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SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP4Web Intelligence
BI Platform
Semantic Layer
Pierpaolo Vezzosi
Director, Product management
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligencefor ad-hoc query and interactive reporting
Access to heterogeneous data sources
Leverage semantic layer and common business terms
Combine multiple data sources within a report
Flexibility and control
Create new reports or modify existing reports
Re-use shared report elements
Interactive and intuitive interface
Use the organized toolbar, drag-and-drop features, and
charting options
Collaborate within the reports
Online and offline reporting
Ask questions, analyze data, and identify trends no matter
where you are (mobile, web, desktop)
Share insights via Reports publication
BI Platform and Data Access
ReportingDashboards and Apps
Business Intelligence portfolioEnabling all users with data
Real-time and Big Data200+ data sources
SAP
HANA
Mobile | Portals | Office
BI Platform and Data Access
Web IntelligenceLumira 2.0
Business Intelligence portfolioEnabling all users with data
Real-time and Big Data200+ data sources
SAP
HANA
Mobile | Portals | Office
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
25,000+ productive Customers and Partners:Top BI tool in the market (76 of Global FORTUNE 100)
Some key facts about WebI today …
Continuous incremental innovations:#1 BI tool for the enhancement requests asked on Idea Place
30% use SAP ERP/BW/HANA 70% use agnostic DB
Deployment size : 50% Large 30% Medium 20% Small
Do you know the WebI themes in BI4.2?
1 2 3TRUSTED FOUNDATION
ENABLE THE BUSINESS
BEST ON SAP BACKEND
Remove upgrade barriers:• Linked Universes
Client improvements: • Parallel queries
Collaboration: • Commentary• Shared Elements
Client improvements:• GeoMaps• Big Numbers
Unleash the ecosystem:• Visualization Extensions
SAP BW improvements:• BEx authored universe
SAP HANA enhancements:• HANA Direct Access • HANA Online
QUALITY
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Remove upgrade barriers > Linked Universes1
Reduce TCO of your landscape
Linked UNX universes:o Done with Information Designer Tool (IDT)
o Same principle as universe linking with UDT and
UNV
o Changes to a core UNX are propagated to all
derived UNX universes
o Derived UNX universes are independent universes
and can be amended
Master
UNX
Dept 2
UNX
Dept 3
UNX
Dept 1
UNX
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Client improvements > Parallel queries
Boost refresh performance of your WebI documents
Parallel queries (fetch) execution o Parallel activities on database at the execution and data
fetch
o Supported on
• UNV, UNX
• SAP HANA Direct Access
• FHSQL
• Text files
o Only Fetch Time can be parallelized (not the prepare and
indexing)
o Activated by default
o Control the number of parallel queries in configuration files
Query1 (3s)
Query2 (10s) Query3 (4s)
Query1
Query2
Query3
17s
~11s
Before 4.2
Starting 4.2
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Collaboration > Shared Elements
Simplify WebI document creation and user experience
Shared Elements : o Share Web Intelligence content (report part) with
other users, as shared objects
o Browse and reuse Web Intelligence content
created by other users
o Factorize Web Intelligence content to ease
the update process with reference persistence
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Collaboration > Commentary
Comment a Web Intelligence document
Commentary:o Service provided by BI Platform : Comments are
stored in the Audit DB (by default but can be
changed in CMC)
o Add a comment in your document
o For collaboration: Side panel for interacting all
entire Comment Thread (edit, reply, copy)
o If used for validation process: new security
commands to enable/disable actions
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Client improvements > GeoMaps
Create geomaps using your Web Intelligence data
o Integration of a geographical database into WebI:
worldwide coverage with countries, regions, sub-
regions and cities over 100K inhabitants
o Integration of CVOM Java geomaps into WebI charts
(choropleth, geopie, geobubble)
o Dialog box to search and match the data with the geo
database
o Ability to persist the matched geo data in the WebI
documents
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Unleash the ecosystem > Visualization Extensions
Enhance Web Intelligence with new element types (table, visualization, others)
Visualization Extensions:o New framework for developers to build
custom elements to render in WebI
o Fully integrated into the WebI UX
o Visualization Extensions can be filtered, sorted, ranked…
o Managed at CMC level
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Client improvements > Big Numbers
Use Big Numbers to improve the calculation precision
o Integration of the IEEE “Decimal Floating Point” format
o Increased precision from 15 to 40 digits!
