-Lingual
Dashboard: Query Panel
Dashboard: Query Panel
Dashboard: Direct Data Binding
Dashboard: Auto-Prompt Selection
WebI: Productivity and Usability
WebI: Productivity and Usability
WebI: Productivity and Usability
WebI: Productivity and Usability
WebI: Productivity and Usability
WebI: Productivity and Usability
WebI: Productivity and Usability
WebI: Common Query Experience
BOBJ 4.0 – SAP Data Connectivity
Analysis: MS Office Edition
Analysis: MS Office Edition
Analysis: Web Edition
BI Launch Pad: Improved Navigation
IDT: Architecture Components