Enterprise Integration Solution withmySAP.com

Overview

Upon successful implementation of SAP, organizations areconfronted with numerous demands to deliver and publishkey business information out of the SAP environment to executives and business users throughout the organization aswell as customers and suppliers. These demands—often overlooked during the SAP implementation process—can bedaunting to address due to the inherent complexity of the SAP data model, specialized skills required to generate SAPreports, and the need to use different reporting tools toaddress disparate user information needs. As a result, corebusiness objectives for increased enterprise-wide businessvisibility and control through SAP may be hampered for a prolonged period by the resulting Information Applicationsbottleneck, and in some cases, simply re-establishing thelevel of data reporting and visibility that existed pre-SAPrequires a major IT development effort.

Actuate provides a superior Information Application platformwithin an SAP environment. SAP customers are able to maxi-mize their ROI by integrating all enterprise information anddistributing it in a variety of interactive, cross-functional Web-based formats to employees, customers, prospects and busi-ness partners using Actuate's highly scalable and efficientInformation Applications platform. Actuate dynamically per-sonalizes report information retrieved from SAP solutions andother enterprise data sources and securely delivers individual-ly formatted views to tens-of-thousands of users inside andoutside the firewall.

This Actuate e.Services SAP Information Applications packageenables an SAP customer to rapidly implement a robustActuate Information Applications solution from start to finishby leveraging Actuate e.Services' expertise, methodology, and

industry knowledge throughout the entire project life cycle.This package leverage Actuate's ability to connect to SAP R/3and BW to provide seamless integration with SAP data andsecurity, and provides the e.Services support needed to tailorand deploy the solution in your environment.

What These Packages Will Give You

• RRaappiidd IImmpplleemmeennttaattiioonn:: Actuate's experienced e.Servicesprofessionals, proven methodology, and object-orienteddevelopment environment, will aid you in meeting yourSAP Information Application objectives and schedule, andhelp make your project a success.

•• KKnnoowwlleeddggee TTrraannssffeerr:: Your business and technical person-nel will benefit by working closely with Actuate'se.Services professionals to make optimal use of Actuateto address your SAP Information Application needs.

• RReedduucceedd RRiisskk: Utilizing our experienced e.Services pro-fessionals will greatly reduce your implementation anddeployment risks. We will act as a conduit to transferknowledge to your development team and our proficiencyin Actuate will assist your team in producing an optimalproject design and help ensure the stability and efficiencyof the project.

• RRaappiidd RROOII:: Actuate e.Services has access to the collectiveknowledge and best practices of over one thousand projects. Our consultants share the goal of makingActuate customers successful in their mission critical proj-ects and will help you get the most from your Actuateinvestment.

Actuate e.Services Methodology

To assure your company's success in implementing an SAPInformation Applications solution, Actuate e.Services will utilize its proven methodology. The Actuate e.ServicesMethodology is a guide to implementation that allows theproject team to share a framework that provides:

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• Consistent process for every project's lifecycle

• Ease of Communication between Customers and Actuate

• Reduced project over-runs

• Reuse of Implementation Techniques

• Consistent approach to Risk ManagementCapabilities/Minimize Defects

Our methodology easily scales up or down as required foryour specific needs and project size.

All of the steps necessary for a successful SAP InformationApplications project are included in our methodology toassure cost-effective and rapid time-to-value.

Actuate Enterprise IntegrationSolutions PackageThe AEISP provides a complete integration solution with SAPR/3 and/or SAP BW. Actuate enables development ofInformation Applications that provide a scalable and secureInformation Application platform for the whole enterprise.

Engagement Scope and Solution Deliverables

The AEISP targets integration tasks that need to be undertaken to provide end users with a seamless experienceas they consume Information from the Actuate platform butare yet in the MySAP.com domain.

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• Source data from SAP BW and SAP R/3

• Provide drill down capabilities from SAP BW to SAP R/3

• Combine data from both SAP BW and SAP R/3 in a singlereport

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>Summary level Report 3

>Detail Report to be executed on demand

• Integrate Actuate Security with MySAP.com enterprisePortal.

o Actuate Provides security extensions that can easilysupport external user authentication and registration.When deployed thought the MySAP.com enterprise portal,Actuate can be very easily integrated with the Directoryserver to provide SSO (Single Sign On)

o For reports that require Page Level Security, Actuate's security extension can be configured to sourceHierarchies and Reporting Authorizations from SAP BW.

