A Step-By-Step Guide to Implementing Self-Service Reporting Using SAP Business Planning and Consolidation and SAP HANA

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1 Produced by Wellesley Information Services, LLC, publisher of SAPinsider Wellesley Information Services. All rights reserved. A Step-By-Step Guide to Implementing Self-Service Reporting Using SAP Business Planning and Consolidation and SAP HANA Greg Wright VantagePoint Business Solutions

2 What We ll Cover In This Session Digital Universe Self-Service Reporting SAP BPC SAP BI SAP HANA Wrap-up 1

3 In This Session Hear a high-level perspective on how the traditional business roles and reporting requirements are changing due to the evolution and proliferation of data creation See how SAP has responded to this phenomenon, and what that means specifically to the SAP BPC, BI, and HANA offerings The intent of this presentation is to provide insights so that you will be better informed when you make decisions about selfservice reporting and your SAP roadmap going forward 2

4 Disclaimer SAP has not endorsed or approved this presentation. This is information based on my experience, insights and current information (and somewhat educated opinion) on the current and future state of the SAP offering. 3

5 Who is VantagePoint Business Solutions? Experienced SAP partner: Enterprise Performance Management VantagePoint is a nationally recognized SAP BPC authority. We deliver proven technical and business best practices focused on user experience and adoption Trusted Advisor with customers Experience: Life Experience / CPA / MBA / PMP End to end project lifecycle: Knowledge transfer Proven success: Methodology and approach EPM is not what we do, it s all we do Enterprise Performance Management 4

6 What We ll Cover In This Session Digital Universe Self-Service Reporting SAP BPC SAP BI SAP HANA Wrap-up 5

7 Digital Universe Digital universe is exploding

8 Digital Universe (cont.) Estimated: 70% of the digital universe is generated by individuals source: 7

9 Digital Universe (cont.) 8

10 Digital Universe (cont.) Increasing value of the Internet of Things 2013 source: 9

11 Data Universe (cont.) Increasing value of the Internet of Things (cont.) 2020 source: 10

12 Digital Universe (cont.) Source: 11

13 What We ll Cover In this Session Digital Universe Self-Service Reporting SAP BPC SAP BI SAP HANA Wrap-up 12

14 Analytics Evolution Source: SAP 13

15 Why Self-Service Reporting? Business agility: Manage change to respond to customer and business demands Information agility: Incorporate necessary information by consumer agile, flexible, responsive Organizations are moving from traditional IT technology to empowered business technology strategies 14

16 Self-Service Reporting (cont.) Main requirements for enterprise self service Efficient access to necessary data and application repository Data set tuning User interface Visualization Sharing information 15

17 Self-Service Reporting Challenges Consistency across the Enterprise Definition Availability Quality Visibility Time to deploy Flexibility Speed Adoption Collaboration Actionable 16

18 What We ll Cover In this Session Digital Universe Self Service Reporting SAP BPC SAP BI SAP HANA Wrap-up 17

19 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation Self Service Predefined subject matter Financial processes Business modeling (non financial) Contextual/Information User calculations Versions Collaboration Interfaces EPM Add-in for Microsoft Office HTML 5 EPM Unwired 18

20 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office Functionality Data Context Database EPM Add-In Microsoft Excel 19

21 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Functionality Data Context Column Axis Row Axis 1. Drag and drop report builder 2. Dynamically linked to Context Pane 3. More than one report on sheet 20

22 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) User calculation added to report Excel formula in G2 User created name 21

23 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Functional Grouping Available Dimensions Drag and Drop Report Editor Column Axis Row Axis 22

24 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) BPC Assigned Name User Defined Calculations User Assigned Description BPC Formula Excel Reference 23

25 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Data Context Full functionality of Excel Report/Chart dynamically update Combine multiple data sources if needed 24

26 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) User selection options Parameterdriven reports 25

27 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Excel List Drop Down Link to BPC Context Pane 26

28 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Drill-through Ability to query another Cube or SAP table while seamlessly passing parameters from a selected cell in a report \%userprofile%\appdata\local\epmofficeclient\drillthrough.xml Context of cell passed as parameters to query additional data source 27

29 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Functionality Data Context Database EPM Add-In Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 28

30 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Connection Type Set up connection to a data source via the Connection Manager 29

