Scott Lowden SAP America Technical Solution Architect

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1 SAP NetWeaver Training Overview - SAP Business Intelligence Scott Lowden SAP America Technical Solution Architect

2 NetWeaver Components Detail Business Intelligence SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 2

3 Preface Data Warehousing It supports the complete process from data load, transformation, data integration, consolidation and cleansing to data provision for analysis and interpretation of consistent information. Includes the following areas: Extraction, Transformation and Load (ETL) Data Warehouse Management Data Modeling SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 3

4 Preface Business Intelligence Platform Serves as the technological infrastructure to support information access and comprehensive analytics. It includes the following areas: OLAP Alerting Data mining Open Analysis Interfaces Business Intelligence Suite SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 4

5 Agenda (1) Data Warehousing BI Platform BI Suite SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 5

6 Data Warehousing Overview (I) Openness XML openness DB Connect Ascential Open Hub Service Easy Transformation Transformation library and new user interface for formula builder Archiving Process chains SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 6

7 Data Warehousing Overview (II) ODS Objects Hierarchies in BW Flexible Master Data Staging InfoProviders Document Management Partner Namespace BW Service API SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 7

8 Agenda (2) Data Warehousing BI Platform BI Suite SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 8

9 BI Platform Overview Non-Cumulative Key Figures OLAP Query Cache Constant Selection SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 9

10 Non-Cumulative Key Figures MultiProviders and Inventory Cubes No limitation concerning the time dimensions of various InfoCubes that should be combined in a MultiProvider. E.g. InfoCubes with different time characteristics can be included into a MultiProvider Example: (Week and Month) Week Year Material Inflow Week Month Year in in in [ [Dez.2001 [ ] ] Jan.2002] Month Year Material Inflow Dez Jan Week Year Month Stock Stock Stock Stock Cube1 Cube1 Stock Stock Cube2 Cube2 51 Dez Jan SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 10

11 Non-Cumulative Key Figures Validity table Drill-down according to a validity object is now well defined; that means the result is independent of the drilling history. Values that should not appear (according to the validity table) are displayed within brackets. Sample: Validity interval Jan Feb Mar Apr May ref. point Plant A: Plant B: Plant C: Without validity validity object: object: (filter on Plant B): LAST Plant A: Plant B: [120][120] [150] 150 Plant C: [0] 0 [0] [0] SUM: SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 11

12 Non-Cumulative Key Figures FIRST- and LAST aggregation FIRST is now using opening values while all other aggregations still use closing values. Example: Date Month Material Inflow Jan Fact table: Query: Jan Jan Feb Feb Date Stock (LAST) Stock (FIRST) SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 12

13 OLAP Query Caching The query results and navigation statuses calculated by the OLAP processor are stored as of release 3.0B as a data cluster in the crosstransactional application buffer in the application server instance (crosstransactional cache). This enables the OLAP processor to access data stored in the cache for queries that are similar, thus improving query performance and reducing the load on the database instance. This cross-transactional cache is not the same as the local OLAP processor cache, which was available before 3.0B and which saves query results in a session. Another new option enables you to limit the maximum memory provided by your system not only for the local cache but also for the cross-transactional cache. SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 13

14 Constant Selection In the Query Designer, you select the data you want to show during the run time for the report. You can use navigation and filtering to make further changes to the selection during runtime (the selection is restricted further). The new version of the Query Designer allows you to select constants. This means that navigation or filtering has no effect on the selection during runtime. Thus, you can easily select reference sizes that remain unchanged during runtime. The constant selection is very helpful, for example, in market share calculations. In a product list (product in drilldown), you do not want to see the absolute sales revenue, but rather the sales revenue in relation to a specific product group. (In 2.0 you could only relate the value to the (total) results cell or the query result.) SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 14

15 Market Share with Constant Selection of Characteristic Values (I) It is possible to define parts of the selections (individual characteristics and their filter values) as constant. Only the InfoObject in this selection remains constant during navigation and filtering. In the Selection Editor, you can select an InfoObject as a constant in the context menu. SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 15

16 Market Share with Constant Selection of Characteristic Values (II) Market Share After Filtering Three Material Values SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 16

17 Agenda (3) Data Warehousing BI Platform BI Suite SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 17

18 Business Intelligence Users, Needs and Functions Tactical Analyst/Knowledge Worker Customization Data Depth Complexity Executive / Management Query Design Tabular Reports OLAP Analysis Data Mining Ad-hoc Analysis Portal Interactive Content Any Device Strategic Information Consumer Operational Pre-built Report Templates Managed, formatted Reports Alerting Geographical Analysis Packaged Applications iviews Targeted Dashboards Role-based Query & Reporting Analysis Deployment & User Access SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 18

19 Business Explorer (BEx) mysap BI Tools Smart Powerful Flexible BEx Query Designer Central tool for all kinds of OLAP and Reporting queries Design queries once reuse many times Customize pre-defined report templates Publish queries directly to the Web BEx Analyzer Full-featured OLAP analysis in MS Excel Operational, tabular reporting Integration point for query and web application design Leverage native Excel features (i.e. office integration) BEx Web Application Designer Designed for building targeted web applications Full analytical capabilities on the Web with zero footprint Visualization of interactive content One step publishing SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 19

20 The Business Explorer in SAP BW 3.0 Business Explorer Portal Integration, Query, Reporting Web Collaboration BEx Browser & BEx Analyzer BEx Application Web Intelligence BEx Form Form Deployment and Analysis Design Reporting BEx Mobile Mobile Intelligence Single point of entry Role-based No further development information provision Use Enterprise Portal Personalization, Collaboration, Profiling, Subscription Integration of unstructured information Drag & Relate, Unification No further development of the BEx Browser Query Excel-based Design OLAP via Desktop Solution Workbooks or Side Web calculations Multi-dimensional Query Design / OLAP Analysis (MS Excel or web-based) Geographical analysis Ad-hoc data exploration Alerting Seamless Excel-Web integration Web Portal Application Integration Design Interactive Web-based analytic OLAP content over Information the web Cockpits Information DashboardsCockpits / Dashboards Web Application Designer Framework Open for Web for design building Analytical Applications Create iviews for the Portal Wizard-based visualization APIs for further web design Formatted Reports Legal Reports Pixel-oriented layouts Pre-defined Web/Portal templates deployment in Crystal Reports format Online WAP Mobile & Offline Phones Scenarios Support PDAs of WAP Phones and Precalculation PDAs Automatic WebDAV Offline device Sync recognition Publishing via Web Application Designer Alerts, charts, Integration into Mobile Portal SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 20

21 The Information Consumer: Examples Who? Executive Pre-defined analysis Key Performance Indicators Pro-active notification - alerts Highly customized cockpits Contextual and summarized information BI on different devices at different locations Employee Simplified view of information Specific to the role Support for daily operations Optimize interactions with customers and suppliers BI to drive success within departments SAP AG 2003, Title of Presentation, Speaker Name / 21

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