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Unit 1


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Overview


Creative Use by IT and

departments Fast time to

value Connection to

the enterprise

Mobile First experience

for BI Content to point

of impact Expansion to

untapped users

SAPs Strategic Focus on Business Intelligence

Core Core for

innovation Complete BI

suite Continued

leadership

Social Ability to capture

the decision Information in

context Ability to

leverage the network

Extreme Big data Real time Predictive

Innovation without disruption


SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceOne Unified and Complete BI Suite Addressing the Full Spectrum of BI

Self-service

Discover areas to optimize your business.

Adapt data to business needs. Tell your story with beautiful

visualizations.

Discover. Predict. Create.

Dashboards and Apps

Deliver engaging information to users where they need it.

Track key performance indicators and summary data.

Build custom experiences so users get what they need quickly.

Build engaging experiences

Reporting

Securely distribute information across your organization.

Give users the ability to ask and answer their own questions.

Build printable reports for operational efficiency.

Share information


Discover trends, outliers, and areas of interest in your business. Adapt to business scenarios by combining, manipulating, and

enriching data. Tell your story with self-service visualizations and analytics. Forecast and predict future outcomes.

Self-serviceDiscover. Predict. Create.

Lumira. Explorer. Analysis. Predictive Analysis.

Agility for business analysts and business users Portfolio


Powerful environment to build interactive and visually appealing analytics.

Rich set of controls: buttons, list boxes, dropdowns, crosstabs, charts,

Use custom code to extend and build workflows.

Dashboards and AppsBuild Engaging Experiences

Build engaging, visual dashboards

Design Studio. Dashboards (a.k.a.,

Xcelsius).

Portfolio

On the Web On IPad On IPhone


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

create and modify their own reports. Enhance custom applications with embedded reports.

ReportingShare Information

High productivity design for report designers

Web Intelligence. Crystal Reports.

Portfolio


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4: Technology Platform

EnterprisePortals

Microsoft Office

On Demand Services

BrowsersMobile Devices

ERPSAP Business SuiteOracle E-Business SuitePeopleSoftJD Edwards

Unstructured data in Social Media and Hadoop

OLAP Cubes

Embedded Content

MicrosoftExcelOracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server

and other relational data sources

Universe Semantic Layer

Business Intelligence Platform

EDWSAP NetWeaver BWTeradataOther data warehouses

SAP HANA Platform

Self-service Dashboards and apps Reporting


Features by Product Areas

SAP BusinessObjects BI platform : Core BI platform.

Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI (BI Launch pad).

BI Workspaces.

Semantic Layer.

SAP BusinessObjects BI client tools delivered with BI 4.1 : SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for Enterprise.

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence.

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer.

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards.

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP.

SAP BusinessObjects BI clients supported by BI 4.1 : SAP Lumira 1.14.

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for MSFT Office 1.4.

SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2.

SAP Business Objects Mobile BI 5.0.

SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence 3.1 SP6 FP6.1.


BI 4.1 Suite Install Packages (Platform and Clients)

BI 4.1 will be available as a full install and update install : Full install : can be used for first time installation or side-by-side installation. Update install : can be applied on existing 4.x environments.

First time installs can be done using the BI 4.1 full install package.

Existing deployments : Supported upgrade scenarios (upgrading from previous major version [XI R2 or XI R3]) :

Full install package.

Supported update scenarios (updating from current major version [XI 4.x]) : Update install package.


BI 4.1 Supported Upgrade Scenarios (From XIR 2 and XI 3)

Separate Environments (recommended) : Install BI 4.1 [Full install package] on a separate server. Use Upgrade Management tool to upgrade content to BI 4.1.

Side-by-Side Install : BI 4.1 [Full install package] can be installed on the BOEXIR2 SP2 or BOE3.x Server, provided :

Server OS is 64-bits. Meets BI 4.1 install prerequisites.

NOTE : There is a direct upgrade path for migrating and upgrading content from XIR2 SP2 and XI 3.1 to 4.1 : Use Upgrade Management Tool to upgrade content to BI4.1.


BI 4.1 Supported Update Scenarios (From BI 4.X to BI 4.1)

In Place update install package : Update BI 4.0 deployment (overwrites binaries).

Separate Environments : Install BI 4.1 on a separate server, and migrate content. Use lifecycle management capabilities in the CMC to migrate content to BI 4.1 system.

NOTE: For large systems, batches with a maximum of 100 objects per promotion is recommended.


SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform


SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformCore BI Platform (1/2)

Lower Total Cost of Ownership through BI Platform Administration Improvements.

System Configuration Wizard :Simple workflow to accomplish initial server configuration of the BI system.Command line facility to enable programmatic configuration :

(C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\scripts\SCW.BAT)

Upgrade Management Tool enhancements :Enhanced service dependency checking prior to upgrade.Simplified process to migrate 3rd party authentication type (AD, LDAP, SAP) users, eliminating the need

to remap user groups on target system.

Multitenancy :Recording tenant ID in auditing data.Ability to restrict concurrent logon session per tenant.Multitenant provisioning tool enhancement to support unx universe.

Single Sign-On to HANA :Enable single sign-on from BI client tools to HANA via SAML.


SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformCore BI Platform (2/2)

Supportability :Ability to trigger Java server thread-dump from Solution Manager. Improved visibility to server status in case of error.Error message improvements.Software version is represented consistently and easily observable.

RESTful Web services :Single Sign-On with Active Directory authentication or Trusted authentication. JSON format support.


SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Self-service Access to SAP BusinessObjects BI (BI Launch pad)

Make better decisions as a team by sharing opinions and information about BI content.

Collaboration enhancements :Ability to collaborate on document instance.Ability to collaborate while viewing BI document in the viewer.New security right to manage who can collaborate on the BI content.Collaboration service powered by SAP Streamwork or SAP Jam.

Document upload workflow enhancement :Ability to replace existing document when uploading 3rd party documents.


SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform BI Workspaces

Streamlined information consumption by centralizing and personalizing regularly

accessed information and analytics needed for daily work activities.

BI Workspaces :Adding support for background image and/or color.Adding support for Explorer documents.


SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Semantic Layer

Enhanced support for SAP data sources : Improved BW access performance for client design time.Authored relational Universe on limited set of Bex queries.Direct access to HANA views (transient MDX universe, Crystal Reports for Enterprise only).Consume HANA features (variables, input parameters, hierarchies, units of measures).Automatic generation of universe on one or multiple HANA views with dynamic choice of the best view at

runtime.

Improved access to ERP (optional parameters and enhanced automatic universe generation).

New agnostic sources :Teradata 14, Oracle Exadata, Hadoop on Amazon EMR, oData, XML, Web Services.Important Information Design Tool (IDT) improvements :Data federation in IDT : support for federated tables. Improved user experience.

Semantic layer SDKs :Extended version of the SL authoring SDK (includes universe creation).


