SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP - Overview · SAP® BusinessObjects™ Analysis, edition for OLAP The best web client for SAP BW and SAP HANA Pervasive web-based analysis

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAPOverviewProduct Management Analysis ClientsApril 2012

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Agenda

Overview

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP

Appendix

Overview


BI 4.0 for SAP customers

Leverage your investments – BW info providers and BEx queries

Transition BEx analyzer users to the next generation of SAP BI

Adopt SAP BusinessObjects BI platform at your own pace

Re-use existing infrastructure

Increase business user autonomy and self-service usage

Boost BI adoption for more informed decision making across the enterprise

Minimize user training, support and customization costs

Simpler and more Intuitive

Tighter integration with the SAP NetWeaver technology platform

BI standardization from the board room to the shop floor

Increased speed and agility with cost effective in-memory computing

SAP landscape simplification

Dashboards

Reporting

Interactive Reporting Analysis

DataExploration


SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions provide business users with access to unified information through a broad suite of BI tools for confident decision making and alignment across people and teams on a single, scalable BI platform

Dashboards and Visualization

How do I visualize data for better decision making?

How do I answer ad hoc questions and interact with information?

InteractiveReporting Data Exploration

How do I find immediate answers to business questions?

How do I determine trends from complex historical data and possibly make better forecasts?

Analysis

How do I access and transform corporate data into highly formatted reports for greater insight?

Reporting

SAP BusinessObjects BI Client Portfolio


SAP BusinessObjects AnalysisThe Premium Alternative to BEx

Web

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Analytical Applications AdHoc OLAP

Analysis, edition for application design• Premium Alternative to BEx Web App

Designer• Design studio for power users to create

purpose-built OLAP analysis & planning apps

• Customer- and SAP-delivered content• Mobile support• HANA support

Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office• IT / Developers, Data Analysts, Business Users• Excel-based OLAP analysis• Excel-based BI applications• Live PowerPoint presentations• HANA support

Analysis, edition for OLAP• Dedicated Ad-Hoc OLAP client for

business users to analyze OLAP data and share it with others

• Enabled for 3rd party OLAP• Seamless interoperability between

designer and ad-hoc client• HANA support


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Analysis, edition for Microsoft OfficeMultidimensional Analysis of SAP BW and SAP HANA

Modern and familiar Microsoft Office user

experience

Build powerful Excel workbook BI applications Support BW-Integrated

Planning

Target User Groups:

BI ProfessionalBusiness User

Create live PowerPoint

presentations


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Analysis, edition for OLAPThe best web client for SAP BW and SAP HANA

Pervasive web-based analysis

Modern look-and-feel with intuitive drag-and-drop

Few simple clicks to fast business insights

SAP BW, HANA, EPM and Microsoft Analysis Services

Interoperate with WebI and Crystal

Reports

Target User Groups:

Data Analysts


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Analysis, edition for application designPowerful analytical & planning apps on SAP BW and HANA – PREVIEW

Target User Groups:

ITKey UsersDesigners

Direct Access to BW and HANA via BICS

State of the art rendering: HTML5

Eclipse-based application design

environment

iPad Apps

Premium alternative to BEx WAD


Interoperability Between Analysis and Other Clients in 2010 based on BI 4.0

Interoperability through Analysis ViewCaptures view on the data including filters and other features (similar to BEx query view)Stored in BI platformCan be created in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis (both editions)Can be consumed by SAP BusinessObjects Analysis (both editions), Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports (each tool interprets the analysis view in a way that is consistent with its native environment)

Semantic Layer 4.0

Web IntelligenceCrystal ReportsAnalysis,edition for MS Office

Analysis,edition for OLAP

Shared Query(Analysis View)

Create / consume

Create / consume

BICS Component

Create / consume

Create / consume

Interoperability (Consume through transient universe)

Analysis, edition for OLAP


1 Umbrella Name / 2 Sets of Functionality

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for

OLAP

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for

Microsoft OfficeSAP NetWeaver BW and SAP HANA Appliance onlyExcel-based OLAP analysisExcel-based BI applicationsLive PowerPoint presentations

