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Enterprise Portal, Business Enterprise Portal, Business Information Warehouse and the Information Warehouse and the Extraprise Information FactoryExtraprise Information Factory
Naeem HashmiNaeem Hashmi
Chief Technology OfficerChief Technology Officer
Information FrameworksInformation Frameworks
e-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]
Web: http://infoframeworks.comWeb: http://infoframeworks.com
Webcast on TechTarget.com May 1, 2002
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About the Speaker
• Founder and CTO of Information Frameworks, an author, speaker and world-renowned expert on emerging eBusiness Intelligence Technologies.
• Author of the best selling book titled, SAP Business Information Warehouse for SAP.
• Member of Intelligent ERP magazine's board of editors, is a frequent speaker at IT industry conferences including SAP TechEd, ASUG, Oracle Open World, DCI, The ERP World, and the Data Warehouse Institute.
• 24+ years of experience in emerging Information Technology research, development, and management, Information Architectures; Enterprise Application Integration e-business; ERP applications; Data Warehousing; Data Mining; CRM; Internet, Object and Client/Server Technologies and Strategic Consulting.
• Email- nhahsmi@infoframeworks Web Site: http://infoframeworks.com Tel: 603-432-4550
Naeem Hashmi
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Agenda
• The Extraprise Information Factory – EIF - A Technical Information Architecture for the future Enterprise Applications – Technical Architecture - Layers
• Two Major Components of EIF– Business Intelligence– Enterprise Portal
• EIF Implementation Considerations – Performance and Infrastructure• Q&A
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Agenda
• The Extraprise Information Factory – EIF - A Technical Information Architecture for the future Enterprise Applications – Technical Architecture - Layers
• Two Major Components of EIF – Business Intelligence– Enterprise Portal
• EIF Implementation Considerations – Performance and Infrastructure• Q&A
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The Extraprise Information Factory-EIF““The Extraprise Information Factory is a Technical The Extraprise Information Factory is a Technical
Architecture to Architecture to constructconstruct and and deploydeploy scalable, scalable, extendable, distributable and integrated solutions extendable, distributable and integrated solutions
needed to support business critical applications.” needed to support business critical applications.”
““The Extraprise Information Factory is a Technical The Extraprise Information Factory is a Technical Architecture to Architecture to constructconstruct and and deploydeploy scalable, scalable,
extendable, distributable and integrated solutions extendable, distributable and integrated solutions needed to support business critical applications.” needed to support business critical applications.”
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Agenda
• The Extraprise Information Factory – EIF - A Technical Information Architecture for the future Enterprise Applications – Technical Architecture - Layers
• Two Major Components of EIF – Business Intelligence– Enterprise Portal
• EIF Implementation Considerations – Performance and Infrastructure• Q&A
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Business Intelligence Building Blocks Business Intelligence is an umbrella term, introduced by Business Intelligence is an umbrella term, introduced by
Howard Dresner of the GartnerGroup in 1989 to describe Howard Dresner of the GartnerGroup in 1989 to describe a set of concepts and methodologies to improve decision a set of concepts and methodologies to improve decision making in business through the use of facts and fact-based making in business through the use of facts and fact-based systems.systems.
Business Intelligence is an umbrella term, introduced by Business Intelligence is an umbrella term, introduced by Howard Dresner of the GartnerGroup in 1989 to describe Howard Dresner of the GartnerGroup in 1989 to describe a set of concepts and methodologies to improve decision a set of concepts and methodologies to improve decision making in business through the use of facts and fact-based making in business through the use of facts and fact-based systems.systems.
What is Business Intelligence ?
Business Intelligence ApplicationsBusiness Intelligence Applications
• • Executive Information SystemsExecutive Information Systems• • Decision Support SystemsDecision Support Systems• • Enterprise Information SystemsEnterprise Information Systems• • Management Support Systems Management Support Systems • • OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing)OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing)
as well as technologies such as:as well as technologies such as:• • Data MiningData Mining• • Data VisualizationData Visualization• • Geographic Information SystemsGeographic Information Systems
Today, Business Intelligence Today, Business Intelligence goes beyond traditional goes beyond traditional definition that includes: definition that includes:
• • Balanced Score CardsBalanced Score Cards
• • Click-Stream AnalysisClick-Stream Analysis
• • CRM AnalyticsCRM Analytics
• • SCM AnalyticsSCM Analytics
• • Closed-Loop AnalyticClosed-Loop Analytic
• • Full-Circle AnalyticsFull-Circle Analytics
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What is SAP Business Intelligence?
