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ASUG Influence: SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Update Session #4210

Joyce Butler – ASUG SIG Chair, Cameron InternationalTammy Powlas – Customer Chair, Fairfax Water Alexander Peter – SAP Product Management, SBOP AnalysisIan McAlpine – SAP Product Management, SBOP Analysis

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Learning Points

Continue progress on Influence Council goals and objectives

Obtain current information surrounding product evolution

Provide input to ongoing product development

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Agenda:

Overview of Analysis

Review Influence Council status and timeline

Update on the development activities

Analysis Office 1.4 update

Analysis OLAP 4.1 update

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis

Web

Microsoft Office

Analytical ApplicationsAnalytical Applications AdHoc OLAPAdHoc OLAP

Design Studio• Premium Alternative to BEx Web App

Designer• Design studio for power users to create

purpose‐built OLAP analysis & planning apps• Mobile support• Customer‐ and SAP‐delivered content• Supporting SAP BW & SAP HANA sources

Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office• IT / Developers, Data Analysts, Business Users• Excel‐based OLAP analysis• Excel‐based BI applications• Live PowerPoint presentations• Supporting SAP BW & SAP HANA sources

Analysis, Edition for OLAP• Dedicated Ad‐Hoc OLAP client for

business users to analyze OLAP data and share it with others

• Seamless interoperability between designer and ad‐hoc client

• Supporting SAP BW & SAP HANA sources + 3rd party OLAP

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Agenda:






Analysis Influence Council Leadership

Tammy Powlas, Fairfax WaterCustomer Lead

[email protected]

Joyce Butler, Cameron InternationalASUG SIG Chair

joyce.butler@c‐a‐m.com

Ian McAlpine, SAP CanadaProduct Management, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis

[email protected]

Alexander Peter, SAP AGProduct Management, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis

[email protected]

Analysis Influence Council Purpose

Drive product strategy via forward looking discussions

Next major releaseUpcoming minor releasesAreas with largest business impact

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ASUG IC Participant Involvement

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Time

IC LaunchIC Feedback IC Closure

Initiation

Launch

RequirementsGathering

RequirementsGathering

SAP Revisions

Confirmation ofrequirements

SAP Revisions

Final confirmationof requirements

Close the loopvia influence update

High

Charter Timeline: June 2012 to May 2014

Influencing SAP

Influencing SAP

• Converting BEx 3.5 Workbooks

Influencing SAP

• Variants

Influencing SAP

New Prompt dialog, exclusive to Analysis OLAP

– Display by default just the required prompts

– Choose to save prompt values with the workspace

– Create public or private variants

– Reuse existing variants stored in BW

– Support for prompt merging

Influencing SAP

New Custom Grouping feature in Analysis OLAP

– Create new groups of members from different hierarchies

– Choose members via individual selection, search or conditional filtering

– Combine member selection using set complement or set intersection

Influencing SAP

Create Analysis Application (Export to Design Studio) feature from Analysis OLAP in 3 mouse clicks

– Empower business analysts to easily share their analysis throughout the organization without requiring professionally created reports or apps

Activities to Date

Reviewed Analysis for Office 1.4+ functionality Reviewed Analysis for OLAP 4.1+ functionality

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Agenda:






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Development Activities

Release Planning Analysis, edition for MS Office

Analysis 1.4, edition for MS Office: planned for Q2 2013

Release Planning Analysis, edition for OLAP

Analysis 4.1, edition for OLAP: planned for Q2 2013

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Agenda:






SAP Product Road Map for Analysis, edition for MS Office

• Highly interactive multidimensional analysison SAP sources (BW & HANA)

• MS PowerPoint Publishing

• Excel‐based application design via powerful API

• Analysis Excel write‐back on BW‐IP (integrated planning)

• Combine local andcorporate data (via BW Workspaces)

• Conversion support

• Automatic transformation into web and iPadapplications (via Design Studio)

• BI platform integration enhancements (SSO improvements)

• Waterfall Charts

• Scheduling and publication

• Continuous Improvement (Performance, usability)

• Enhanced PowerPoint support

• Document management

• “Dynamic Grid”, i.e.enhanced formatting options in analysis modus

• Custom local hierarchies

• Access to 3rd party sources (via DSL)

• HANA platform

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.Planned RTC: Q2 2013

Today Planned Innovation Future Direction

Planned Features in Release 1.4

• Analysis Suite– Interoperability with Design Studio– Automatic transformation from Analysis Office apps

to iPad apps

• Enhancemed BI Platform Support– Single Sign‐On and LCM

• Innovation– Waterfall Charts

• Continuous Improvements– Broadcasting via BI Platform (Feature Pack planned

for Q3 2013)– Launch Query Designer– Readmode, Versioned/time‐dep hierarchies, de‐

/activate hierarchies, Data Refresh, Member selector for mass data (note 1824726)Ramp‐up planned for Q2 2013

Analysis,edition for Microsoft Office

Using Design Studioruntime

iPad App

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Agenda:






SAP Product Roadmap for Analysis, edition for OLAP

Highly interactive analysis Focused analysis, powerful user

defined calculations

Multiple sources in one workspace SAP NetWeaver BW SAP HANA SAP EPM Providers Microsoft SSAS Teradata

SAP BW enhancements Display attributes Compact axes Manual entry of prompts

SAP HANA enhancements Hierarchies Prompts (Variables)

Improved support for BW Currency conversion Scheduling

Improved support for SSAS Drill Through

Improved support for Essbase SSO Alias tables

Analysis features Multi‐axis and tree map charts Collaboration

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

(Release 4.0 SP5)

Improved support for BW Enhanced prompt dialog Prompt merging Variants Conditional formatting (exceptions)

from the query

Analysis features Custom grouping Waterfall charts

Information Access Report‐Report Interface Enhanced OpenDoc support Jumplink to Web Intelligence

Seamless Integration with Design Studio

Additional data sources Oracle Essbase & Oracle OLAP

Planned RTC: Q2 2013

Today Planned Innovation Future Direction

Planned Analysis OLAP Features in BI 4.1

• Analysis Suite– Interoperability with Design Studio– Automatic transformation from Analysis OLAP workspaces to

simplified browser & iPad apps

• Enhanced BW Support– New, redesigned prompt dialog– Enabled prompt merging– Support for public and personal variants (create & reuse from NW)– Display conditional formatting (exceptions) defined in the Query

• Innovation– Waterfall Charts– Custom Grouping (create alternative hierarchies)

• Information Access– RRI (Report‐to‐Report Interface)– Enhanced OpenDocument– Jumplink to WebIntelligence and Crystal Reports

• New Data Sources– Oracle Essbase– Oracle OLAP– (plus Teradata)Ramp‐up planned for Q2 2013

Analysis, edition for OLAP

Using Design Studioruntime

Introductions

Name Role Experience with Analysis Do you primarily author, consume or administer

Analysis?

What do you value most about Analysis?

What is your suggestion(s) for improving Analysis?

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SAP BusinessObjects Analysis‐Related Sessions this week

Session Code Description Date / Time

0302 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio & Dashboards Roadmap

Tues. 12:30 to 1:30 S210C

0305 What’s new with Analysis Office & OLAP? Wed. 11:00 am to noon S210C

0312 Moving Beyond BEx: Strategies for Unlocking the Value in Your BW Data with BI 4

Thurs. 01:45 p.m. ‐ 02:45 p.m.S210C

0308 Customize the Look and Feel of BW Reports in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis (Office) by Using API Calls to Expand the Functionality and User Experience

Wed. 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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