BI Licensing FAQ Simplified BI Licensing Updated November 2017 SAP continues to simplify and streamline our licensing model for BI. This FAQ will keep you up to date on the changes. This FAQ can only provide general advice every contract is different. Despite what is said here, your contract is the final document that describes your entitlement. WHAT BI LICENSES DOES SAP OFFER? We offer 3 levels of BI Licensing: SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, standard SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, professional SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, premium An entry level reporting solution including Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, the BI Platform and Mobile BI. Introduced in Q1 2016. Formerly known as SAP BusinessObjects BI Reporting A comprehensive BI solution that adds solutions for data discovery, Microsoft Excel integration, an in-memory columnar database, data integration, and data modeling. Introduced in Q3 2014. Formerly known as SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite A complete BI solution that adds a big data accelerator and predictive analytics to the professional. Introduced in Q2 2016 In addition, we offer licenses through the partner, reseller, and SAP Store channels: SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI SAP Crystal Server A BI solution for small and medium businesses, or departments. Includes all the functionality in the BusinessObjects Enterprise professional. Limited to a single server, and a maximum of 100 named users plus 50 concurrent sessions. A reporting server that hosts Crystal Report files, and provides mobile BI consumption.
WHAT COMPONENTS ARE OFFERED IN THESE LICENSES? SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Standard Professional Premium SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Includes SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI, Live Office, BI Launchpad, Central Management Console, Universe Designer, and Information Design tool. SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP Crystal Reports SAP Lumira Discovery, Designer, and Server s Includes predecessor product SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio. SAP Analysis Office and OLAP s SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Formerly SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius SAP IQ Restricted use license. Maximum of 8 cores and can only be accessed via SAP BusinessObjects BI software. SAP Data Integrator Restricted use license. Maximum of 8 cores and limited to one target database. SAP PowerDesigner Restricted use license. Maximum of 1 CSBL regardless of the number of BOE licenses purchased. SAP Predictive Analytics Restricted use license. Maximum of 64 GB database size and 1 named user of Predictive Modeller. Predictive output can only be consumed by SAP BusinessObjects BI software. SAP VORA standard Restricted use license. Maximum of 4 nodes.
I OWN THE BI SUITE OR THE NEW BUSINESSOBJECTS ENTERPRISE. HOW DO I GET THE RESTRICTED USE LICENSES THAT ARE INCLUDED? We added SAP IQ, SAP Data Integrator, and SAP PowerDesigner to the BI Suite license in Q1 2016, applying retroactively to all customers who purchased the BI Suite during or after Q3 2014. Customers with these licenses can download their restricted use licenses from SAP Service Marketplace. I OWN BUSINESSOBJECTS ENTERPRISE WITH A CPU METRIC. DOES THAT MEAN I GET LUMIRA DISCOVERY? No - these are legacy licenses that do not include SAP Lumira discovery. CAN I PURCHASE MORE LICENSES OF MY OLDER LICENSE MODEL? Yes. Customers of older license models can continue to purchase more software of the license model they own. CAN I STAY ON MY OLDER LICENSE MODEL AND UPGRADE MY SOFTWARE? Yes. If you are happy with your current license model you can continue to use it indefinitely*. You can download the latest software on SAP Service Marketplace as long as your maintenance contract is current. However, you won t be able to benefit from new functionality that is included in the latest BI Suite license model. *Some restrictions apply if your current license includes products that are not available in the latest version. For example, if your license includes an entitlement to Desktop Intelligence, then you are not automatically entitled to the latest version because the BI Platform 4.x does not include Desktop Intelligence. You may have to sign an agreement acknowledging the reduction in functionality. WILL CONVERTING MY LICENSE COST MONEY? The answer depends on the software you currently own. The cost to convert is determined by comparing the value of the software you currently own with the new software value. The credit received for prior spend can vary, depending on certain conditions. HOW DO I CONVERT MY LICENSE? Please contact your SAP account executive or partner to initiate the conversion process. AFTER CONVERSION DO I NEED TO INSTALL ANY SOFTWARE? No. Conversion is a contractual process. After conversion, you will receive access to any new software you now have rights to, but you do not have to install anything to complete the conversion. You may need to install a new license key to enforce the new license. HOW CAN I MAKE BI CONTENT AVAILABLE ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE? We offer a Public Document license that allows customers to expose BI content on the public internet. This is priced per document exposed publicly. CAN I PICK AND CHOOSE THE PRODUCTS I WANT TO LICENSE? We no longer offer an a-la-carte license option. WHAT METRICS ARE AVAILABLE? We support the following license : Named user Concurrent session Public document Some components are available only in the named user metric.