BI Clients Delivered with BI 4.1


SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for EnterpriseStreamline Report Design

Introducing more efficient workflows and features focused on reducing time to create and format reports

Freehand SQL command objectCustomize the SQL to optimize the query to

relational data sources

Verify database optionsEnsure the report query reflects the modifications

to the underlying data source


SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for EnterpriseData Sources

Enhanced performance and reliability is provided in BI 4.1 when accessing BEx queries through Crystal Reports

Enhanced SAP BW integration Persist variable values in query panel and consume in HTML viewer Level selection for BW Hierarchy Variable Level selection based on relative depth for BW Hierarchy Variable Variable selection before query panel display Toggle between technical name vs. member caption for BW variables

Enhanced SAP ECC support Support SAP ECCs optional parameters with no default value when access through an

authored universe

Enhanced SAP HANA support Authored relational universe Direct OLAP access to Analytic and Calculated views including hierarchies and variables Direct access through JDBC and ODBC Support for JDBC SSL

Authored universe support for XML and OData


SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for EnterpriseMobile, Viewers and OEM

Other enhancements Chunking list of values in HTML viewer Default view action in BI launch pad

OEM/Developer Allow application developers to use

OpenDoc API with very long URL Support for OpenDoc POST request


SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceDeveloper Support

RESTful Web services additional APIs Consumption workflows of Web Intelligence

document Data sources and data providers workflows Document authoring workflows Scheduling workflows

UI customization Personalized Web Intelligence clients Customization per user group in CMC Customization of UI elements and actions

Provide RESTful Web services API and UI customization options


SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceCore Enhancement

Freeze Header Keep table rows or columns visible while scrolling User defined number of first rows or columns to freeze

Custom color palettes and color assignment Creation and edition of custom palettes to manage

chart coloring Color assignment improvements

Measure delegation Auto-refresh option at server & document level Reduce #unavailable by delegating measure

calculation when given against a simple formula

Merged Objects Can add/remove object to a merged object Allow merged objects with hierarchy

Usability enhancements Report header/footer properties re-organization Fold/unfold on table in reading mode in HTML List of values (LOV) selector in formula editor Single query execution in query panel

Enhanced user experience in reporting capabilities


SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceData Source Support Enhancements

Enhanced workflow for HANA, BW and others data sources

Enhanced SAP BW integration Level selection for BW Hierarchy Node Variable Level selection based on relative depth for BW Hierarchy

Variable Variable selection before query panel display

Enhancements for HANA support Query stripping

Enhancements for other sources through universes Support ERP optional parameters with no default value OLAP connection overload Query stripping


SAP BusinessObjects Explorer

Explorer 4.1 allows users to create Information Space on top of both universes UNV and UNX.


SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerOptimizations

Explorer improved workflows:

Free Facets You now have the ability to define if you would like to enable Optimization for an Information

space In that case, opening an explo-ration becomes instantaneous

Real Time Datasources (HANA) Better understand when

data has been refreshed User can force the refresh to retrieve the last minutes

updates


SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerTool for Manage Space Administrator: Change Data Source

Explorer now offers a tool to help Manage Space administrator:

Change Source: Change the original datasource to a production or another more up-to-date datasource Keep your Information Space definition Keep all eViews relying on your Information Space


SAP BusinessObjects DashboardsGeneral Information

Please navigate to the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile section of this presentation for details on the enhancements to Dashboards for mobile consumption

Please refer to the Choosing the Right SAP BusinessObjects BI Client presentation for more information about when to use SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and when to use SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio for a dashboarding project


SAP BusinessObjects DashboardsDownload Online Dashboards for Offline Sharing on Desktop

Offline support for flash dashboards In Designer, turn on offline support by

checking "Allow This Dashboard to be Used Offline"

During runtime, right click on Dashboards, and click "Download dashboard with current data to local"


SAP BusinessObjects DashboardsDynamic Positioning of Components

Support binding x, y position of components in Text, Containers, Web/Universe Connectivity, Art and Backgrounds categories

Support binding width, height of components in Art and Backgrounds category


SAP BusinessObjects DashboardsAccessibility

Support assistive technology Run dashboard (flash) and navigation among controls with keyboard Keyboard navigation can be made among below components

Buttons (Query Refresh /Connection Refresh/Push/Toggle/URL/Print/Reset) Combo box Scorecard Input Text


SAP BusinessObjects DashboardsUx Harmonization

Charts name change for suite consolidation Combination Chart -> Column Line Chart Bubble Chart -> Bubble Plot XY Chart -> Scatter Plot


SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP

Enhanced SAP BW integrationEnhanced Prompt Dialog to allow easy processing of large

numbers of prompts

Added support for consuming and creating SAP BW variantsPrompt MergingManual entry of Prompt ValuesReport-Report InterfaceVisualize Conditional Formatting defined in the BEx QueryEnhanced Conditional Formatting optionsEnhanced OpenDocument with support for passing in SAP

BW prompt values

SharingExport to Design Studio for mobile device renderingEmpower business analysts to share their data via mini

applications

Conditional Formatting in Analysis

Export to Design Studio


SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP

Expanding the MarketOracle Essbase 11Oracle OLAP (4.1 SP1)

Enhanced HANA integrationSupport for HierarchiesSupport for Prompts

Simplify and Expand AnalysisCustom Grouping for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

and Oracle Essbase

Filter by Measure for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services and Oracle Essbase

Expand to LevelWaterfall Charts

Custom Hierarchies with Custom Grouping

Waterfall Charts in Analysis


Right-to-Left SupportSAP BusinessObjects BI Platform and SAP BusinessObjects Client Tools

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence -Web Intelligence Rich Internet Application &Web Intelligence Rich Client

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP

SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4 and Crystal Reports 2013 HTML viewer

BI Launch pad

BI Workspace View mode

o Mirrored user interfaceo Bi-directional text supporto Right-to-left rendering

SAP BusinessObjects BI Mobileo Right-to-left support within the current iOS

framework o Right-to-left objects rendered right to left

o Mirrored user interfaceo Bi-directional text support


Integration of BI Suite With SAP NetWeaver BW & SAP ERP

Authored Universes on BEx queries Authored relational Universe on limited set of BEx queries for SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise, Web Intelligence, Dashboards and Explorer SAP BW 7.3 is required

Design time performance Performance improvement in the design time user experience for reporting on top of SAP NetWeaver BW in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise and

Web Intelligence

Prompting Merge prompts from multiple SAP NetWeaver BW queries into one prompt list so prompt values are entered once in Analysis OLAP

Variable Variants Save and use public and private stored prompt values collection in Analysis OLAP and Design Studio

Scheduling and publications Broadcast and publish of Analysis Office workbooks via the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform


BI Clients Supported by BI 4.1


SAP BusinessObjects LumiraEmpowering the Business Analyst

Scope Key benefits

Enhance data manipulation capabilities With better merge functionality, replay manipulation

steps & improved formula editor Extend Acquisition to more data sources & support different

data formats during acquisition Empower end users to customize charts , add conditional

formatting and create simple user defined views without scripting or coding

Annotate & share your results at a click of a button on-premise or on the cloud.

