SAP BusinessObjects Analytics June 2016
#askSAP Analytics Innovations Community Call:Innovation in Core BI Solutions with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
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SAP Analytics Innovations
Community Call Series
3
• Webcast series for the BI community
hosted by SAP Analytics
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• An opportunity for you to direct the
discussion, get your questions
answered, and end the session with
some useful advice
• Live and interactive 90 minutes
• Connect on topics before, during, and
after the call via twitter using #askSAP
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Speakers
Dallas Marks
Principal Technical Architect,
EV Technologies and SAP mentor
Tammy Powlas
Senior Business Analyst for Fairfax Water and an SAP BusinessObjects BI
4.2 customer
@DallasMarks
Olivier Duvelleroy
GM for Enterprise BI
SAP
@oduvelle
Blair Wheadon
GM of Data Discovery in Analytics
SAP
@BlairTWheadon @tpowlas
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Observations from Dallas Marks
3 trends
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Any Data
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Cloudy BI
Data center migration of
on-premise landscapes
Cloud-based solutions
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A Plug-In Free World
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Poll Question #1
SAP BusinessObjectsOn Premise Business Intelligence Update
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Convergence Principles
No forced migrationsAll BI 4.x clients will
be maintained and
supported
All existing content is
safe and will work
We are converging
use cases, not
features and functions
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Reporting
Discovery &
Analysis
Office Integration
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects Set Analysis
SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
SAP BEX Web Application Designer
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Office
SAP BusinessObjects Live Office
EPM Add-In
SAP BEX Analyzer
Lumira
Design Studio
Analysis Office
Dashboards &
Applications
Export to Lumira
Templates for BW
Self-service dashboard composition
Large scale WAD adopting DS
Scorecard control
Improved UNX support
EPM Add-in converged
Lumira Server running on BI Platform
Lumira BW acquisition mode
Improved visualization and story authoring
Progress to date
Freehand SQL support in WebI 4.1 SP6
Inte
rop
era
bili
ty
Convergence Progress
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Convergence of Lumira and Design StudioLumira 2.0: Rampup in Q4 2016, GA Q1 2017
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
SAP BEX Web Application Designer
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Lumira 2.xLumira, discovery (formerly Lumira Desktop)
Lumira, designer (formerly Design Studio)
Single server-side addon
Data Discovery &
Applications
BenefitsOne product, 2 desktop experiences for the business user and IT persona.
IT & power users can promote business user visualizations to enterprise dashboards
Business users can personalize enterprise dashboards
Changing requirements doesn’t need a tool switch
Single server side addon reduces IT administration cost
Improved ease of use & adoption with single canvas for both visualization and storyboard authoring.
Align with S/4 UI standard
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SAP BusinessObjects Lumira 2.xDeployment
Lumira & Design Studio 1.x
Lumira
DesktopDesign Studio
Lumira ServerDesign Studio
Server
Clie
nt
BI P
latf
orm
/
Team
Serv
er
SAP Lumira,
discovery
Combined
Server Add-On
Lumira 2.x
SAP Lumira,
designer
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Reporting
Data Discovery
& Applications
Office Integration
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects Set Analysis
SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
SAP BEX Web Application Designer
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Office
SAP BusinessObjects Live Office
EPM Add-In
SAP BEX Analyzer
Lumira
Analysis Office
Convergence Result2017
Inte
rop
era
bili
ty
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Beyond Convergence
Ease of Use in Lumira 2.0Consolidate visualize and compose room
Single canvas experience like BusinessObjects Cloud
Fiori-style look and feel
Improved input control and filtering experience
Fine grained control over chart elements – fonts & colors
Server Side Data Preparation Post 2.0Focus on adding data prep functionality to Lumira Server for BI Platform.
Eliminate the desktop dependency
Vision: Enable datasets created on Lumira Server to be consumed by any BusinessObjects client
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Single canvas design
No separate visualization & compose room
Filter context is clearly defined
All content can be opened in Lumira designer component to add scripting
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Zoom in to author a single chart
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Data view for data preparation
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Lumira 2.0 and LicensingNo Changes to License Entitlements
Customers with Design Studio 1.x and Lumira Server 1.x
Lumira 2.0 discovery
Lumira 2.0 designer
Lumira 2.0 server addon – including future data preparation
Customers entitled to Design Studio 1.x but not Lumira Server
Lumira 2.0 designer
Lumira 2.0 server addon – excluding future data preparation
Customers entitled to Lumira Desktop only
No change – receive Lumira discovery component under maintenance, or repurchase if not under maintenance
Lumira 2.0 discovery
SAP BusinessObjectsPortfolio update
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SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
VISUALIZE & DISCOVER INSIGHT & PREDICTREPORT
A simple solution for reporting
BI Platform
Web Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Mobile BI
One Suite for all use cases
Standard +
Lumira
Design Studio
Analysis for Office / OLAP
Web Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Data Integration / Data Modelling
Sybase IQ
Modern Analytics for the Digital Age
Professional +
HANA Vora
Predictive Analytics Suite
Predictive Modeler (1 user)
StandardFormerly BI Reporting Package
ProfessionalFormerly BI Suite
Premium
“Best-of-breed Reporting” “Best BI solution” “Modern Analytics solution”
NEW!