o New WebI calculator function to convert to Decimal format
o Contextual menu to convert any measure into Decimal
format
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
SAP BW improvements > BEx authored universe
Author a UNX universe on BEx to improve user
adoption
Universe on BEx query:
o Goal is to display BEx queries in more user-friendly way
o Create universe with Information Designer Tool (IDT)
o Select a BEx query and auto-generate a business layer
o Rename objects, regroup objects in meaningful folders,
or delete unnecessary objects
o BEx authored universes use the BICS connector
o Only works as a single-source universe
o Need to refresh universe when underlying BEx query
changes
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Why WebI on HANA
Increase Core BI attach rate to HANAo The rate of adoption of HANA by SAP customers is accelerating
o With BI 4.1, WebI accesses HANA through universes, and attach rate remains low
o By combining WebI and HANA in a simple way, we can increase the core BI attach rate
Make it simple for WebI customers to consume HANAo Maker it easy to connect WebI to HANA views
o Lower TCO by providing an option without a universe
Leverage the power of HANA to remove WebI limitso Let users access big data without the microcube restrictions
o Delegate calculations to HANA in-memory engine for faster processing
SAP HANA enhancements > HANA Direct Access
HANA Direct Access:
o From Web Intelligence, connect directly to HANA
Views
o No universe authoring in information design tool
required
o Browse HANA views using a relational or OLAP
connection
• Relational: Hana JDBC
• OLAP: MDX Access (HANA hierarchies are
supported)
o Usual Web Intelligences workflow with query panel
3
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
SAP HANA enhancements > HANA Online
HANA Online:
o From Web Intelligence, connect directly to HANA
Views
o No universe authoring in information design tool
required
o No query panel to define queries, no microcube
o Only relational access : HANA JDBC
o Web Intelligence calculations are delegated to
HANA whenever possible
o Optional: Go back to standard mode to get
additional reporting features
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Linked universes
Parallel queries
Commentary
Shared elements
Geomaps
Big number
Viz extensions
BW authored unx
HANA access modes
What has been delivered in WebI for BI4.2 SP03?
1
2
3
GA BI4.2 SP02 BI4.2 SP03
NEW INNOVATIONS
ENHANCE AND STRENGHTEN BI4.2 SP02
FEATURES
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
NEW
What has been delivered in WebI for BI4.2 SP03?
dHTML catch up > Java parity – Step 1 : will probably span multiple service pack release
Dynamic Input Controls
Sets – IDT authoring and WebI (incl. CR, LUMIRA desktop) consumption
Referenced cell – step 1 on 2 to enable Alerting and notification in WebI
Extend commentary – comment in table cell, block (chart or table), add query context, search & locate
Parallel Queries – Support for BEx queries, Connection server support to define number of parallel jobs
Linked Universes – convert linked UNV to linked UNX
Extend geomaps – Use lat/long as datapoints, Show geomaps in tool bar
Extend Shared Elements – for Geomap support + Support custom elements + Support Embedded picture + Optimize DP merge
HANA access improvements
Java and REST SDK enhancements – Expose BI 4.2 WebI features
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Achieve parity with Web Intelligence Java Applet
o Save As
o Format Number
o Conditional Formatting
o Support of XLS data provider
o Query Panel for SAP BEx, UNX on SAP Bex data providers
o Complex filters in Query Panel
DHTML Catchup in SP3
New supported paths
o SAP BW Direct Access > SAP BW Authored Universe
o SAP BW Direct Access > SAP HANA Direct Access
o SAP HANA Authored Universe > SAP HANA Direct Access
Architecture Refactoring
o Simplify workflows
o No more need to answer prompts during Change Source
Change Source
Dynamic Input Control
o Groups Management
o LOV dynamic filtering
o Display selected values (Filter Path)
Dynamic Input Controls
Use Sets to query data
Author Sets in Information Design Tool
o Smooth integration in Semantic Layer and BI
Platform
o New InfoObject in CMS repository: Set-
container
o Define sets on top of universe objects, based
on data distribution or formula
o Define sets on top of sets
Consume Sets Through Universe
o Sets are exposed as universe filter
o Temporal filter
o Available to Semantic Layer clients: Web
Intelligence, but also Lumira, Crystal
Reports,…
Sets
Define Reference values
o A reference is a variable that returns the value of a
specified cell in the document
o The reference value keeps its own context.