Extend the reach of SAP Lumira users in an enterprise Enhance the features and invest more in SAP HANA Bolster customers investments in SAP BusinessObjects


SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for MSFT Office 1.4OLAP Analysis in Microsoft Excel

Integration with Design StudioAuto generate iPad and web apps through Design Studio

Enhanced BI Platform SupportSingle Sign-On and LCM

Save Analysis content as BI InfoObject (instead of Excel/PowerPoint format)

InnovationWaterfall Charts

Continuous ImprovementsBroadcasting via BI Platform (delivery planned for BI 4.1 GA)Launch Query DesignerRead mode, Versioned/time-dep hierarchies, de-/activate hierarchies, Data Refresh, Member selector for mass data (note 1824726)

Analysis,edition for Microsoft Office

Using Design Studioruntime

iPad App


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2Built Powerful Analytical Apps for Mobile & Web

Eclipse-based application design

environment incl. SDK

Mobile Apps

Direct Access to BW, HANA & UNX via BICS

State of the art rendering: HTML5

Premium alternative to Dashboards &

BEx WAD


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2Creating Next Generation BI Apps

AdHoc Analysis App Design iPad

Tight interoperability between Analysis & Design Studio components

Analysis Office or OLAP

Design Studio Design Studio App


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Main Features for Release 1.2

Chart: Dual axis chart Radar, Bubble & Scatter chart (re-add based on HTML5) Set axis scaling (min/max values) Data selection: bind series to individual rows/columns in a

data set Crosstab: Set column width, enable Hierarchy navigation, sorting,

column resizing for end user Exception HighlightingNavigation Panel Basic functionalities without drag and dropScripting: Variable initialization Background processing for perceived improved

performanceExport to Excel or CSV Only possible with crosstabUNX Access UNX data and Deployment on BIPSDK Creating custom visual components and deployment on BI

PlatformInitial View Editor Set read mode to posted value


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Enhanced Charting Capabilities

More chart types and charting capabilities Dual axis chart Radar, Bubble & Scatter chart (re-add based on HTML5) Axis scaling (min/max values) Data selection: Bind series to individual rows/columns in a data set (as opposed to binding the complete chart

against a complete query data set as today) Chart background colors, Legend position and Displaying data values on chart

Dual Axis Chart Multiple Pie Chart Measure Picker


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Enhanced Crosstab Functionalities

More individual and flexible settings Enable/Disable for hierarchical navigation ,sorting and column resizing function Exceptions which are defined in SAP BW backend or in SBOP Analysis Office can be activated in crosstab setting The width of each column within a crosstab can be adjusted individually Crosstab data can be exported as excel or csv data via scripting


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Navigation Panel

Extend filter panel for navigation purpose Add the navigation mode to filter panel Very convenient to add or remove dimensions/key figures to rows/columns Sequence of the dimensions/key figures can be adjusted Swap axis is possible Every action is done by click, drag and drop is not possible

Select dimensions or key figures

Reorder dimensions or key figures

Look based on the selected theme


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Software Development Kit (SDK)

Software Development Kit (SDK) for customers and partners Using SDK from SAP to develop own components for Design Studio Custom component library is a eclipse plug-in, but no Java skills required Convenient deployment though install new software in Design Studio Containing Description XML file, JavaScript files , Images and CSS files Deployment possible with BI Platform with release 1.2

Example: Hichert charts Example: Gauge


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Universe as Data Source

UNX Support in Design Studio UNX can be defined as the additional data source in addition to SAP BW and SAP HANA Specific query needs to be defined for the selected universe Using Initial View to define dimensions Deployment on BI Platform

UNX query panel Deployed on BI Platform


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Deployment Option: BI Platform

BI Platform

Browser client

Deployment Platforms

Data sources

Consumer Designer

BW HANA

Available as of Design Studio release 1.0

BI 4.0SP5.9, SP6.2, SP7 or BI 4.1SP0 as the pre-requisite

Design Studio applications stored on BI Platform

Connect to multiple SAP BW , SAP HANA or SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.x Relational Universe (UNX)

Transportation via Promotion management

Pre-requisite for SAP BI Mobile Solutions

BI Platform

UNX


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Deployment Option: SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver

Browser client

Deployment Platforms

Data sources

Consumer Designer

BW

Available as of Design Studio release 1.1

BW 7.3SP9, BW 7.31 SP7 or BW7.4SP2 as the pre-requisite

Design Studio applications stored on SAP BW

Transported though different systems via TLOGO objects (ABAP transport mechanism)

Can only connect to one BW system

SAP Portal mobile solution is planned

SAP NetWeaver


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.2 Deployment Option: Local Mode

Browser client

Data sources

Designer Available as of Design Studio

release 1.0, only for demo or quick prototyping purpose

Direct connection to backend systems using local SAP logon file

Design Studio runtime is local on laptop or PC

BW HANA

Local mode:


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Mobile and SAP BusinessObjects Mobile integrated into single application Listing of Information spaces and exploration view set with in home screen Listing of Personal Space and bookmarksAbility to launch exploration view set or information space


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0

Enhancement to Collaboration SAP Jam Integration (Collaboration tool) BI Inbox supportAbility to attach voice while annotating

Enhanced Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP) SupportSUP 2.2 support SUP cloud support

Tighter Device Integration QR Code Scan (QR code to share document or connection details) Barcode scan (to fill input control, prompts and search toolbar)

New Home Screen

Support for SAML2 deployments

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


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0SDK

Customization SDK Font customizations Home screen customizations Default connections White labeling support

Extension SDK Replacing Apple Map Viewers and extending Map capabilities Allow extending charts via extension SDK

See this document for more details on whats new in the Mobile BI SDK.


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0Web Intelligence & Crystal Reports Specific Enhancements

WebI Chart Enhancements New Chart types Dual axis chart & 100% stacked bar

Report element linking support for Bubble, Waterfall and H-Bar chartCustom axis scaling support Chart title background supportBar microcharts support Color customization support for microcharts Reverse bullet chart support Custom Palette support

WebI Geomap Enhancements Support for iPhoneDisable dimension/measure listing if only one

dimension and measure is availableCentring POI for GeomapsAllow multi select in dimension values in geo map

view

WebI OpenDoc Enhancements Latest instance support for user & prompts

WebI Prompts Enhancements Support for Multi-column LOVs

WebI Support of PDF

WebI Table Enhancements Support for font styling in Tables and Free cells Geomap type popover UI for tables Copy text from table

Crystal Reports

OpenDoc support for Crystal reports so that destination document opens within container


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0Design Studio Specific Enhancements

Design Studio

Support for iPhoneHide tool barEnable launching OpenDoc URLs from within

Design Studio Apps Lock orientation for apps Consume Analysis, edition for OLAP content to

enable mobile device rendering


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0Dashboards Specific Enhancements: More Charts

More Charts for Mobile Dashboards Waterfall Chart Bubble Plot Waterfall Chart

Bubble Plot


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0Dashboards Specific Enhancements: Extended Charting Capabilities

Added HTML Chart Data Label support for mobile Line Chart Column Chart Bar Chart Stacked Column Chart Stacked Bar Chart Column Line Chart Waterfall Chart Bubble Plot

Dynamic positioning Label Arts Single values


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0Dashboards Specific Enhancements: Extended Connectivity

Support Query As a Web Services(QaaWS) Connection

Includes offline support

Connection Refresh button


SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0Dashboards Specific Enhancements: Android Device Support

Design one mobile dashboard for both Android and iOS


Partners can develop HTML5 Add-On component/connection/formula both Flash and Mobile (HTML5) dashboards.

