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Since SAP decided to integrate with BOBJ there is lot of speculation and potential implementation dilemmasaround this subject as to how would this work. In this regards to get a clear understanding, I would like todiscuss here how the existing SAP front end tools integrate with the future BOBJ front end tools with itsindependent time horizon limits and the approach moving ahead. I would also like to give you heads-up onsome of the SAP front end tools which would get replaced by BOBJ front end tools and the existing SAP frontend tools available for migration.There are significant changes involved around the overall product however; Iwould like to concentrate prima-facie on the front end related changes this time.

To begin with the first slide, it shows Business objects Roadmap and it’s offering with its

respective time horizon.

 

Products not explicitly mentioned here continue on their existing roadmap.Examples (not a completelist) are SAP Net Weaver BI (EDW), SAP NetWeaverBIA, SAP Net Weaver Composition Environment & VC,Business Objects Rapid Marts, etc.

This slide is the most important of all the slides, it give the 360 degree front end

integration overview of SAP with BOBJ. As per my school of thought our memory keeps

sharp image of the objects which we see at a glance and hence I pursued combining all

the key points on one slide rather than keeping them separated, to avoid confusion

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created so far with the myriad tools

KEY POINTS

to be usedforEnterpriseReporting

to beused forOLAPanalysis

BEx AnalyzerBEx Web

 Analyzer

is notaffected bythe

roadmap.It remainsa centraltool forSAPNetWeaverBIcustomers

WEBI

tobe used for

 Adhoc Reporting

architecturedesign

to be usedfor reportdesign

Bex ReportDesigner

tobe used fordashboards.

Web

 ApplicationDesigner

CrystalReport to

be used forhighlyformattedreportingsuch asmanagement reports orlegal reportsTheconnectivityof CrystalReports toSAP NW BIis achievedusing NWBI's MDXbased OLAPBAPI whenaccessingInfoCubesand queries.

Pioneerwill

combine Voyager'sintuitiveuserinterfacewith thepowerfulOLAPcapabilities of today'sBex OLAPtools

It will beavailableas webclient aswell asExcelclient with

tight

 All BOBJtools can

or willconsumeBExquerieseitherdirectly(Pioneer,

 Voyager,Crystal,Xcelsius) or via OLAPuniverse(WebI)

Self-servicereporting

andanalysis,autonomyFrom IT.Simple userinterfaceDesigned formassesCombine datafromSAP and non SAPin aSingle ReportSits on top of BusinessObjects

.Universesconnect to SAPNet weaver BIvia OLAP BAPI

BEx ReportDesigner

7.1, lastrelease in2008,maximummaintenance until 2016

of reportdesigner toCR or CR lite products

will pick-upfurther Web ApplicationDesignfeatures bothin the design-as well as inthe runtime, inorder tosupportmodeling,running & personalization of compositeswithseamlesslyembeddedBusinessIntelligenceIt is planned

that Visual

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Connectivityto DataStore

objectsworks viaOpen SQLdriver

integrationbetweenthe two.Pioneer

DONTneedUniverse

will beprovidedlater onfrom BEx

 Analyzer/BEx Web

 Analyzerto thePioneer

 Analysisclient

 Bex QueriesSAP BI InfoCubes

SAP Multiprovider

No access to

Composerprovidescapabilities toembed and

call EnterpriseReports(CrystalReports),XcelsiusDashboardsand thePioneerWeb/Excelclient directlyfrom within

 VisualComposerModels

 

no Replacement.All BOBJ tools can or will utilize Bex queries eitherdirectly (Pioneer, Voyager, Crystal, Xcelsius) or via OLAP universe (WebI) built using Bex Query Designer.

It is the intermediate tool before the Pioneer is released.As per SAP, for selected areas, such asweb- & Excel based OLAP analysis, it will still be beneficial to leverage BEx Analyzer & BEx Web Analyzer fornew projects as they provide superior OLAP features compared to Business Object Voyager.Hence I am notdiscussing in detail about the voyager architecture however, voyager customers will be able to migrate toPioneer.

