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The Business Intelligence Experts
What to Do With BOBJ in 2009
Tanner Spaulding, SAP LabsDr. Bjarne Berg, COMERIT
The Business Intelligence Experts
Introductions
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The Business Intelligence Experts
The SAP BOBJ Roadmap Current development status by toolSoftware rampup plans Training plans What can be done nowWhat are others doingKey points take away Questions and Answers
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Agenda
© SAP 2008 / Page 4
Product Directions for BI SolutionsRichest Offering for All Business Users
SAP BEx AnalyzerSAP BEx Analyzer VoyagerVoyager
Web App DesignerWeb App Designer
PredictivePredictive
Report DesignerReport Designer
Web IntelligenceWeb Intelligence
Crystal ReportsCrystal Reports
XcelsiusXcelsius
BI WidgetsBI Widgets
Web ServicesWeb Services
And Much More…
PolestarPolestar
Mobile BIMobile BI
Enterprise Data Warehousing & BI Platform
AdvancedAnalysis
EnterpriseReporting
Dashboards,Visualization
Ad-hocQuery &Reporting
BusinessObjects EnterpriseBusinessObjects EnterpriseSAP NetWeaver BW and BWASAP NetWeaver BW and BWA
© SAP 2008 / Page 5
Product Directions for BI SolutionsSAP BusinessObjects BI Solutions
PredictivePredictive
Web IntelligenceWeb Intelligence
Crystal ReportsCrystal Reports
XcelsiusXcelsiusWeb App DesignerWeb App Designer
Report DesignerReport Designer
Pioneer (OLAP Analysis)Pioneer (OLAP Analysis)
BI WidgetsBI Widgets
Web ServicesWeb Services
And Much More…
PolestarPolestar
Mobile BIMobile BI
Enterprise Data Warehousing & BI Platform
AdvancedAnalysis
EnterpriseReporting
Dashboards,Visualization
Ad-hocQuery &Reporting
BusinessObjects EnterpriseBusinessObjects EnterpriseSAP NetWeaver BW and BWASAP NetWeaver BW and BWA
© SAP 2009 / 6
Enterprise Reporting
Dash-boardsCrystal
Xcelsius
Pioneer
WebIntelligence
Ad-hocReporting
Ad-hoc BI Search
How Business Objects Tools Expand the Scope of BI
Enterprise Reporting
Dash-boards
AdvancedAnalytics
Polestar
Functional Scope of the SAP BusinessObjects Tools Suite
© SAP 2009 / 7
Enterprise Reporting
Dash-boardsCrystal
Xcelsius
Pioneer
WebIntelligence
How Business Objects Tools Expand the Scope of BI
PolestarFast BI Search for masses of casual users
Polestar
Each tool in the suite has its specific strengths and is tailored to a specific purpose . Which tools and combinations to use depends on customer needs & strategy
© SAP 2009 / 8
Enterprise Reporting
Dash-boardsCrystal
Xcelsius
Pioneer
WebIntelligence
How Business Objects Tools Expand the Scope of BI
Polestar
WebIntelligence
AdHoc Reporting for Business users
- Adhoc report design- Merge personal & corporate data- Same online & Offline experience
Each tool in the suite has its specific strengths and is tailored to a specific purpose . Which tools and combinations to use depends on customer needs & strategy
© SAP 2009 / 9
Enterprise Reporting
Dash-boardsCrystal
Xcelsius
Pioneer
WebIntelligence
How Business Objects Tools Expand the Scope of BI
Polestar
PioneerAdvanced Analytics for Business Analysts
- AdHoc OLAP- Packaged OLAP Content
Each tool in the suite has its specific strengths and is tailored to a specific purpose . Which tools and combinations to use depends on customer needs & strategy
© SAP 2009 / 10
Enterprise Reporting
Dash-boardsCrystal
Xcelsius
Pioneer
WebIntelligence
How Business Objects Tools Expand the Scope of BI
Polestar
XcelsiusDashboards for information consumers
- Packaged BI dashboards- Dashboard design for professional users
Each tool in the suite has its specific strengths and is tailored to a specific purpose . Which tools and combinations to use depends on customer needs & strategy
© SAP 2009 / 11
Enterprise Reporting
Dash-boardsCrystal
Xcelsius
Pioneer
WebIntelligence
How Business Objects Tools Expand the Scope of BI
Polestar
Crystal
Packaged formatted reports for the entire enterprise-- easy to consume-- pixel exact & print optimized
Each tool in the suite has its specific strengths and is tailored to a specific purpose . Which tools and combinations to use depends on customer needs & strategy
The Business Intelligence Experts
The SAP BOBJ Roadmap Current development status by toolSoftware rampup plans Training plans What can be done nowWhat are others doingKey points take away Questions and Answers
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Agenda
© SAP 2009 / 13
Overview: Options for Universe-Based Access to BW 7.0
BW
Data Federator
RDBMS Analytic Engine
OLAP BAPI ODBOXMLA
UniversesQT ODA
SQL Access MDX Access
WebIXcelsius
QaaWS