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0Dashboards Specific Enhancements: HTML5 Add-On SDK (1/4)

Add-on packager

Dashboard Add-on Dashboard

(on desktop)Preview

ActionScript

JavaScript

AS JSInstall

Support mobile: NoSupport mobile: Yes

Package

Package

Install Preview



JavaScript Add-On SDK

Create Add-On components, connections and formulas for mobile dashboards with JavaScript



Add-On Package

Package Add-On components, connections and formulas for mobile dashboards



Add-On Manager

Mobile Support flag


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1Summary of new Features

SINGLE MOBILE BI App SUP 2.2 & SUP cloud support QR Code & Barcode Scan Support Android for WebI & Dashboards

SAP JAM Collaboration

SAP HANA Single Sign-On Automatic universe generation on HANA views Crystal Reports direct access to Analytic &

Calculated Views incl. hierarchies & variables

Developer RESTful Services, SL Authoring, WebI, Mobile,

Mobile Dashboards, etc.

Desktop Intelligence Compatibility

Dashboarding Offline mobile and desktop dashboards More visualizations

SAP BW & ECC Variable Variant Support (A OLAP, Design Studio) Publishing (A Office) Convert analysis to Mobile (A OLAP, A Office) Combine Universes with BEx Queries to abstract the

field names

Access More Data Oracle Exadata, Oracle OLAP, Oracle Essbase,

Hadoop on Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Teradata 14, Teradata OLAP, OData, XML, Web Services

Platform/Transversal Simplified deployment and migration tools More Multi-tenancy features LTR in CR, WebI, Launchpad & Mobile


Unit 2


Multitenancy


Tenant Definition in CMC (1/4)

Tenants, that were onboarded via the tenant onboarding command line tool, are now visible in a new Multitenancy tab in the CMC:



Ability to change tenant properties such as tenant name, concurrent user limit and associated user groups:



Ability to see which user or user group belongs to which tenant.

New Tenant column is filterable.



Ability to delete a tenant and all its associate infoobjects with the option to exclude certain infoobjects:


Limitation on Concurrent Logons per Tenant (1/2)

Goal: Ensure service availability by limiting the number of concurrent users that a tenant

can logon at a given time.

Concept: Once the tenant's limit has been reached no further tenants users will be able to

log on until another tenant's user has logged out.


Limitation on Concurrent Logons per Tenant (2/2)

Ability to set concurrent user limit at tenant onboarding time in the tenant definition file or via CMC UI:

# (Mandatory) Name of the tenant being added.

tenantName=XYZ

# (Mandatory) Template token identifier used for tenant name replacing

templateToken=$Tenant_Template$

# (Optional) Number of concurrent users allowed for the tenant being # added. Defaults to -1 meaning unlimited in which

# case the number of concurrent users for this tenant will only be # limited by what the BOE license key allows

# for the entire system. When not specified, this option will be set to # default during the tenant's first on-board,

# or unchanged during tenant's provisioning.

# - Tenant specific info

tenantConcurrentUserLimit=100


Tenant ID in Auditing Record

Ability to track system usages by tenant using auditing functionality :Applications can include tenant billing that depends on resources utilization. For example the following metrics can be used for billing: number of logons by a

tenant, number of report views or refreshes, etc.

Enable and configure auditing events that you are interested it.

To determine which auditing event is generated by which tenant, use two new lookup tables in the auditing database: ADS_TENANT and ADS_USER


New Tables

ADS_TENANT table:

ADS_USER table:

Joins should be performed between:ADS_TENANT.Tenant_ID and ADS_USER.Tenant_IDADS_USER.User_ID and ADS_EVENT.User_IDADS_TENANT.Cluster_ID and ADS_CLUSTER_Cluster_IDADS_USER.Cluster_ID and ADS_CLUSTER_Cluster_ID

Cluster_ID Tenant_ID Tenant_NameAWNaY20WHpGok DNah47WHhsKZ Company A

Cluster_ID Tenant_ID User_ID User_NameAWNaY20WHpGok DNah47WHhsKZ SBUn83SZOw_91 John McGreg


Upgrade Management Tool Enhancements


Upgrade Management Tool Enhancements

Simplified Migration of 3rd party Authentication: Administrators no longer need to remap 3rd party users/groups (AD/LDAP) after they have

migrated from a previous version. At the end of the migration, all 3rd party users/groups are properly mapped.

Required Service Checking: Some document types require their associated services to be enabled and running on both

the source and target system : Administrators are now notified of the required services that need running in order for those documents

types to be successfully migrated. Administrators no longer will get failed to migrate objects messages for services that are not enabled

and running. Known document types that require their service to be running are :o Crystal Reports which requires the Report Application Server to be running.o Explorer which requires the Explorer Master Server to be running.


System Configuration Wizard


Post-install Configuration

4.0 problem 1:After installation Administrator needs to know: What tasks to do next. Which components to reconfigure. Where to go to perform those tasks.

4.1 solution: Wizard to walk users through post-installation configuration process. Essential tasks done in one place. Users will not forget to perform essential configuration tasks. Wizard configures all appropriate components cluster wide.


System Configuration Wizard Appears in CMC

During first login of Administrator in CMC, system setup wizard will appear and will ask right questions, will guide users through system setup steps.


Talking Administrator Language

SAP Solution Manager4.0 problem 2:Wrong language: system administration interface is not talking administrator language, instead exposes

implementation details.

4.1 solution: Hide complexity: system setup wizard with goal oriented interface system to ask questions, so

it can configure itself to meet the config. Need admin to specify the setup goal while the system to configure components.


Clear Purpose, Better Resources Utilization

SAP Solution Manager4.0 problem 3 : Unclear purpose of a service or component. For example, Data Recovery Service isn't

needed for backup/recovery functionality but WebI needs it. Users do not know which services are needed for which functionality and for which products

start everything run unnecessary services performance impact. Services dependency is not known.

4.1 solution: User to specify the business problem: select products that are used. Wizard to perform behind the scene work: start or stop appropriate servers and their

dependencies. Risk of stopping needed servers decreased. Performance improved, unnecessary servers do not consume resources.


Product Selection Workflow

BI 4.0 BI 4.1

User enters business goal: products. Less error prone due to lower chance of misconfiguration and better performance. All services required for products started, other services stopped. Fewer items to manage. Shorter and simpler workflows.


Configuration Consistency

SAP Solution Manager4.0 problem 4:

Too many servers, services, components and properties to manage: 80 service types each may be deployed on multiple machines.

Hard to keep multiple components in synch.

Need to repeat the same operation on multiple components over and over again.


Entire Cluster Configuration

Coarse grain administration fewer items to manage: configuring System instead of properties on services and servers.

System Setup Wizard to manage the entire deployment. Configuration of entire cluster performed by running of wizard just once. System configuration is kept consistently on all components. Administration is performed from a single host.


