#askSAP Analytics Innovations Community Call: Innovation in Core BI Solutions with the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

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

(View replays:

http://bit.ly/askSAP_Playlist)

• 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


Observations from Dallas Marks

3 trends


Any Data


Cloudy BI

Data center migration of

on-premise landscapes

Cloud-based solutions


A Plug-In Free World


Poll Question #1

SAP BusinessObjectsOn Premise Business Intelligence Update


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


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


Convergence of Lumira and Design StudioLumira 2.0: Rampup in Q4 2016, GA Q1 2017







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


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


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 Analysis Office

SAP BusinessObjects Live Office

EPM Add-In

SAP BEX Analyzer

Lumira

Analysis Office

Convergence Result2017

Inte

rop

era

bili

ty


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


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


Zoom in to author a single chart


Data view for data preparation


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


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!


SAP BusinessObjects Cloud


BI BI BI

Predictive Predictive

Planning

Predictive Analytics

NEW!

BI




BI BI BI


Planning


NEW!

BI

SAP Digital Boardroom

Executive Meeting

SupportBoardrooms, Call centers,

Factories

BI

Predictive

Planning




BI BI BI


Planning


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


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


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


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


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


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



BI Platform 4.2 SP4H1 2017

New, optional, Fiori like Launchpad

Sharepoint portal enhancements

Improved Multi-tenancy support

OpenDoc enhancements



Mockup of Simplified Scheduling in BI Launchpad

Simplified calendar view of

schedules.

Easier to create new schedules



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



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



Poll Question #2

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Release overview


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)


BI 4.2 BI Platform Highlights

Simplified install and upgrade

Administrator Cockpit

Notifications

Recycle bin

Updates across the suite


BI 4.2 Web Intelligence Highlights

Shared Elements

Comments

HANA

Parallel Queries

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Experience from Fairfax Water


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

http://www.fairfaxwater.org/


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


Watch SAP Analytics Customer Stories - www.SAPAnalyticsStory.com

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

http://www.sapanalyticsstory.com/

http://blog-sap.com/analytics/2016/05/18/sap-businessobjects-business-intelligence-4-2-release-officially-announced/

http://go.sap.com/product/analytics/bi-platform.html

http://help.sap.com/bobip

http://help.sap.com/bowebi42?current=bobip42

http://scn.sap.com/community/business-intelligence

http://bit.ly/SAPBI_SOD


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

Enterprise Premium

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