31 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) BPC Connection User Credential Validation 30

32 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Connection Type BW (Large data) BW InfoCube User Credential Validation Connections beyond BPC 31

33 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Add-In for Microsoft Office (cont.) Local Connection User credential validation 32

34 SAP BPC Self Service: EPM Unwired Performance Management delivered to ipad BPC NW 10.0 and 10.1, Strategy Management connector Context-driven analysis and corrective action Web-enabled BI reports 33

35 What We ll Cover In this Session Digital universe Self service reporting SAP BPC SAP BI SAP HANA Wrap-up 34

36 BI Suite: Current Offerings Function Usage Tool Enterprise Reporting Share Information Crystal Enterprise Crystal Reports Web Intelligence Desktop Intelligence BEx Analyzer Enterprise Dashboards Engaging experiences / Analysis / Executive Review Dashboards (Xcelsius) Design Studio Dashboard Manager SAP Web App Design Self Service Self create / visualization / analysis / predict / simple dashboards / InfoGraphics Microsoft Office integration Explorer Analysis OLAP BEx Web Lumira Live Office Analysis for Office EPM Add-in for Office 35

37 BI Suite: Future Focus Function Usage Tool User Enterprise Reporting Highly formatted, widely delivered, non interactive reports Crystal Enterprise IT Interactive reports Web Intelligence Analyst Enterprise Dashboards Dashboard Dashboards* Power User Highly functional dashboard Design Studio IT Self Service Simple dashboards / InfoGraphics / Storyboard Lumira Analyst Excel-based analysis and reporting EPM Add-in for Office Analyst Analysis for Office 36

38 What We ll Cover In this Session Digital universe Self service reporting SAP BPC SAP BI SAP HANA Wrap-up 37

39 SAP HANA High-Performance Analytical Appliance is an in-memory, columnoriented, relational database management system What does this mean? Analyze large volumes of non-aggregated information in real time Create real-time flexible analytical models Foundation for future application creation Minimizes data duplication 38

40 SAP HANA Enterprise Version of the Truth By combining analytical and transactional processing capabilities into one database, SAP HANA creates a unified view on data from transaction, analysis, decision, and planning systems. Real-time analytics and transactional applications, including planning, can run in mixed operations SAP HANA Platform Technical Overview Erich Schneider and Raghav Jandhyala 39

41 SAP HANA Adoption Models HANA adoption models leveraging SAP Landscape Transformation Source: SAP 40

42 SAP HANA Adoption Models (cont.) HANA Enterprise Run all applications directly on HANA (including non-sap data) Leverage full value of HANA: Combine data warehousing best practices with new possibilities from HANA via views BW powered by HANA Innovation without disruption: Migrate only BW to HANA, but keep existing BW design and reporting delivery to business Improved performance Future development opportunities and self-service reporting SAP BW 7.3 required, BW 7.4 recommended 41

43 SAP HANA Adoption Models (cont.) Business Suite powered by HANA Replace existing ECC database with HANA leveraging Business Suite (prebuilt HANA views) Integrated Business Planning Single copy of data Real-time operational reporting Business Suite powered by HANA (sidecar) Keep ECC on traditional platform but use SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT) for real-time physical table replication to HANA database 42

44 What We ll Cover In this Session Digital Universe Self-Service Reporting SAP BPC SAP BI SAP HANA Wrap-up 43

45 Where to Find More Information EPM and Business Intelligence Advanced Formatting SAP HANA, HANA architecture and adoption models

46 7 Key Points to Take Home Readily available rich, current, and relevant content outside the corporate firewall is changing the traditional business roles Self-service reporting is becoming a necessity to maintain the agility needed to stay current and relevant IT s role is morphing from data steward to business enabler Self-service reporting includes efficient access to data, data set tuning, intuitive user interface, insightful visualization, and collaboration Predictive optimization will evolve next, by combining relevant data, appropriate technology, and astute business acumen 45

47 7 Key Points to Take Home (cont.) BPC is a business modeling platform that includes financial and non-financial business scenarios and applications. EPM Add-in for Office accesses data sources beyond BPC SAP HANA provides real-time access to enterprise operational data across multiple business processes, with user appropriate tools and functionality 46

48 Your Turn! How to contact me: Greg Please remember to complete your session evaluation 47

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