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[ Learning Points
This is a comprehensive guide to SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence presentation tools We will take an overview tour of the Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC), Web Application Designer (WAD), Report Designer, Web publishing, Java Server pages (JSP) and the new SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer. We will look at the strengths and limitations of each tool and see how they can be used independently or collectively in a SAP BI environment. Leave this session with a good understanding of how to use SAP NetWeaver BI tools to make your system more flexible and adaptive to the needs of end users.
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Empowering the users a mind shift Who Should get access Wrap-up Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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The SAP BI tool set has many presentation tools and options for companies to leverage.
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution
SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Empowering the users a mind shift Who Should get access Wrap-up Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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BEx Ad-Hoc Query Designer functionality is replaced by BEx Web Analyzer in BI 7.0
BEx web Analyzer integrates Excel The Excel integration in the BEx analyzer is far better.
Unlike the old days of dynamic HTML, you can now use the BEx analyzer more like a real application without refreshing the whole page every time you click on something (this is due to the Java component in BI 7.0)
Important: BEx browser goes away in SAP BI 7.0 (so does BEx Download Scheduler)
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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5. Combining Excel formulas and Excel formatting allows the design of complex formatted workbooks
6. Integration of Business Planning is available
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Wrap-up
Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
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APD has been available in BW since version 3.0 and can be used to do complex analysis without having to restructure the data and create hundreds of specialized data marts.
You can read from a variety of sources such as Flat files Database tables Data Store Objects (new name for ODS) Infocubes BW queries
Since BW 3.5, APD has been integrated with the Data Mining Workbench. You can access it though the transaction code RSDMWB
Image: SAP, UK
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Images: Bhanu Gupta, ASUG 2005 Illinois chapter
Image: SAP
New data based on the findings can be loaded back into data targets and used by others for reporting i.e. CRM analysis.
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD) SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Wrap-up
Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
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[ Visual Composer
A Visual Composer is a tool to visualize the data. It is a browser-based modeling and design tool for rapid application development & prototyping in a code-free development environment.
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Since a cockpit may have many different sources (queries), it can take quite some time to execute them if the memory cache is not used consistently
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Visual Composer is a power user tool that is simple to learn for someone with a little bit of technical background (i.e. controllers, report writers, analysts).
Source: SAP
Composition Environment including Visual Composer continues to be the go-to product for creating composite applications (SAP, 2008)
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
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Web Browser
WAD is an intuitive tool to build powerful web applications and to interact with portals and custom templates.
OLAP Processor Web Service Charting Engine
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
HTLM Templates
InfoProvider
Web AD
Web Items: Tab Pages, Button, Script Item (in SAP BI 7.0 Support
Drag and drop using Analysis item New chart types (heat map, Gantt, milestone trend analysis) Export BI Web applications in PDF format Command Wizard for generating Web API commands Integration with SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0 BEx Report Designer for formatted reports
NEW: User can change the XHTML source code of any web template either directly, or the ABAP program RS_TEMPLATE_MAINTAIN_70, or in any external XHTML editor.
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Enterprise Reporting
Report Designer Crystal Reports
BI Widgets
Advanced Analysis
SAP BEx Analyzer Voyager Predictive
Mobile BI
Web Services
BusinessObjects Enterprise
Enterprise Reporting
Report Designer Crystal Reports
BI Widgets
Advanced Analysis
SAP BEx Analyzer Voyager Predictive
Mobile BI
Web Services
BusinessObjects Enterprise
future
InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal
Migration
SAP NW BW
SAP NW BW
Pioneer SDK
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Wrap-up
Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
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Source: SAP AG
We now get color control, header-footer control and many new features such as location control of cells and integration of pictures, charts and fixed text.
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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News: BEx Report Designer 7.1, (last release in 2008) will be available under maximum maintenance until 2016 and will be replaced with the Crystal Base product.
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Empowering the users a mind shift Who Should get access Wrap-up Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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Publishing
[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Empowering the users a mind shift Who Should get access Wrap-up Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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BI Java SDK can be used for custom applications based on SAP BI and non-SAP data. BI Java SDK provides access to relational and OLAP data sources using JDBC, XMLA, ODBO etc. Access to 200+ data sources using the JDBC drivers.