BIA
© SAP 2009 / 14
Overview: Options for Universe-Based Access to BW 7.01
BW DF Fascade
Data Federator
RDBMS Analytic Engine
OLAP BAPI ODBOXMLA
UniversesQT ODA
SQL Access MDX Access
WebIXcelsius
QaaWS
BWA
changes and additions in red
© SAP 2007 / Page 15
Comparison
BW Server Feature MDX SQL
BW Hierarchies
Restricted and Calculated Key Figures
Security
BW Variables
Currency and Unit Conversion
Exceptions, Conditions
SUM, MIN, MAX Aggregations
AVG, COUNT, COUNT DISTINCT, … Aggregations
OLAP Cache
Navigational Attributes
Mass Data Enabled
Federation (e.g. BW – RDBMS, BW – BW)
= fully supported = limited support / workaround
© SAP 2007 / Page 16
WebI – BW Interoperability via ODA (MDX)Architectural Overview
Functionlibrary
Executioninstance
Parser
Query execution controller
MetadataBAPIs
RowsetAPIs
DatasetBAPIs
MDX engine
Analytic Engine
BIA or RDBMS
ODA
RFC
Implementationof Unorder()function for optimizing Sorting
Optimizationof memoryconsumption
Optimization ofthe exchange protocoal (binary XML) and format (rowsets; internal API)
Adapt MDX and Flattening to new Format
© SAP 2007 / Page 17
WebI – BW Interoperability via ODA (MDX)Details
Improvements1. Avoid unnecessary sorting
MDX standard imposes results to be sorted However, those sorts are typically ignored or not required by WebI sorting can be avoided by using a new UNORDER() function in SAP's MDX
2. Leaner memory consumption during flattening optimized flattening algorithm non-standard result structure
3. Leaner communication ODA – OLAP BAPI use compressed data exchange via binary XML
Availability SAP NetWeaver BW 7.01 SP 3 Business Objects Enterprise XI3.0/XI3.1
XI3.0 :Fix Pack 2 w/ LAFix2.1 XI3.1 :Fix Pack 1.2 SAP Integration Kit Fix Pack 2 w/LAFix2.1
© SAP 2008 / Page 18
Advanced OLAP Analysis Product Integration Roadmap
Pioneer (code name for 2010 release) provides a superset of capabilities from SAP Business Explorer (BEx) Analyzer (Excel), SAP BEx Analyzer (Web), and SAP BusinessObjects Voyager
Migration from Voyager workspaces to Pioneer Web and from BEx Analyzer workbooks to Pioneer Office
*Embedding of web apps built with BEx Web Application Designer into Pioneer Web by 2010 with a later migration to the Pioneer Design SDK
OLAP Analysis
2008 2009 2010
PioneerPioneerVoyagerVoyager
BEx Web AnalyzerBEx Web Analyzer
BEx Analyzer (Excel)BEx Analyzer (Excel) BEx Analyzer (Excel)BEx Analyzer (Excel)
BEx Web AnalyzerBEx Web Analyzer
BEx Analyzer (Excel)BEx Analyzer (Excel)
BEx Web AnalyzerBEx Web Analyzer
VoyagerVoyager
PR
EM
IUM
STA
ND
AR
D
BEx Web App Designer*BEx Web App Designer* BEx Web App Designer*BEx Web App Designer* BEx Web App Designer*BEx Web App Designer*
InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal
Option for BW Customers: Embedding BEx Web Templates with Long-Term Migration Strategy
SAP BOE Platform
SAP NetWeaver BW
BEx Web Templates
Pioneer Web Server
Workspace
PIO Web Tab
BEx Web Tab
…
BI Consumer Services
BEx Queries/ InfoProviders
Pioneer Web Client
BEx Web App Designer
SAP BOE Platform
Pioneer Web Server
Workspace
PIO Web Tab
BEx Web Tab
…
BI Consumer Services
Pioneer Web Client
Pioneer Designer/ SDK
SAP NW BW
BEx Web Templates
BEx Queries/ InfoProviders
BEx Web App Designer
Migration options via Pioneer SDK
planned 2010 future
InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal
© SAP 2007 / Page 19
© SAP 2008 / Page 20
What Is Polestar? It’s Search Against BI…
Use familiar key-word search to find business informationAnswers “on-the-fly” and
investigative questions
Searches directly on pre-indexed dataNo previous reports or metrics
need existProvides fast search and
exploration
Searches across all data sourcesAny universe accessible
sourceAny BW Accelerator accessible
sourceNote: BI Accelerator is now called BW Accelerator
© SAP 2008 / Page 21
…and Then It’s Exploration Of the Results
Intuitively explore on dataNo data model or data
knowledge required
Automated relevancy of resultsMost relevant
information is displayed first
Best chart type auto generated
Share insights with othersExport to Web Intelligence, CSV or imageSave it locally as a browser bookmarkOne-click to send a link to the results by email
SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator andSAP BusinessObjects Polestar Integration
The Business Intelligence Experts
The SAP BOBJ Roadmap Current development status by toolSoftware rampup plans Training plans What can be done nowWhat are others doingKey points take away Questions and Answers
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Agenda
Ramp-Up Availability
Some Observations….
