Using SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office,

for Excel-based OLAP Reporting against SAP HANA, ERP and

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[Learning Points
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Office is the premium
offering for BEx Analyzer g y
Comparing BEx Analyzer with SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
for Office
How transient providers provide a way for BusinessObjects
Analysis Office to be used directly against SAP ERP for
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[SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
The Premium Alternative to BEx The Premium Alternative to BEx
Analytical Applications
AdHoc OLAP
Analysis, Edition for Application Design
Premium Alternative to BEx Web App
Analysis, Edition for OLAP
Dedicated Ad-Hoc OLAP client for
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Premium Alternative to BEx Web App
Designer
Design studio for power users to create
purpose-built OLAP analysis & planning apps
Customer- and SAP-delivered content
Mobile support
Dedicated Ad Hoc OLAP client for
business users to analyze OLAP data
and share it with others
Enabled for 3rd party OLAP
Seamless interoperability between
designer and ad-hoc client
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HANA support
HANA support
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Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office
IT / Developers, Data Analysts, Business Users
Excel-based OLAP analysis
Excel-based BI applications
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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Live PowerPoint presentations
HANA support
[SAP Product Road Map for Analysis, edition for MS
Office Office
Key themes, capabilities, and planned innovations
Highly interactive Platform services: variants, Scheduling and publication
multidimensional analysis
Best-in-class usability
Best integration into SAP
jump-to targets
BW storage of workbooks
Conversion of (simple) BEx
Dynamic Grid,
i.e.enhanced formatting
options in analysis modus
Best integration into SAP
sources (SAP NetWeaver
BW, SAP HANA)
MS PowerPoint Publishing
Conversion of (simple) BEx
Workbooks
BW Workspaces
Additi l S t f SAP
Custom local hierarchies
Seamlessly convert Analysis
Office workbooks to web-
d bil ( i
Excel-based application
design via powerful API
Analysis Excel write-back
Additional Support of SAP
HANA Appliance
(hierarchies, prompts)
and mobile apps (requires
Analysis, edition for
application design)
enabled on BW-IP
(integrated planning)
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
Future Direction Today Planned Innovations
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
Planned RTC: Q3 2012
[News in Release 1.2
Planning Enhancements Planning Enhancements
Cell Locking
Enhanced HANA support Enhanced HANA support
Language-dependent texts
OLAP connection in CMC (as of
BI l f 4 0 FP3) BI platform 4.0 FP3)
Application Development
APIs for controlling Analysis Office APIs for controlling Analysis Office
without ribbon
Usability
Improved prompting
Continuous Improvement
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
Variable unmerge
Copy & Paste
GA January 2012
[Planned Key Features in Release 1.3
BW Pl f F BW Platform Features
Report-Report Interface (query, URL)
Variants Variants
Storing workbooks/ppts in BW
repository
Corporate Data
(SAP BW, SAP HANA)
Local Data
BW Workspaces
Innovation
BW Workspaces: combining local
Excel data with corporate data Excel data with corporate data
HANA Support
Hierarchies, Variables, Password
Analysis,
edition for Microsoft Office
Change
Migration
C i BE kb k
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
Converting BEx workbooks
Ramp-up planned for July 2012
[Analysis, Edition for Application Design
Designed for BW BW on HANA & Native HANA Scenarios Designed for BW, BW on HANA & Native HANA Scenarios
SBO Analysis Editions:
(MS Office, OLAP,
Application Design)
U i (SQL)
Universes (SQL)
MDX BICS
Application Design)
Universes (SQL)
SBO Analysis Editions:
(MS Office, OLAP,
Application Design)
SQL
via
DF
MDX BICS
SQL
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BW application
any schema BW managed schema
Replication
Services
Data
Services
SAP
Extractors
Data
Services
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
HANA
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COMPARISON WITH BEX COMPARISON WITH BEX
ANALYZER
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[ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office
C di i l F i
Exceptions
Conditional Formatting
Only supported
against BEx Query
Benefits:
On the fly
AND OR AND-OR scenarios
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office
Exceptions Filter by Measure) Exceptions Filter by Measure)
Only supported y pp
against BEx Query
Benefit:
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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Develop on the fly
[ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office
PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint
Component Total
[+] CA 4
Cut and paste from Excel to
PowerPoint
[+] CRM 1
[+] FI 6
[+] IS 2 [ ] IS 2
[+] MM 22
[+] PM 15
[ ] SD 1 [+] SD 1
Benefit:
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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Live Analysis inside
PowerPoint
[ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office
Report to Report Interface Coming
Benefits:
Drill down from InfoProvider to
details in DSO
Drill down from a report to an ECC
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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p
transaction
[ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office
Variants Coming Variants Coming
Today using BEx queries for
often-saved selection
criteria
Benefits:
Able to save commonly used
selection criteria
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office
Saving Workbooks to BW
Save to BI Platform
Benefits: Benefits:
Becomes centrally stored
Is a part of the BW
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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Is a part of the BW
Metadata repository
[ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office
Training is likely required
Free training at
sap com/learnbi Training is likely required sap.com/learnbi
Con:
Benefit:
Training is free
Training is not free
Expert users
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Expand use beyond expert
users
[Demo of BEx working side by side with Analysis
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[Demo of Analysis Office Against SAP Hana
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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TRANSIENT PROVIDERS TRANSIENT PROVIDERS
