Choosing the Right SAP Analytics Solution for Your Needs

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1 Choosing the Right SAP Analytics Solution for Your Needs Jürgen Bauer CoE Analytics MEE - SAP Siofok, SAP NOW HUNGARY PUBLIC

2 Agenda 2018 Convergence Strategy Update Hybrid Strategy SAP Analytics Cloud Client Recommendations Analytics Convergence Strategy 2.0 SAP Lumira 2.x Business User Agility Dashboards and Explorer End of Life Wrap-up 1

3 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 2

4 From Convergence 1.0 to Convergence 2.0 Convergence 1.0 Scope: BI and on-premise only Objective: Simplify the on-premise client tools Simplify and reduce the amount of software needed to achieve a business goal Convergence 2.0 Scope: BI, predictive and planning Objective: Converge and combine traditional onpremise analytics use cases and silos with the SAP Analytics Cloud platform Broader than just BI includes predictive, planning, and Roambi Cloud Cloud On Prem On Prem BI Other Analytics BI Other Analytics 3

5 Convergence Principles We are converging use cases, not features and functions BI 4.x content will continue to work and be maintained* No forced migrations *Exceptions are: Desktop Intelligence end of support Dec. 31, 2018 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer end of support Dec. 31, 2020 due to Flash EOL SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards end of support Dec. 31, 2020 due to Flash EOL 4

6 Data Discovery Roadmap Update Context For Customers Our Strategy We have 2 Data Discovery solutions SAP Analytics Cloud SAP Lumira Discovery SAC is maturing rapidly Supports live access to onpremise data in BW, HANA, and Universes Becoming a default part of all SAP cloud solutions Competitive market Customers will benefit from a clear focus on a single solution for data discovery. SAC is the primary data discovery solution for all customers The Lumira Discovery roadmap will now focus on quality, performance, and parity with Lumira 1.x. We will support Lumira customers to ensure successful go-live of existing projects SAP Lumira 2.x will be supported and maintained through at least New feature development on Lumira Discovery will be minimal starting in Lumira Discovery remains a great complement to Lumira Designer as a rapid prototyping tool for analytic applications. Hybrid Combine SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Analytics Hub and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise into a hybrid solution. Deliver rapid innovation across all 3 hybrid components On-premise innovations Continue to innovate with Analysis for Office (AO), Lumira Designer and Web Intelligence with a focus on hybrid use cases. Commercial options On-premise shelf ware can be replaced with SAC and SAH subscriptions using the Cloud Extension Policy Pilot a hybrid license that combines BOE and SAC in 2H

7 Hybrid Strategy

8 SAP Analytics Portfolio SAP ANALYTICS HUB Agile Data Catalog Lead the Cloud Deliver new analytics capabilities, built natively on the SAP Cloud Platform Interoperability and Support for Hybrid Scenarios Innovate the Core Modern, at scale on-premise deployments Digital Boardroom SAP Analytics Cloud Predictive SAP BW/4HANA Modern Data Warehousing BusinessObjects Enterprise Business Planning and Consolidation Predictive Analytics Suite 7

9 Connecting People: SAP Analytics Hub Predictive SAP ANALYTICS HUB Agile Data Catalog BusinessObjects Enterprise Business Planning and Consolidation Predictive Analytics Suite An easy to use data catalog to enable users to find analytics Enables casual users to easily search for and find relevant analytics for their job Supports anything with a URL: SAP, non-sap, Cloud and On-Premise 8

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11 Connecting Data: SAP BW/4HANA SAP ANALYTICS HUB Agile Data Catalog Predictive BusinessObjects Enterprise Business Planning and Consolidation Predictive Analytics Suite BW has always been great at reporting off financial information in SAP ERP BW/ 4HANA embraces open standards, and new technologies to combine best of traditional EDW with big data SAP BW/4HANA Modern Data Warehousing Enables mashing up operational, IoT data with financials 10

12 Hybrid BI License Roadmap Planned Single subscription license including: SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Professional SAP Analytics Cloud Users can use Analytics Cloud, BusinessObjects BI, or both Supports both user and concurrent session metrics Analytics Hub will be sold separately Office Integration SAP Analysis, edition for Office & Live Office Data Discovery Dashboards & Applications Reporting SAP Analytics Cloud SAP Lumira 2.x SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP Crystal Reports 11

13 Hybrid Analytics Augment on-premise software with cloud-delivered innovations Integrated data access Live data access with zero replication to over 70+ data sources via: SAP HANA Views SAP BusinessObjects Universe SAP BW Queries 2-way interoperability between SAC Planning models and BPC models Holistic user experience Analytics Hub: Single portal for all analytics Analysis Office: Access SAC models, HANA and BW from Excel Holistic analytics workflows SAC BI with Smart Discovery SAC BI planning simulations Available today with separate licenses -OR- New combined license Single subscription contract Analytics Cloud for BI BOE Professional 12

