SAP Business One analytics powered by SAP HANA
SAP Business One analytics powered by SAP HANA An Overview
SAP Business One Analytics Platform What do Small Businesses expect? Small Business Owners need an analytics platform that is not a full-scale BI offering, but with : • Ready to use content • Ad-hoc analysis and Interactive analytics • Superior performance - “real time” access • A seamless user experience • Ease of use and rapid implementation • Affordability © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 2
SAP Business One Analytics Portfolio: Major Investment Areas Seamless user experience Semantic Layer Analytical Content Groundbreaking In-Memory Technology © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Interactive Analysis Row-based DBMS vs Column-based DBMS From application cache to In-Memory DBMS Real-Time Access to Transactional Data 3
The Technology Evolution for SAP Business One Analytics Clients (SAP Crystal Dashboard Design, SAP Crystal Reports) Easy to consume, business oriented terms Semantic Layer OINV 1 Abs. Id [PK] Sales. Name Card. Code Item. Code FK] … Slp. Id [FK] … OCRD OITM Card. Code[PK] Item. Code [PK] Card. Name Item. Name … … Example © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. DB Layer OSLP Aggregation Layer RDBMS – Transactions Analytics Clients (SAP Crystal Dashboard Design, SAP Crystal Reports, Microsoft Excel) SAP HANA Views (OLAP cube models) Easy to consume, business oriented terms B 1 i Server Cache (for dashboards only) MS SQL Server Transactional raw data Actual Transactional data replicated from SAP Business One DB Server (SQL Server) to HANA DB HANA database For customer with massive data analysis requirements 4
SAP Business One analytics powered by SAP HANA Delivers in-memory technology and analytics innovations without disruption to the customer’s business à Benefits for both installed base and new customers à Seamless user experience CR Dashboard Excel Relea s Gene es with V ral A vaila ersion 8. 8 bility 2 in 20 12 SAP HANA studio SAP Business One Client à Semantic Layer SAP Business One Analytics Server à Interactive Analysis à Superior performance à New analytics content SAP Business One Database Server Administration Service: backup, restore, monitor Semantic Layer: Views & Cube Models B 1 Real–Time Replication Services Tomcat Server SAP HANA database MSFT SQL Server © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5
Easy to Use A Seamless User Experience - Overview Demonstration Run “in-memory” reports from normal B 1 menu Run “in-memory” Dashboards from normal B 1 cockpit Run enterprise search from normal B 1 application SAP Business One Analytics Server SAP Business One SQL Server . Network © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6
SAP Business One Enterprise Search SAP Business One App Powered by SAP HANA Functional Highlights Seamless SAP Business One client experience Hierarchical search in all SAP Business One modules (repositories) Full text search for all business object types Narrow down options per business object type Link to SAP Business One form Compliant with SAP Business One data ownership concept Ease navigation with business object map Report & printing © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 7
SAP Business One Analytics Content Powered By SAP HANA The solution that provides compelling SAP Business One based operational analytics - quickly and affordably • Migrate calculation intensive CR Reports (4) • Migrate current dashboards (3) • New dashboards (4) • Semantic Layer (8) i. Financial module ii. Sales module iii. Inventory module Delivery Analysis Purchase Quotations Inventory Status © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8
SAP Business One Analytics Content Powered By SAP HANA In addition to Crystal Reports and dashboards we deliver pre-defined Semantic Layers to enable ad-hoc (interactive) analysis via Microsoft Excel and rapid content development based on dimensions & measures Financials Dashboard Customer Receivables Aging Cash Flow Forecast Semantic Layer Aging Cost Center Analysis Profit & Loss Analysis Dashboard Sales Analysis Delivery Analysis Crystal Report Periodic Sales Analysis by Customer Open Item List Dashboard Inventory Status Crystal Report Inventory Turnover Analysis Semantic Layer Sales Opportunity Analysis Service Dashboard Liquidity Analysis Purchasing Service Call Dashboard Purchase Quotations Cross Module Crystal Report Monthly Customer Report (order, invoice, payment, return) © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Sales & Marketing Inventory 9
Easy to Use Interactive Analysis – Empowering Business Users © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10
Quick Time to Implement Semantic Layer, Easy to Extend Predefined Models • Cost center analysis • Cost account vs. financial accounting • Budget analysis • Aging analysis • Inventory turnover analysis • Dynamic cash prediction • Sales opportunity analysis • Sales revenue analysis © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11
Rapid Design based on existing tools and content Develop Crystal Reports and Dashboards based on HANA DB Crystal Reports Dashboards • Crystal Reports 2008 SP 5 (end of Nov. 2011) Runtime: same user experience • Runtime: same user experience • Content Management: same user experience Design: same user experience except only one difference - Info. xml of dashboard package: • Design: user can have HANA views or procedures or direct query as data source (user is not able to query over B 1 tables in HANA-DB) © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. <Is. IMDB>Y</Is. IMDB> Content Management: same user experience, but no B 1 i 12
In-Memory Technology drives Business Opportunities In-Memory Computing Address Known Pain Points • Performance constraints • Database size impact • Redundant aggregates • Limited flexibility in drill down • High resource consumption by batch jobs © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Create New Value with New Apps Leverage consumer and devicerelated data Sophisticated yet interactive forecasting & simulation Integrated business planning 13
In-Memory Technology Drives Business Opportunities New SAP Business One App: Payment optimization and liquidity forecast § Forecast Accounts Receivable based on historical data § Liquidity forecast to ensure healthy operations § Best payment strategy to maximize discounts § Propose the right financing services at the right time © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 14
SAP Business One on HANA-DB: Hybrid Solution Architecture B 1 Client Application Web Browsers HTTP Analytic Server Tomcat Server Web Tier ODBC JSP Pages Dashboards / Flash Deployment Business Tier Analytic Service ODBO Freestyle search Service Configuration Business One Server Authentication & Authorization Dashboard Package Master Data JDBC Trans Data Replication Service* SQL Server SQL / MDX HANA-DB Server JDBC Master Data Trans Data Semantic Layer: View / Cube models Data Replication Note: n Semantic layer (OLAP cubes) consists of analytic views and calculation views, which can be consumed by both SAP and Partner apps © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15
SAP Business One, Analytics powered by SAP HANA Strong Early Customer Adoption Positive reaction from proof of concept customers and partners: ➔ Each of the proof of concept customers were up and running in 3 hours, using live data from their SAP Business One systems ➔ With limited use, customers, ranging in size from 11 -200 employees, we are seeing tangible benefits and future possibilities “ During the proof of concept we experienced an improvement of 120 x in running a sales analysis report – from 240 seconds to just 2 seconds. ” Niek Veldhuijzen Managing Director Hoenderdaal Fasteners © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved. “ We see great benefits coming from the interactive analysis, because of the flexibility and speed of slicing and dicing the full data available. ” André Engel Geschäftsführer/CEO tde - trans data elektronik Gmb. H “ In our pilot environment, set up by Versino, we are testing business-critical reports, which are up to 100 times faster. This will be invaluable to the way we run our business in the future. ” Florian Pöhner Leiter IT/ Organisation Alpha Inno. Tec Gmb. H 16
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