The Business Intelligence Experts
The SAP BOBJ Roadmap Current development status by toolSoftware rampup plans Training plans What can be done nowWhat are others doingKey points take away Questions and Answers
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Agenda
SAPBO SAP Business Objects for SAP NetWeaver BW
future
New 2 day course offering from SAP Education for training on Business Objects integration with SAP NetWeaver BW
Two dates are currently scheduled in June for virtual course delivery
June 1 – 2, 2009
June 25 – 26, 2009
See the following link to the Course Description for more detailed information on the content covered
SAPBO Course Description
The Business Intelligence Experts
The SAP BOBJ Roadmap Current development status by toolSoftware rampup plans Training plans What can be done nowWhat are others doingKey points take away Questions and Answers
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Agenda
The Business Intelligence Experts
What can be Done in 2009- Implementations
Suggestion Tool PurposeVisual Composer VisualizationWeb Intelligence Ad-hocBI Widgets / BO Universe Desktop IntelligenceCrystal Report Formatted reportsBPC Consolidation & PlanningBI Accellerator In memory performance
Candidates for Implementations in 2009
Source: SAP, 2009
Visual Composer
Widgets
BI Accellerator
Web Intelligence (webi)
The Business Intelligence Experts
The two types of Universes
There are currently 2 ways to get at the SAP BI data.
If you implement this year, you need to make concious decisions about which method you select. There are pros and cons of each
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The Business Intelligence Experts
What can be Done in 2009- Take a Look at…
Polestar is an interesting technology that companies may start a prototype with and see how it can help them access BI data from a variety of sources (NW and others)
Xcelsius
Polestar
Suggestion Tool PurposeXcelcius DashboardsPolestar Search engine
Pioneer BEx web & Excel
Worth a Prototype
Keep an Eye on, but wait until the new release
The Business Intelligence Experts
What can be Done in 2009- Prototype
Consider building a Xcelsius Prototype to get used to really interactive dashboards and what-if analysis.
Suggestion Tool PurposeXcelcius DashboardsPolestar Search engine
Pioneer BEx web & Excel
Worth a Prototype
Keep an Eye on, but wait until the new release
Xcelsius
Source: Adobe, 2009
The Business Intelligence Experts
What can be Done in 2009- Keep doing…
There are many classical SAP NetWeaver tools that should still be used by companies that are planning go-lives in 2009.
Integrated planning is still supported.Pioneer is still 12 months awayWAD will continue to be the development
environment for 2009.
Suggestion Tool PurposeWeb Application Designer Web developmentBEx Web Web reportingBEx Excel Excel reportingAnalysis Process Designer Structured AnalysisIntegrated Planning Planning
Keep doing for a while longer
The Business Intelligence Experts
Stop As soon as possible
If you need Formatted Reports in 2009, you should seriously consider Crystal Reports. The current roadmap calls for moving Report Designer into regular maintenaice at the end of 2009, and stop further development of this tool.
Looking forward to Xcelsius and Pioneer, it may be advisable to limit futher custom development in JSP unless it is not intended to be migrated at a future date.
Suggestion Tool PurposeReport Designer Formatted reportsCustom JSP pages Custom applications
Stop when possible
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The SAP BOBJ Roadmap Current development status by toolSoftware rampup plans Training plans What can be done nowWhat are others doingKey points take away Questions and Answers
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Agenda
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What are Others Doing – Example 1
Many are starting to develop and prototype on the SAP BOBJ toolset.
This company is planning to rollout webi and their new ad-hoc query environment to a limited set of users in 2009.
The project team is small and the development will also serve as a proof-of-concept for future cokpit development in 2010.
Company AMfg.