14 SAP Analytics Cloud

15 One Simple Cloud PUBLIC 14

16 SAP Analytics Strategy Run the business. Grow the business. SAP Analytics RUN THE BUSINESS Steering Excellence E2E Analytics Harmonize Data GROW THE BUSINESS Plan Predict Innovate 15

17 SAP Analytics Cloud SaaS Platform Applications SAP Digital Boardroom SAP Analytics Hub Mobile Experience SAP App Center Analytic capabilities BI Discovery Charts and tables Geospatial Planning Events and workflows Allocation Value driver tree simulation Predictive Smart Assist Build & deploy predictive models Application building Scripting Composites UI theme & stylesheet Embedding Analytics into applications Core capabilities Data connectivity Wrangling Modeling Administration auditing Story experience Collaboration Mobile APIs PaaS SAP Cloud Platform Amazon Web Services SAP Data Center Google Cloud Platform Cloud data sources and applications On-premise data sources and applications 16

18 SAP Analytics Cloud for business intelligence Core workflow Recent innovations Connect and Prepare Your Data Visualize and Build Your Own Views Share with Your Team Prepare and model cloud and on-premise data from your browser Support data connectors from SAP (BW, HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, Universes) and non-sap sources Support Linking Aggregated Data Cross dataset calculations Design, Visualize, and create your stories online Add simple location analytics into your visualizations Personalize your own dashboard views Simply Collaborate with your team Take action on your data Use permissions to control who can view and edit your analytics 17

19 SAP Analytics Cloud for planning Core workflow Recent innovations Simplify Experience Trust Simply create and modify calculations and planning models and on the fly Take action anytime, anywhere on the desktop or on the go Align plans across Finance and business units with direct integration into SAP Business Planning and Consolidation Analyze, plan and visualize in the same application Personalize your KPIs, dashboard, processes and stories Collaborate in-context of your plan and make faster decisions Enjoy a new generation of planning in the cloud with a modern look and feel Plan and simulate at any level of detail, with any number of users, at any time Drive high performance planning and forecasting process with the SAP Cloud Platform 18

20 SAP Analytics Cloud Core workflow Smart Assist Recent innovations Smart Discovery Smart Discovery - Simulation Smart Insights Understand the main business drivers behind your core KPIs, such as revenue, churn, and productivity powered by machine learning Interact with insights and explore hidden structures and relationships Find the answer to business questions through intuitive charts and natural language Simulate possible outcomes based on your business scenarios Predict the outcome of a particular KPI or record value based on historical data Experiment to see how particular dimension values or KPI values will affect the outcome, e.g., your sales opportunity Quickly develop a clear understanding of intricate aspects of your business data Click on a data point to get smart textual and visual insights Example: Want to know more about your Revenue in the Retail Sector? Smart Insights panel offers an explanation. 19

21 SAP Digital Boardroom Built on SAP Analytics Cloud Recent innovations Total Transparency Instant Data-Driven Insights Simplified Boardroom Processes Get a complete picture of the company situation in real-time Visualize in-context insights to maximize impact on the audience Align executive decisions on one source of truth across business areas Answer ad hoc questions on the fly to better understand the business performance Analyze root causes to identify business risks and opportunities in real time Simulate impact of potential decisions to financials and operations Transform the boardroom experience for better outcomes Reduce boardroom meeting preparation time and effort Leverage predefined best practices to accelerate time to value 20

22 SAP Labs Preview: Smart Discovery

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24 Client Recommendations

25 Requirements and Recommendations These are Guidelines Only Every Case is Different Requirement Combine BI, planning, predictive use cases in a single application Access data from multiple cloud and onprem solutions Recommendation SAP Analytics Cloud Hybrid combination of: SAP Analytics Cloud One solution for integrated self-service data discovery, predictive, and planning. SAP BusinessObjects BI For analytic applications, reporting, Office integration. SAP Analytics Hub Agile data catalog makes it easy for users to find their analytics. 24

26 Requirements and Recommendations These are Guidelines Only Every Case is Different (cont.) Requirement Recommendation Self-service data discovery SAP Analytics Cloud The primary self-service data discovery solution and will benefit from ongoing innovations. SAP Lumira discovery for existing projects Incremental innovations in 2018, focus on quality and performance. Analytic applications and enterprise dashboards built by IT or power users Self-service data discovery by business users on a Mac In order of best fit: SAP Lumira designer 2.x SAP Analytics Cloud SAP Analytics Cloud 25