They are limited to one source per Universe at this point, but in some cases multiple Universesmay be accessed by Webi, Voyager, or Polestar. A Universe is limited to 1 GB of metadata now, which limitsthe size and complexity of projects. SAP also recommends connecting a Universe to BI through a BEx Query

now, for purposes of performance and avoiding problems with hierarchies, navigational attributes, and a fewothers. Now that we have learnt the new BOBJ tools and its integration coupled points with SAP, let us have aclose look at some of the migration overview and possible options.SAP comes with 2 offerings primarily-

• Base offering

• Premium Offering

Below snapshot shows the products available with Base and Premium offerings

Bex Analyzer

Pioneer N Y Y  

Bex Web Analyzer

Pioneer N Y Y  

Bex ReportDesigner

Crystal Reports Y Y N

Bex QueryDesigner

NA Y Y NA  

Bex Web Application

Xcelcius+ N Y N

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Designer

 VisualComposer

NA Y Y Y  

 

If you want to start new projects SAP recommends to evaluate and use the Business Object premium packages.For selected areas, such as web- & Excel based OLAP analysis, it will still be beneficial to leverage BEx Analyzer

& BEx Web Analyzer for new projects as they provide superior OLAP features compared to Business Object Voyager. Projects requiring an Excel OLAP Integration should be carried out with BEx Analyzer until Pioneerarrives.f you are already experienced with the BEx Web Applications Designer, and want to build heavy weightBI Web applications, you can still do this using BEx Web Application Designer, but please evaluate VisualComposer in NW Composition Environment 7.1.1, as VC/CE tools will be the go-to solutions for design of web-based, composite applications in the future.

Key Takeaways -

1) - Crystal Reports

Connects to almost everything, including ECC. Nice tool for super users and IT programmers.

2) - PIONEER 

Bex analyzer, Bex Web analyzer, Report designer to be replaced by Business Objects tool called PIONEER. Noneed of Universe for building reports using Pioneer.

3) - No Replacement

BEx Query Designer is not affected by the roadmap. It remains a central tool for SAP Net Weaver BI customers.

4) 1 - Crystal Light product

Last release in 2008, maximum maintenance until 2016, to be replaced with Crystal Light product

5) - Web Intelligence (WebI) tool

Access SAP via Universe ,connects to BI InfoCubes, BI MultiProviders, and BEx Queries, but notDSOs.It cannot for larger complex projects. In 2009 it will be improved to multiple sources (more than oneInfocube, etc).

6) - Xcelcius Tool

Existing Dashboard reporting tools to be replaced by Business objects tool Xcelcius + .Connectivity to SAP is through Crystal Reports or Web Intelligence. Nice tool for End Users,especially futurereleases .

SAP and BOBJ more insights-

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-for-sap-faq#section1

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-for-sap

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251909211

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-elearning

 

Chetan Patel's SDN Profile -

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/profile?userID=3460671 Hope it HelpsChetan@CP..

Chetan Patel  Chetan has major contributions in the SAPBI arena for the past 5 years in blogs such as SDN and SAPFANS. Chetan has been top-1 position for consecutive 2 years in SDN SAP Netweaver 2004s forum with over 7000 points(3000+ articles) and has published 1400 articles on SAPFANS forum.

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Titles Only  Main Topics  Oldest First • PIONEER is BOBJ Tool or SAP BI tool ?

2008-12-08 11:45:41 Sreekanth Maddipatla Business Card [Reply]

First of all I would like to thank you for clarifying this.

2) OLAP Analysis - PIONEER 

Bex analyzer, Bex Web analyzer, Report designer to be replaced by Business Objects tool called PIONEER. No

need of Universe for building reports using Pioneer.

My Question is PIONEER is SAP BI tool or BOBJ Tool?

Do we need seperate BO License if we dont have one ?

o PIONEER is BOBJ Tool or SAP BI tool ?

2008-12-08 12:40:44 Chetan Patel Business Card [Reply]

Thanks Sreekanth,

Below you can find the first and only PIONEER documentation available from SAP to the best

of my knowledge,courtesy and thanks to Eric Schemer from SAP

http://www.asug.com/EventsCalendar/EventDetails/tabid/150/EventID/996/Default.aspx

Pioneer comes from BOBJ and will be integrated with SAP later as per the roadmap and yes we need a separate

licence for BOBJ

Regards

Chetan

• Good insight on BOBJ

2008-12-06 12:32:41 Vijay Rama Business Card [Reply]

Chetan, Blog gives good insight and starting point.

Thanks, Vijay Rama.

o Good insight on BOBJ

2008-12-06 12:47:11 Chetan Patel Business Card [Reply]

Thanks a lot.

Good insight on BOBJ

2008-12-29 13:33:13 V K Business Card [Reply]

Nice post...This gives me a topic to learn besides SAP BI...

