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1 Presentation Name ] Insert Speaker Names ED HUDAK [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1998 [ STEVE RUGGIERO ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2000 [ SHERRYANNE MEYER ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1999

2 [ Agenda Introductions SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes SAP Xcelsius Overview Demo A cockpit in 7 minutes SAP Web Application Designer Overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes Lessons Learned and Limitations Summary Real Experience. Real Advantage. 2 2

3 [ Learning Points Learn how to build Xcelsius, Web application designer and the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer dashboards in less then 10 minutes (demos). Learn when to pick one dash boarding tool over another. Find out the limitations of each tool and what skill sets are needed to be successful. Real Experience. Real Advantage. 3

4 [ Agenda Introductions SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes SAP Xcelsius Overview Demo A cockpit in 7 minutes SAP Web Application Designer Overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes Lessons Learned and Limitations Summary Real Experience. Real Advantage. 4 4

5 [ The SAP NetWeaver BI Core Toolset SAP BI is an enterprise-wide comprehensive decision support system (DSS) for the analytical needs of an enterprise 5 BI can also support some degree of operational reporting The SAP BI tool set has many presentation tools and options for companies to leverage. SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer is an extension of those tools. Real Experience. Real Advantage. 5

6 [ There are Two 'versions' of Visual Composer (VC) Visual Composer 7.0 is for SAP BI Development, 7.1 is for the Composite Environment (CE). There are different SDN forums and blogs for each - This can be confusing! BREAKING NEWS: VC 7.2 is now in Ramp-up with planned general availability in 2Q, "With the new version of SAP NetWeaver CE 7.2, you are able to design and develop your "own practices" as business rule-based, SOA-enabled, composite business processes & applications with the Eclipse-based SAP 6 Developer Studio" - SAP AG Real Experience. Real Advantage. 6

7 [ SAP Visual Composer is a tool to visualize the data It is a browser-based modeling and design tool for rapid application development and prototyping in a code- free development environment Real Experience. Real Advantage. 7

8 [ Visual Composer is Easy for Power Users to Learn 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) No coding required to create great-looking, Web-based cockpits Take advantage of pre-built analytic business packages Source: SAP Real Experience. Real Advantage. 8

9 [ It All Starts with a Query The BEx Query Designer The query is the core method for accessing BI data. You can use existing queries in your SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer models Real Experience. Real Advantage. 9

10 [ SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Data Methods Can integrate data from multiple data sources, including SAP and non-sap systems, into one model Different options available for data access include: BI Extension Kit Remote Function Call (RFC) Web services BI Extension Kit allows access to the following DataSources SAP NetWeaver BI 2004 (SAP BW 3.5 Support Package 14) SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 JDBC XMLA Real Experience. Real Advantage. 10

11 [ External Web Services External Web services such as , stock quotes, news services, and weather maps can also be integrated into your SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer cockpit. Real Experience. Real Advantage. 11

12 [ External Data Providers Web Services Each Web service may require different input, so you have to spend some time trying out what works for your site and how to format it. Real Experience. Real Advantage. 12

13 [ SAP Visual Composer 7.0 Using BOBJ Xcelsius SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer 7.01 (or 7.02) SP5 or higher allows you to use existing Xcelsius UI controls and use them inside Visual Composer. You can also use any Flex component made by Adobe Flex Builder (Flex 2 SDK). You can download flash objects & 'how-to' on sdn.sap.com (by Sap's Amir Mimran) 13 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 13

14 [ Our Target Visual Composer cockpit and Navigation All country sales are displayed based on the first query Real Experience. Real Advantage. 14

15 [ A Visual Composer Cockpit in 8 minutes D E M 15 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 15

16 [ The Future of Visual Composer Source: SAP, 2010 SAP: "In light of the progress made relating to parity between VC 7.0 and VC CE, our investment in VC 7.0 will be limited to maintenance after EP2 is released. We are confident that with the provisions made for migration to VC 7.1 or 7.2 and the great feature set in EP-2 for VC 7.0, our existing customers running VC 7.0 will enjoy the best of both worlds: the option to upgrade to VC 7.2 or to stay with the latest release of VC 7.0." - Source: Real Experience. Real Advantage

17 [ VC Upgrade Options are Limited- pick the right version There are no automated upgrade paths from NetWeaver VC 7.0 to NetWeaver VC 7.1 or 7.2. Customers who want to use NetWeaver VC 7.2 will have to keep both running and migrate the content from 7.0 to 7.2 manually. Plan carefully how you want to use Visual Composer and pick the version you want: 7.0 for SAP BI focus and 7.2 for BPM and composite applications. Real Experience. Real Advantage

18 [ Agenda Introductions SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes SAP Xcelsius Overview Demo A cockpit in 7 minutes SAP Web Application Designer Overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes Lessons Learned and Limitations Summary 18 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 18

19 [ SAP Xcelsius Functionality 1 Connect to corporate data sources via SAP BI, Web Services, LiveOffice, Query as a Web Service, XML, etc. 2 Data is populated into Excel model Import Excel model 3 4 Publish Visualization to into Xcelsius and SAP Portals, BOBJ generate Visualization Enterprise, export to Outlook, PowerPoint, etc. Note: BWP will be upgraded April 12 th through April 14 th. If you need support please contact the helpdesk at or at The system will be available with the latest data on April 15, 9:00am EST. - SAP BI Support team Data Connectivity Business Visualization Data Source Tier Business Logic Tier Visualization Tier Web/Client Tier Real Experience. Real Advantage. 19

20 [ Xcelsius Process Overview 1. Source data from: Excel spreadsheets XML data SOAP-based Web Services 2. Create an interactive presentation with point-and-click. 3. Output final interactive analytic or presentation to Crystal Vision Server, BusinessObjects Enterprise, any web page, PowerPoint, Outlook or PDF Real Experience. Real Advantage. 20