Java programmers will recognize the standard development kit's (SDK) main libraries such as the abstract windowing toolkit (AWT) and the GUI-oriented Swing object library as well
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Interested developers should familiarize themselves with SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools Empowering the users a mind shift
SAP BI 7.0 have many improved tools for developers and system administrators
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[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Empowering the users a mind shift Who Should get access Wrap-up Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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Dashboards can be built using Xcelsius. Xcelsius+ will be launched in 2009, and will be the flagship product for data visualization & dashboards
Crystal Reports for pixel formatted reports has been available with SAP BI/BW since 2002. This tool can be integrated into your tool portfolio using existing SAP NetWeaver BI queries
(NOTE: Crystal & Crystal Base will be the core tools for formatted reports starting 2010)
Source SAP AG, 2009
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The Web Intelligence tool from BOBJ is a tool for ad-hoc web based reporting, query & analysis.
It is intended for end users and can leverage queries to both relational and OLAP sources.
It will be the core offering for ad-hoc end user analysis starting 2009.
With the current offering of BOBJ you can also use Desktop Widgets to place BI content direct onto a PC desktop and monitor reports and KPIs.
Source SAP AG, June 2008
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Pioneer (for 1st Quarter 2010 release) provides a superset of the capabilities in BEx Web based Analyzer (Excel), BEx Analyzer (Web), and Business Objects Voyager. Voyager customers migrate to Pioneer.
Excel based
BEx Analyzer & BEx Web Analyzer customers migrate to Pioneer. (Note: BEx is planned to go into regular maintenance)
Source SAP, April, 2009
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Widgets
QT
Universes
ODA
SQL Access
MDX Access
Data Federator
XMLA
OLAP BAPI
ODBO
RDBMS
BW
BIA
Analytic Engine
QT
Universes
ODA
SQL Access
MDX Access
Data Federator
XMLA
OLAP BAPI
ODBO
RDBMS
BW
DF Fascade BWA
Analytic Engine
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[ Comparison
BW Server Feature BW Hierarchies Restricted and Calculated Key Figures MDX SQL
Security BW Variables
Currency and Unit Conversion Exceptions, Conditions SUM, MIN, MAX Aggregations AVG, COUNT, COUNT DISTINCT, Aggregations
OLAP Cache
Navigational Attributes Mass Data Enabled Federation (e.g. BW RDBMS, BW BW)
= fully supported
Polestar
Xcelsius
Suggestion
Purpose Web development Web reporting Excel reporting Structured Analysis Planning
New 2 day course offering from SAP Education for training on Business Objects integration with SAP NetWeaver BW Two dates are currently scheduled in June for virtual course delivery June 1 2, 2009 June 25 26, 2009
See the following link to the Course Description for more detailed information on the content covered
http://www.sap.com/usa/services/education/usacourse. epx?context=%5b%5b|SAPBO||1|091|US|%5d%5d|
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Empowering the users a mind shift Who Should get access Wrap-up Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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Web reports
Fixed format
Web Applications
Models
Vizualization
Distribution
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Web Tools
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Other tools
Bex Broadcaster
Crystal Reports
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Chinese Proverb
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Power users
Authors
Developers
BW Admins
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Web Tools
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Other tools
Bex Broadcaster
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Crystal Reports
[ Agenda
The SAP BI Tool Revolution SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer & BEx Analyzer Analysis Process Designer (APD), SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (VC) Web Application Designer (WAD) Report Designer Web publishing Java Server pages (JSP) and the old Business Server Pages (BSP) Administrative tools The BOBJ Roadmap for front-end tools
Empowering the users a mind shift Who Should get access Wrap-up Bonus material: All SAP BOBJ tools
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[ Resources
COMERIT (Presentations, guides and accelerators) www.comerit.net
SAP Business Intelligence (BI) by Norbert Egger, Jean-Marie Fiechter, Sebastian Kramer, Ralf-Patrick Sawicki, and Stephan Weber. Galio Press - Hardcover, 653 pages, ISBN 978-1-59229-082-6
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Key Learnings
Suggestion Tool Visual Composer Web Intelligence BI Widgets / BO Universe Crystal Report BPC BI Accellerator Xcelcius Polestar Pioneer Purpose Visualization Ad-hoc Desktop Intelligence Formatted reports Consolidation & Planning In memory performance Dashboards Search engine BEx web & Excel Web development Web reporting Excel reporting Structured Analysis Planning Formatted reports Custom applications
Worth a Prototype Keep an Eye on, but wait until the new release
Web Application Designer BEx Web Keep doing for a while longer BEx Excel Analysis Process Designer Integrated Planning Report Designer Stop when possible Custom JSP pages
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This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools, not just tools for the SAP market
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This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools, not just tools for the SAP market
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This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools, not just tools for the SAP market
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This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools, not just tools for the SAP market
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This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools, not just tools for the SAP market
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