Cheers,

vishal

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Since SAP decided to integrate with BOBJ there is lot of speculation and potential implementation dilemmasaround this subject as to how would this work. In this regards to get a clear understanding, I would like to

discuss here how the existing SAP front end tools integrate with the future BOBJ front end tools with itsindependent time horizon limits and the approach moving ahead. I would also like to give you heads-up onsome of the SAP front end tools which would get replaced by BOBJ front end tools and the existing SAP frontend tools available for migration.There are significant changes involved around the overall product however; Iwould like to concentrate prima-facie on the front end related changes this time.

To begin with the first slide, it shows Business objects Roadmap and it’s offering with its

respective time horizon.

 

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Products not explicitly mentioned here continue on their existing roadmap.Examples (not a completelist) are SAP Net Weaver BI (EDW), SAP NetWeaverBIA, SAP Net Weaver Composition Environment & VC,Business Objects Rapid Marts, etc.

This slide is the most important of all the slides, it give the 360 degree front end

integration overview of SAP with BOBJ. As per my school of thought our memory keeps

sharp image of the objects which we see at a glance and hence I pursued combining all

the key points on one slide rather than keeping them separated, to avoid confusion

created so far with the myriad tools

KEY POINTS

to be usedforEnterpriseReporting

to beused forOLAPanalysis

BEx

 AnalyzerBEx Web

 Analyzer

is notaffected bytheroadmap.It remains

a centraltool forSAPNetWeaverBIcustomers

WEBI

tobe used for

 Adhoc Reporting

architecturedesign

to be usedfor reportdesign

Bex Report

Designer

tobe used fordashboards.

Web ApplicationDesigner

CrystalReport tobe used forhighly

formattedreportingsuch asmanagement reports orlegal reportsTheconnectivityof CrystalReports toSAP NW BIis achieved

Pioneerwillcombine

 Voyager's

intuitiveuserinterfacewith thepowerfulOLAPcapabilities of today'sBex OLAPtools

 All BOBJtools canor willconsume

BExquerieseitherdirectly(Pioneer,

 Voyager,Crystal,Xcelsius) or via OLAPuniverse(WebI)

Self-servicereportingandanalysis,autonom

yFrom IT.Simple userinterfaceDesigned formassesCombine datafromSAP and non SAPin aSingle ReportSits on top of 

BEx ReportDesigner7.1, lastrelease in

2008,maximummaintenance until 2016

of reportdesigner toCR or CR lite products

will pick-upfurther Web

 ApplicationDesignfeatures bothin the design-as well as inthe runtime, inorder tosupportmodeling,running & personalization of 

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using NWBI's MDXbased OLAPBAPI when

accessingInfoCubesand queries.

Connectivityto DataStoreobjectsworks viaOpen SQLdriver

It will beavailableas webclient as

well asExcelclient withtightintegrationbetweenthe two.PioneerDONTneedUniverse

will beprovidedlater onfrom BEx

 Analyzer/BEx Web

 Analyzerto thePioneer

 Analysisclient

BusinessObjects

.Universes

connect to SAPNet weaver BIvia OLAP BAPI

 Bex QueriesSAP BI InfoCubesSAP Multiprovider

No access to

compositeswithseamlesslyembedded

BusinessIntelligenceIt is plannedthat VisualComposerprovidescapabilities toembed andcall EnterpriseReports(CrystalReports),XcelsiusDashboardsand thePioneerWeb/Excelclient directlyfrom within

 VisualComposer

Models

 

no Replacement.All BOBJ tools can or will utilize Bex queries eitherdirectly (Pioneer, Voyager, Crystal, Xcelsius) or via OLAP universe (WebI) built using Bex Query Designer.

It is the intermediate tool before the Pioneer is released.As per SAP, for selected areas, such asweb- & Excel based OLAP analysis, it will still be beneficial to leverage BEx Analyzer & BEx Web Analyzer fornew projects as they provide superior OLAP features compared to Business Object Voyager.Hence I am notdiscussing in detail about the voyager architecture however, voyager customers will be able to migrate toPioneer.

