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Week 1 Unit 1: BI Introduction andOverview

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the enterprise

SAPs Strategic Focus on Business Intelligence

Corey Core for

innovationy Complete BI

suitey Continued

leadership

Socialy Ability to capture

the decisiony Information in

contexty Ability to

leverage thenetwork

Extremey Big datay Real timey Predictive

Mobiley First experience

for BIy Content to point

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BI PlatformProfessional Grade

EnterprisePortals

MS OfficeOn DemandServices

BrowsersMobile Devices

ERPSAP Business SuiteOracle E-Business SuitePeopleSoftJD Edwards

Unstructured data inSocial Media andHadoop

EmbeddedContent

MS ExcelOracle, IBM DB2,Microsoft SQL Serverand other relational datasources

Universe Semantic LayerUniverse Semantic Layer

Business Intelligence PlatformBusiness Intelligence Platform

EDWSAP NetWeaver BWTeraDataOther data warehouses

SAP HANA Platform

ReportingReportingAgile VisualizationAgile Visualization Dashboards and AppsDashboards and Apps

EssbaseMicrosoft ASOracle OLAP


SAP Business IntelligenceOne Suite for All Insight

ReportingSelf-service

Dashboardsand Apps

y Deliver engaging information to users where they need ity Track key performance indicators and summary datay Build custom experiences so users get what they need quickly

y Securely distribute information across yourorganization

y Answer related questions by interacting withpre-defined reports

y Build printable reports for operational efficiency

y Discover areas to optimize your businessy Adapt data to business needsy Tell your story with beautiful visualizations

Discover. Predict. Create.

Build Engaging Experiences

Distribute Information

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Self-serviceDiscover. Predict. Create.

Agility for business analysts and business usersy Discover trends, outliers and areas of interest in your businessy Adapt to business scenarios by combining, manipulating, and

enriching data

y Tell your story with self-service visualizations and analyticsy Forecast and predict future outcomes

Portfolio

y Lumira*y Explorer*y Analysis*y Predictive Analysis*

* SAP Lumira, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer; SAP BusinessObjects Analysis; SAP Predictive Analysis


SAP Lumirato unleash business analyst creativity

Provides the freedom to understand your data, personalize it, and create beautiful content

y Download and install on your desktop in less than 5minutes

y Insight from many data sourcesy Combine, manipulate and enrich data to apply it to

your business scenarios

y Self-service visualizations and analytics to tell yourstory

y Optimized for SAP HANA for real-time on detaileddata

Overview

y Easy to use and quick to install.y Get real-time answers on any volume of datay Connect, access and visualize data without a single

line of code

Key Benefits


SAP BusinessObjects Explorerfor business users to quickly access information on their own

Provide business users with a simple experience to independently ask and answerbusiness questions on the fly

y Quickly and easily explore your data using searchy Easily visualize your datay Geographic and Time awarenessy Build simple, interactive views (Exploration views)y Mobile ready

Overview

y Empower casual users to experience self-serve datadiscovery

y Discover critical answers over the Web or on devicey Improve adoption with intuitive behavior for date, time,

and geographical dimensions

y Create user-defined dashboards more easily withoutdependency on IT or training

Key Benefits


SAP BusinessObjects Analysisfor OLAP analysis

y Recommended for OLAP analysis scenarios (multi-dimensional analysis)

y Quickly leverage your existing SAP investments withsupport for BW and HANA

y High productivity for analysts through both Web andExcel based interfaces

y Premium alternative for BEx customers

Overview

Provide Business Analysts with the ability to analyze OLAP data in both Excel and over theWeb

y Access, slide, and pivot cubes in SAP NetWeaver BWand SAP HANA

y Access non-SAP data in Microsoft Analysis Servicesy Share analysis workspaces with SAP Crystal Reports

and SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

Key Benefits


Predictive Analysisto gain an extremely deep understanding of your business

Provide Business Analysts with sophisticated algorithms to take the next step inunderstanding their business and modeling outcomes.

y Perform statistical analysis on your data to understandtrends and detect outliers in your business

y Build models and apply to scenarios to forecastpotential future outcomes

y Breadth of connectivity to access almost any datay Optimized for SAP HANA to support huge data

volumes and in-memory processing

Overview

y Ease of use for the data analysty Visualizations right where youd expect them.y Integration: ability to share insights with other BI

tools

y No need to extract terabytes of data from SAPHANA to perform predictive analytics

