SAP BOBJ Rajeev Nair
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What we will discuss
• Advantages • Overview • Voyager • Web Intelligence • Crystal Reports • Xcelsius
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Overview
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Advantages • Native API access • Full support for Infosets, Tables and ABAP Functions/
Queries No additional metadata setup required • No ABAP programming required • Leverage SAP security directly • End-to-end single sign-on
Small amount of configuration required Ease of maintenance and IT admin
• No SAP upgrade required • Support all SAP R/3 versions since 4.6c Support for SAP
ECC 5.0 & 6.0
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Advanteges • Built on a unique SAP NetWeaver BI API leveraging
OLAP BAPI • SAP-developed and supported
• Fully leverages SAP Business Explorer user interface • Use BEx query panel, directly from within Crystal Reports
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Business Objects Web Intelligence • BusinessObjects Web Intelligence is the leading
end user reporting-and-analysis tool. • Where can Web Intelligence add value? • In the area of ad-hoc reporting
Easy-to-use interface for end user reporting Powerful query features Leverage business friendly ‘semantic layer’ to hide complexity
• Customer requirements • Self-service reporting and analysis, autonomy from
IT • Simple user interface, designed for the masses • Combine data from SAP and non-SAP data in a
single report, including data from XLS, CSV, and Text files
• Rich feature set
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WebI Connectivity to SAP NetWeaver BI
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Enterprise Reporting with Crystal Reports • Where does Crystal Reports add value? • In the area of highly formatted reporting
Such as management reports or legal reports • It enables the creation and modification of formatted reports:
On top of SAP NetWeaver BI Leveraging the solid data warehousing foundation
• Report off of all sources of information in your organization • Customer Requirements • Highly formatted management reports
Operational and tactical applications with low interaction rate (view static and parameterized reports) Professional report layout (one-to-many approach) Form-based, print-optimized reports Develop powerful data mash-ups
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Crystal Reports connectivity to SAP BI
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Interactive Visualization with Xcelsius (Dashboard) • Xcelsius is an environment to design and consume highly-
interactive, flash-based dashboards in PDF, documents, presentations and NetWeaver Portal,
• Where can Xcelsius add value? • In the area of data visualization • Intuitive design environment, enabling you to easily create
professional-looking • models quickly using skins, maps, charts, gauges, and selectors. • Add visualization to Crystal Reports • End user personalization • Customer Requirements • Fast to deploy dashboards on SAP and/or non-SAP data
Empower Business Users who are not savvy using analysis tools Simplify BI information with innovative & intuitive visuals
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Xcelsius Connectivity to SAP NetWeaver BI
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OlAP
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BOBJ EXPLORER
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Resources • scn.sap.com • Help.sap.com
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