SAP NetWeaver BWMS SQL Server Analysis ServicesWeb-based OLAP analysis


With SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP

is the successor of SAP BusinessObjects Voyager

in the suite of SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP

DashboardsCrystal Reports

Web Intelligence Analysis

Explorer


SAP BusinessObjects AnalysisThe Premium Alternative to BEx

Web

MS

Offi

ce

Ana

lysi

s C

lient

s

Analytical Applications AdHoc OLAP

Analysis, edition for application design• Premium Alternative to BEx Web App

Designer• Design studio for power users to create

purpose-built OLAP analysis & planning apps

• Customer- and SAP-delivered content• Mobile support• HANA support

Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office• IT / Developers, Data Analysts, Business Users• Excel-based OLAP analysis• Excel-based BI applications• Live PowerPoint presentations• HANA support

Analysis, edition for OLAP• Dedicated Ad-Hoc OLAP client for

business users to analyze OLAP data and share it with others

• Enabled for 3rd party OLAP• Seamless interoperability between

designer and ad-hoc client• HANA support


Use Cases for Analysis, edition for OLAP

Business User &Task Worker

Power User / IT Business Analyst

Creation of re-usable Analysis workspaces Not necessarily an expert for sophisticated BI Application Design

Ad Hoc data access and data analysis, slicing & dicingCreation of Analysis workspaces for personal use

Can use pre-defined Web workspacesNeed to operate between Analysis and more BI consumer tools like Web Intelligence


SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAPProduct description

Analysis, edition for OLAP is a self-service, data exploration and analysis tool for business analysts in mid to large enterprises who want to quickly answer their complex questions. It is THE go-to analysis tool for BW & HANA customers and also caters for selected 3rd party OLAP providers.

Analyze your DataHighly interactivePowerful charting optionsNative online connectivity to OLAP sources

Multiple sources in one workspaceSAP NetWeaver BW and SAP HANAMicrosoft Analysis ServicesSAP EPM providersOther sources

Integrated with BI suiteInteroperability with Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, and other analysis clients


Analysis Options

New options for the end-userDefine conditional formatting (aka “exceptions”)Define filter by measure (aka“conditions”)Define simple and dynamic calculationsCreate custom calculations


Data Presentation – Charts

Chart types from shared CVOM library: Column (Clustered, Stacked, 100% Stacked, 3D Clustered), Line, Pie, Bar (Clustered, Stacked, 100% Stacked), Scatter, Bubble, Radar, Box PlotInteractivity – if a chart and a crosstab are linked to the same analysis, both components display the same data and update simultaneously whenever you make changes to either componentScope of Analysis – change window to focus on most important data in the chart

Scope of Analysis


What’s New for SAP BusinessObjects Voyager or SAP BEx Web Analyzer Users

New user experienceTask panelLayout panelSheetsQuick Access & Tabbed toolbars

New data presentation Positioning of membersAsymmetric drillingMember reorderingSwap axes

New analytical capabilitiesSortingSearchConditional formattingCalculationsNull and zero suppressionMultiple data sourcesDeferred query (auto update)

New information sharing Interoperability with SAP BusinessObjects BI solutionsExport to Excel and PDF


News in BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3 – 1 –Compact Axis

Improvement to visual display of stacked dimensions Forms a “hierarchy” out of existing stacked dimensions Helps to simplify navigation on stacked dimensions with large data volumes

Enable compact axis

Stacked dimensions are

compacted

Drill down on what you want

to see


News in BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3 – 2 –Focused Analysis

New feature that displays what you want to see in a linked chart, based upon selected cells in a cross-tabHelps to easily visualize data that may not be clear or particularly visible

Selection will be reflected in sub-

analysis

Enable focused analysis


News in BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3 – 3 –Pivot With

New feature that is two separate features combined into oneTakes a member and drags it into a background filter, and at same time replaces the dimension that member belongs to…with different dimension


News in BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3 – 4 –Display Attributes

Support for display attributes


News in BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3 – 5 –Further News

Additional Data SourcesSAP HANAEPM (Planning and Consolidation, Profitability and Cost Management, Financial Consolidation)

Performance optimizations for MS Analysis Services

Scaling Factor from BEx query


High-Level Functional Architecture2 Modes to Deploy and Use the edition for MS Office