Key Benefits


Dashboards and AppsBuild Engaging Experiences

Build engaging, visual dashboardsy Powerful environment to build interactive and visually

appealing analytics

y Rich set of controls: buttons, list boxes, drop-down,crosstabs, charts

y Use custom code to extend and build workflows

Portfolio

y Design Studio*

y Dashboards (aka Xcelsius)*

* SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio; SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards


Design Studiofor building analytic applications on BW and HANA

y Modern development environment and HTML5runtime

y Native BW and HANA supporty Growing library of controlsy Recommended for BW customers (especially those

with BEx WAD investments)

Overview

Provides a development environment that contains a broad library of controls andvisualizations to build analytic applications on BW and HANA

y Develop analytic applications for use on the Web ormobile devices

y Allow users to interact with data easily in highlycustomizable interfaces

y Fully leverage your existing investments in SAPNetWeaver BW and SAP HANA

Key Benefits


SAP BusinessObjects Dashboardsfor building custom dashboards on any data

y Build rich, interactive dashboards and visualizationsy Broad visualization library to support KPIs and

executive dashboards

y Leverage enterprise BI infrastructure with support forthe semantic layer

y Recommended for use on 3rd party data sources

Overview

Provides a rich set of visualizations and controls to build highly interactive dashboards onthird-party data sources

y Monitor key performance indicatorsy Perform what-if scenario analysisy Consume dashboards over the Web or embedded in

Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe PDF documents

y Use consistent data access with other BI solutionsy Take action on the insights in the dashboard

Key Benefits


ReportingShare Information

High productivity design for report designersy Quickly build formatted reports on any data source

y Securely distribute reports both internally and externally

y Minimize IT support costs by empowering end usersto easily create and modify their own reports

y Enhance custom applications with embedded reports

Portfolio

y Web Intelligence*

y Crystal Reports*

* SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence; SAP Crystal Reports


SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligencefor self-service query and reporting

y Market-leading self service reporting solution for rapidreport creation

y Support for multi-source semantic layer to bring togetherdifferent sources of information without having to knowthe DB structure or SQL

y Content accessible from anywhere: Mobile, Web,Desktop

Overview

Quickly build ad-hoc queries and reports without a knowledge of SQL or the underlying datastructure

y Quick, self-service answers to unpredictable questions.y Universe semantic layer makes it easy for business users

to access data.

y Secure sharing of interactive reportsy Online and offline accessy Ability to combine corporate data with local spreadsheets

Key Benefits


SAP Crystal Reportsfor formatted reports

y Access nearly any data source directlyy Build reports that look exactly the way you want

through pixel-perfect positioning, layout and templates

y Powerful API to embed reports into applicationsy Optimized for high-volume reporting and publishing

Overview

Build pixel-perfect formatted reports for printing and operational reporting

y Convert data into formatted, easy-to-read reportsy Schedule, secure, and share in any format.y Add formatted reporting to custom applications with

modern Web APIs and standards

y Take action from within your reports for closed-loopoperational reporting

Key Benefits


Mobilizing the SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite

Discover

Report

Analyze

Visualize

PredictCollaborate


SAP BI MobileMobilizing the SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite

y Make informed decisions with instant access topersonalized information

y Ensure secure access to information across a rangeof devices

y Receive alerts on critical events

Overview

Mobilize Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Dashboards (Xcelsius/Design Studio) andExploration Content

y Access SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for bothiPhone and iPad

y Analytics and GPS technology via Google Mapsy Visual map overlay on point-of-interest datay Data overlay through on-device camera visualsy Mobilize Dashboards (aka Xcelsius and Design Studio

Models) to Mobile Devices

Key Benefits


SAP BusinessObjects Explorer On MobileExplore Your Business at the Speed of Thought

Self-service, simple and fast

Smart search and explore

Augmented reality and location-based analytics

Share insights with SAP Lumira

Access and explore big data

Now in the same app of Mobile BI(version 5)


Agility for business analysts and business usersDiscover trends, outliers and areas of interest in your business

Adapt to business scenarios by combining, manipulating, andenriching data

Tell your story with self-service visualizations and analytics

Forecast and predict future outcomes

Discovery and AnalysisDiscover. Predict. Create.

