SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise BI Platform

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SAP BusinessObjects BI platform is a flexible and scalable solution designed to make it easy to discover and share insight for better decisions Who is it for? What is it for? Content Designer Business User BI Administrator Deliver relevant information to people when and where they need it Provide self-service access to information with less reliance on IT Deploy one unified infrastructure for data assets and analytics 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3

Key Capabilities Semantic layer for exposing business data under a single umbrella Self-service BI portal and workspace for providing access to content Publishing and distribution of BI content to a mass audience Lifecycle management for managing BI content across the development, testing, and production lifecycle Platform administration to manage, control, configure, and audit a BI deployment from a central console 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 4

Top Differentiators Semantic layer for exposing business data under a single umbrella Self-service access to information with less reliance on IT Simplified, right-scale deployment Benefits Greater user autonomy by exposing data in plain business terms and increasing the range of data accessible by business users Informed participants to decisions by making information consumption simple, personalized, and dynamic Faster deployment and optimized use of IT infrastructure and resources 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5

BI Launch Pad

BI Launch Pad The Business Intelligence launch pad allows users to find, access, manage and work with BI efficiently and securely Intuitive web interface Up and running out of the box Next generation Infoview What s New Better user experience and optimized workflow Reducing the time required to learn to use the tool and increasing user productivity Easier administration and supportability Delivering BI content in a way tailored to the role of the business users 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8

BI Launch Pad Usability Improvement Bring Important Information Forward Quick access to reports, dashboards and applications Home page widgets give users easy access to the most common features Quick access to BI applications and search Recently viewed reports, scheduled documents, alerts notifications and more Start location configurable 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 9

BI Launch Pad Usability Improvement Reduce Manual Steps Schedule and Send to action from document viewers Ability to create new folder on save Clean up all documents in Inbox in one click Auto-refresh in history page 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10

BI Launch Pad Usability Improvement Access to More BI Content Efficiently Multiple tabs allow opening several documents at the same time Easier to work with multiple documents at the same time Work with several documents at the same time Pinning keeps document opened in a permanent tab New layout saves more screen real estate to BI content 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11

BI Launch Pad Usability Improvement Customization and Administration Custom home page Preference set by user or administrator Role based personalization - preference setting and custom home page for user group Application fine tuning with property files preserved during maintenance 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12

BI Workspace Dashboards Data Exploration Reporting and Analysis Others Dashboard s Information Spaces Web Intelligence Analysis BI Workspace Crystal Reports Agnostic Web Content New BI workspace All information and analytics needed for daily activities Mass appeal with simple, drag and drop experience Decreased dependency on IT 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 13

Portal Integration Options

SAP Enterprise Portal Integration Portal Integration SAP NetWeaver Portal : iview Java portal servers : JSR168 Document listing portlet enable rapid deployment of BI frontend application in portal Feature parity with BI launch pad all BI contents, all actions Document viewing portlet for building custom portal application Single Sign On 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15

Microsoft Office SharePoint Integration IOMS is the integration option for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform & Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 64 bit Deployed as a SharePoint Site template IOMS provides instant access to content stored in BusinessObjects from SharePoint IOMS allows users to search, manage, view and interact with BusinessObjects content from the SharePoint environment * Not available at initial 4.0 release. Planned for enhancement release soon after. IOMS Includes webparts for extending other SharePoint sites with BusinessObjects reports, dashboards & more 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 16

Microsoft Office SharePoint Integration IOMS deploys as a SharePoint site providing instant access to BusinessObjects content from SharePoint Ships with a starter home page that can be quickly customized by SharePoint administrators Multi-lingual Interface is driven by users locale settings. These mockups only for the purposes of communicating the proposed future capabilities of IOMS 4.0. Final screens may vary. Familiar SharePoint look, feel,navigation, menus and breadcrumbs accelerate user adoption 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 17

Microsoft Office SharePoint Integration Access content in your BusinessObjects Inbox, personal or public folders Change your view to show or hide the BusinessObjects folder tree or categories Manage existing BusinessObjects content schedules, publications, instance history, parameters & properties Navigate, print, refresh and interact with reports and dashboards using IOMS viewers These mockups only for the purposes of communicating the proposed future capabilities of IOMS 4.0. Final screens may vary. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 18

Microsoft Office SharePoint Integration Search only the IOMS site or perform a global search across all SharePoint sites Search for content by title, keywords, properties, description or the content of the report or file Did You Mean query suggestions help users find what they are looking for Rich, informative search results support quick location in BusinessObjects repository 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19

Search Faster search on all document attributes Search Enhancements New enhanced search engine Search document attributes and content Unified and optimized search UI in BI launch pad Facetted navigation on search results makes it easy to filter and refine results Refine search result easily 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 21

Search Openness OpenSearch API enables integration with other search systems NetWeaver Enterprise Search Microsoft SharePoint Google Search Appliance Open Search v1.1 API BI Platform Search Java SDK BI Platform search (BI Platform) Search Service SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Repository BI Content 3rd Party Content BI Platform System Objects CR WebI... PDF.DOC.XLS Discussions QAAWS... 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 22

Alerting

Alerting Goal: management by exception Provide the right information at the right time Reduce time spent on examining recurring reports that do not convey new information Alerting in 4.0 Unified and extendable alerting framework Simple subscription based workflow eases user adoption Notification email or message in BI launch pad Alert generated by real time event (Event Insight) or scheduled data checking (BI documents Crystal Report in initial release) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 24

Alerting Triggers of Alerts Real time event (Event Insight ) Data condition (processed by BI document) BOE schedule completion ETL completion System monitoring SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Alerting Framework Reactions to Alerts and Events Send notification message Schedule report to run Run custom application 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 25

Alerting Subscription Alert Subscription Alert consumers subscribe to alerts easily All subscribed alerts managed in one place Administrators and power users can also subscribe for others Consistent workflow for any alert source 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 26

Monitoring

Platform Monitoring System Heath Identifying anomalies Supporting maintenance System failure prevention System Performance Work completion Average completion time System resource utilization Rules and Alerts High availability Same day response 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 28

Platform Monitoring Monitoring Capabilities Server metric and probes Custom probe User defined watch condition Visualization Dashboard in CMC Alert email Integration with SAP Solution Manager, Tivoli, and JMX compatible tools 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 29

Auditing Auditing Enhancements Complete and consistent audit events Simplified system wide configuration Auto purging of old data Enhanced audit data store schema simplifies reporting and application development 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 30

Lifecycle Management

BI Content Lifecycle Management LCM Enhancements Lifecycle Management Console replaces Import Wizard Connection override in bulk automatically Version control, rollback Lifecycle Management Console LCM Job version control Scripting facility Auditable Integration to standard SAP LCM tool for combined landscape, via CTS+ Test Production 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 32

System Upgrade Upgrade Management Tool New optimized tool, easy of use Combine the best of Import Wizard and Database migration tool in XI3.x Big performance improvement over Import Wizard One click full upgrade or selective incremental upgrade Direct upgrade from XI R2 SP2 or later, and from XI3.x 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 33

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