SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 2.0 Preview SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated Version Jens Doerpmund Director, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP Labs, LLC December 8 th, 2009
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Agenda Explorer Overview Explorer 2.0 New Capabilities Demonstration Explorer 2.0 Usage Scenarios Conclusion Q&A SAP 2008 / Page 3
What Is Explorer? It s Search Against BI Use familiar key-word search to find business information Answers on-the-fly and investigative questions Searches directly on pre-indexed data No previous reports or metrics need exist Provides fast search and exploration Searches across all data sources Any Universe accessible source Any uploaded Excel spreadsheet Any SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator accessible source SAP AG 2009. All rights reserved. / Page 4
and Then It s Exploration Of the Results Intuitively explore on data No knowledge of data model required Automated relevancy of results Most relevant information is displayed first Best chart type automatically generated Share insights with others Export to Web Intelligence 1, CSV or image Save it locally as a browser bookmark One-click to send a link to the results by email 1 Export to Web Intelligence not available with Explorer Accelerated SAP AG 2009. All rights reserved. / Page 5
Innovation - Explorer On IPhone: Connect Search Exploration literally at your fingertips Explore Share SAP 2009 / Page 6
SAP NetWeaver BW Customer Feedback SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, Accelerated Version It s amazing how quickly Explorer is returning results. Users are learning things about their data that they didn t previously know. The results leapt of the page! Katrina Coyle, Molson Coors Explorer is best for the highest number of end users in the organization. Until we started using Explorer, there really wasn't a comprehensive, easy-touse, intuitive BI solution available to cover that widespread need. Kemal Cetin, Coca-Cola Enterprises Explorer is more powerful, more intuitive than anything I have ever seen before. We plan to make Explorer our strategic weapon in our armory of understanding the customer, and getting ahead of the competition. Steve Merry, Sara Lee SAP 2009 / Page 7
High-Level Architecture SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, Accelerated Version SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Search and Exploration SAP BusinessObjects Accelerator Any Data Source SAP NetWeaver BW SAP 2009 / Page 8
Functional Evolution SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, Accelerated Version Available today Ramp-up Nov 2009 GA Q1 2010 Search and Exploration Search and Exploration SAP NetWeaver BW Acceleration Open Data Acceleration SAP NetWeaver BW SAP NetWeaver BW Data ETL Any Data Search and Exploration BW Acceleration Search and Exploration Open Data Acceleration Data ETL SAP 2009 / Page 9
Agenda Explorer Overview Explorer 2.0 Key New Capabilities Overview Demonstration Solution Details Explorer 2.0 Usage Scenarios Conclusion Q&A SAP 2008 / Page 10
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 2.0 Key New Capabilities High-Level Direction Enable loading of non-sap data into BWA using Data Services Extend support for BW InfoProviders General Even simpler than before: many refinements based on usability testing Intuitive exploration of hierarchies using faceted navigation and visualization Row Level Security: both Universe and BusinessObjects Accelerator-based sources Additional visualizations: Tag cloud and Hierarchy (relationship tree) Exploration of Excel spreadsheets Calculated Measures: ability for end users to do simple calculations REST API for feeding 3rd party data: useful for integration with 3rd party apps More customization and control for administrators: Custom ordering and grouping of characteristics Renaming of characteristics and key figure names User experience improvements to speed up Information Space creation Acceleration of BW Support for homogeneous and heterogeneous MultiProviders Support for Restricted and Calculated Key Figures Initial support of BW External Hierarchies Acceleration of Heterogeneous Data Sources Heterogeneous data warehouse acceleration with the help of Data Services
User Interface Exploration interface layout Facet interactions Facet navigation Values selection Exploration path visualization Measures interaction Measure Facet Measure Selection for exploration Measure Selection for visualization Visualization Tag Cloud Percentage view SAP AG 2009. All rights reserved. / SAP BusinessObjects Explorer XI 3.2 / Page 12
MultiProviders and Restricted Key figures MultiProvider Support in Explorer Restricted and Calculated Key Figures Support in Explorer Restricted Key figures Restricted Key figure description SAP AG 2009. All rights reserved. / SAP BusinessObjects Explorer XI 3.2 / Page 13
Personalization (Data Filtering) A flexible solution for displaying a set of data per user Another Information Space can be used for storing user s association and will be called behind the scene End-users only see relevant data Limited side impact Query at the source (performance, end-user experience) Information Space Information Space SAP AG 2009. All rights reserved. / SAP BusinessObjects Explorer XI 3.2 / Page 14
Calculated Measures Create calculations in the Exploration interface Explore data using calculations Save calculations in Favorites Include calculations in exported data Exploration Visualization Favorite Exploration SAP AG 2009. All rights reserved. / SAP BusinessObjects Explorer XI 3.2 / Page 15
Agenda Explorer Overview Explorer 2.0 Key New Capabilities Overview Demonstration Solution Details Explorer 2.0 Usage Scenarios Conclusion Q&A SAP 2008 / Page 16 confidential
Demonstration Search Explore Insight Share SAP 2009 / Page 17 confidential
Agenda Explorer Overview Explorer 2.0 Key New Capabilities Overview Demonstration Solution Details Explorer 2.0 Usage Scenarios Conclusion Q&A SAP 2008 / Page 18 confidential
SBOP Accelerator and & SBOP Explorer Integration Excel Universe SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Nonaccelerated accelerated version index designer BW Accelerator SAP BusinessObjects Data Services SAP BusinessObjects Accelerator External Data Business Warehouse SAP NetWeaver BW confidential