Folder Config Workflow

BI 4.0 BI 4.1

User enters config goal: folder path Fewer items to manage. Much shorter and simpler workflow Less error prone, easier to maintain.

Operation is repeated for each BOE process 15 times per machine.

75 times on 5 machine deployment


Adaptive Processing Server Split

4.0 problem 5: After install a single APS is created (with about 30 services). Good for a small demo systems, but not good for production. Manual APS split workflow is required :

Operation is repeated 7 times per machine. Need to know which services to select. 35 times in 5 machine deployment

Error prone. Different profiles not acknowledged. Need to manually optimize system for resources utilization

vs. better performance.


APS Split Workflow

BI 4.0 BI 4.1

User enters configuration goal: resource utilization vs. performance. Fewer items to manage. Much shorter and simpler workflow. Less error prone, easier to maintain. Improved performance when enough resources available.


Other Enhancements in the BI Platform


New Option to Configure HANA SSO

Accessible under Applications, HANA Authentication. Based on trust configured between BI and HANA. Less work to setup than Kerberos. User IDs must match between HANA & BI system. Works with any type of authentication to BOE :

Enterprise, AD, LDAP, SAP, and supports all platforms. Based on system trust. HANA trusts BI to do the

authentication. Once a user is authenticated to BI, BI creates SAML assertions on behalf of users to pass to HANA for SSO.

Supported with all BI Clients, except ZEN and A-Office. ETA SP1 (requires Web service SDK support).


Configuration in the CMC

Enter HANA server details.

Generate a certificate on the BI side to import into the HANA server. (copy & paste).

Once both systems are setup, user can test connection from CMC directly to validate setup.

From the HANA Studio URL

Once the HANA side is configured you can use thisto test logging on with the specified BOE user

A name you pickthat you will tell HANA about


Tips: Validate Your Certificate Online

http://www.redkestrel.co.uk/cgi/decodeCert.cgi


After Configuring BI, HANA Side is Next

Using the HANA Studio, run this SQL command to enable BOE as the id provider. The SUBJECT and ISSUER can be seen in the previous screen.

CREATE SAML PROVIDER GREGMBOE WITH SUBJECT 'C=CA, ST=BC,O=SAP, OU=BOE, CN=GREGMBOE' ISSUER 'C=CA, ST=BC, O=SAP, OU=BOE, CN=GREGMBOE'

CN=GREGMBOE is the id entered in the CMC.

Configuration on HANA requires to import certificate generated in the CMC into the ..ssl/trust.pem file on the HANA server.

Newer HANA versions will have UI to import certificates (see next slide).

HANA side users must be granted rights to be impersonated via SAML.


HANA Certificate Import


SAP HANA Authentication and Single Sign-onIntegration With SAP Business Objects Summary

SAP Business Objects and SAP HANA support identity forwarding for scenarios where authorization enforcement in SAP HANA is required:

1. User authenticates against BOE server with one of the mechanisms supported by BOE.2. BOE securely forwards the user identity to SAP HANA with one of the following methods.

User name/password: SAP HANA database user name/password stored in BOE server. Manual synchronization.

Kerberos (As of SP4): Users must log on to BOE server using Active Directory authentication. BOE server must run on Linux or Microsoft Windows.

SAML (NEW with 4.1): BOE server acts as identity provider. BOE server generates SAML ticket for the user, sends it to the SAP HANA

database to validate -> if valid session will be established for this user. Using SSL transport security between BOE and HANA is highly

recommended.

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New RESTful WS Features for 4.1

Support CORS. WinAD SSO to BOE. Trusted Authentication SSO to BOE.


Support CORS

CORS - Cross-Origin Resource Sharing: A specification which defines ways for a web server to allow its

resources to be accessed by a web page from a different domain.

Origin and Max Age are configured in WACS property in CMC: Origin define the origin is allowed to send request to REST WS. Max Age define how long to cache the response results for

preflight request.


WinAD SSO to BOE

http://:6405/biprws/logon/adsso: Allow to get logon token via WinAD SSO mechanism. Similar to BI Launchpad AD SSO setup. Please refer to the admin guide.

Configurations Steps: Modify web.xml of BIP REST WS (\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI

4.0\java\pjs\services\RestWebService\biprws\WEB-INF) in BOE server machine with the following settings:1. Uncomment Kerberos filter section as described in the web.xml.2. Fill in the values for idm.realm, idm.princ, and idm.keytab.3. Restart WACS.


Trusted Authentication SSO to BOE

http://:6405/biprws/logon/trusted: Return the logon token if the provided user name match with the BOE user name. Base on trust between CMS and WACS. REST WS is not responsible for challenging the user identity. It is important that application should have it own user challenging mechanism before sending trusted

logon request to REST WS.

Support 3 different ways of passing the user name to REST WS: Cookies. HTTP Header. URL Query.


Supportability Enhancements

bo_trace.ini changes to conform to SAP logging and tracing: Active, alert, importance, severity levels are replaced by simply sap_log_level and sap_trace_level.

Settings in old bo_trace.ini will be ignore and the defaults (sap_log_level=log_error; sap_trace_level=trace_error) will be used.

SAP JVM TAG for Thread Dump: SAP Solution Manager can initiate a thread dump to a SAP JVM instance to monitor thread and memory

information.

For all BOE servers that run inside a SAP JVM, a new java parameter (-Dcom.sap.vm.tag) is used as an identifier to a JVM instance.

This new java parameter is added by default to all the java servers.

More info about how to use Thread Dump in SAP JVM can be found in SAP Notes 1608714.

Bo_trace.ini more information on the new usage can be found in the BI 4 Admin Guide.


Unit 3


User Interface Enhancement


The Welcome Page Welcomes You to IDT

The New section helps create new resources. The Open section to open or convert existing ones. The Help section helps using and learning the product.


A Wizard to Create Universes

The new Universe Wizard helps you create your first universe in 5 minutes!


A New Cheat Sheet for Creating OLAP Universes

A new cheat sheet (Create Your First OLAP Universe) has been introduced in addition to the first one that was added as part of Feature Pack 3.


Searching for Resources in Local Projects is Possible

Resources can be filtered and searched for in the Local Projects View.


Universe Resource Creation is Accelerated

In Local Projects, right-click commands are available to accelerate the process of creating universe resources.

These shortcuts make it possible to create: a data foundation from a relational

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Selecting Referenced Resources is Easier

When asked to select a resource to be referenced (for example, a connection to be referenced by a data foundation, or a data foundation to be referenced by a business layer), the user sees the resources displayed in a way similar to the local projects view.


Connections Can Be Tested and Edited Faster

Right-click commands on connections and connection shortcuts make it possible to test and edit connections faster.

The user is not forced to open the corresponding editor.


Recently Edited Resources can be Accessed

The list of resources that were opened in one IDT session is displayed in Recent Resources, both under the File menu and inside the Welcome Page.


IDT Files Can be Easily Located in Windows Explorer


IDT File Properties can be Displayed


Data Foundation


Table Types are Exposed in Multi-Source Data Foundations

The table types defined in the database are exposed in multi-source data foundations, both in the connection panel and in the table properties.