• SAP Business Intelligence consists of the following Solutions:– SAP Business Information Warehouse
• Data Warehousing Solution
– Business Analytics • Business Content
– Knowledge Warehouse• Knowledge Management
– Enterprise Portal• Information Integration and Delivery
+420 InfoCubes
+90 ODS Objects
+1700 Queries
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SAP Business Information Warehouse - BW
• What is SAP BW ?– A complete Data Warehouse
Solution.– SAP BW also comes with rich set of
pre-defined analytical applications (known as business content) common to all business analytical and reporting needs
– Integrated with SAP Business Applications
– Analytical Applications platform for other SAP applications
DataExtraction
Transformation
Data WarehouseData Warehouse
Reports
Data Sources
Reporting and Analysis
Data Access
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SAP BW – InfrastructureD
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Meta Data Manager
Meta Data Manager
OLTP Reporting
OLTP Reporting
Business InformationWarehouse Server
Meta DataRepositoryMeta DataRepository
Administrator
Workbench
Administrator
WorkbenchAdministrationAdministration
SchedulingScheduling
MonitorMonitor
Data Manager
Data Manager
OLAP ProcessorOLAP Processor
InfoCubesInfoCubes
OperationalData Store
OperationalData Store
BusinessDocumentServices
BusinessDocumentServices
Other Data
Providers
BAPIBAPI
Staging EngineStaging Engine
R/3 OLTP ApplicationsR/3 OLTP Applications
Production DataExtractor
Production DataExtractor
Non R/3 Production Data Extractor
Non R/3 Production Data Extractor
Non R/3 OLTP ApplicationsNon R/3 OLTP Applications
HUB AND
SPOKESERVICES
HUB AND
SPOKESERVICES
CustomersSuppliers
MobileWorkforce
InternalWorkforce
WEB
BAPIODBO
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SAP BW – Data Sourcing
DATABASE SERVER
APPLICATION SERVER
DB Connect
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SAP BW - Information Access
InfoCube
OLAP ENGINE
ODS Object
MOLAP Cube
3rd Party Client Application
ODBO
Source: “Business Information Warehouse for SAP” by Naeem Hashmi, Prima, 2000
MDXDataset
Query Cubes
SAP Enterprise Portal
SAP R/3SAP R/3 Non-SAP R/3
Non-SAP R/3
BExBEx
DATABASE SERVER
ETL/STAGINGETL/STAGING
APPLICATION SERVER
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Enterprise Data Warehouse Performance Assurance Metrics
Data Extraction Time
Data Scrubbing TimeData Transformation Time
Data Load TimeQuery Response Time
Backup/Recovery Time
Data Delivery Time
Number of Users
Query ComplexityNetwork Topology
Data Storage
Security
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Agenda
• The Extraprise Information Factory – EIF - A Technical Information Architecture for the future Enterprise Applications – Technical Architecture - Layers
• Two Major Components of EIF– Business Intelligence– Enterprise Portal
• EIF Implementation Considerations – Performance and Infrastructure• Q&A
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SAP Enterprise Portal
• What is a portal anyway?– Portal is much more than an Interactive flashy Web Site to publish
reports or marketing material– Enterprise Portal is a web based business-critical system
• Integrated information view and business applications • Seamless integration between BI, OLTP and Knowledge Management
Systems• A collaborative environment
• Classes of Portals– Information Portals– Functional Portals– Industry Specific Portals– Enterprise Portals
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SAP Enterprise Portal - Characteristics
1. Information Centric2. Personalization3. Customization4. Content Aggregation5. Collaboration6. Integration7. Publishing and Distribution8. Searching, Indexing9. Taxonomy and Categorization10.Security
Groupware
Groupware
CRMCRM ........Business ApplicationBusiness ApplicationSAPSAP WebWeb
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SAP Enterprise Portal - Building Blocks
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CLIENT (Internet Browsers, Mobile Devices, etc.)CLIENT (Internet Browsers, Mobile Devices, etc.)
INFORMATION SOURCES (Data Warehouses, Analytics, Documents, Web Content, etc.)INFORMATION SOURCES (Data Warehouses, Analytics, Documents, Web Content, etc.)
DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTKNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT INTEGRATIONINTEGRATION SECURITYSECURITY
Content ManagementContent Management
Retrieval&ClassificationRetrieval&Classification
CollaborationCollaboration
Unification EngineUnification Engine
Unifiers for
OLTP, ERP
BI Analytics
Etc.
Unifiers for
OLTP, ERP
BI Analytics
Etc.