Portfolio

Visual Intelligence (Lumira)

Explorer

Analysis

Predictive Analysis*


Visual Intelligence (Lumira)to unleash business analyst creativity

Provides the freedom to understand your data, personalize it, and create beautiful content

y Download and install on your desktop in less than 5minutes

y Insight from many data sourcesy Combine, manipulate and enrich data to apply it to

your business scenarios

y Self-service visualizations and analytics to tell yourstory

y Optimized for SAP HANA for real-time on detaileddata

Overview

y Easy to use and quick to install.y Get real-time answers on any volume of datay Connect, access and visualize data without a single

line of code

Key Benefits


Visual Intelligence (Lumira)Key Benefits

y Near-instant value for businessuser

y Ability to access and manipulateheterogeneous data sources

y High performance on big datay Powerful visualizations for

interactive analysisy No IT or developer dependency

and no scripting requiredy Ability to leverage existing

investments in SAP HANA or SAPBO Business Intelligence


Visual Intelligence (Lumira)Interactive Charts

yIn place filteringwithin charts

yCreate trellis chartswith simple drag-drop


Visual Intelligence (Lumira)On the Fly Forecast and Regression

Apply quick forecast and regression algorithms on your data


SAP BusinessObjects Explorerfor business users to quickly access information on their own

Provide business users with a simple experience to independently ask and answerbusiness questions on the fly

y Quickly and easily explore your data using searchy Easily visualize your datay Geographic and Time awarenessy Build simple, interactive views (Exploration views)y Mobile ready

Overview

y Empower casual users to experience self-serve datadiscovery

y Discover critical answers over the Web or on devicey Improve adoption with intuitive behavior for date, time,

and geographical dimensions

y Create user-defined dashboards more easily withoutdependency on IT or training

Key Benefits


SAP BusinessObjects Explorer OverviewEveryone is using Search

Use familiar key-word search to findbusiness information Answers on-the-fly and investigative

questionsSearches directly on pre-indexed dataor directly on HANA No previous reports or metrics need

exist Provides fast search and explorationSearches across all data sources Any universe accessible source Any Accelerator accessible source

Use keywordsearch

Results ranked bydata

relevance


SAP BusinessObjects Explorer OverviewNo data model knowledge required

yFaceted navigation

yBest chart typeauto generated


SAP BusinessObjects Analysisfor OLAP analysis

y Recommended for OLAP analysis scenarios (multi-dimensional analysis)

y Quickly leverage your existing SAP investments withsupport for BW and HANA

y High productivity for analysts through both Web andExcel based interfaces

y Premium alternative for BEx customers

Overview

Provide Business Analysts with the ability to analyze OLAP data in both Excel and over theWeb

y Access, slide, and pivot cubes in SAP NetWeaver BWand SAP HANA

y Access non-SAP data in Microsoft Analysis Servicesy Share analysis workspaces with SAP Crystal Reports

and SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

Key Benefits


Analysis, edition for OLAP is a self-service, multidimensional analysis tool for business analystsin mid to large enterprises who want to quickly answer their complex questions. It is the go-toanalysis tool for BW & HANA customers and also caters for selected 3rd party OLAP providers.

Analyze your datay Highly interactivey Powerful visualizationsy User defined calculationsy Native online connectivity to OLAP sources

Multiple sources in one workspacey SAP NetWeaver BWy SAP HANAy SAP EPM providers: SAP BusinessObjects Planning and

Consolidation, SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and CostManagement, SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation

y Microsoft SSASy Teradatay Oracle OLAP & Oracle Essbase

Integrated with BI suitey Interoperability with Design Studio, Web Intelligence and Crystal

Reports

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAPProduct description


SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAPThe best web client for SAP BW and SAP HANA

Pervasive web-based analysis

Modern look-and-feel withintuitive drag-and-drop

Few simple clicks tofast business insights

SAP BW, HANA, EPM,Teradata, ORACLE Essbase,ORACLE OLAP and Microsoft

Analysis Services

Interoperate withDesign Studio,

WebI and CrystalReports


Simpler and More Intuitive User Experiencefor Fast Business Insights

Modern and familiarMicrosoft Officeuser experience

Simplified drag-&-drop to filter, and

slice-&-dice

Few simple clicksto fast business

insights


More Powerful with Live Presentations

Live analyses embedded intoPowerPoint presentations

y Export current analysis from Excel

y Insert BEx query results directly

y Analysis embedded as live object


OverviewSAP BusinessObjects Analysis


Predictive Analysisto gain an extremely deep understanding of your business

Provide Business Analysts with sophisticated algorithms to take the next step inunderstanding their business and modeling outcomes.

