Copy installation media locally (c: drive)Run setup.exe as
Administrator
Check prerequisites and fix any problems found
Enter product license key, you only need one key for Business
Objects enterprise premium all additional licensing can be added later
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SAP BOBI E-Learnings Introduction
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform 4.x is designed & released in
Tip-Top shape with BO DataService,Promotion Management,Widgets, and SAP
BI tight integration.
In addition, with powerful functions such as connectivities
with HANA,Cryptography,Monitoring, Auditing, Visual Difference,etc.
In Precise: The new version tool is a complementary product of SAP BI, with Self
explanatory menus and navigations features .
SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio
The current SAP BusinessObjects portfolio of solutions is divided into five groups:
Business Intelligence,Enterprise Information Management, Enterprise Performance
Management, Analytic Applications as well as Governance, Risk, and Compliance.
This sites focuses on its BI solutions & EIM Solutions.
BI solutions:
The suite of BI solutions composed of all reporting tools, analytical solutions ,and
dashboards visualizations functionality.
Enterprise Information Management solutions:
The SAP BusinessObjects portfolio has ETL Product called SAP
BusinessObjects Data Services which has capability of supporting all data
integration scenarios,It connects all variety sources systems homogeneous or
heterogeneous data sources besides it is also have data quality management
functionality&comma and it can share resources with the SAP BusinessObjects Suite
of BI Tools.
The power of SAP BusinessObjects Data Services functionality is tightly integrated
with SAP HANA platform to leverage its all benefits.
BI Solution‐Version History: BO TO SAP BOBI
 Bernard Liautaud is confounded Business Objects in 1960 in France
 1990:Got Patent for Semantic Layer
 1995: Business Query
 1996: Dynamic OLAP or Desktop OLAP or Enterprise Server(Micro Cube)
 2000: Thin client Web with 5i
 2001: Auditor Database (Application Foundation/Business Analytics)
 2002: Acta is acquired by BO and named it as BODI
 2003: Crystal Decision acquired by BO
 2004: BOXI R1 and Crystal Architecture
 2005: BOXI R2 and SRC Software is acquired by Performance Management
 2008: BOXI R3
 2010: SAP acquired BO,Become SAP BOE
 2011:SAP BOBI Platform 4.x
What is Report?
Report: Presenting the Information in a Standard Format is called Report.
What are the Report types?
Report Types: Adhoc,Canned&lapr;portable/Static),Dashboards,Score cards.
Adhoc reports‐In many cases,users want more interactivity than they can get with
standard reports. Ad hoc reporting tools are geared to non‐professional report
developers and provide basic filtering and navigation features, such as drill down,
ranking, and conditional formatting. Users can start their analysis by opening a
predefined report or selecting query objects from a semantic layer. Compared with
analysis tools, ad hoc reporting tools have fewer analytical functions and less robust
navigational features.
Canned reports‐Standard Canned reports are formatted, page‐oriented reports run
on regular schedules, which usually have the widest audience in a company
because they are simple to use
Dashboards‐referred visualizations, quick analytics, and graphics used for quik
grasping and analysis, which are usually designed by developers facilitates users to
interact while exploring,allowing end users to create their own layouts without any
outside help,and that is why some of them called self service dashboards,They
provide graphical views of key performance indicators and the ability to drill down
into details.
Score Cards‐are subsets & substitutes to dashboards and referred only
grading,rating,scoring types of dashboards.
SAP BO : Standard reporting
Recommendation: Use SAP Crystal Reports to build all new standard reports and convert
existing ones. For Example: fixed format reports such as salary report,budget reports,profit
and loss reports,Application format,lables,etc.
If users don't require highly complex reports, then you can implement SAP
BusinessObjects Web Intelligence for reporting.
You can use SAP BOWeb Intelligence as a tool for ad hoc reporting, page-oriented reports,
and easy-to-use analysis.