For instance the example above is a SAP HANA database, and we are able to distinguish Analytic view from Calculation views from Tables.

The filter menu in the toolbar makes it possible to filter the tables in the catalog based on the table types.

This capability was already available in BI 4.0 FP3 for single-source data foundations.


Table Search Can Be Based on User-Specified or Automatic Wildcards

You can search for tables in the data foundation connection panel using either database-specific wildcards, or using a contains-style search (if the database is ANSI SQL compliant).

Search using database-specific wildcards Search using automatic wildcards


Join Detection is Supported for SAP ERP Single-Source Universes (1/2)

First, the data foundation user inserts the tables and detects the primary and foreign keys


Join Detection is Supported for SAP ERP Single-Source Universes (2/2)

then the joins are detected based on the primary key-foreign key relationships.The same principle applies to other data sources like ODATA


Parameters Resolving Optional Input Columns Become Optional At Query Refresh Time

Input columns can be either optional or mandatory.

When they are resolved with parameters (prompts), the optional or mandatory nature of the corresponding prompt is derived from the optional or mandatory nature of the input column. Before 4.1, prompts were always derived as mandatory.


For each input column, the user chooses between three possibilities: No Assignment, Value(value can be empty or blanks for input columns of string data type), or Parameter (only accepts mono-valued parameters). Input columns can also be resolved through joins.

The User Interface for Input Column Entry is Clarified


Check Integrity Rules: Input Columns

Check integrity rules were created so that the designer can check if input columns are properly resolved. Input columns may be used in the modeling phase of a data foundation on top of SAP ERP and SAP NW BW data sources. These rules detect unresolved mandatory input columns, input columns wrongly resolved by multi-valued prompts and parameters with incorrect data types.


Column Delimitation in SQL Can Be Modified by the Data Foundation User (UI Change)

The delimitation (aka insertion between delimiters, usually double quotes) of the columns can be controlled by the designer in the data foundation, at the table level (all columns) and also at the column level, if needed.

We offer a preferred setting for each table and column when inserted in the data foundation but the designer might want to override this. This possibility is only offered for standard tables, not for alias, derived, or federated tables.


Check Integrity Rule: Loops

A new check integrity rule detects unresolved loops inside a data foundation.


The panels for data foundation properties and business layer properties have been made consistent.

Properties Panels: Harmonized Look and Feel


Columns are Easier to Find When Creating Joins

It is now possible to filter table columns when creating or editing joins in the data foundation. This was done because data foundation tables, especially those on SAP HANA, often have many columns.


Graphical Search: Table Highlight is Persisted After Search Mode has Been Exited

If the data foundation user does a graphical search, highlight the search results then exit the search mode, the tables keep being highlighted so that further actions can be performed (table deletion as an example).


Business Layer


Search Panel: User Experience is Improved

All actions on business objects can be done from the Search Objects panel. The business layer content and the result of searches are synchronized. For example, if I delete Amount from the search it is deleted from the business layer and from the search results.


Business Object Display Format can be Edited for Multiple Objects at Once

The display format of multiple business objects can be created, edited or deleted at once.


Business Object Custom Display Formats Can Be Reused

Custom display formats can be reused for all business layers edited within the information design tool.


One-Click SELECT or WHERE Validation

The SELECT and WHERE expressions for business objects can be directly validated from the main user interface (no need to open the SQL or MDX assistant).


Lists of Values, Prompts, and Queries can be Re-ordered

Simple drag and drop


Modifying Business Object Type is Easier

Business object types can now be easily modified using the combo box Type or the Turn Into commands. When the user turns a business object into a measure, the proper projection function is set automatically depending on the selected aggregation function.


Query Stripping for Relational Data Sources

Query stripping is now supported for relational data sources (including SAP HANA).This option has to be activated at the business layer level and is supported in Web Intelligence.For OLAP data sources, query stripping is active by default.


Measure Attributes are Supported

Measure attributes are now supported in relational business layers. This is useful for measure currencies and units, especially in the SAP HANA world.


Attributes Can Be Made Index-Aware (UI Change)

Attributes related to dimensions can be made index-aware as it is possible in Universe Design Tool. This is not possible for attributes related with measures.


Attributes Can Be Made Index-Aware (Impact on SQL)

Here is an example of an attribute index-aware. The value picked in the LOV (here a line from a Shakespeares play) will be transformed into a identifier to make the query faster.


Keys Can Be Edited In-Place

Keys can be edited in place now (in the Select and Where clauses of the Keys tab).

The user is not forced to click on the SQL button to display the dialog box corresponding to the SQL editor.


[SAP ERP] Default Business Layer Generation is Improved

The default generation strategy for the creation of a business layer on a data foundation built on a SAP ERP connection has been improved. Column names (in the IDT data foundation) become business object descriptions in the business layer. Column descriptions (the user friendly names from the ERP database) become business object names in the business layer.


Query Panel


Query Panel Made Keyboard-Accessible

The information design tool and Crystal Reports for Enterprise Query Panels support keyboard accessibility. All features of the query panel can be accessed using the keyboard only.

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Prompt Dialog User Interface Has Been Revamped

This is the list of changes that were made in 4.1 to make the dialog more user-friendly and more consistent with the rest of SAP BusinessObjects suite:

The dialog box title was renamed to "Prompts"

A note "*required prompts was added at the bottom of the dialog box.

Required prompts are denoted with a red asterisk *.

The suffix (optional) was removed for optional prompts.

The prompt question and the prompt answer were grouped into a single column.

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HANA Enhancements


SAP HANA - New OLAP Connection

This connection can be published to the BOE and make it possible for BI client products to have a direct access to SAP HANA Information Models.

In BI 4.1, this is consumed only by Crystal Reports for Enterprise.


SAP HANA - Only Information Models Are Exposed by Default in Owner _SYS_BIC

A filter was introduced in the connection and in the data foundation catalog so that only relevant SAP HANA views (called Information Models) are exposed by default.


SAP HANA - Proper SQL is generated for SAP HANA Analytic Views

Whenever the data foundation user wants to see the value of a table representing a SAP HANA Analytic view, IDT generates SQL with proper aggregation functions for columns corresponding to measures. This was missing in BI 4 releases prior to 4.1

Show Table Values


SAP HANA - Variables Are Visible in IDTs Data Foundation (in Read-Only Mode)

SAP HANA Variables are now exposed in the data foundation. When you click on a table representing a SAP HANA view in the data foundation, variables are listed in the properties panel.

A page was added to the Refresh Data Foundation Structure wizard to support the creation, update and deletion of variables.


SAP HANA - Default Business Layer Generation is Improved

The default generation strategy for the creation of a business layer on a data foundation containing SAP HANA views was improved to reflect the metadata as defined in SAP HANA Studio. When multiple SAP HANA views are present in the data foundation, the business objects common to the different views are created as separate business objects, so a single query on multiple views is not possible.

SAP HANA Attribute Views become IDT business layer top-level folders.

SAP HANA Attributes become IDT dimensions.

SAP HANA Measures become IDT measures with the proper aggregation function in the SELECT clause.