27 Requirements and Recommendations These are Guidelines Only Every Case is Different (cont.) Requirement Expose data on an extranet to partners, suppliers Access secured data (i.e., HIPAA-protected health data) Recommendation SAP Analytics Cloud SAP BusinessObjects BI SAP Analytics Cloud with live access to on-prem data 26

28 Requirements and Recommendations These are Guidelines Only Every Case is Different (cont.) Requirement Ad hoc reporting Production reporting Offline dashboards Analysis of BW or HANA data in Excel Recommendation SAP Analytics Cloud SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP Crystal Reports SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards transitioning to SAP Lumira 2.1+ SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office 27

29 Requirements and Recommendations These are Guidelines Only Every Case is Different (cont.) Requirement Querying SAP BusinessObjects Universe data from Excel Integrating report parts from Web Intelligence or Crystal Reports into Word documents Recommendation Live Office or SAP Analysis for Office with APOS Data Gateway Live Office 28

30 SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Analytics Hub SAP Digital Boardroom SAP Analytics Cloud Planning Professional Planning Standard Planning Standard Analytics Hub BI BI BI SAP Analytics Hub user BI user Planning Standard user Planning Professional user Engaging analytics on large format screens Specialized analytics portal Self-service data discovery, smart discovery, simulations Entering data in planning models Creating planning models Designing driver trees 29

31 Analytics Convergence Strategy 2.0

32 Interoperability BI Convergence 2018 Includes hybrid combinations of cloud and on premise software SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP Roambi SAP Lumira Desktop/Discovery SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP Analytics Cloud Data Discovery SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio SAP BEx Web Application Designer SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Lumira 2.x Dashboards & Applications EPM Add-In SAP BEx Analyzer Analysis Office Live Office for Universe access Office Integration SAP BusinessObjects Set Analysis Desktop Intelligence Crystal Reports Web Intelligence Reporting Including Live Office for embedding report parts into Microsoft Office documents. 31

33 SAP BI Portfolio 2018 SAP Analytics Cloud SAP s Premiere Analytics Self- Service Platform for Visualization, Exploration, Dashboarding, Departmental Planning and Predictive, native access to SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform. SAP Analytics Hub as Single Point of Entry SAP Analysis Office MS Office Integrated Analytics and Planning SAP Lumira Designer Analytic Applications Dashboards, Templates and Planning Apps SAP recommends SAC for Data Discovery. If a cloud-based solution for BI self-service is not an option, the Lumira 2.x (Discovery) client is an option. Live connectivity to on-premise BW, HANA and Universes Web Intelligence and Crystal Ad-hoc and Production Reporting Formatted and interactive reporting automated publishing and scheduling 33

34 SAP Lumira 2.x

35 SAP Lumira value Bridge business and IT Simplify the user and administration experience Optimized access to governed secure data 35

36 Bringing together casual users and power users Discovery edition Designer edition Extend Discovery Stories Professional Enterprise Apps Customized Discovery Experience... for the casual user persona... for the power user persona One runtime engine, one file format Enables rapid prototyping by the business to deliver formal dashboard projects Enables rapid polishing and promotion of organically generated visualizations 36

37 Data Discovery Roadmap Update Context For Customers Our Strategy We have 2 Data Discovery solutions SAP Analytics Cloud SAP Lumira Discovery SAC is maturing rapidly Supports live access to onpremise data in BW, HANA, and Universes Becoming a default part of all SAP cloud solutions Competitive market Customers will benefit from a clear focus on a single solution for data discovery. SAC is the primary data discovery solution for all customers The Lumira Discovery roadmap will now focus on quality, performance, and parity with Lumira 1.x. We will support Lumira customers to ensure successful go-live of existing projects SAP Lumira 2.x will be supported and maintained through at least New feature development on Lumira Discovery will be minimal starting in Lumira Discovery remains a great complement to Lumira Designer as a rapid prototyping tool for analytic applications. Hybrid Combine SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Analytics Hub and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise into a hybrid solution. Deliver rapid innovation across all 3 hybrid components On-premise innovations Continue to innovate with Analysis for Office (AO), Lumira Designer and Web Intelligence with a focus on hybrid use cases. Commercial options On-premise shelf ware can be replaced with SAC and SAH subscriptions using the Cloud Extension Policy Pilot a hybrid license that combines BOE and SAC 37