WHAT COMPONENTS ARE AVAILABLE WITH EACH METRIC? For technical and operational reasons, not all are supported in all components. Client Component NUL CSBL Public Document Lumira 2.x Lumira server Yes Yes Yes Lumira discovery Yes No No Lumira designer Yes No No Lumira 1.x Lumira server for the BI Platform Yes Yes Yes Lumira discovery Yes No No Design Studio Design Studio server addon Yes Yes Yes Design Studio desktop Yes No No Analysis for Office Excel and PowerPoint add in with BI Platform Excel and PowerPoint add in with NW Platform Yes Yes No Yes No No Mobile BI Mobile BI App Yes Yes Yes Web Intelligence Webi Web Client Yes Yes Yes Webi Rich Client Yes No No Crystal Reports Crystal Reports Web Viewer Yes Yes Yes BI Admin and Client Tools Crystal Reports Desktop Includes Crystal Reports 2016 and Crystal Reports for Enterprise Administration Tools Includes Central Management Console, Client Configuration Manager, Business View Manager, Information Design Tool, QaaWS Designer, Report Conversion Tool, Translation Management Tool, Universe Design Tool (except Widgets which are included in both the NUL and CSBL model) Yes No No Yes No No Live Office Live Office Client Yes Yes No Analysis for OLAP Web Client Yes Yes Yes Dashboards Dashboards Viewing Yes Yes Yes Dashboards Desktop Yes No No Explorer Explorer and Exploration Views Yes Yes Yes Explorer Infospace Administration Yes Yes No
CAN I GET THE NEW LICENSE MODEL WITH THE CPU METRIC? No. The concurrent session metric is simpler and more flexible. It s simpler because there is no need for a hardware sizing exercise. It s more flexible because IT can use as much (or as little) hardware as needed without triggering a licensing event. This means that additional servers can be deployed at peak times without updating contracts. I M INTERESTED IN LUMIRA. HOW CAN I LICENSE IT? SAP Lumira consists of SAP Lumira, desktop and SAP Lumira, server version for the BI Platform. The desktop is only offered in the named user (NUL) metric. The server version for the BI Platform is offered in the NUL or CSBL metric. The following table shows the current licenses that include SAP Lumira components. SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise SAP SAP Standard Professional Premium Crystal BusinessObjects Server Edge BI SAP Lumira discovery 2.x Not included NUL metric only NUL metric only Not included NUL metric only SAP Lumira designer 2.x Not included NUL metric only NUL metric only Not included NUL metric only SAP Lumira server 2.x Not included NUL and CSBL NUL and CSBL Not included NUL and CSBL SAP Lumira, desktop Not included NUL metric only NUL metric only Not included NUL metric only 1.x SAP Lumira, server version for BI Platform 1.x Not included NUL and CSBL NUL and CSBL Not included NUL and CSBL In addition, the following legacy licenses also included Lumira desktop and Lumira server: SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite, Analytics Edition (retired in January 2016) SAP BusinessObjects BI, version for SAP Applications (retired in January 2016) BA&T SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite (retired in August 2014) CAN I ADD SAP LUMIRA TO MY EXISTING LICENSE? Yes! We now offer a way to add SAP Lumira to an older license model that does not include it. SAP Lumira Server can be licensed as a named user add-on to any older SAP BusinessObjects BI license model. Customers would need to license both SAP Lumira discover and SAP Lumira server software separately to add it to the existing deployment.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SAP LUMIRA DESKTOP EDITIONS? SAP Lumira, Standard is available on the SAP Store. It differs from the SAP Lumira, discovery included in the SAP BusinessObjects BI licenses in 3 major ways: The standard does not support access to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, SAP BusinessObjects Universes, SAP BW or SAP Application (ERP) data. Enterprise support agreements do not cover the standard. The only support option is forum support. Customers of the standard are not entitled to major version upgrades. New major versions (ie. Lumira 2.0 need to be repurchased). WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION License agreements can be found on http://www.sap.com/agreements