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Business Innovation Through Radical SimplificationAgility and Creativity for the Business

Scale and Trust for the Enterprise

BUILD THE CLOUD

INNOVATETHE CORE

SAP Analytics Strategy


SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.2 delivers innovations that simplify, enhance, and extend the platform value without disrupting

existing customer investments.

BI 4.2 offers advancements for all, including designers and analysts using Web Intelligence, Design Studio and SAP Lumira, IT administrators

responsible for managing and optimizing platform performance, and ecosystem and development partners looking to extend the value and capabilities of the

INTEGRATED BI Platform.

These innovations are designed to increase responsiveness, reduce IT costs and workload, and drive better decision making across the organization.


Data Discovery &

AnalysisDashboards

&Applications

LumiraExplorer

Design StudioDashboardsBEx WebAnalysis for OLAP

LumiraDesign Studio Apps

Design Studio

Reporting Crystal ReportsWeb IntelligenceDesktop Intelligence

Crystal ReportsWeb Intelligence

Analysis OfficeEPM Add-inLive OfficeBEx Analyzer

Office Integration Analysis Office

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Simplify the landscape…


Analysts

Designers

AdministratorsDecision Makers

Embrace all users…


Significant complexity to the BI content, often professionally authored.

Standardized formats, sophisticated design, complex data mash-ups, or high levels of governance.

Separates creation from consumption environment.

Often not a product, but a way of working with software in a self-service manner.

Business user, analyst, or executive answering their own questions.

Combines the creation and consumption environment into a single seamless experience.

Trusted Data DiscoveryEnterprise BI

For both Enterprise BI and Trusted Data Discovery…


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Theme

Simplify

• Reduced downtime for patch upgrade

• Improved upgrade process• Remove upgrade barriers• Improved collaboration experience

Innovate

• Innovation in platform and clients• New Platform support• Customization, developer

experience

Enhance

• Platform & client enhancements• SAP BW and SAP HANA

enhancements

QUALITYThis is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any

time.


SAP BusinessObjects BI4.2 Top 5

SAP HANA Online

Direct Access to SAP HANA

Views

Recycle BinParallel Data

Provider Refresh

Commenting


What’s New in BI 4.2 (1)

BI Platform• Commentary Service• Upgrade Manager• Administrators Cockpit• Promotion Manager• User Notification• Recycle Bin• Publications• Rest API• Audit

Web Intelligence• Shared Elements• Commentary• Geo Maps• Visualization Extensions• Direct Access to SAP HANA Views• Big Numbers• Parallel Queries• SAP HANA Online Mode



Semantic Layer• Linked UNX Universe• Authored SAP BEx Universe

Crystal Report for Enterprise• Vertical Alignment of Text• QR Code and Bar Code• Waterfall Chart• Direct to Data Enhancements

Crystal Reports 2016• Vertical Alignment of Text• Show Parameter Value descriptions• Conditional Formatting for Line / Box• Direct to Data Enhancements

Analysis for OLAP• HTTP Connector for SAP HANA• Alias Table Support in Essbase• Currence Conversion for SAP BW• Break Hierarchy while sorting



Mobile BI• Broadcast Notifications to Mobile users

SDK• Extended SDK functionality

Platform Support

Data Access

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BI PlatformBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform

Simplification for IT

• User Notification• Recycle Bin• Publications• Rest API

Performance

• Promotion Manager• Audit• Installer

Enhancements for BI Administration

• Commentary Service• Upgrade Manager• Administrators Cockpit• Promotion Manager

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

QUALITY


Demo

SIMPLIFICATION for IT

User Notification• Easily broadcast information to a single user/group

or all users.• Specify the timeline for the notification to be visible• Also send notification as a email• Notifications to show up in BI Launchpad• Notification available in “My alerts” as well


https://youtu.be/z2lDLHbiovM?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Recycle BinEasily restore accidently deleted content.• Recycle bin has to be enabled• Only Public Folders / Content is

supported• Documents are automatically

removed after set threshold


https://youtu.be/Q0V50urQNXc?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


SIMPLIFICATION for IT

Publications• Delete Publication when no recipient is processed• Log File Enhancements for Dynamic Recipients



Enhancements for BI Admin

Commentary•A service provided by the platform for all clients•Centralized and managed by rights•The comments are context sensitive

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Platform Demo

https://youtu.be/e-Gzv_ZPsVw?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Commentary (1)Providing a service for Commenting within BI4.2•A service provided by the platform for all clients•Stored in the Audit database or selected database•Comment actions recorded in Audit Database



Commentary (2)Commenting adopts fine grained security model from CMS•Centralized and managed by rights•Authorizations on commenting to be defined on individual folder and object level•The comments are context sensitive