SAP HANA - New Data Foundation and Business Layer Wizard (1/2)

A wizard was introduced that makes it possible to generate a data foundation and business layer on top of multiple SAP HANA views.

When multiple SAP HANA views are present in the data foundation, any dimensions and attributes that are common to different views are created as a single business layer object, and special aggregate-aware objects are generated to make queries on multiple views possible.

The wizard entry point can be found by right-clicking on an IDT project or folder. The prerequisite is to have a working SAP HANA local connection.


SAP HANA - New Data Foundation and Business Layer Wizard (2/2)


SAP HANA - Unwanted SAP HANA Columns are Hidden in IDT

When a user inserts a table corresponding to a SAP HANA view into the IDT data foundation, for any metadata that was hidden in SAP HANA Studio, the corresponding columns are hidden in the IDT data foundation as well.

In the example, two measures have been hidden in the SAP HANA view. The same happens for IDT columns used to display the data in these measures.


Semantic Layer


Data Federation in BI 4.1

Federation Layer in IDT

Relational access to BW BEx Queries in MSU BW 7.3 required to map a BEx query to an Infoprovider Some restrictions apply (no hierarchies, limited variable support etc.) With this feature, a universe designer can build a multisource universe that includes a Bex

query and a relational source for example

New MSU data source: oData

MSU data source version upgrades


Federation Layer in IDT

The Federation Layer allows modeling mappings between source and destination (federated) tables in a graphical manner almost without having to write any SQL.

The Federation Layer introduces a new kind of table: The Federated Table.

Federated Tables resemble multi-source derived tables except that they are defined using a graphical interface, rather than having to write SQL.

Federated Tables can be defined directly on source tables or on other federated tables or a combination thereof.

Some simple data transformations are possible in real-time.

The complexity of data federation is hidden behind the scenes, where only select federated tables can be published in the main Data Foundation master-view


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BW Access Enhancements in BI 4.1

BW access performance Performance improvement at design time Variable selection display before query panel

BW Variable Management Member selection based on depth for BW Hierarchy

Node Variable Member selection based on levels for BW Hierarchy

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Variable Selection Before Query Panel Display

In BI 4.1, the variable manager is displayed before the query panel if there is at least one mandatory variable that does not have a predefined default value


Hierarchy Node Variable: Member Selection Based on Depth

Defining depth in the Query Panel Enabling member selection based on

depth New UI dialog in the Query Panel to

enable users to set a depth at design time

Users can set different depth value for each Hierarchy Node variable



Selecting a node at Run Time Report returns all descendants of selected

node until the specified relative depth

Depth=3Descendants down to 3 levels below EMEA node

EMEA node is selected at run time


Hierarchy Variable: Member Selection Based on Levels

Defining level selection in the Query Panel Level based member selection on

default hierarchy can now be defined in case of Hierarchy Variable

However, the hierarchy has to be set in the variable manager, otherwise no levels are available

Only levels of selected hierarchy are displayed: no merge, no max of levels from all hierarchies

Same restrictions as for a defined hierarchy: Levels must start from the root No level skipping

Levels of hierarchy:Country Hierarchy 02



Returned results of a level selection with hierarchy variable If user selects a different hierarchy at refresh

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End user changes value of variable to:Country Hierarchy 01 Nodes/members of

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Reminder: DSL Access to HANA in BI 4.0

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measure, multi-lingual data (use derived tables and query parameters) Single source and multi-source No performance degradation when using a universe

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New direct access to SAP HANA views Direct access to HANA views through MDX transient universe Native support for SAP HANA variables, input parameters, currency conversion, units of

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Query Stripping for Web Intelligence 4.1

Purpose Gain performance by not refreshing the whole query at every refresh Only send a reduced query containing the objects needed for report 3 distinct parameters:

1. At DP level (used by Power users) By default = YES2. At Document level (used by end users) By default = NO3. At Relational UNX ONLY (used by designers) By default = NO

Supported clients and sources WebI Rich Client, Applet and DHTML Now Available For Relational and OLAP UNX Universes

(was already available for BW and OLAP UNV universes)

Same functional level as BI 4.0 (BICS) and XI R3 SP2 (OLAP UNV)


Query Stripping UI Settings in Universes

UI for relational universes At runtime, Query Stripping can generate inconsistent data on complex relational schemas

with full outer joins, complex joins, or complex expressions For relational universes, the designer enables query stripping or not depending on the

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Support for new Agnostic Sources

New non-relational sources oData XML and web services (SOAP)

New relational sources DB2 10 for zOS via JDBC, DB2 for zOS 10.1, DB2 LUW 10 & 10.1, DB2 for i v7.1 Sybase ASE 15.7 SSO for Sybase IQ Oracle via ODBC (in addition to OCI and JDBC) Oracle Exadata Hive sur Amazon EMR PostgreSQL 9 Teradata 14 SSO for Teradata SQL Server 2012 Greenplum 4.1 & 4.2


oData Support

SAP is part of the group that created the oData standard Along with MSFT and IBM Open data protocol = a Web protocol for querying and updating data

There are 2 sides to oData oData consumption: access an oData compliant data source oData provisioning: expose a data stream as oData

oData roadmap for DSL oData consumption: available in 4.1 oData provisioning: will be supported in 4.1 SP1, in the SL consumption SDK


oData Consumption in BI 4.1 - a new Connectivity

The oData connection is defined in the information design tool

The designer can author a UNX universe against an oData service

The oData access is available to client tools supporting UNX universes Crystal Report for Enterprise Web Intelligence Dashboard Explorer Mobile


Connection Wizard

The OData connection is defined through a relational connection


Connection Wizard

One must specify the URI of the OData service


SQL Facade to oData

BI 4.1 provides a SQL interface to query the OData entities


Enhancements in Semantic Layer Authoring SDK [1 of 3]

4.1 authoring SDK allows creation of a universe from scratch data foundation and business layer, through DataFoundationFactory and BusinessLayerFactory

New objects supported in the object model AliasTable (inherits from Table): getAliasedTable DerivedTable (inherits from Table): getExpression, setExpression, getSourceShortName,

setSourceShortName SQLJoin: getCardinality/setCardinality, getExpression/setExpression, getLeftTable, getRightTable,

getOuterType/setOuterType

Creation, edition and deletion of any object in the data foundation or business layer Folder, Measure, Attribute, Dimension, Table, AliasTable, DerivedTable, Join

New methods added Column: getDataType RelationalBinding: getExtraTables

Server deployment supported Updated Java doc and a new Java sample added: createUniverseTest.java


Enhancements in New Semantic Layer SDK [2 of 3]

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Business Layer Object Model


Universe Landscape Migration

The solution is an IDT plug-in

Wizard-based migration experience

Preview of changes

Database function mapping

Replication of Data Foundation (dfx) with HANA connection

Keeping all the joins and contexts

Migration summary

Generation of a HANA compatible universe


Universe Landscape Migration Features

Pre-Migration Supporting the Data Provising by generating Data Services compatible script. Metadata and Data generation (using Data Services) Preview of changes before actual migration

