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SAP BI 4.2 – 45 features in 45 minutes(Can we reach 60?)
Rajesh Ponnurangam
Infosol Inc
BI 4.2 - 45 features in 45 minutes
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Administration Features1
Semantic Layer Features2
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Web Intelligence Features
Demo (Selected Features)
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BI Administrators’ Cockpit
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Cockpit Features
• Enables an administrator to collect basic data about BI 4.2 system
• High level information on servers, scheduled jobs, Content Usage and application
• Restart failed server & jobs
Recycle Bin2
Recycle Bin
• Restore accidently deleted content
• Needs to be Enabled
• Only Public folders content is supported
• Documents automatically removed after a threshold
CMS Driver & Universe3
Unlock CMS Database
• Reporting and Analysis solution for CMS Database
• Sample universe is delivered
• Sample Reports are delivered
CMS Driver & Universe4
Unlock CMS Database
• Pre-packaged Universes & Reports
Audit Driver & Universe5
Unlock Audit Database
• Reporting and Analysis solution for Audit Database
• Sample universe & Reports are delivered
Promotion Management6
Promotion Management
• Selective retrieval of objects from an LCMBIAR file
• Removal of flash dependency
• Lesser load on App server
Promotion Management7
New Wizard
• Enable mass copy of CMS content
• No coding/scripting required
Administration Console8
BI Admin Console
• Automate repetitive tasks across several landscapes
• https://<host>:<port>/BOE/BIAdministrationConsole
• Supported workflows covers
• Change Document ownership
• Document refresh
• WebI Change Source
User Notification9
User Notification
• Broadcast information to a single user/group or all users
• Specify the timeline for notification
• Send notification as a email
Server Groups Exclusivity10
Server Groups
• Servers added to Exclusive ServerGroup will be excluded from the common pool
• servers part of “Exclusive ServerGroup” will be freed from the general load of the system
Server Groups Exclusivity11
Server Groups
• Assign Server groups at folder level for scheduling/ viewing Crystal and WebI reports
• Assign Server groups at User group level for scheduling/ viewing Crystal and WebIreports
Scheduling Features12
Adaptive Job Server
• Support for Custom Headers for Email
• Email from BI Platform (AJS) will have custom header in recipient headers.
Scheduling Features13
Security Setting
• Security settings to authorize users/usergroups using specific scheduling destinations
Scheduling Features14
2 New Schedule Status
• Warning: For WebI Reports that are partially refreshed or partially run
• Expired: Reported when the object has passed the end date(paused) or maximum number of retries
User Deletion15
User Deletion
• Detection if a user has objects attached before deletion
Authentication Configuration
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List of Auth Types
• New property “logon.authentication.visibleList” is introduced in BIlaunchpad.properties and CmcApp.properties, which will ensure only limited authentication types are available for end user
SAP BW Integration17
Support for BW Events
• BW Event in CMC Events
• New REST API to fetch and Trigger BW Events
• New Process Type called “BOE Trigger Event in BW is introduced”
SAP BW Integration18
BW Password Change
• Change Password in LaunchPad and CMC for BW users registered in BI Platform
• Users get prompted to change BW passwords at
• Initial Logon
• Expired Passwords
Virus Scan Integration19
File Repository Virus Scan
• Support the scan of all files committed to the File Repository for viruses• Directory input of Virus Scanadaptor
Other Misc. Features20
Inbox Limit
• Setting added to limit the number of documents by user or user group
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Other Misc. Features20
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WebI Fiori Preferences20
Filtering Objects in IDT21
Stored Procedures in IDT22
Stored Procedures
• The stored procedure result
set is exposed as one or more
tables in the data foundation
• More advantages that UDT
Linked Universes23
Reduce TCO
• Same principle as universe
linking with UDT and UNV
• Changes to a core UNX are
propagated to all derived UNX
universes
• Derived universes are
independed universes and can
be amended
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IDT – Refresh Structure25
Refreshing Data Foundation
• Replace a column instead of
removing and adding it(After
renaming in Database)
• Refresh selected Tables
IDT Usability Enhancements26
IDT Usability Enhancements26
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IDT Preferences27
Bex Query Universes28
Bex Universes
• Display BEx queries in a
more user friendly way
• Bex Query universes use the
BICS Connector
• Auto generated Business
Layer with ability to rename,
regroup and delete objects
from SAP BEx
• Using the NAII=A option (new in SAP BI 4.2 SP7)▪ Displays all prompts, both mandatory and optional ones, the values of
which are not set in the URL.
▪ Prompts with values set in the URL are not displayed.
▪ If all mandatory and optional prompts are set in the URL, the Prompts dialog box is not displayed.
• sOutputFormat=P option for PDF
• sOutputFormat=E option to export a WebI document as an Excel file
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WebI – OpenDoc URL29
• sReportMode=Light (for full screen display)
• Use Kiosk Mode in Chrome
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WebI – OpenDoc URL29
Shared Elements30
Shared Elements
• Share WebI content with
Other Users
• Shared element is saved with
the report part, corresponding
datasource, data providers,
variables and formats
• Browse and reuse WebI
Content created by other
users
Commentary31
Comments on WebI
• Option to store in Audit
database or selected database
• Comments can be copied
• Managed by new security
rights
• Authorizations on commenting
can be defined on folder or
object level
Geo Maps32
Geomaps with WebI
• Integration of geographical
database into WebI
• New WebI Charts: choropleth,
geobubble and geopie
Time Hierarchy33
Calc Extensions
• support for time dimension to
better analyze time in datasets
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View Time Filtering34
New Element Types
• The View Time Filtering is based
on a Business Security Profile
created for this universe and
assigned to users and groups.