y Perform statistical analysis on your data to understandtrends and detect outliers in your business

y Build models and apply to scenarios to forecastpotential future outcomes

y Breadth of connectivity to access almost any datay Optimized for SAP HANA to support huge data

volumes and in-memory processing

Overview

y Ease of use for the data analysty Visualizations right where youd expect them.y Integration: ability to share insights with other BI

tools

y No need to extract terabytes of data from SAPHANA to perform predictive analytics

Key Benefits


Build engaging, visual dashboards

Powerful environment to build interactive and visually appealinganalytics

Rich set of controls: buttons, list boxes, drop-down, crosstabs,charts

Use custom code to extend and build workflows

Dashboards and AppsBuild Engaging Experiences

Portfolio

Design Studio

Dashboards (aka Xcelsius)


Design Studiofor building analytic applications on BW and HANA

y Modern development environment and HTML5runtime

y Native BW and HANA supporty Growing library of controlsy Recommended for BW customers (especially those

with BEx WAD investments)

Overview

Provides a development environment that contains a broad library of controls andvisualizations to build analytic applications on BW and HANA

y Develop analytic applications for use on the Web ormobile devices

y Allow users to interact with data easily in highlycustomizable interfaces

y Fully leverage your existing investments in SAPNetWeaver BW and SAP HANA

Key Benefits


SAP BusinessObjects Design StudioPowerful analytical & planning apps on SAP BW and HANA PREVIEW

Direct Access to BWand HANA via BICS

State of the artrendering: HTML5

Eclipse-basedapplication design

environment

iPad Apps

Premium alternativeto BEx WAD


SAP BusinessObjects Dashboardsfor building custom dashboards on any data

y Build rich, interactive dashboards and visualizationsy Broad visualization library to support KPIs and

executive dashboards

y Leverage enterprise BI infrastructure with support forthe semantic layer

y Recommended for use on 3rd party data sources

Overview

Provides a rich set of visualizations and controls to build highly interactive dashboards onthird-party data sources

y Monitor key performance indicatorsy Perform what-if scenario analysisy Consume dashboards over the Web or embedded in

Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe PDF documents

y Use consistent data access with other BI solutionsy Take action on the insights in the dashboard

Key Benefits


Today: Two Experiences to Cover Customer Needs

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Visually compelling dashboards acrossmultiple sources and kinds of data

SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

BI applications and guided analysis ontop of multi-dimensional data

In the Future, one single Dashboard Application


SAP BusinessObjects Dashboarding StrategyWhat does this mean for existing customers in 2013 ?

Current use ofBex Web Application

Designer

Current use ofSAP BusinessObjects

Dashbords (formerXcelsius)

Multi-Source,Non-SAP BWSAP BW only

Use SAP BusinessObjects DesignStudio as primary tool for creatingdashboards and applications, both

on the web and on device

Continue with SAPBusinessObjects Dashboards and

leverage the upcoming HTML5functionality for on-device

dashboards

Consider building new dashboardsin SAP BusinessObjects Design

Studio


High productivity design for report designers

Quickly build formatted reports on any data source

Securely distribute reports both internally and externally

Minimize IT support costs by empowering end users to easily createand modify their own reports

Enhance custom applications with embedded reports

ReportingShare Information

Portfolio

Web Intelligence

Crystal Reports

Crystal Reports forEnterprise


SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligencefor self-service query and reporting

y Market-leading self service reporting solution for rapidreport creation

y Support for multi-source semantic layer to bring togetherdifferent sources of information without having to knowthe DB structure or SQL

y Content accessible from anywhere: Mobile, Web,Desktop

Overview

Quickly build ad-hoc queries and reports without a knowledge of SQL or the underlying datastructure

y Quick, self-service answers to unpredictable questions.y Universe semantic layer makes it easy for business users

to access data.

y Secure sharing of interactive reportsy Online and offline accessy Ability to combine corporate data with local spreadsheets

Key Benefits


SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceProductivity Improvements

Harmonized User ExperienceOffice-style Ribbon ToolbarMinimal-to-no training required

Improved Interactivity & AnalysisWorkflowsStreamlined guided analysis - answers to most commonquestions are a click awayContent copy & paste b/w docs and into MS OfficeData manager for browsing query results on the flyNew User Experience for slicing/dicing & what-ifRelieve IT & power users from most common requeststo personalize reports


SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceData Manager

Provide business users a quick way to understand the data behind simple reports Enable power users to gain a deep understanding of multiple data sources Provide Desktop Intelligence users with another superior user experience


SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceDimensional Query Panel

Hierarchies displayed in singlecolumn with controls to expandlevels

New formula functions for formattingand calculation control overhierarchical data