Get a specific figure in a table, for specific dimension
value, for example:
o Year = 2016, Product = TV
o All reference values are listed as AVAILABLE
OBJECTS
o A reference can be used in any formula and/or fro
Conditional Formatting
Referenced cell
Comment anything
o Table, chart or table’s cell
o Possible both in Reading and Design modes
o Comments displayed when hovering the mouse
Usability
o Enhanced Comments side panel
o Delete comments in Comments side panel
Improved Lifecycle
o “Save As” for documents with comments.
o Commentary available for Scheduling. Instances
will use parents comments
Performance Optimization
Commentary
Improve geo map support
o Use latitude/longitude as data points:
o Edit as a Geography > By Longitude/Latitude
o Geo-qualify merged objects and variables
UX improvement
o Show geo maps in the toolbar
Geo Map
Merged Country
Country (Query 1)
Latitude
Longitude
Name
Country (Query 2)
Latitude
Longitude
Name
Latitude
Longitude
Name
New Data Provider Supported for Parallel Query:
o Parallel Query support on BEx Queries
Parallel Query Settings:
o IDT/UDT: relational cnx disable parallel queries, max
concurrent jobs
o CMC/IDT: OLAP cnx disable parallel queries, max
concurrent jobs
o CMC: Disable parallel queries for scheduling
o CMC: Max number of parallel jobs per documents
Parallel Data Provider
Linked universes
o When authoring derived universe:
o Inherits Business Layer views from core universe
o Inherits Data Foundation views from core universe
o Prevent usage of linked universes with different connections
o Multi-source universe is recommended in this case
o Repair linked core UNX
Linked Universe
Universe Conversion
o Convert linked UNV to linked UNX
o Convert several universes at once
o Improved UI
Universe Conversion
Support more content
o Support geo map
o Support custom element
o Support big number settings
o Support embedded picture
o Support categories
Shared Elements Usability
o Display additional details: author, last edit, creation
o When publishing a shared element, link it to the source
document
o Clean unused queries
o CMC: Check Relationships
Shared Elements
Custom Elements :
o Support of Custom Palette and Color
Assignment
o Settings API
o Boolean
o String
o Integer
o Float
o Propose some samples
Custom Elements
(2)
(3)
(4+)
• Color
• Font
• List
SAP HANA Online and Direct Access
o Query Limits (e.g. Max Rows) at HANA SQL Connection
level
o HANA unit conversion (currency conversion already
available in 4.2)
o HANA variables: Multi/Range/Interval variables
o HANA variables: Dynamic default values, formula
delegated to HANA
o Search case insensitive in HANA views.