Crystal Reports are ideal for
Crystal Reports is not ideal for
Complex, highly‐formatted report design
Out‐of‐the‐box, Web-based design environment
Creating canned report templates
Ad hoc query and analysis
Crystal Reports are ideal for
Crystal Reports is not ideal for
Offline and online report viewing
Self‐service reporting
High volume report distribution (publications)
SAP BO: Ad hoc Reporting
Recommendation: Deploy SAP BusinessObjectsWebIntelligence to users who want
an easy‐to:use interface and semantic layer to access data and create
reports. WebIntelligence is ideal for super users who need a flexible way to gain
insight on their data or create ad hoc reports for colleagues in their departments.
Alternatively, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP / Office also provides
additional analysis features.
SAP Crystal Reports to create predefined, interactive reports tailored to each
department. This gives users interactive reports but not the ability to create their own
from scratch.
This might be a suitable option for companies that already plan to use Crystal
Reports and only have small-scale ad hoc reporting requirements in their business
units.
SAP BO Web Intelligence is ideal for
SAP BO Web Intelligence is not ideal for
Web‐based design environment
Tight application or Web portal integration
Creating canned report templates
Highly formatted operational reports
Ad hoc query and analysis
High volume report distribution (publications)
Drill‐down and drill‐through analysis of data
Complex formula and data transformation
SAP BO : Dashboards and cockpits
Recommendation: Use SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards to build new
dashboards. Dashboard offers a state‐of‐the‐art user interface (i.e. Flash), fast
response times (once the data is downloaded), and what‐if modeling.SAP
BusinessObjects Dashboards can use the new BI Consumer Interface to SAP BW
or the access via universes.
Use SAP BO : BI workspaces in BI 4.0 when the dashboard needs to contain
output from numerous SAP BusinessObjects tools (e.g. tables from reports, charts
from analyses, and what‐if models from a dashboardrpar;. With BI workspaces,
users have self.service options to build up their own dashboards.
SAP BO : Exploration (search and guided analysis)
Recommendation: Deploy SAP BusinessObjects Explorer is to get a quick win
with casual users who want to search for relevant data and reports using a keyword
interface. Explorer also lets users search result sets using filters and simple set‐
oriented navigation.
The tool also provides excellent performance because it embeds SAP Business
Warehouse Accelerator or an alternative database which processes queries in
memory.
SAP BO : Analysis
Recommendation: Deploy SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP or Office.
SAP BusinessObjects Analysisuses the new BI Consumer Interface to SAP BW and
supports comparable functions to SAP BEx Analyzer.
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.x
Installation
Pre‐requisites:
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SAP BO Software Dump (In the local system)
.Net Framework (Should be install prior toSAPBO Software
installation)
64bit OS MS 2008,2008R2,2012,2012R2,Linux SUSE
Minimum RAM 8GB,Advisable 16‐32GB RAM.
Minimum Hard Disk (Installation Drive) 60GB,Advisable
100GB.
Note: In the sample figure:OS 2008,RAM 16GB, Hard Disk
Free:60GB,HOSTNAME=SAPBOA(SAPBO Application)
Installation
Copy installation media locally (c: drive)Run setup.exe as
Administrator
Check prerequisites and fix any problems found
Enter product license key, you only need one key for Business
Objects enterprise
premium all additional licensing can be added later
Choose English and any additional interface languages required
Choose full installation
Choose “Configure and install a Sybase SQL Any where database”
option
Choose to deploy default Tomcat instance (it will be used for
Administration purposes)
Choose to install Subversion will be used later
Make note of node name and SIA port (NOT necessary to change
them).
Make Note of CMS port, do not change it.
Fill in Administrator account password and Cluster key, write
them down as they will be required for other installs.
Fill password for the database that will house the repository and
make note of port no
Keep default connection port for the tomcat to 8080, leave other ports
as is.
Leave HTTP listening port as is
Provide the password for LCM-Sub Version and leave the default port of it as it is.
Choose not to configure SMD agent
Choose not to integrate with Interscope
Done! Click on Next
Now installation can start.(please allow 120+ min for the install to finish)