SAP Business Objects 4 0 SAP Business Objects

SAP Business. Objects 4. 0

SAP Business. Objects – Software Professionally Informed Standard Reporting & Alerts Dashboards & Scorecards Self-Service & Light Analysis Guided Search Heavy Analysis Advanced Visualization & Discovery Text Mining Executive, Manager Crystal Reports Information Consumer Forecast & Model Deployment Xcelsius Web Intelligence & Explorer BEx / BOBJ Analysis Business Analyst Technically Capable Essbase Visualization & Discovery Advanced Modeling & Statistics Text Analysis

Key New Capabilities in BOBJ 4. 0 Mobility • Allow analytics to be delivered in a targeted fashion to any mobile device with visual interactivity and smart search across the content. This is further enhanced by allowing all corporate data to be visible on the mobile device instantly through In-Memory analytics. Data Federation • Universes can now include multiple sources making report authoring tremendously easier, enabling new analytic applications, and providing faster time-to-value. User Experience • Improved usability for end-users, analysts and Administrators. Visualizations, terminology, and menus are used consistently across the entire BI Tool Suite. Ad -hoc analysis and report design workflows are common across the BI suite with common use of the query panel. Performance • Optimized for 64 bit, virtualization, and in-memory technologies. • New system monitoring, diagnostics and alerting to optimize deployment. • Best integration and performance on SAP systems leveraging native BW connectivity for improved integration and speed on SAP BW.

Tool Name Changes in BOBJ 4. 0 BOBJ XI 3. 1 Tool BOBJ BI 4. 0 Tool Crystal Reports 2008 Crystal Reports 2011 Web Intelligence Rich Client Interactive Analysis Desktop Xcelsius Dashboard Design Explorer Info. View BI Launch Pad Query as a Web Service Designer Translation Management Tool Voyager Advanced Analysis – Web Designer Universe Design Tool

Key Capabilities - Highlights • Information Design Tool (IDT) – New Tool to design new common semantic layer – Data Federation. Multi-source universes – Future Universe Replacement • Web Intelligence – – Hierarchy Support. Display/Filter/Prompt Improved printing support New Visualizations and Charts Improved Office Integration • Advanced Analysis – New Tool to perform OLAP analysis - Web/Office – Future BEx replacement

Key Capabilities - Highlights • BI Launch Pad (formerly Info. View) – Improved End User Portal Experience – Improved Search & Navigation – Replacement for Info. View • Crystal Reports for Enterprise (CR 4 E) – New Tool for business user authored formatted reports – Future replacement for Crystal Reports 2011 • Dashboard Design (formerly Xcelsius) – Combined design/runtime object – Improved data binding and display options

Key Capabilities - Highlights • BOBJ Mobile (Mob. I) – New Tool for Targeted BI Content – Deliver existing Web. I/CR on mobile devices – Available on i. Devices (i. Pad, i. Pod, i. Phone) – Future: Android support • BOBJ Explorer – Platform Integration • BI Launch Pad >> Open from folder • Live Office >> Send to Explorer from Excel – Updated Desktop and Mobile User Experience

Degree of End User Impact Component Administrators Authors Consumers CMC Low N/A LCM High N/A Universe Design Tool Low N/A Information Design Tool High N/A Medium High Web Intelligence Low High Medium Crystal Reports 2011 Low Low Medium Low Advanced Analysis High Crystal Reports for Enterprise High Low Mobile BI (Mo. BI) High Explorer Low Low Live Office Low Low BI Launch Pad Dashboards 4. 0 Business. Objects Reporting & Analytics team

BOBJ 4. 0 Demo

Key Upcoming Dates • Training – Training Kick-Off: Week of May 23 rd – Train-the-trainers: June – Training: End of June through July • Testing – Early Adopters: Week of May 16 th – IS/Power Users: Mid-June start in sandbox – Dev/QA Testing: July • Go-Live – July 23 rd, 2011

Post July Go-Live Timeline August • SAP BOBJ Mobile December • SAP BOBJ Share. Point Integration • SAP BOBJ Data Federator

Useful Links • Project website • Charter • Detailed Timeline

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Milestone Timeline MARCH • Virtual Server for Sandbox • Requested • Built • LCM Server Sandbox • Requested • Software Installed Sandbox • Define Training Needs • Infrastructure Kickoff • Ramp Up Coach on Board APRIL • LCM Server Sandbox • Built • Virtual Server for Dev • Requested • Virtual Server for QA • Requested • Content Migrated to Sandbox from Production • Package BOBJ 4. 0 SP 1 Client Tools • Assess Security in Business. Objects • Key user have access to 4. 0 training from SAP • ID Subset of Key users to help with Training Doc • End user Kick Off meeting • Risk Assessment Meeting MAY • Virtual Server for Dev • Built • Software Installed • Virtual Server for QA • Built • Software Installed • Virtual Server for Production • Validate BOBJ 4. 0 SP 1 Client Tools • requested • Key users and Designers Training JUNE • Virtual Server for Production • Built • Software Installed • All Key users and Designer Trained • General user Training JULY • Migrate date from Dev to Dev • Migrate Data from QA to QA • User testing in Dev and QA • Migrate Data form Prod to Prod • General user Training • Live in Production • Post Go live Support • Wrap UP Meeting

Explorer: BI Launch Pad Integration

Explorer: i. Phone User Workflow Search Explore Visualize Share

Explorer: i. Pad User Workflow Search Explore Visualize Share

Explorer: Desktop Screenshot 20

Explorer: Exploration Dashboards

BI Mobile Delivery Use Cases GMI Availability: Mo. BI End of Aug, 2011 Explorer Now

Mo. BI: Supported Functionality CR Web. I Refresh reports X X Zoom and navigational shortcuts X X Navigate to related documents via hyperlinks X X Filter results via prompts X X Subscribe / unsubscribe to alerts X X Take follow-up actions X X Save documents locally X X Work offline X X Drill on results from summary to details X Track data changes via customizable highlighting X CR=Crystal Reports Web. I=Web Intelligence