Dimensional concepts integrated intorich reporting model


SAP Crystal Reportsfor formatted reports

y Access nearly any data source directlyy Build reports that look exactly the way you want

through pixel-perfect positioning, layout and templates

y Powerful API to embed reports into applicationsy Optimized for high-volume reporting and publishing

Overview

Build pixel-perfect formatted reports for printing and operational reporting

y Convert data into formatted, easy-to-read reportsy Schedule, secure, and share in any format.y Add formatted reporting to custom applications with

modern Web APIs and standards

y Take action from within your reports for closed-loopoperational reporting

Key Benefits


SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprisefor formatted reports

y Easy-to-use, new design environment for novice andprofessional designers

y Create simple reports to represent complex datawithin a few minutes

y Streamlined experience across the suite

Overview

Create Stunning Documents faster than ever before

y Leverages improve suite wide connection to SAPNetWeaver BW

y Direct connectivity to SAP BEx Queries using theBICS connectivity

y Connectivity to SAP ERP via Universes with FeaturePack 03

y Multi-lingual capabilities via SAP BusinessObjectsTranslation Manager

Key Benefits


SAP Crystal Reports in BI 4.0

With the release of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.0 , there willbe two versions of Crystal Reports available for use with the BI Platform.

SAP Crystal Reports for enterprise

Major update & re-design of theCrystal Reports Designer andassociated processing servers

Focus on the needs of the LargeEnterprise & customers with SAPdeployments

Provides the foundation for allfuture releases of Crystal Reports

SAP Crystal Reports 2011

Incremental update to CR 2008 witha few new features

Focused on serving the needs ofstandalone customers (Partnersand Volume customers)

Continue to deliver existingfunctionality with no regressions


Crystal Reports for Enterprise vs Crystal Reports 2011Data Connectivity

y Improved Direct Access to SAP BW Query via MDXy Migration path for existing BW Query Crystal Reports

2008 reports

y Set database location to Crystal Reports 2011 BWMDX Driver

Crystal Reports 2011

y SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 suite consistent DataAccess to SAP BW

y Access SAP NetWeaver BW via dimensionaluniverses

y Direct Access to BEx Queries via transient universes(BICS)

y Access SAP ERP via universes

Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Differences about Data Connectivity


SAP BI MobileMobilize Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence Content

Make informed decisions withinstant access to personalizedinformation

Leverage existing BI investments& skills to quickly reach mobileusers

Ensure secure access toinformation across a range ofdevices

Receive alerts on critical events Investigate problems and

opportunities Take immediate action


SAP BusinessObjects Explorer On MobileExplore Your Business at the Speed of Thought

Self-service, simple and fast

Smart search and explore

Augmented reality and location-based analytics

Share insights with SAP Lumira

Access and explore big data

Now in the same app of BO Mobile(version 5)

Exercises


Exercises: Scenarios

1. Imagine that you work for the FAA and wantto track all the flights in the US by count,hour, busiest airport etc. The dataset that isavailable to you is from the year 2011, forQuarter 1

2. Now imagine that youre a business user atthe FAA and you have access to flight andpassenger data for the San Francisco Airportavailable to you in csv format. You want toanalyze on this data and perform self-analysis


Exercises: Scenario

y Entry point to monitor key performanceindicators

y Need: interactive dashboard andvisualizations

y Build ad-hoc queries and reports withoutknowledge of SQL or the underlying datastructure

y Need: quick, self-service answers

y Self-service visualizations and analyticsy Need: get real-time answers, freedom to

understand the data, and personalize it

y Easily visualize your datay Need: self-serve data discovery

Dashboards and AppsDashboards and Apps

ReportingReporting

Discovery and AnalysisDiscovery and Analysis

Discovery and AnalysisDiscovery and Analysis


Exercises: Scenario 1

Imagine that you work for the FAA and want to track all the flights in the US bycount, hour, busiest airport etc. The dataset that is available to you is from theyear 2011, for Quarter 1

Dashboards

Web Intelligence

ExplorerDiscovery and AnalysisDiscovery and Analysis

Dashboards and AppsDashboards and Apps

ReportingReporting


Exercises: Scenario 2

1. Now imagine that youre a business user at the FAA and you have access toflight and passenger data for the San Francisco Airport available to you in csvformat. You want to analyze on this data and perform self-analysis

Visual IntelligenceDiscovery and AnalysisDiscovery and Analysis

Thank you

Contact information:

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