21 [ Adding Interactivity in Xcelsius To make dashboards useful for more than one person, you should plan to offer navigation and interactivity instead of static images and graphs. Basic OLAP functionality can be added with dropdown selection and tabs. Note: BWP will be upgraded April 12 th through April 14 th. If you need support please contact the helpdesk at or at The system will be available with the latest data on April 15, 9:00am EST. - SAP BI Support team Real Experience. Real Advantage. 21

22 [ Xcelsius "mini-applications" To make Xcelsius really useful, try adding 'mini-applications' where users can analyze data based on their own selections Adding radio buttons allows users to select time periods, or other characteristics. Adding 'sliders' allows users to limit analysis to certain customers, products, plants etc. Real Experience. Real Advantage. 22

23 [ Xcelsius External Web services Xcelsius can also leverage external web services such as maps, graphs and animations Linking the data to a visual representation (Yahoo globe example), can be a powerful tool. If users click on a certain 'peg' on the globe (i.e. plant), they can see the data for that selection. Real Experience. Real Advantage. 23

24 [ Xcelsius External Web services Adding maps is a really powerful to visualize the data Using the Yahoo map, users can see satellite images and drill downs. Pre-delivered Xcelsius map objects also be called and linked to data on the dashboard and exception coloring can be added. Real Experience. Real Advantage. 24

25 [ A Xcelsius Cockpit in 7 minutes D E M 25 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 25

26 [ Agenda Introductions SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes SAP Xcelsius Overview Demo A cockpit in 7 minutes SAP Web Application Designer Overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes Lessons Learned and Limitations Summary 26 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 26

27 [ BEx Web Application Designer (WAD) BEx Analyzer/ Query Designer BEx Web Application Designer Web Browser OLAP Processor Web Service Charting Engine HTLM Templates InfoProvider WAD is an intuitive tool to build powerful web applications and to interact with portals and custom templates. BW queries can be manipulated in WAD for better display 27 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 27

28 [ Command Wizard and JavaScript You can use Command Wizard for generating JavaScript code for the Script Item to use in custom cockpit applications 28 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 28

29 [Features of SAP NetWeaver SAP BI 7.0 Web AD Web Items: Tab Pages, Button, Script Item (in SAP BI 7.0 Support Package Stack 7) 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 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. 29 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 29

30 [ Product Directions for BI Solutions Dashboards, Visualization And Much More Web App Designer Xcelsius Enterprise Reporting Polestar Report Designer Crystal Reports Ad-hoc Query & Reporting Web Intelligence BI Widgets Advanced Analysis SAP BEx Analyzer Voyager Predictive Mobile BI Enterprise Data Warehousing & BI Platform SAP NetWeaver BW and BWA BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Services Source: SAP Real Experience. Real Advantage. 30

31 [ Product Directions for BI Solutions Dashboards, Visualization And Much More Web App Designer Xcelsius Enterprise Reporting Polestar Report Designer Crystal Reports Ad-hoc Query & Reporting Web Intelligence BI Widgets Advanced Analysis SAP BEx Analyzer Voyager Predictive Mobile BI Enterprise Data Warehousing & BI Platform SAP NetWeaver BW and BWA BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Services Source: SAP Real Experience. Real Advantage. 31

32 [ BI Web Application Designer Roadmap planned 2010 future Workspace PIO Web Tab InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal Pioneer Web Client BEx Web Tab Pioneer Web Client Workspace PIO Web Tab InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal BEx Web Tab SAP BOE Platform Pioneer Web Server SAP BOE Platform Pioneer Designer/ SDK Pioneer Web Server BI Consumer Services BI Consumer Services BEx Queries/ InfoProviders BEx Web Templates SAP NW BW BEx Web App Designer BEx Queries/ InfoProviders SAP NW BW BEx Web Templates Migration options via Pioneer SDK BEx Web App Designer 32 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 32

33 [ A Web Application Designer Cockpit in 8 minutes D E M 33 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 33

34 [ WAD and Visual Composer SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer integrates with WAD based applications using Portal Eventing Framework For example, BW Web API can pass a filter value from a BEx Web application to SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer And vice versa Real Experience. Real Advantage. 34

35 [ Agenda Introductions SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes SAP Xcelsius Overview Demo A cockpit in 7 minutes SAP Web Application Designer Overview Demo A cockpit in 8 minutes Lessons Learned and Limitations Summary 35 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 35

36 [ Options for BW WebI Xcelsius QaaWS QT Universes ODA SQL Access MDX Access Data Federator XMLA OLAP BAPI ODBO RDBMS BW DF Facade BWA Analytic Engine Real Experience. Real Advantage. 36

37 [ What tool to use Not all features are equally supported in the tools. Each tool has a niche of users and specific capabilities with some overlapping functionality. Tool Web Application Designer End user Development Capabilities Longterm Strategy Power User Author IT Developer Graphing Navigation External data * External web services Simplicity OLAP Ad-Hoc querying Xcelsius Visual Composer Web Intelligence ** *Depends on custom coding ** Depends on type of Universe Real Experience. Real Advantage. 37

38 [ Key Learnings There are more than one tool for Dashboarding Xcelsius will be the most common dash boarding tool for most companies (90% probability) Webi is a great ad-hoc tool with some graphical capabilities. It is not a dash boarding tool. Web Application Designer is a good tool for IT developers, but has not as many web 2.0 features as Xcelsius, nor is the dashboards as interactive and flexible. Real Experience. Real Advantage. 38

39 [ ] Thank you for participating. Please remember to complete and return your evaluation form following this session. For ongoing education on this area of focus, visit the Year-Round Community page at [ SESSION CODE: 0605 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 39