SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Presenter: Steven Gray 5/17/2012

Agenda Instructor/Company Profile SAP BusinessObjects (BO) 4.0 – What’s New? Why Implement/Upgrade to BO 4.0? Technical Requirements Benefits and challenges How can Kalvin help? Q & A

3 About Steven Gray Steven is a Senior Principal Consultant/Trainer Steven has implemented solutions in a number of industries, including government, both national and local, financial, retail, healthcare, and insurance Steven is an SAP certified architect in both SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XIr2 and XI 3.1 Steven is a certified SAP trainer for SAP BusinessObjects Administration and Security and Universe Designer Steven is a seasoned consultant with over 9 years experience in engineering, project management, and consulting services

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Agenda Instructor/Company Profile SAP BusinessObjects (BO) 4.0 – What’s New? Why Implement/Upgrade to BO 4.0? Technical Requirements Benefits and challenges How can Kalvin help? Q & A

BusinessObjects Overview Latest Major release of SAP 64-bit release running on Tomcat 6 with Java 1.6 Single WAR file Smaller footprint Most complete offering Streamlined and Usability This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Product Name Changes This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting. SAP Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.x SAP BO BI platform 4.0 SAP BO Xcelsius Enterprise SAP BO Dashboards SAP BO Xcelsius Designer SAP BO Dashboard Design Xcelsius Enterprise Interactive Viewing SAP BO Dashboards Interactive Viewing Infoview SAP BO BI launch pad Dashboard Builder SAP BO BI workspaces Universe Designer Universe Design Tool Information designer Tool Upgrade Management Tool New Products Lifecycle Management Console Translation Management Tool Report Conversion Tool Products Retained SAP Crystal Reports 2011 Crystal Reports

Mobile Business Intelligence Easy navigation with fewer clicks Get key information on your mobile device Get analysis and critical alerts on the go Make fact based decisions Improve customer relationships Boost productivity Keep business processes running smoothly Lower total cost of ownership This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

What’s New in BusinessObjects 4.0? One Unified Business Intelligence Suite  New Visual experience with modern styling and look  New charting options, improved workflow This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

What’s New in Business Objects 4.0? New Semantic Layer Design tool  Supports multisource universes  Cleaner look and feel This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

What’s New inBusinessObjects 4.0? Redesigned User Interface Higher Usability Easy to customize Monitoring This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

What’s New in BusinessObjects 4.0? BI availability in mobile devices wherever and whenever Unified information view More meaningful Auditing Monitoring Enhanced Alerting This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

What’s New in BusinessObjects 4.0? Auditing  Audit all events  Simplified system wide configuration  Auto-purge old data  Enhanced audit reporting. This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Agenda Instructor/Company Profile SAP BusinessObjects (BO) 4.0 – What’s New? Why Implement/Upgrade to BO 4.0? Technical Requirements Benefits and challenges How can Kalvin help? Q & A

Why Upgrade to BusinessObjects 4.0? Take advantage of the new functionality and features Upgrade management tool End of support for XIr2 This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Administration Console Features Simulating common workflow through Monitoring and Probes Data Security including a two-key encryption system and FIPS -140 compliant mode of operation Data Federation query engine integrated with BO platform Add-on products are now part of the complete install This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Data Exploration Simplicity of Internet search  Google-like search experience – business information instantly ranked based on auto- scoring.  Search across all BI resources and data  Self-service access to relevant information without predefined report or query Trust and power of BI  Guided data exploration  Share trusted insights with others Rapid deployment  Fully leverages existing BI investments  Up and running in days This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Lifecycle Management Replaces import wizard Connection override in bulk automatically. Version control, Rollback Auditable Scripting facility This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

SAP Crystal Reports – Enhancements SAP Crystal Reports Enterprise  A New design of Crystal Reports design client – streamlines report creation  Better support for the SAP BusinessObjects semantic layer and SAP BW SAP Crystal reports 2011  Integration with Visual Studio 2010  New Read only format  Exporting reports into MS Excel SAP Crystal Reports Viewer 2011  Integrate Crystal Reports Enterprise and Crystal reports 2011 This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Agenda Instructor/Company Profile SAP BusinessObjects (BO) 4.0 – What’s New? Why Implement/Upgrade to BO 4.0? Technical Requirements Benefits and challenges How can Kalvin help? Q & A

BI 4.0 Architecture This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

O/S for BO Enterprise Server Components This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

O/S for BO Enterprise Client Components This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Agenda Instructor/Company Profile SAP BusinessObjects(BO) 4.0 – What’s New? Why Implement/Upgrade to BO 4.0? Technical Requirements Benefits and challenges How can Kalvin help? Q & A

Benefits 64 bit server install Existing XI 3.x universes still work in the 4.0 platform Data Federator functionality inbuilt along with Universe Access to multiple data sources SAP Integration Automatic version control Web Application consolidation This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Challenges Installation often poses challenges if not well planned  SAP Mobile deployment should be on dedicated hardware  Post-installation configurations have changed Need to migrate universe to use Explorer 4.0 or Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0 Proper knowledge sharing to get familiar with features Can only upgrade directly if you are on BOE version XIr2 SP2 or higher No more Import Wizard, and Desktop Intelligence This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Agenda Instructor/Company Profile SAP BusinessObjects (BO) 4.0 – What’s New? Why Implement/Upgrade to BO 4.0? Technical Requirements Benefits and challenges How can Kalvin help? Q & A

Kalvin’s Offerings … With BO 4.0, Kalvin can help you with:  Desktop Intelligence retirement  BO 4.0 readiness assessment of customer's existing environment  BO 4.0 architecture and sizing  BO 4.0 Installation  Reporting/Analytics Web Intelligence Crystal Reports Dashboard Explorer  Training/Education This document is a result of using our specialized expertise and contains intellectual ideas prepared solely for your use. This document represents valuable work by Kalvin Consulting and may not be disseminated to any external entity without the prior written consent of Kalvin Consulting.

Agenda Instructor/Company Profile SAP BusinessObjects (BO) 4.0 – What’s New? Why Implement/Upgrade to BO 4.0? Technical Requirements Benefits and challenges How can Kalvin help? Q & A

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