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SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
BI BI BI
Predictive Predictive
Planning
Predictive Analytics
NEW!
BI
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SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
BI BI BI
Predictive Predictive
Planning
Predictive Analytics
NEW!
BI
SAP Digital Boardroom
Executive Meeting
SupportBoardrooms, Call centers,
Factories
BI
Predictive
Planning
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SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
BI BI BI
Predictive Predictive
Planning
Predictive Analytics
NEW!
BI
SAP Digital Boardroom
Executive Meeting
SupportBoardrooms, Call centers,
Factories
BI
Predictive
Planning
BusinessObjects
UniverseBPCSAP HANA SAP BW SAP ECCOn-premise Data
Cloud Data Salesforce.comHANA Cloud
PlatformGoogle Sheets SuccessFactors ODATA
Excel / CSV JDBC
OL
OL
OL Real-time online data access
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Cloud application
Combines data with one of 10 templates
Encrypts and secures data
SAP BusinessObjects RoambiAvailable in the US only
SAP BusinessObjects Roambi
Roambi Analytics
Roambi Flow
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Cloud application
Combines data with one of 10 templates
Encrypts and secures data
SAP BusinessObjects RoambiAvailable in the US only
SAP BusinessObjects Roambi
BusinessObjects
Web Intelligence
MSFT Reporting
ServicesIBM Cognos Excel / CSV DatabasesOn-premise Data
Cloud Data Google Sheets Google DriveBox.com Youtube Vimeo
Roambi Analytics
Roambi Flow
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Comparing Roambi with Mobile BIComplementary Mobile Solutions
SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BISAP BusinessObjects Roambi
Functional
• On Premise offering
• Mobile rendering of SAP BusinessObjects BI content
• Combination of online and offline support
Functional
• Cloud based offering
• Template-driven analytics.
• 10 templates with limited customization capabilities
• 100% offline model – data is always on the device
• Supports third party data like MSFT Reporting Services
Licensing
• Licensed separately. Subscription only. $US 22 / user / month.
Licensing
• Included with SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise license
Platforms
• iOS and Android
Platforms
• iOS, Android, Windows 8.1 & 10, and Chrome browser
SAP BusinessObjectsOn Premise Roadmap update
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BI 4.2 GA
Lumira 1.30 and 1.31
Suse and Red Hat Linux
End-to-end HANA web workflow
OpenDoc improvements
Scheduling
BI 4.2 SP3
Sets
WebI DHTML
Parallel BEx queries
DB audit universe
Lumira 2.0 RTC
Design Studio convergence
Simplified discovery UX
Agnostic data improvements
Analysis for Office 2.4
PPT improvements
Scheduling improvements
Analysis for Office 2.3
BPC improvements
Design Studio 1.6 SP2
Complete Fiori controls
Ad-hoc currency conversion
BI 4.2 SP4
Fiori-like BI LaunchPad
Modernized interactive
viewer
No need for Java
SAP BusinessObjects BI Roadmap Highlights
Future Plans subject to change. For discussion purposes only
H1 2016 H2 2016 H1 2017
Mobile BI 6.4
Offline Lumira support for a
subset of Lumira chart types
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BI Platform 4.2 SP3Q3 2016
BI Platform• Admin Cockpit
• ODBC Driver for CMS
• Add license usage info to Admin Cockpit
• Recycle Bin for personal documents, Universes and connections
• Change BI Launchpad preference for all users
• Multi-tenancy improvements
• SSL connectivity to system database
Semantic Layer
• Sets
• New data sources
Future Plans subject to change. For discussion purposes only
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BI Platform 4.2 SP4H1 2017
New, optional, Fiori like Launchpad
Sharepoint portal enhancements
Improved Multi-tenancy support
OpenDoc enhancements
Future Plans subject to change. For discussion purposes only
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Mockup of Simplified Scheduling in BI Launchpad
Simplified calendar view of
schedules.