• These Business Security Profiles
already apply when you refresh
the query
• No Database refresh needed
• Improves Report Opening time
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Intra Document Linking35
Document Linking
• Provides Guided analysis in a
document
• An alternate way to navigate
from one report to another
HANA Online36
HANA Direct access
• Connect directly to HANA views
• WebI Calculations are delegated
to HANA
• Usual WebI workflow with Query
panel
• HANA hierarchies are supported
Java/DHTML Parity37
Free hand SQL support
• Create a document based on Free-Hand SQL in BI Launch Pad
• The ability to use Free-Hand SQL is now controlled via a security right set at connection level
• Text file can be used as a data source
DeskI Parity38
Same Level Breaks
• Combine multiple dimension into a single Break
DeskI Parity38
Same Level Breaks
• Define breaks based on values within the document
DeskI Parity38
Delete Trailing blanks
• Query level feature equivalent to a RightTrim([Object])
DeskI Parity38
Export to Excel
• Export to Excel with Class Name• If a duplicate name exists,
Export to Excel shows the class name of the objects in it’s header
DeskI Parity39
Export to Excel
• Export to Excel with Class Name• If a duplicate name exists,
Export to Excel shows the class name of the objects in it’s header
HTML Export39
Fiori LaunchPad40
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Fiori LaunchPad40
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Fiori LaunchPad40
Section and Zoom41
WebI Report Navigation42
WebI Filters42
WebI Filters42
WebI Interactive Viewer43
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Refreshable Option44
Query Properties
• disable the query refresh in Design mode by unselecting the Refreshablecheckbox of the Query Properties dialog box
• Used for documents based on multiple data sources
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Schedules & Recycle Bin44
New Charts45
New Functions46
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WebI – Input Controls47
Calculation Extensions48
Calc Extensions
• Calculation extensions are used
to create your own functions in
the language formulae
Breaks – Measures in footer
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Webi Breaks
• When adding a break to a table,
measures for which an
aggregation was defined are
automatically added to the
break footer
Visualization Extensions50
New Element Types
• New framework for developers to
build
• Fully integrates with WebI reports
• Managed at CMC Level
• Authorizations on commenting
can be defined on folder or object
level
Big Numbers51
Improve Calculation Precision
• Integration of IEEE “Decimal
Floating Point” format
• Increased precision from 15 to 40
digits
• New WebI Calculator function to
convert to Decimal format
Parallel Queries52
Parallel Queries
• Boost refresh performance
• Activated by default
• Ability to change max
number of concurrent data
refresh jobs
PDF Book Mark53
Display Bookmarks
• When exporting a document
to PDF, you can select a new
checkbox Display Bookmarksto
have the bookmarks displayed
by default when you open the
PDF file
Chart Animation54
Display Bookmarks
• Add dynamic effect to your
chart by animating them
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Fiori Theme Designer55
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Fiori Web assistant56
Lock/Unlock Universes57
Locking Universes
• Prevent other users from
working on the universe
Universe Documentation58
Save As in IDT
• For documentation purposes,
you can generate a PDF, HTML
or TXT file that describes a
local data foundation or
business layer
Other Misc. Features59
Account Status
• New column in User & groups to gain quick insight on the status of the user
Other Misc. Features60
Instance count
• New column in Folders to gain quick insight of number of instances attached to a document
References
• CMS Driver -https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Unlock+the+CMS+database+with+new+data+access+driver+for+BI+4.2+SP3
• BI Admin Console - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/08/introduction-to-bi-administration-console/
• Promotion management Wizard - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/27/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-promotion-management-wizard/• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw1XjYS8IXU• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLmBUyZhh0U
• Server Group Exclusivity - https://blogs.sap.com/2016/11/07/servergroup-enhancements-for-scheduling-in-4.2sp03/
• BW integration - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/11/08/sap-bi-4.2-sp05-triggering-schedule-in-bi-platform-from-bw-part-1/
References
• SP 05 What’s new with semantic Layer - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/23/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-whats-new-in-web-intelligence-and-semantic-layer/
• WebI Parallel Queries - https://blogs.sap.com/2016/01/22/new-webi-feature-in-bi42-parallel-queries/
• What’s new with BI 4.2 - https://blogs.sap.com/2014/11/24/sap-businessobjects-whats-new-collection/#jive_content_id_SAP_BusinessObjects_BI42_Whats_New_Slides
• What’s New in FIRO LaunchPad - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/11/06/sap-bi-4.2-sp05-whats-new-in-fiori-bi-launchpad/
• What’s new in WebI and Sematic Layer - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/23/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-whats-new-in-web-intelligence-and-semantic-layer/
• https://blogs.sap.com/2014/11/24/sap-businessobjects-whats-new-collection/#jive_content_id_SAP_BusinessObjects_BI42_Whats_New_Slides
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