BI version 7.0
Casual users 209
Power users 15
Dashboards -
System size 3 Tb
Live since 2001
2009 Initiatives Webi and Crystal Reports go live in
October
Team size 3.5
Area
The Business Intelligence Experts
What are Others Doing – Example 2
This company wants to start tooling up their development team and have decided to start an Xelcius prototype effort for 2009.
They also plan of migrating some of their current custom web dashboards into Visual Composer for a go-live this fall.
Their initial team size is relativly small, with one consultant and a couple of employees.
Company BInsurance
BI version 7.0
Casual users 713
Power users 30
Dashboards 28
System size 800 Gb
Live since 2000
2009 Initiatives Prototype with Xcelcius and VC dashboard
deployment in September 2009
Team size 2.5
Area
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What are Others Doing – Example 3
This company is rolling out formatted reporting to their core financial team and have decided not to use Report Designer.
Instead they are rolling out Crystal as their core platform for pixel controlled formatted reports.
They also want to start the team transition to Xcelsius and is therefore also developing some prototypes on this technology.
Company CUtility
BI version 7.0
Casual users 806
Power users 50
Dashboards 42
System size 4.6 Tb
Live since 2004
2009 Initiatives Crystal rollout October and Xcelsius Prototype
Team size 5
Area
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What are Others Doing – Example 4
This company rolled out Crystal reports on SAP BI in 2006 and is starting in 2009 with a project effort to migrate to Xcelsius for web rendering and cockpits.
They have also started to develop visual composer cokpits that they plan on integrating into Xcelsius later in spring 2010.
Company DMfg.
BI version 7.0
Casual users 1012
Power users 18
Dashboards 22
System size 2.1 Tb
Live since 2003
2009 Initiatives Visual composer and Xcelsius integration of existing crystal reports,
go-live Nov. 2009
Team size 6
Area
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The SAP BOBJ Roadmap Current development status by toolSoftware rampup plans Training plans What can be done nowWhat are others doingKey points take away Questions and Answers
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Summary – Ideas for SAP BOBJ in 2009
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Suggestion Tool PurposeVisual Composer VisualizationWeb Intelligence Ad-hocBI Widgets / BO Universe Desktop IntelligenceCrystal Report Formatted reportsBPC Consolidation & PlanningBI Accellerator In memory performanceXcelcius DashboardsPolestar Search engine
Web Application Designer Web developmentBEx Web Web reportingBEx Excel Excel reportingAnalysis Process Designer Structured AnalysisIntegrated Planning PlanningReport Designer Formatted reportsCustom JSP pages Custom applications
Pioneer BEx web & Excel
Candidates for Implementations in 2009
Worth a Prototype
Keep an Eye on, but wait until the new release
Stop when possible
Keep doing for a while longer
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The total BOBJ toolset - Advanced Analytics
Source: SAP March, 2009
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While we covered the core BOBJ tools that relates directly to SAP BI, there are many other tools available:
This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools, not just tools for the traditional SAP ERP market
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The total BOBJ toolset –Dashboards & Visualization
Source: SAP March, 2009This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools,
not just tools for the traditional SAP ERP market
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The total BOBJ toolset – BI Best-of-Breed tools
Source: SAP March, 2009
This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools, not just tools for the traditional SAP ERP market
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The total BOBJ toolset – Data Integration
Source: SAP March, 200944
This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools, not just tools for the traditional SAP ERP market
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The total BOBJ toolset – Masterdata Management
Source: SAP March, 2009This Bonus Material Include all SAP BOBJ tools,
not just tools for the traditional SAP ERP market
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The SAP BOBJ Roadmap Current development status by toolSoftware rampup plans Training plans What can be done nowWhat are others doingKey points take away Questions and Answers
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Questions and Answers
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Resources
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On –line Material, Presentations and Downloadswww.Comerit.net
Help @ SAPhttp://help.sap.com > ‘BusinessObjects’ top level navigation tab
SAP BusinessObjects Developer Community on SDNhttp://boc.sdn.sap.com‘BusinessObjects version of SDN’Communities, Beta Product downloads, Webinar information, E-Books, Developer Conference 2007 slides, Free Trial downloads, more!...Check out the blogs and forums – there is already some great content posted
Ingo Hilgefort’s bolg:https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251909211
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Roadmap and Roadmap FAQhttps://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b00a1a75-c49d-2b10-0ebb-ecc80ab88994https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/business-objects-for-sap-faq
confidential49The Business Intelligence Experts
New SAP Press Book
New SAP Press book by Ingo Hilgefort to be released in May 2009
Great resource for technical installation, implementation, and integration information
http://sap-press.com/product.cfm?account=&product=H3034
The Business Intelligence Experts
How to contact us: Dr. Bjarne Berg Tanner Spaulding [email protected] [email protected]
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