SAP HANA Online
o Partial result notification (Max Rows)
o Navigation Paths display
o Performance: Improve nested sections management
SAP HANA Direct Access
o HANA variables: Query Panel variables manager
SAP HANA
SAP BW Authored Universe
o Improved performance
o Send usage statistics to SAP BW
o Display SAP BW InfoProvider’s last upload data
o Expose “ZERO suppression” option
BW Authored and Direct Access
o SAP BW Linked Nodes
o Member selection with Hierarchy Node Variable
SAP BW
Event ID Description
730100 Get BEx’s characteristic members
730101 Get BEx query’s results
730102 Opens a connection to BW using JCO
730103 Opens a BEx query using BICS
HANA connection: multi-tenant
o Be able to manage multi-tenant database for Hana connections
Count aggregation different for UNV and UNX:
o Ease the migration adding a Count Aggregation type for Measures
o Count without Empty (UNX behavior)
o Count with Empty (UNV behavior)
Big Number at UNX level:
o Big Numbers defined at the universe level
Sort Views of Business Layer
o Order the list of business views in the business layer. This order is used in query panel
Information Design Tool
Recipient Delivery Rule
o Do not send publication if document has no data
o Do not send publication if document has not been successfully refreshed
Publishing
Web Intelligence Calculation Engine:
o New function to flatten a hierarchy (like in XI 3)
o Merge variables
Web Intelligence Chart Engine:
o Display both value and percentage in Pie charts
o Customize borders of each data series in Bar/Column charts
o Inverse legend order in stacked Bar/Column charts
o Customize Total value label in Waterfall charts
Web Intelligence User Interface:
o Choose the image DPI when exporting a document to PDF or Excel
o Sort Data Provider objects by Universe folders (Available Objects side panel)
Web Intelligence Server Group
o Support server at User Group level
o Support Server Group at Report level (Processing)
And many other improvements…
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
BI 4.1
BI 4.2
Now Is the Time to Move to BI 4.2
Mainstream MaintenanceBI 4.0 Priority 1 Support
Mainstream Maintenance Priority 1 SupportXI 3.1
Mainstream Maintenance
Mainstream Maintenance
Priority 1
Support
Future Plans subject to change. For discussion purposes only
Expand Business leadership on stable core
BI 4.2 SP02
GA March 2016
BI 4.2 SP03
August 2016
BI 4.2 SP04
Q2 2017
Future Releases
Web Intelligence Innovation Roadmap
Innovate Enhance Enhance Innovate
New viewer
dHTML Catch-up
New chart
SDK & Extensions
Join the discussion!
dHTML Catch-up
SETS
Dynamic Input Controls
SDK & Extensions
Hana/BW optimization
Share & Reuse
Commentary
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Moving to BI 4.2 SP4
New UISimpler
More powerful
SearchSets
Security
Bye Bye Java
More analysis
More viz
What is planned in WebI for BI4.2 SP04?
dHTML catch up > Java parity – Step 2 : Free Hand SQL, RTL support for document
CVOM Enhancements – Gauges, Tiles, and additional enhancements
Customer Connection Program – New functions for variables
DeskI Client parity – variable description
BI Variants – Include or exclude prompts from the BI Variant
Sets – Cumulative improvements
Cumulative enhancements – Security right for FHSQL, Hierarchy flattening, new APIs for Custom Elements, new DB support
SDK – Expose BI 4.2 features in REST web services
Web Intelligence new consumption experience (Unified Viewer)
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
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dHTML catch up > Java parityFree-Hand SQL data provider and Editor
for the dHTML WebI web client
Right to Left document content display
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ChartsNew charts available out of the box
o Gauges
o Tile
Bullet Gauge Speedometer
Angular Solid Gauge Tile
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Customize total value label in Waterfall charts
New Palette
Other Charts ImprovementsExtended visual style for column and bar borders
Customize the color of the data labels for each line
in line charts
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Variables & FunctionsAdd description to Variables, References
and Grouping
o New Description field in Editor
o Description must pop-up when the user
hovers the mouse over the variable or the
reference
New and improved Functions
o TimeBetween()
o DateBetween()
o PromptSummary() : New parameters to
sort the result and show BEx definitive
prompts
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BI VariantsSelect the prompts answer to saved in BI Variant
o You can exclude some prompts
(for example the ones with dynamic default value)
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Web Intelligence ServerFHSQL Security Right
o Free-Hand SQL introduced in 4.1 SP6
o Was controlled by the Web Intelligence Edit SQL right
o Need a specific right for FHSQL: “Use Connection for FHSQL scripts”, set at connection level
Web Intelligence Server Memory Management
Support server group at folder level at runtime
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Custom ElementsExtend Custom Elements framework with Extension Points
o BI Platform Central Management Console: deploy a Custom Elements service as an Extension Point
o Full interactivity between Custom Element visualizations and Web Intelligence Extension Points