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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TransientProvider, Enhancement Package 5
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis
Search &
Exploration
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports
for Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Semantic Layer
Direct Access Direct Access Direct Access Direct Access Universe Based Access Universe Based Access
Transient Provider
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
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rd
Party Data
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
Source: www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/bi-solution-architecture - Ingo Hilgefort
[ECC InfoSets, Enhancement Package 05
Transient Provider allows you
to connect via a BEx Query in the local BI client of your SAP ERP system to
a classic InfoSet and in that way provide real-time ERP data to your end-users
in that way expose operational data to SAP BusinessObjects tools
Works like an operational InfoProvider or remote cube
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[Steps to Create Analysis Workbook Against ECC
InfoSet InfoSet
Create InfoSet
Set Property to Release - p y
SQBWPROP
Create BEx Query against InfoSet
Select BEx Query as a data source
in Analysis
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
in Analysis
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DEMO TRANSIENT DEMO TRANSIENT
PROVIDER
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[ECC InfoSets, Enhancement Package 05
Transient Provider allows you
to connect via a BEx Query in the local BI client of your SAP ERP system to
a classic InfoSet and in that way provide real-time ERP data to your end-users
in that way expose operational data to SAP BusinessObjects tools
Works like an operational infoprovider or remote cube
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[Advantages of Transient Provider
It runs in ERP/ECC no separate BW system required It runs in ERP/ECC, no separate BW system required
Operational reporting available for specific applications
Real time reporting p g
No duplication of data
Could use SAP pre-delivered content
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[Prerequisites of Transient Provider
Install BI client inside ECC
ECC 6 0 enhancement package 5 ECC 6.0 enhancement package 5
Only Client Independent (global) InfoSets flagged are
available
No remote scenarios
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
[Limitations of Transient Providers
No hierarchies
No navigation attributes No navigation attributes
No enhancements to Transient Provider
As characteristics and key figures are derived, you cannot apply y g y pp y
properties to them
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[Pros / Cons of Transient Provider
Pros:
Operational BI Real-time reporting, no modeling, no loading Operational BI Real time reporting, no modeling, no loading
Cons:
No hierarchies, no display attributes, no currency translation
Not all InfoSets are available for use
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WRAP-UP WRAP UP
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[Recommendations
Analysis for Office is the premium offering for BEx Analyzer
No need to migrate BEx queries, change data models No need to migrate BEx queries, change data models
Consider transitioning BEx Analyzer users now
Most features are already supported
Missing features are planned for future release
Adopt new BI Platform when you can
Di i BE i Direct connection to BEx queries
Improved usability over BEx Analyzer, plus additional features
Formula Mode, Analysis Ribbon has Hierarchy, Conditional Formula Mode, Analysis Ribbon has Hierarchy, Conditional
Formatting, Display Panel, Pause Refresh, PowerPoint integration
Save costs by minimal training
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[Tips
Leverage the capabilities of the restricted key and calculated
key figures where possible y g p
As part of the underlying BI query, they will be processed by the
BW back end
C b h d i i i i i d l t Can be shared across queries, minimizing development
downstream
Use SAP variables as part of the SAP NetWeaver BW query
Use prototypes/demos to gather requirements
Make use of pause/refresh button
Free e-learning is available on the SAP Community Network
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[Return on Investment
Take advantage of using Analysis Office without modeling in
BW, using real-time ECC data. , g
Use Analysis Office side-by-side with existing BEx tools, such
as the BEx Information Broadcasting
No training for end users; ease of use
Less reliance on a very busy Information Technology staff to
create Excel Workbooks create Excel Workbooks
Expand use of Business Intelligence to beyond IT and
Analyst/Power User
Calculations on the fly
E-learning on the SAP Community is free
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[Best Practices
Take advantage of free e-learning on Analysis office at
sap.com/learnbi p
Visit Analysis Office page on SAP Community Network
http://scn.sap.com/community/businessobjects-analysis-ms-
ffi office
Check the SAP Software Distribution Center (SWDC) for
downloads at least monthlyy
Service.sap.com/swdc
Demo of how to do that is on SAP Community Network
Pause/Refresh Button
Its Excel start using it
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[Key Learnings
Consider performing a proof of concept with SAP
BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office j y ,
Lessen the load on IT by having Excel-knowledgeable users
create workbooks
Check the SWDC for downloads at least monthly
Consider transitioning BEx Analyzer users now
Most features are already supported Most features are already supported
Missing features are planned for future releases
Review ECC Enhancement Pack 5 Features for Operational BI p
Reporting
Improved usability over BEx Analyzer
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
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[Resources
Ingo Hilgefort, Discover SAP BusinessObjects Analysis the
New BEx Analyzer (BI Expert, November 2010).
www.bw-biexpertonline.com/article.cfm?id=5519
Ingo Hilgefort, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for
Microsoft Office Your First Steps (BI Expert November Microsoft Office Your First Steps (BI Expert, November
2010).
www.bw-biexpertonline.com/article.cfm?id=5540
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[More Information
Ingo Hilgefort, Inside SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis (SAP
PRESS, 2010).
www.sap-press.com/products/Inside-SAP-
BusinessObjects-Advanced-Analysis.html j y
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