Administrator CockpitGain fast insight in your systems state•A simplified visual page with key information•Drillable to see the details of individual components•Specific actions are possible•Key statistics information is available


https://youtu.be/hmRVZCXxyBE?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Enhancements for BI Admin

Upgrade Manager•Specify the log level on the UI•New filter option for selection•Export pending/recurring instances•Do not migrate security•View approximate size of selected content



Enhancements for BI Admin Performance

Promotion Manager

•Selective retrieval of objects from an LCMBIAR file•Distributed dependency computation.•Revamped Overrides workflow•Performance improvements•Lesser load on app server



Performance

Audit

• Enriched auditable options• Improved scalability



AuditAdded recording by Audit Engine• BI Commentary• Web Services Clients i.e. Analysis Office and Dashboards

Scalability• Improved audit scalability especially when all events are turned on and a large number

of users are accessing the repository.



Performance SIMPLIFICATION for IT Enhancements for BI AdminInstaller

• Reduce install startup screen time• Split install – Install caching separately to reduce downtime• Improve Error reporting• Ability to add new supported language through Support Pack• Tomcat 8 is now default bundled Web Application Server• SAP SQL Anywhere 16 is bundled as default CMS and Audit DB


https://youtu.be/mTn5f33gxck?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Web IntelligenceBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence

Trusted Foundation

• Parallel Queries• Big Numbers

SAP Backend Integration• Direct Access to SAP

HANA• SAP HANA Online Mode

Enable the Business

• Commentary• Shared Elements• Geo Maps• Visualization

Extensions


QUALITY


Trusted Foundation

Parallel Queries

• Activated by defaults• Can be disabled• Max number of concurrent refresh jobs configurable

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 - Web Intelligence Demo

https://youtu.be/bj6ldWfgFRs?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Trusted Foundation

Big Numbers

• Integration of the IEEE “Decimal Floating Point” format• Increase precision from 15 to 40 digits• New Web Intelligence calculator function to convert to Decimal format• Contextual Menu to convert any measure to Decimal format


https://youtu.be/6OEofAMm_3o?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Enable the Business

Commentary

• Add / View / Remove Comments• Comments to be stored by platform service


https://youtu.be/e-Gzv_ZPsVw?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Commentary (1)Users entitled to comment can add, modify or remove comments within a Web Intelligence Document

• Comment are available at global report level• Default registers Title, User and Timestamp• Optional Text field to explain comment• Entering Comments available in reading

and design mode



Commentary (2)Use the Side Panel to interact with comments

• See all comments in the report• Edit Comments• Reply to comments• Copy Comments



Enable the Business

Shared Elements• Share Web Intelligence content (report part) with other users, as shared elements• Shared element is saved with the report part, corresponding data source, data

providers, variables and formats• Browse and reuse Web Intelligence content created by other users• Factorize Web Intelligence content to ease the update process with reference

persistence


https://youtu.be/mRwBQ6oTFUI?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Shared Elements (1)Simplify Web Intelligence document creation and user experience, with reusing common objects. You can create a shared object within Web Intelligence Design Mode from every block available.

• Shared Element will contain all required meta data• Report part• Data Source• Data Provider• Variables• Formatting

• Data is excluded• Displayed based on user profile



Enable the Business

Geo Maps

• Create Geomaps using Web Intelligence• Integrated geographical Database covering countries, regions, sub-region and cities

(100K+)• New Geo Choropleth, Geo Bubble and Geo Pie charts


https://youtu.be/aBy2FK6_BgY?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Enable the Business

Visualization Extensions

• Empower Web Intelligence with third-party visualizations• Can be inserted and consumed as any other Web Intelligence element• Configured centrally via the Central Management Console


https://youtu.be/601Nz7krhjE?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


SAP Backend Integration

Direct Access to SAP HANA Views

• Browse HANA Views directly on Relational or OLAP Connection• HANA Hierarchies supported via OLAP Connection• No Authoring of Universe Required


https://youtu.be/gnQkgByMrLY?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV



SAP HANA Online

• Connect directly to SAP HANA Views• Web Intelligence calculations are delegated to SAP HANA whenever possible• No Query Panel • No Microcube• Optional “Go Back to Standard Mode”to get additional reporting features


https://youtu.be/sJW-RSJWzVk?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV


Semantic LayerBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Semantic Layer

Simplification

• Linked UNX Universe

SAP Backend Integration• Authored SAP BEx

Universe

Enable the Business


QUALITY


Simplification

Linked UNX Universes• Parity with Universe Design Tool• Changes to a core UNX are propagated to all derived UNX universes• Derived UNX universes are independent universes and can be amended