Migration Automatic universe scanning Migration of complete universe and publishing to CMS Automatic Function translation Migration of Security (Business Security Profile and Data Security Profile) Automatic Universe generation (business layer and data foundation) Custom Function Translation Restrictions and rewriting the SQL for derived tables Summary on what has changed (PDF format can be saved too)

Post Migration Change source for WebI and Crystal Reports documents (pointing to new universe) Data comparaison of migrated reports (Crystal and WebI)


Universe Landscape Migration Features

Supported databases Oracle MSSQL Server Teradata Sybase ASE

Out of scope for BI 4.1 release Multisource universes OLAP universes Explorer client Xcelsius Dashboards


Launching Universe Landscape Migration in IDT


Universe Migration to HANA


Migration of BI Documents to HANA Landscape


Unit 4


SAP Crystal Reports


SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for EnterpriseStreamline Report Design

Introducing more efficient workflows and features focused on reducing time to create and format reports

Freehand SQL command objectCustomize the SQL to optimize the query to

relational data sources

Verify database optionsEnsure the report query reflects the modifications

to the underlying data source


SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for EnterpriseData Sources

Enhanced performance and reliability is provided in BI 4.1 when accessing BEx queries through Crystal Reports

Enhanced SAP BW integration Persist variable values in query panel and consume in HTML viewer Level selection for BW Hierarchy Variable Level selection based on relative depth for BW Hierarchy Variable Variable selection before query panel display Toggle between technical name vs. member caption for BW variables

Enhanced SAP ECC support Support SAP ECCs optional parameters with no default value when access through an authored

universe

Enhanced SAP HANA support Authored relational universe Direct OLAP access to Analytic and Calculated views including hierarchies and variables Direct access through JDBC and ODBC Support for JDBC SSL

Authored universe support for XML and OData


SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for EnterpriseMobile, Viewers and OEM

Other enhancements Chunking list of values in HTML viewer Default view action in BI launch pad

OEM/Developer Allow application developers to use

OpenDoc API with very long URL Support for OpenDoc POST request


Unit 5


Core Capabilities Enhancements


Freeze Table Headers When Viewing Reports

In WebI 4.1, the user can freeze the table headers when viewing a report

Table header stays on top when navigating through its content in Quick display mode:

New menu item in Reading mode: Freeze header For vertical table, you can freeze

all the header rows of the table and up to 5 max columns

For horizontal table, you can freeze all the header columns of the table and up to 5 max rows

For cross table, you can freeze all header rows and columns


Freeze Table Header in few Clicks


Custom Palettes

Creation, edition, deletion and use of custom color palettes in charts


Color Assignment Control

New Series Colors sub-menu, with 2 commands Set as Default Colors: to freeze the current colors on the selected chart, like a global

manual assignment on the chart Clear Color Assignment: to reverse to the automatic color assignment mode

BenefitsAvoids automatic chart colors assignment loosing chart colors after a filter was applied to the data, or after a drill or a refresh-on-open


Measure Delegation Workflow Improvement

Auto-Refresh option at server & document level To avoid the delegated measures to return

#TOREFRESH when the required aggregation is not available in the query

User will no longer have to click refresh to get the expected result (and remove #TOREFRESH)

Two new settings have ben introduced: Enable/disable by administrator from CMC Enable/disable at document level (disable

recommended in case of long query refresh)

New setting in CMC

New setting at document level

Note:Activatingthisfeaturewillproceedwithqueryrefreshbehindthescene.Incasetherefreshtimebecomesnolongeracceptableforendusers,itisrecommendedtoturnoffthefeatureatdocumentlevel.


Web Intelligence returns in BI 4.1 expected calculation result instead of #unavailable when a delegated measure is given against a dimension based on a formula.Ex: hyperlink on dimension and delegated measure

Before Now:

Reduce #Unavailable for Delegated Measure

Other use cases FormatDate Blank removal on text (Trim)

If Then Else Text concatenation


Reduce #Unavailable for Delegated Measure

Use case restrictions for this featureFormula based on functions modifying the dimensional context still produces #unavailable on delegated measure ForEach ForAll In Where Rank

Formula producing aggregation produces #Multivalue on delegated measure It is returning a single value for several values of underlying dimension. When WebI is projecting along this formula the measure will require a local aggregation

that is not compatible with measure calculation delegation.

Previous RelativeValue RelativeDate TimeDim Aggregation function (Min, Max, Last, First)


Edit Merged Objects

Users can edit merged object to add/remove an object participating to the merged objectAvailable from the contextual menu on the Available Objects list from all Web Intelligence clients.

ADD workflow Select merged object & object to add Add to Merge

REMOVE workflow Select object to remove from the merged object Remove from Merge


Allow Usage of Merged Object With Hierarchies (1/4)

Users can use in reports a merged object based on hierarchies



When merging same hierarchy, the merged object replicates the hierarchy



A hierarchy merged with a flat dimension gives a hierarchy as the merged object:


Members with different parents in different merged hierarchies are replicated for each different parent in the merged object with their descendantsThe measure value associated with a member value is based on this association from the originated hierarchy (no duplication)



Data Source and Globalization Enhancements


Web Intelligence 4.1Data Source Support Enhancements

Enhanced workflow for HANA, BW and others data sources

BW Variable Management Member selection based on depth for BW Hierarchy Node

Variable Member selection based on levels for BW Hierarchy Variable Variable selection before query panel display

Enhancements for HANA support SSO support through SAML Query stripping

Enhancements for other sources through universes Support ERP optional parameters with no default value OLAP Connection Overload



Defining depth in the Query Panel Enabling member selection based on

depth New UI dialog in the Query Panel to

enable users to set a depth at design time

Users can set different depth value for each Hierarchy Node variable



Selecting a node at Run Time Report returns all descendants of selected node until the specified relative depth

Depth=3Descendants down to 3 levels below EMEA node

EMEA node is selected at run time



Defining level selection in the Query Panel Level based member selection on default

hierarchy can now be defined in case of Hierarchy Variable

However, the hierarchy has to be set in the variable manager, otherwise no levels are available

Only levels of selected hierarchy are displayed: no merge, no max of levels from all hierarchies

Same restrictions as for a defined hierarchy: Levels must start from the root No level skipping Levels of hierarchy:

Country Hierarchy 02



Returned results of a level selection with hierarchy variable If user selects a different hierarchy at refresh

time, the level selection still applies on the new hierarchy and returns nodes/values of the new hierarchy, down to the selected level Nodes/members ofCountry Hierarchy 02 until

Level 3

End user changes value of variable to:Country Hierarchy 01

Nodes/members ofCountry Hierarchy 01 until Level 3


Variable Selection Before Query Panel Display

In BI 4.1, the variable manager shows up before the query panel if there is at least one mandatory variable that does not have a predefined default value


Enhanced Query Stripping Support (1/2)

Query stripping option indicates if objects included in the query, but not used in the report, should be removed from the query

Query stripping option is now available for OLAP-based universes (UNX) Relational universes including HANA

Requires Allow query stripping option to be set in the universe for relational universes

Note:Removingobjectsfromarelationalquerymaychangeresultsdependingontheda

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