Acceleration of All Data High-level Architecture Explorer SBOP Explorer (blade) 2.0 SBOP Explorer XI 3.2 SBOP Enterprise XI 3.1 SP2 SBOP Integration XI 3.1 SP2 for SAP SBOP Client Tools XI 3.1 SP2 NW BW Accelerator 7.20 BW BWA 7.20 NW 7.01 SP05 Data Services SBO Data Services XI 3.2 SP1 SBO index designer plug-in Any corporate data confidential
Explorer, Accelerated Version on Blades SBO Explorer (blade) 2.0 SUSE Linux blades running the user application SAP BW Accelerator 7.20 SUSE Linux blades running the back-end data engine SBO Data Services blades loading any data into the accelerator confidential
New User Interface in BW confidential
BWA with Data Services Use Data Services to bring data from a wide variety of sources into BWA Databases Data Services Data Services Applications Legacy Use the Index Designer to model BWA tables Index Designer ships with Data Services (DS) and can be launched from within DS Designer Index Designer generates the XML spec needed to create the BW tables, DS executes this and the tables are created during run-time Use DS to extract data from multiple sources, transform, cleanse and load it into BWA tables DS uses BWA s bulk-load library (TREX thin-client) to load the data Index Designer can also be used to create the initial DS dataflows needed to populate the BWA tables Index Designer confidential
SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator Roadmap Data Mart Engine Local Innovation Space Safe, reliable & scalable environment for rapid business insight and innovation Meets Shadow IT challenge Departmental data marts Centrally hosted by IT Any Source SAP BusinessObjects Data Services Simple, agile modeling environment for any sources Closed-Loop Meta Data: option for synchronizing models with central BW Any tool Explorer, WebI, Pioneer etc. Low TCO Appliance Lifecycle Management: Live Update Pioneer Analytic Engine Web Intelligence Explorer SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Data Services Data Mart Engine Index SAP BW SAP ERP 3 rd party Any source (data warehouse, apps, relational, file) This presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. confidential
Agenda Explorer Overview Explorer 2.0 Key New Capabilities Overview Demonstration Solution Details Explorer 2.0 Usage Scenarios Conclusion Q&A SAP 2008 / Page 25 confidential
Scenario A Data Mart for an ME, greenfield customer SAP ERP (without BW) Data Services Index Designer Legacy Systems Oracle RDBMS Rapid Mart Explorer Accelerated License: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated, Analytic IM Package, BI Package SAP 2009 / Page 26
Scenario B SAP Business Warehouse-centric customer Customer Name Address Customer Address A_B G_H C_D H_I Explorer Accelerated License: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated, BI Package SAP 2009 / Page 27
Scenario C LE customer with Enterprise Data Warehouses Customer Address A_B G_H C_D H_I Data Services Index Designer Flat Files Staging System Explorer Accelerated License: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated, Operational IM Package, BI Package SAP 2009 / Page 28
Scenario D LE Customer with heterogeneous data sources and corporate governance Customer Address A_B G_H C_D H_I Data Federator Index Designer Flat Files Explorer Accelerated License: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated, Analytic IM Package, BI Package SAP 2009 / Page 29
Scenario E LE Customer with heterogeneous data sources and no corporate governance Customer Address A_B G_H C_D H_I EDW Data Services Index Designer ETL Customer Address A_B G_H Flat Files C_D EDW H_I Explorer Accelerated License: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated, Operational IM Package, BI Package SAP 2009 / Page 30
Scenario F Teradata and SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated Customer Address Customers A_B G_H A_B C_D H_I C_D G_H H_I YY_ZZ Index Designer ETL Explorer Accelerated License: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated, BI Package SAP 2009 / Page 31
Agenda Explorer Overview Explorer 2.0 Key New Capabilities Overview Demonstration Solution Details Explorer 2.0 Usage Scenarios Conclusion Q&A SAP 2008 / Page 32
Conclusion: Explore your business at the speed of thought SAP 2009 / Bjoern Page 33
Experience SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 21 Day Test Drive with your data Try SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Free Hosted 21 day trial nothing to install Securely upload your data (up to 3MB of Excel) Analyze your Information Share results with colleagues Sign-Up: http://goexplore.ondemand.com Learn what Explorer can do for you. View an online demo: http://tinyurl.com/exp-demo
Questions? Questions SAP 2009 / Page 35
Thank you! SAP 2008 / Page 36
Insights with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Very Cool! The promise of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer is valid. With a product like this we can make decisions on the spot in a meeting. Todd Campbell, Director, Supply Chain Planning and Scheduling, Molson Canada SAP BusinessObjects Explorer can help us achieve our enterprise Business Intelligence program goals much more quickly. Katrina Coyle, Molson Coors Business User questions easily answered. Brands not sold in other provinces? That would have taken 10+ clicks with BEx. David Théroux-Bénoni, Molson Coors SAP 2008 / Page 37
Insights with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer This is looking great without any doubt. This could provide us SKU Rationalization. Finance Executive When can I have this? This tool would provide us more decision support and analysis at our fingertips Sales Management This looks too good to be true. This is absolutely impressive; providing endless possibilities. If we could create data completeness across our complex business, then we could use this tool to answer questions of our business looking at all angles. With Explorer our executives would be able to get answers in milliseconds brand profitability, customer buying patterns. And therefore influence the way we look at doing business. IT Executive Senior Supply Chain Executive
SAP BusinessObjects Customer Reference Videos http://tinyurl.com/explorer-customer-videos SAP 2007 / Page 39
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