38 Business User Agility

39 SAP Analytics Solutions Enabling a customized experience by business users Professionally Authored Most self-service content starts off as professionally authored by power users in the business, like Business Analysts or in IT Designers create the content, connect to data, and apply customizations Standardized formats, sophisticated design, complex data mashups, or high levels of governance Creation environment is separate from the consumption environment Data Discovery Agile Visualization Professionally Authored Applications & Dashboards Self-Service Reporting Modify and Customize Self-Service Not a product, but a way of working with software Business user, analyst, or executive answering their own questions Mobile or web-based self-service Combines the creation and consumption environment into a single seamless experience 41

40 Business user customizations in SAP Lumira Designer 2.x 1. Designer uses Lumira Designer to access SAP BW, SAP HANA, or SAP BusinessObjects Universe data 2. Designer publishes the template to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform for secured distribution to business users 3. Business users can interact with the analytic application to filter the data, modify charts, and modify the dimensions and measures being analyzed 42

41 Business user customizations in Web Intelligence 1. Designer or business user uses Web Intelligence to author a new document 2. Designer publishes the document to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform for secured distribution to business users 3. Business users can interact with the Web Intelligence document to filter the data, modify charts, and even modify the queries that populate the document 43

42 Business user flexibility in Analysis for Office 1. Financial Analyst or business user uses Analysis for Office to author a new document, optionally adding complex Excel formulas and macros 2. Designer publishes the document to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform or the SAP NetWeaver platform for secured distribution to business users 3. Business users can interact with the Analysis for Office document to filter the data, modify charts, and even modify the queries that populate the document 44

43 Data Access Matrix SAP Analytics Cloud, Lumira, Analysis Office Universe Access BW Access SAP HANA and S/4HANA Third- Party OLAP Cloud SAP Cloud Acquired Live Acquired Live Acquired Live Acquired Acquired Analytics Cloud HANA on SCP HANA on HEC HANA on prem S/4 on prem S/4 Cloud Via APOS Data Gateway SFDC Google Drive Google BigQuery Lumira Discovery SFDC Lumira Server View only SFDC Analysis Office Essbase MSAS SuccessFactors Fieldglass Concur Hybris C4C Business ByDesign For additional details and limitations on BW data access by client, see (requires login credentials to the SAP Service Marketplace) 45

44 Dashboards and Explorer End of Life

45 Dashboards (Xcelsius), Explorer and Flash end of support SAP will cease support of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and Explorer Dec. 31, 2020 Adobe will..stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourage content creators to migrate any existing Flash content... SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius ) and SAP BusinessObjects Explorer both depend on Flash Key points: SAP will stop support SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and Explorer after Dec. 31, 2020 Adobe will stop supporting and distributing the Flash player on Dec. 31, 2020 After Dec. 31, 2020, new installations of Dashboards (Xcelsius) and Explorer will not work After Dec. 31, 2020, existing installations may continue to work, but will not be supported by SAP Different browser vendors phase out support for Flash at different times. Check with your browser vendor for their plan. These links describe the browser vendors intent as of late 2017: Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Apple SAP recommends SAP Analytics Cloud as the immediate replacement for SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP recommends SAP Lumira Designer as the immediate replacement for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 47

46 Dashboards (Xcelsius), Explorer and Flash EOL (cont.) What is SAP s recommendation for what-if analysis in Dashboards (Xcelsius)? Some what-if scenarios can be pushed down to the SAP HANA layer and implemented in a SAP HANA view, controlled by a HANA variable SAP Lumira Designer and Discovery support controlling the what-if model via input controls SAP Analytics Cloud for BI includes Smart Data Discovery features to automatically identify key influencers over a given outcome, and make predictions SAP Analytics Cloud for BI supports the creation of private planning versions (based on a planning model) where simulations can be performed SAP Digital Boardroom and SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning support the Value Driver Tree which enables simulations based on planning models 49

47 Wrap-up

48 Key points to take home 1. SAP Analytics Cloud is our subscription offering that combines BI, Planning, and Predictive 2. SAP Analytics Cloud is SAP s primary data discovery solution 3. Our strategy focuses on hybrid combinations of SAP Analytics Cloud, Lumira, Analysis Office, Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports 4. Our strategy extends traditional BI by adding the SAP Analytics Hub analytics catalog and SAP BW/4HANA for modern data warehousing 5. Due to the EOL of Flash, Dashboards and Explorer will no longer be supported as of Dec. 31, We support both self-service and professionally authored content 52

49 Where to find more information Key links Roadmaps SAP Community Official tutorials for SAP BI IT Planning Resources* Analytics Product Documentation Product Availability Matrix* Where to go to provide product feedback and ideas Influence programs and feature ideas * Requires login credentials to the SAP Service Marketplace 53

50 54 CHANGE is a necessary part of LIFE. 54

51 Thank you. Contact information: Juergen Bauer

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