Content DirectoriesContent Directories
Personalization
Customization
Roles
Services Metadata
Personalization
Customization
Roles
Services Metadata
LDAP
Basic Authentification
Corporate LDAP
Single Signon
Basic Authentification
Corporate LDAP
Single Signon
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External.External.ContentContent
PortalPortalRepositoryRepository
DirectoryDirectory& Security& Security
PortalPortalServerServer
PortalPortalComponentComponentServersServers
• Search engines• Index crawlers• Content servers• Categorization
servers• Application /Content
integration servers• Application servers
• Search engines• Index crawlers• Content servers• Categorization
servers• Application /Content
integration servers• Application servers
DataKnowledgeWarehouse
Web Server
CustomersSuppliers
MobileWorkforce
InternalWorkforce
InternalContent
BusinessApplications
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Enterprise Portal Performance Assurance Metrics
Information Acquisition
Taxonomy/GroupingIndexing
Content Load TimeContent Retrieval
Backup/Recovery Time
InformationAggregation and Integration
Number of Users
Query ComplexityNetwork Topology
Information Storage
Roles/Security
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Agenda
• The Extraprise Information Factory – EIF - A Technical Information Architecture for the future Enterprise Applications – Technical Architecture - Layers
• Two Major Components of EIF– Business Intelligence– Enterprise Portal
• EIF Implementation Considerations – Performance and Infrastructure• Q&A
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Enterprise Information Management Performance Assurance Metrics
Information Acquisition
Taxonomy/GroupingIndexing
Content Load TimeContent Retrieval
Backup/Recovery Time
InformationAggregation and Integration
Number of Users
Query Complexity
Network Topology
Information Storage
Roles/Security
Data Extraction Time
Data Scrubbing TimeData Transformation Time
Data Load TimeQuery Response Time
Backup/Recovery Time
Data Delivery Time
Number of Users
Query Complexity
Network Topology
Data Storage
Security
Business IntelligenceBusiness IntelligenceBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Intelligence Enterprise PortalEnterprise PortalEnterprise PortalEnterprise Portal
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SAP BW and SAP Enterprise Portal Infrastructure
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PortalPortalServerServer
PortalPortalComponentComponentServersServers
DataKnowledgeWarehouse
Web Server
CustomersSuppliers
MobileWorkforc
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InternalWorkforce
InternalContent
BusinessApplications
Meta Data Manager
Meta Data Manager
OLTP Reporting
OLTP Reporting
Business InformationWarehouse Server
Meta DataRepositoryMeta DataRepository
Administrator
Workbench
Administration
Administration
SchedulingScheduling
MonitorMonitor
Data Manager
Data Manager
OLAP ProcessorOLAP Processor
InfoCubesInfoCubes
OperationalData Store
OperationalData Store
BusinessDocumentServices
BusinessDocumentServices
Other Data
Providers
BAPIBAPI
Staging EngineStaging Engine
R/3 OLTP ApplicationsR/3 OLTP Applications
Production DataExtractor
Production DataExtractorNon R/3 Production Data
Extractor
Non R/3 Production Data Extractor
Non R/3 OLTP ApplicationsNon R/3 OLTP Applications
HUB AND
SPOKESERVICES
CustomersSuppliers
MobileWorkforce
WEB
BAPIODBO
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• So Many Components– Servers: Database, Application, Web, Network, Security– Software: Applications, Integration, Analytics, Portals
• Data Center Readiness – Much easier to prototype solution but how to keep all servers,
software components up an running without going through the hoops is a challenge?
• Availability – Round the Clock– Low Latency
• Scalability– Large data volumes/users
• Loads/Analysis/Access
• Performance– Loads/Analysis/Access
EIF Implementation Issues
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Business Intelligence and Enterprise Portal• Reduced Components
– ERP Centric– Mainframe Centric– Hardware Architecture
• Data Center Readiness – Data Center Management – Disaster Recovery– Availability
• Scalability– Large Volumes– Processing– Reduced Network Traffic
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EIF Implementation Requires Platform
MS Provider(AFD) SMB
Server SMB Redir
NamedPipes
SAP APP SERVER
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OSFDCERPC
WINSOCK
DLLNETBIOS
TCP
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LinkNW Link
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NullXport
NDISDriver
NETWORKADAPTER DRIVER
NETWORK INTERFACECARD
MS Provider(AFD)SMB
Server SMB Redir
NamedPipes
SAP DATA BASE SERVER
Nt OLE
OSFDCERPC
WINSOCK
DLLNETBIOS ES7000 CROSS BAR
TCP
NBTNet
BEUI
NWNB
LinkNW Link
IP
NullXport
NDISDriver
NETWORKADAPTER DRIVER
NETWORK INTERFACECARD
ES7000 CROSS BAR
SAPMNT SAP SOCKET SAPMNTSAP SOCKET
One Mainframe - Multiple Personalities
A True Windows Based Mainframe
ES7000
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Agenda
• The Extraprise Information Factory – EIF - A Technical Information Architecture for the future Enterprise Applications – Technical Architecture - Layers
• Two Major Components of EIF– Business Intelligence– Enterprise Portal
• EIF Implementation Considerations – Performance and Infrastructure• Q&A
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Q&A
Naeem HashmiChief Technology Officer
Information Frameworks
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://infoframeworks.com
Tel: 603-432-4550
SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP Business SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP Business Information Warehouse and the Extraprise Information Warehouse and the Extraprise Information FactoryInformation Factory
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