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Semantic Layer Demo

https://youtu.be/nhyeTo0wDmk?list=PLyEpaxxsE7r3C7VYtFexhVdcYb-EQNVWV



Authored BW Universe• Provide access to SAP BEx queries in a user-friendly way• Utilize the fast BICS Connector to fully leverage SAP BW performance• Auto-generated Business Layer with ability to rename, regroup and delete objects from

SAP BEx

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Semantic Layer


Analysis for OLAPBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Analysis for OLAP

Simplification

• HTTP Connector for SAP HANA

• Alias Table Support in Essbase

Performance Enable the Business

• Currency Conversion for SAP BW

• Break Hierarchy while sorting


QUALITY


Mobile BIBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Mobile BI


• Broadcast Notifications to Mobile users


• Support of iOS Push Alerts


QUALITY


Simplification for IT Enable the BusinessSupport for iOS Push Alerts• Broadcast admin messages to Mobile BI• Subscribe to push alerts on document updates• Subscribe to push alerts on new BI Inbox shared documents

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Mobile BI


SDKBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – SDK


• Extended SDK functionality



QUALITY



Extended SDK functionality• User Management API• Content Management API• OpenDocument Enhancements• Translation Manager Ehancements• Crystal Reports SDK

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – SDK


Platform SupportBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Platform Support


• Operating Systems• Browsers• Application Servers• CMS / Audit DB• Java Update• LDAP Server• AD and Security• Other



QUALITY


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Platform Support

With SAP BusinessObjects B4.2 the following Platform changes have been madeNew in 4.2 Deprecation

OSs • Include support for SLES 12• Support RH Enterprise Linux 7

• Windows Server 2008 x64• RH Enterprise Linux 5

Browsers • Firefox ESR 38• Chrome latest• Safari 8 (Yosemite 10.10)

• IE 8• IE 9 • Firefox ESR 31

Application Servers

• Tomcat 8 • JBoss EAP 6.2

• JBoss AS• Tomcat 6• IIS 7


Data AccessBI4.2 What’s New


SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 – Data Access


• Big Data• SFDC• oDATA• Security• Web Services• Data Access

Performance

• SAP ECC• SAP BW• Big Data

Enable the Business


QUALITY



With SAP BusinessObjects B4.2 the following Data Access changes have been made New in 4.2Big Data Sources

• Apache Spark 1.1 ( new support)• Hive 0.14 Support (direct) (Incremental)• Update Impala Hive support to 0.14 (Incremental)• Sizing with Big Data sources including HANA / Hive

SFDC • Support SFDC through Simba drivers

Performance

• ERP / SAP sources connectivity performance improvements • Sizing with Big Data sources including HANA / Hive



With SAP BusinessObjects B4.2 the following Data Access changes have been made New in 4.2oDATA • Enhanced oDATA support – x509 based authentication / optimize for sap

sources

Security • Unix ODBC 2.3 support (Netezza, SQL Server)• JDBC SSO – for specific sources (Request coming from Lumira)

Web Service

• Enhancing Webservices to support newer standards (sso/auth)


Key Links (2)

SAP BI Recommended Links• SAP BI Statement of Direction : http://www.sap.com/bin/sapcom/en_us

/downloadasset.2014-09-sep-19-21.business-intelligence-solutions-from-sap-statement-of-direction-pdf

• SAP BI Recourse Center : www.sapbi.com• Official tutorials for SAP BI : http://sap.com/learnbi• SAP BI Process Flows : http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8292 • IT Planning Resources : https://service.sap.com/~

sapidb/011000358700001160122012E• Choosing the right BI Client : http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-38981• SAP BI Sizing : www.sap.com/bisizing• SAP BI Pattern Books :

http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+Business+Intelligence+Platform+Pattern+Books

• SAP BI Platform Support Tool : http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+BI+Platform+Support+Tool

http://www.sap.com/bin/sapcom/en_us/downloadasset.2014-09-sep-19-21.business-intelligence-solutions-from-sap-statement-of-direction-pdf.bypassReg.html








http://www.sapbi.com/

http://sap.com/learnbi



http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8292


https://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001160122012E






http://www.sap.com/bisizing



http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/SAP+BI+Platform+Support+Tool





Where to go to provide product feedback and ideas

Where to go to provide product feedback and ideas• SAP Idea Place : https://ideas.sap.com• Influence programs : http://service.sap.com/influence • SAP User Groups : http://www.sapusergroups.com/

https://ideas.sap.com/

https://ideas.sap.com/

http://service.sap.com/influence

http://service.sap.com/influence

http://www.sapusergroups.com/

http://www.sapusergroups.com/


Latest What’s New for BI4.2 on SCN

The Public What's New for BI4.2 L0 can be found via :






SAP BusinessObjects What’s New Collection: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60001










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