Edition for MS Office Edition for OLAP

BW MS AnalysisServicesBW

IE Safari Firefox

BI PlatformBI PlatformClient/Server


Analysis, edition for OLAP – Prerequisites

PrerequisitesBrowser: MS Internet Explorer 7 and 8, Firefox 3.5, Adobe Acrobat 8 and 9, and Safari 4 for Apple Mac. SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4.0– LCM, authentication, repository servicesFor SAP BW connectivity: SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 SP 23 or higher orSAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 EHP1 SP5 or higher– Recommendation: use SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 as there are significant TCO and integration

improvements between BI platform and NetWeaver– Queries defined in SAP BEx Query Designer 3.5 (within SAP NetWeaver 7.0!) or 7.0+ ; also: direct

access to SAP BW InfoProvider and query views (no need to migrate queries or change data models)For MSAS connectivity: MS Analysis Services 2005 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Analysis Services 2008


Road Map for Enhanced Microsoft Analysis Services (MSAS) Support

Major MSAS features already supported in first version of SAP BusinessObjectsAnalysis, edition for OLAP. It fully takes advantage of the MSAS security model.

Planned support of following MSAS features in future SAP BusinessObjectsAnalysis releases

Server-based named setsDimension attributes (within hierarchies)ActionsKPIsDrill-Through

*Please note: these are preliminary statements .The statements remain to be finalized once Analysis, edition for OLAP becomes available.


Voyager and Analysis, edition for OLAP

With the release of Analysis, edition for OLAP, SAP BusinessObjects Voyager enters a maintenance lifecycle and follows SAPs standard maintenance schedule.

While similar to Voyager, Analysis, edition for OLAP is a new product and some features/functionality are different to Voyager. A white paper on the differences will be published soon.

Voyager workspaces need to be converted to Analysis, edition for OLAP using the new Upgrade Manager tool.

Appendix


BI Launch Pad

Using of BEx Web Application Designer Templates in BO Enterprise/InfoView in BI 4.0

Integration of SAP BEx Web Application Java runtime into SAP BusinessObjects BI platform

No additional SAP NetWeaverJ2EE stack required

BusinessObjects BI Platform

BI Consumer Services

SAP NetWeaver BW

BEx Queries /InfoProviders

BEx WebTemplates

Adv. Analysis(Web) Runtime

BEx WebRuntime

BEx WebApplications

BEx Web ApplicationDesigner 7.x


Integration into SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0

Integration with Portal Integration Kit (PIK) Document List Portlet displays complete BI launch pad (formerly InfoView) Document Viewer iView displays all kind of single BI reports (including Analysis, Web edition). Analysis, edition for MS Office workbooks must be open via Document List Portlet

AdministrationDocument Viewer iView allows creation of Portal Roles with specific, pre-defined reportsDocument List Portlet allows instantaccess to newly created ad hoc reports

PreferencesUsers can change viewer type in their BI platformpreferences (e.g., thin vs. thick client for Crystal Reports)

SecuritySingle Sign-On is supported by identitypropagation using SAP LogonticketsSingle Sign-On ensures usage of analysisauthorization of SAP NetWeaver BW


SAP Business Explorer (BEx)

MaintenanceBEx 7.0 continues to be delivered with the next SAP NetWeaver BW releases. At this point in time, there‘s no planned end of life. The maintenance period is renewed with every major BW release. BEx 3.5 is part of BW 3.5/SAP NetWeaver 04 and the maintenance cycle is coupled to this release (see SAP note 1410878). BEx 3.5 in BW 7.0x and BW 7.3x will be supported while BEx 3.5 (NetWeaver 2004) is in extendend Maintenance (2013). Note that full PAM support of BEx 3.5 cannot be granted by SAP – as Microsoft has removed, e.g., support for some components within Windows 7 that had been used by BEx Web Application Designer 3.5.Also see: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/bex

Coexistence BEx Analyzer and Analysis, edition for MS OfficeYou can install BEx and Analysis on a single PC.Only one add-in can be active in an Excel session (in other words, either BEx or Analysis can be active)Opening a BEx workbook activates the BEx add-in.


Tool vs Application

Tool ApplicationAd-hoc and self-service Custom/specific OLAP analysis

End user empowerment Planning application / guided navigation

Full set of functionality Selected set of functionality

De-centralized content creation (IT-)centralized content creation

Analysis OLAPWeb Intelligence

Analysis Application Design

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