Easier to create new schedules
Future Plans subject to change. For discussion purposes only
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Web Intelligence 4.2 SP3Q3 2016
HTML client parity (most in SP3, final in SP4) Data providers, including access to BEx queries, sub queries
Number formatting, conditional formatting
Change source (repointing a WebI document from one source to another)
(SP4: FHSQL, Data Manager, RTL, Key date)
Cascading input controls
4.2 Features Enhancements Extend commentary with in-cell comments, contextual comments
Extend geomaps: use lat/long, add custom geo data point
Parallel queries: BEx queries, settings by connection
Hana and BW access improvements
Reference a specific cell in a report
SDK Expose BI 4.2 features with Web Intelligence REST services
Future Plans subject to change. For discussion purposes only
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Web Intelligence 4.2 SP4H1 2017
New Interactive Viewer Increased consistency across BI tools
Complete HTML client parity FHSQL, Data Manager, RTL
No need for Java
Monitoring Define Alerts based on referenced value (KPI)
Subscribe to Alerts
Send Notification when the Alert is realized
Additional Desktop Intelligence features Value based Break
Conditional Filtering
Web Intelligence Report Templates
Support ESRI as Map provider
Future Plans subject to change. For discussion purposes only
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Poll Question #2
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Release overview
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Enterprise Scale and Governance with BI 4.2 Platform
IT only needs to manage one
Analytics Platform globally
Delivers analytics for business users
on trusted, governed infrastructure
One platform for all BI content:
Reports, Dashboards, and Data
Discovery
Supports any datasource (Universe,
BW, Oracle, Hadoop)
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BI 4.2 BI Platform Highlights
Simplified install and upgrade
Administrator Cockpit
Notifications
Recycle bin
Updates across the suite
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BI 4.2 Web Intelligence Highlights
Shared Elements
Comments
HANA
Parallel Queries
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Experience from Fairfax Water
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Fairfax Water: Establishing a Platform for Collaboration with
SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Solutions
>13%Reduction in backlog
90%Schedule compliance
six months into project
(all-time high)
95%Preventive maintenance
compliance six months into
project (all-time high)
$115,000Saved thanks to a reduction
in backlog
59%Reduction in emergencies“Using SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions has helped us monitor and improve our IT and operational
reporting.”
Marcus Berry, SAP Support Center Supervisor, Fairfax County Water Authority
Company
Fairfax County Water Authority
Headquarters
Fairfax, Virginia
Industry
Utilities
Products and Services
Water treatment, distribution,
and services
Employees
450
Revenue
US$142 million
Web Site
www.fairfaxwater.org
Objectives
• Remain the lowest-cost water utility in Virginia and the Washington, D.C. area
• Provide customers with affordable and reliable service
Why SAP
• Long-time SAP customer and early adopter of new releases
• SAP® BusinessObjects™ business intelligence (BI) solutions, which provide full visibility to measure daily operations
and support, improving efficiency and reducing costs
Resolution
• Completed migration in two days with the SAP Early Adopter Care program
• Maximized system resources and uptime with the new admin cockpit and system auditing in the SAP BusinessObjects
BI platform
• Enabled new processes with the addition of bar codes and QR codes in SAP Crystal Reports® software
• Created visualizations of metrics with SAP Crystal Reports
• Maximized system resources and improved throughput of existing solutions with performance enhancements in the
SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions
Future plans
• Improve customer interaction with Fairfax Water by implementing current and emerging technologies
• Enable integration with the SAP HANA® platform for real-time reporting and analytics
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Wrap Up
Convergence Nearing Completion
Simple, 4-client portfolio
Converging Lumira and Design Studio
Rapid Adoption of BI 4.2
Planned UX and Platform Innovations
Fiori-like BI Launchpad
Unified Viewer
Webi DHTML parity with Java applet
New Sharepoint portal integration
Combine visualization and compose room on a single canvas
UPDATED - SAP BusinessObjects BI Statement of Direction
http://bit.ly/SAPBI_SOD
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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.2 Release blog - http://blog-sap.com/analytics/2016/05/18/sap-
businessobjects-business-intelligence-4-2-release-officially-announced/
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence - http://go.sap.com/product/analytics/bi-platform.html
Overview, Implement, Upgrade, and Support Information
What’s New in 4.2 plus additional Support Information
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.2 - http://help.sap.com/bobip
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.2 - http://help.sap.com/bowebi42?current=bobip42
Connect with community experts
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence – scn.sap.com/community/business-intelligence
Download the Statement of Direction for SAP BusinessObjects BI Solutions – http://bit.ly/SAPBI_SOD
Online Resources
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Part 1: Ensure Success When Upgrading to SAP BusinessObjects
Business Intelligence 4.2
Part 2: What’s New in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.2?
Part 3: Leverage SAP BusinessObjects Lumira for Improved Agility
and Innovation
Part 4: Reimagine your digital enterprise with SAP BusinessObjects
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