They are limited to one source per Universe at this point, but in some cases multiple Universesmay be accessed by Webi, Voyager, or Polestar. A Universe is limited to 1 GB of metadata now, which limitsthe size and complexity of projects. SAP also recommends connecting a Universe to BI through a BEx Query

now, for purposes of performance and avoiding problems with hierarchies, navigational attributes, and a fewothers. Now that we have learnt the new BOBJ tools and its integration coupled points with SAP, let us have aclose look at some of the migration overview and possible options.SAP comes with 2 offerings primarily-

• Base offering

• Premium Offering

Below snapshot shows the products available with Base and Premium offerings

Bex Analyzer Pioneer N Y Y  

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Bex Web Analyzer

Pioneer N Y Y  

Bex ReportDesigner

Crystal Reports Y Y N

Bex QueryDesigner

NA Y Y NA  

Bex Web Application

Designer

Xcelcius+ N Y N

 VisualComposer

NA Y Y Y  

 

If you want to start new projects SAP recommends to evaluate and use the Business Object premium packages.For selected areas, such as web- & Excel based OLAP analysis, it will still be beneficial to leverage BEx Analyzer& BEx Web Analyzer for new projects as they provide superior OLAP features compared to Business Object Voyager. Projects requiring an Excel OLAP Integration should be carried out with BEx Analyzer until Pioneerarrives.f you are already experienced with the BEx Web Applications Designer, and want to build heavy weightBI Web applications, you can still do this using BEx Web Application Designer, but please evaluate VisualComposer in NW Composition Environment 7.1.1, as VC/CE tools will be the go-to solutions for design of web-based, composite applications in the future.

Key Takeaways -

1) - Crystal Reports

Connects to almost everything, including ECC. Nice tool for super users and IT programmers.

2) - PIONEER 

Bex analyzer, Bex Web analyzer, Report designer to be replaced by Business Objects tool called PIONEER. Noneed of Universe for building reports using Pioneer.

3) - No Replacement

BEx Query Designer is not affected by the roadmap. It remains a central tool for SAP Net Weaver BI customers.

4) 1 - Crystal Light product

Last release in 2008, maximum maintenance until 2016, to be replaced with Crystal Light product

5) - Web Intelligence (WebI) tool

Access SAP via Universe ,connects to BI InfoCubes, BI MultiProviders, and BEx Queries, but notDSOs.It cannot for larger complex projects. In 2009 it will be improved to multiple sources (more than oneInfocube, etc).

6) - Xcelcius Tool

Existing Dashboard reporting tools to be replaced by Business objects tool Xcelcius + .Connectivity to SAP is through Crystal Reports or Web Intelligence. Nice tool for End Users,especially futurereleases .

SAP and BOBJ more insights-

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-for-sap-faq#section1

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-for-sap

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251909211

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-elearning

 

Chetan Patel's SDN Profile -

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/profile?userID=3460671 Hope it Helps

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Chetan@CP..

Chetan Patel  Chetan has major contributions in the SAPBI arena for the past 5 years in blogs such as SDN and SAPFANS. Chetan has been top-1 position for consecutive 2 years in SDN SAP Netweaver 2004s forum with over 7000 points(3000+ articles) and has published 1400 articles on SAPFANS forum.

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2008-12-08 11:45:41 Sreekanth Maddipatla Business Card [Reply]

First of all I would like to thank you for clarifying this.

2) OLAP Analysis - PIONEER 

Bex analyzer, Bex Web analyzer, Report designer to be replaced by Business Objects tool called PIONEER. No

need of Universe for building reports using Pioneer.

My Question is PIONEER is SAP BI tool or BOBJ Tool?

Do we need seperate BO License if we dont have one ?

o PIONEER is BOBJ Tool or SAP BI tool ?

2008-12-08 12:40:44 Chetan Patel Business Card [Reply]

Thanks Sreekanth,

Below you can find the first and only PIONEER documentation available from SAP to the best

of my knowledge,courtesy and thanks to Eric Schemer from SAP

http://www.asug.com/EventsCalendar/EventDetails/tabid/150/EventID/996/Default.aspx

Pioneer comes from BOBJ and will be integrated with SAP later as per the roadmap and yes we need a separate

licence for BOBJ

Regards

Chetan

• Good insight on BOBJ

2008-12-06 12:32:41 Vijay Rama Business Card [Reply]

Chetan, Blog gives good insight and starting point.

Thanks, Vijay Rama.

o Good insight on BOBJ

2008-12-06 12:47:11 Chetan Patel Business Card [Reply]

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Thanks a lot.

Good insight on BOBJ

2008-12-29 13:33:13 V K Business Card [Reply]

Nice post...This gives me a topic to learn besides SAP BI...

Cheers,

vishal

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