Enhanced APIs
o New API to define Custom Elements visualization thumbnails
o Extend the Render API to identify Custom Element instances
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SDK Web Intelligence as a Web Service
o Expose Web Intelligence report element data
o Used for SAP BusinessObjects Lumira and SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
Web Intelligence REST Web Services. New APIs for:
o Dynamic Input Control / Group Input Control
o Read Comments
o Support Fold-Unfold Section, Break, Axis, Block
o Return parameters/prompts summary
o Element Linking (support block as input control)
o For SAP HANA data sources: Multiple Ranges, Interval variables
o …
Semantic Layer Java SDK. New APIs for:
o Measure: Get / Set High Decimal Precision
o Measure: New Count Aggregation
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New Supported Data SourcesBig Data
o SAP HANA SPS12
o SAP HANA VORA
o Horton Works HDP 2.3.4
o Apache Spark 2.0
Relational Data Sources
o DB2 for i7.3
o MySQL 5.7
o Oracle Exadata 12
o SQL Server 2016
o SQL Anywhere 17
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SAP BW / SAP HANAComplex variables operators for SAP BW
o Already supported for SAP HANA (SAP BI 4.2 SP3)
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Other ImprovementsFlatten BW Hierarchies
o Automatic creation of level dimensions in Web Intelligence documents
Geomaps
o Improved drill down in Geomap charts
Report Design
o Ability to hide a measure in a table
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Web Intelligence new experienceRejuvenate Web Intelligence user interface
Simplify reading and analysis workflow
o Simplify reading and analysis workflow
o Touch-device (tablet, mobile…) by design
Based on SAP Fiori/SAP UI5 HTML5
Integrated in the new BI Launch Pad interface
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Web Intelligence new experienceUnified and aggregated filters bar (prompts,
input controls, filters, …)New navigation paradigm
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Semantic Layer
Sets
Query Panel
Sets based on measures
Set groups
SAP HANA
Customize HANA prompts for end users
Usability
Republish universe
Customize check integrity
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SetsEnhance Visual Data steps
o Dynamic Input Control / Group Input Control
o Insert missing values (custom values)
o Support prompts context
o Limit distinct values
o Popup condition for scalar dimension
o Reorder steps and count per step
Sets Editor
o Allow to move set instead of copy
o Add query panel step,
o Support prompts/contexts in query panel step
Materialization
o Modify processing group
Sets on Sets
Update Venn diagram user interface
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BI Platform
Faster search
Server groups assignements
Max number of inbox docs
Sample mass change source for
Web Intelligence documents
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BI Platform
Virus scan integration
Open SSL with TSL1.2
SAML with HANA (all connectivity)
FHSQL security right
BI4.2 beyond SP4
o Web Intelligence Simplified Designer experience o Templates of reports and visualization, and beautiful visual content by default
o New report layout for Mobile readiness: placement and layout snaps into place cleanly
o Adapt to ecosystemo Hybrid Cloud-on premise
o Fully leverage new data sources (unstructured, big data, cloud data, social data)
o Generalize “Online” mode for “.unx” and other data sources
o Suggestions: suggest new BI artefact or new query/data/viz based on the usage of WebI reports by users
o Semantic layer innovationso Time, geo and custom hierarchies
o Shared datasets
o BI platformo Fiori UI enhanced
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Proposals for next Service Packs and Future Direction
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Key links for more informationKey links
• Web Intelligence on SCN http://scn.sap.com/community/businessobjects-web-intelligence
• Web Intelligence 4.1, where to start (official tutorials/videos) ? http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7819
• Advanced Tips&Tricks to create great Web Intelligence documents http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-50171
• Best Practices to Design a Web Intelligence document : http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-58571
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-58532
• What’s new in BI 4.2? What's New 4.2 L0, L1, L2, Web Intelligence, Semantic Layer
• What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.2 SP03 What’s New in WebI 4.2 SP03
• Roadmaps on SAP Service Marketplace http://service.sap.com/saproadmaps
• Official tutorials for SAP BI http://sap.com/learnbi
• Product Documentation http://help.sap.com/
• Product Availability Matrix https://support.sap.com/release-upgrade-maintenance/pam.html
• BI4.2 pattern books how to adopt BI4.2 from previous version?
• Upgrading/Updating/Migrating to BI 4.2 Virtual Technical Workshop BI 4.2 Upgrade Virtual Technical Workshop
Where to go to provide product feedback and ideas
• SAP Idea Place https://ideas.sap.com
• Influence programs http://service.sap.com/influence
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Contact information :
Pierpaolo Vezzosi, Product Management
Thank you