Components of SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 – An Overview
Adam Getz, Manager – Business Intelligence
May 21, 2015
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BI Products: Value vs. Product Complexity
OLAP &
Mobility
Dashboards
& Scorecards
Ad-hoc
Reports
Operational
Reports
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Exploration
& Visualization
What are the Available Components in SAP BI 4.1 Suite?
BI 4.1 Platform
Crystal Reports
Predictive
Lumira
Dashboards
Suite of Business
Intelligence Products
Explorer
Web Intelligence
Mobile
Data Services, Text Analysis
HANA Database
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Business Objects 4.1 Architecture
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BI Launch Pad 4.1 Portal
BI Launch Pad 4.1 – End User Portal
BI Launch Pad –
Home Tab
Highly intuitive web environment for end-users
One point of access to all BI tools and information
Home Tab contains most relevant content in 5 modules:
My Recently Viewed Documents
Unread Messages in My Inbox
My Recently Run Documents
Unread Alerts
My Applications
BI Launch Pad –
Documents Tab
Document Tab provides access to all BI
content:
Left Hand Navigation Divided by 4 Drawers
My Documents
Folders
Categories
Search
Details Panel (View and Open BI Documents)
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Central Management Console (CMC)
Central Management Console (CMC)
Web-Based Administration Tool
Configuration and Management of
BusinessObjects Environment
Control of System Elements
Central Management
Console
User and Groups
Folders and Personal Folders
Settings and Preferences
Server and Services
Security, Access Levels, & Authentication
Objects, Rights, Permissions
License Keys
Universes and Data Connections
Calendars
Events
Management of User, Group, and
Object-Level Rights
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SAP BI 4.1 Universe
Universe: Semantic Middleware Layer / Metadata
Business representation of a database
Translates databases into business terms
Resides between a database and reports/queries
Provides an interface to create ad-hoc queries
Legacy versions of BusinessObjects (Prior to BI 4.0)
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Legacy universe format (.unv)
− Universe design tool called Designer
Information Design
Tool (IDT) with .unx
Universe
Starting with SAP BI 4.0
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New universe format (.unx)
− New universe design tool called Information Design Tool (IDT)
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Crystal Reports 2013 / Crystal Reports for Enterprise
Crystal Reports: Operational Reporting
Create high-fidelity, pixel-perfect reports
Advanced development environment
Ideal tool for developers
Ideal solution for canned or published reports
Multiple deployment options:
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Crystal Reports 2013: Provides a incremental update
to Crystal Reports 2008/2011 with some new
features.
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Crystal Reports for Enterprise: Newly designed
version of Crystal Reports, with a major redesign of
the Crystal Reports Designer, but with some
limitations.
Crystal Reports for
Enterprise
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Crystal Reports 2013
Web Intelligence (WebI)
Web Intelligence (WebI): Query & Analysis
Web-Based Query & Analysis
Business users develop reports / charts / ad-hoc queries
Generates answers to business questions
Ideal for business users and analysts
Drag and drop fields, prompts, and filters to develop
queries and reports within the WebI Designer
View and format data within the WebI Report Panel
Uses BOBJ Universe as a source
WebI Report Panel
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WebI Designer
SAP BI 4.1 Dashboards
Dashboards (aka Xcelsius)
Formerly Called Xcelsius (prior to SAP BI 4.0)
Display Interactive Visual Models with charts, drop-down
menus, and sliders
Display Enterprise KPIs
Visually Stunning Presentations
Integrated with SAP BI 4.1 Platform
New Features / Integration
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Direct connections to universes
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New query panel to rapidly generate queries
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Live data preview at design time
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New formatting options
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SAP BI 4.1
Dashboard
SAP BI 4.1 Live Office
SAP BI 4.1 Live Office
Add-on for Microsoft Office applications
Provides access to data stored in
BusinessObjects platform
Universe Queries are Queries from
Buisiness Objects Universe, Similar to Web
Intelligence Queries
Insert content from Web Intelligence,
Crystal Reports, and Universe Queries into
Microsoft Office documents
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MS PowerPoint
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MS Word
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MS Excel
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MS Outlook
Live Office and MS
Excel
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SAP BI 4.1 Explorer
SAP BI 4.1 Explorer
Guided Data Exploration
Unparalleled Query and Analysis Capacities
Quickly Explore and Visualize Very Large
Data Sets
Key Word Search Experience Similar to
Google, Yahoo, or Bing
Rapidly Drill Down and Drill Up
Pervasive Searches with queries directly to
data without the need for a predefined
report or query
Utilizes Existing BOBJ Universes
SAP BI 4.1 Explorer
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SAP BI 4.1 Mobile App
SAP BI 4.1 Mobile App
Business Intelligence on the Go
For Use on Smart Phone or Tablet Device
Real-time Access to Data
Leverages Existing BI Infrastructure
Download Mobile Apps from the iTunes
Store
Enables personnel to make time-critical
decisions even when disconnected from
the enterprise network
Access to Data on 24x7 Basis
SAP BI 4.1 Mobile App
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SAP BI 4.1 Lumira
Lumira: Visual Intelligence
Formerly called SAP BI Visual Intelligence
Highly-interactive visualizations of data
Instant visualization on large volume of
data
Visually conduct data analysis
Attractive analytics to convey and share
knowledge
View data from many different visual
perspectives
Choose from breadth of visualizations
including Geo & Trellis charts
Chart manipulation with trends, forecast,
rank, sort & calculated measures
SAP BI 4.1 Lumira (Visual
Intelligence)
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SAP BI 4.1 Predictive Analysis
In the past, Predictive Analysis has been an island.
There is a wide disconnect between the BI and Advanced Analytics world.
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SAP BI 4.1 Predictive Analysis
But now, SAP brings BI and Advanced Analytics together.
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SAP BI 4.1 Predictive Analysis
SAP BI 4.1 Predictive Analysis
Most Advanced Business Intelligence
Capabilities
True Data Mining Ability
Exploits useful patterns in data that may
have otherwise been difficult to determine
Leverages statistics, advanced techniques,
algorithms, and sophisticated data search
capabilities
Forecasts and projects future results
Calculates levels of correlation between
data elements
SAP BI 4.1 Predictive
Analysis
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