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• Integration with SAP enterprise portal.

• Documentation and knowledge transfer

Typical Agenda

The solution implementation project typically includes theactivities described below. At the initiation of the engage-ment, the Project Manager will adjust the activities to addressyour individual situation.

Week 1

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• Project kick-off

• Review and finalize business requirements

• Review project scope and project plan

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• Translate business requirements to technical requirementsin order to define optimal SAP Information Applicationapproach

• Analysis and design of optimal web integration approach

• Analyze the environment to define optimal approach tomeet security requirements (user authentication, userauthorization to data access)

• Develop Information Application requirements and designdocument

• Develop System Test plan

• Update scope and project plan

• Review scope, design documentation, and project planwith customer

Weeks 2-5

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• Identify data sources required for designated reports

• Test data access

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• Develop application development framework

• Develop summary level report that demonstrates userauthorization with drill downs to detailed reports

• Develop initial detail level reports

• Unit test and refine deliverables

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• Configure development environment, if required

• Integrate Active Portal with SAP enterprise portal

• Customize Actuate Security Extensions for SSO (singlesign-on)

• Unit test deliverables

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• System testing within development environment

• Performance testing for capacity planning

• SAP Information Application production readiness

• Assist with migration to production

• Develop deployment document for use during systeminstallations

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• Final review of deliverables

• Review of requirements addressed during the engagement

• Complete any outstanding knowledge transfer activities

• Discussion of recommended next steps and additionalscope

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Actuate Product Requirements

• iiSSeerrvveerr ((SSttaannddaarrdd)):: The Actuate iServer is a scalable serv-er-based system for generating, managing, and securelydelivering Actuate content to Web site and other users.

• ee..RReeppoorrtt DDeessiiggnneerr PPrrooffeessssiioonnaall: Actuate e.Report DesignerProfessional is an integrated Information Applicationdevelopment environment that enables developers toquickly create report designs and Information Objects forad hoc query & analysis capability that access any datasource and present information in any convenient layout.The Actuate e.Report Designer Professional also offersdevelopers the added flexibility and power of an object-oriented programming language to create complexdesigns.

• PPrroodduucctt MMaaiinntteennaannccee ((SSttaannddaarrdd)): This option is designedfor organizations that need basic customer support serv-ices to ensure successful development, deployment, andmaintenance of Actuate Applications.

For More Information

Contact your Actuate Sales Representative, oreservices_info@actuate.com if you would like to discuss thisand other services we can offer to help make your SAPInformation Application project a success.

Getting Started

To assure your company's success in implementing an Actuateinformation application solution, Actuate's e.Services groupemploys a team approach and a flexible methodology. As apart of this methodology, this SAP engagement provides yourorganization with an approach for implementing anInformation Application solution on an accelerated basis.

Actuate will staff the engagement with highly-qualified, certi-fied Actuate consultants and will assign an e.Services ProjectManager to oversee, lead, and guide the engagement. Beforewe arrive at your site, the Sales Team and/or Project Managerwill contact you for details regarding the system environmentwhere Actuate will be installed, and to confirm your expecta-tions for the SAP Information Application package delivery.The information the Sales Team will need to collect includesthe following items:

• PPrroojjeecctt OObbjjeeccttiivveess: Overall information content/report cre-ation, management, and delivery objectives and criticalsuccess factors

• IInnffrraassttrruuccttuurree PPrrooffiilleess: Hardware platforms, operating sys-tems, database servers, web servers, application servers,information technology standards and methodologies

• RReessoouurrcceess: Any resources that will be involved in theengagement such as Developers, Business Analysts, SAPSystem Administrators, SAP Application Administrators,etc.

When the engagement begins, we ask that you assure thatnecessary personnel are available, including user and ITrepresentatives, and that your team members be prepared todescribe your overall business objectives and informationapplication requirements. We also require that all necessaryhardware, software, and infrastructure are in place, as well asworkspace and appropriate facilities for the Actuate consult-ants working on site.