1. ] Integration of Web Templates and Options into SAP BO (Advanced) Analysis Dr. Bjarne Berg

2. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 2 Agenda  Introduction  SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview  SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview  Web Application Designer Template integration  Pre-requisites  Resources  Inter-Operability

3. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ It All Starts with a Query The BEx Query Designer The query is the core method for accessing BI data through the BICS. You can use existing queries in your Analysis tools

4. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 4 The core tools  In this session we are looking specifically at the OLAP tool previously known as Voyager and Pioneer  Now known as "Analysis" (not advanced analysis) *Pioneer has been renamed to SAP BusinessObjects Analysis

5. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 5 Agenda  Introduction  SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview  SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview  Web Application Designer Template integration  Pre-requisites  Resources  Inter-Operability

6. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 6 BO Advanced Analytics - an OLAP tool (not dashboard) Source SAP AG, Aug. 2010 "Pioneer", now Analysis, provides a superset of the capabilities in BEx Analyzer (Excel and web) and BOBJ Voyager. BEx Analyzer & customers will migrate to this tool.

7. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 7 BO Analytics - addition for OLAP (MS Edition) The tool has a query panel and can embed the BI analysis in Excel, or other Microsoft based applications such as PowerPoint

8. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 8 Advanced Analysis - MS Office  BW query views & queries can be used (both 3.5 and 7.0), but your BW system has to be on version 7.x  You need Microsoft Office 2003 or higher to be able to use Pioneer Office (preferred 2007 ed). *** Only BW works as a source in the first MS- Office /Excel edition (as of now). Universe support is planned to be added in 2011

9. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 9 Usage Scenarios - BO Analysis  There are fundamentally three types of user for the BO Analysis - Microsoft version (ppt/xls)

10. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 10 Advanced Analysis - MS Office now and future  The Excel version have many functions that overlaps with functions inside the BEx Query Designer.  This include, Exception and color coding, and panel navigation

11. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 11 BO Analysis - MS Office Current Limitations -1  The tool is now re-named again (as of Nov.1st):  Voyager--Pioneer--Advanced Analytics/Analysis--> "Analysis"  BO Analysis cannot be used for planning workbooks. That is currently being scheduled for a Feb. 2011 release. This will be based on the BW-Integrated Planning (IP) software.  The BI-4.0 version will be in ramp-up at the end of November 2010 and will include the "addition for OLAP" (web version). (Notice: "BI-4.0" is now used in the version instead of "XI-3.1")  Analysis - Office (Excel) does not work with BEx Broadcaster. Instead it will work with BO "Publisher" in the future.

12. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 12 BO Analysis - MS Office Current Limitations -2  There are currently many limitations in the Excel version  Variant (personalization selection as in BEx) will be added later as well.  Report-to-report interface will be added  BW document integration is not operational yet (will be added)  The formula editor is not available in Excel yet, but will be in the web version (ramp-up at end of November, 2010).  In Q3, 2011, SAP plan to have in ramp-up one web client, covering both analysis and ad-hoc querying. This tool will be based on the WebI platform and will be completed by 2012-13.

13. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 13 BO Analysis - MS Office Pre-requisites To run the MS-Office version (currently available) you need:  You need SAP BW 7.x (Enhancement pack 1 or BW 7.3 preferred) - However queries defined as 3.5 will also work.  For Excel Interface you need MS Office 2003; 2007 or 2010  For PowerPoint Interface you need MS Office 2007 or 2010  BO- Enterprise XI 3.1 Sizing info is in SAP Note 1466118

14. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 14 The BO Enterprise Platform -now called the "BI platform"  Don't need BOE - Faster to employ.  However, there are many features in the BI platform  Common InfoObjects (PPT and Excel-XLS) - shared workbooks  Client side SSO  In Analysis 1.1 on the BI 4.0 platform (Feb. 2011)  Introduce server side SOO  Support for common InfoObjects for pptX and xlsX  Interoperability with the web interface (edition for OLAP), WebI and Crystal Reports based on Analysis Views

15. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 15 SAP BO Analysis, edition for MS Office  SAP BO Analysis edition for MS Office will evolve into a complete productivity suite for MS Office and BO live office  MS Office add-ins allow multi-dimensional analysis of OLAP sources in Excel and PowerPoint.  For the next 2-3 years it will be a premium offering running in parallel for the old BEx offerings.

16. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 16 Other Observations  Excel version is already in General Availability (GA) as of mid- October 2010.  Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) objects may be added into the Analysis Office in the future (discussions are under way at SAP - stayed tuned for decision).

17. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 17 Agenda  Introduction  SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview  SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview  Web Application Designer Template integration  Pre-requisites  Resources  Inter-Operability

18. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 18 BO Analytics - addition for OLAP (web version)  Shares nothing with BEX web. It is a toolbox for the web analyst  Voyager development can be ported to the "edition for OLAP' tool. However, Essbase and MS Analysis Services are not supported yet (will be).  This web version is more interactive and shares functionalities with BEx Query Designer

19. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 19 BO Analytics - addition for OLAP (web version)  This tool is not available yet (ramp-up at end of Nov. 2010).  Premium offering with separate licensing  Will be interoperatible with WebI and Crystal Reports  In the medium term, Webi and Addition for OLAP will be merged into a single tool.

20. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 20 Agenda  Introduction  SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview  SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview  Web Application Designer Template integration  Pre-requisites  Resources  Inter-Operability

21. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 21 Web Application Designer Templates Using web templates SAP BI users do basic navigation on the formatted reports by either integrating navigation,

22. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 22 BEx Web Application Designer (WAD)

23. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 23 Analytical Application Development Kit - replaces WAD  There will be an "Analytical Application Development Kit" (aka "Developer Studio" and "Zen") that will be launched as an alternative to WAD for planning and OLAP applications.  This will be in ramp-up Q3, 2011, and will be known as BI - 4.x

24. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 24 Web Template Integration in BOE runtime environment (instead of BI-Java) Source: SAP AG, 2010 InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal SAP BOE Platform SAP NetWeaver BW BEx Web Templates Pioneer Web Server Workspace PIO Web Tab BEx Web Tab … BI Consumer Services BEx Queries/ InfoProviders Advanced Analysis Web BEx Web App Designer Planned 2010 SAP NetWeaver BW SAP BOE Platform Pioneer Web Server Workspace PIO Web Tab BEx Web Tab … BI Consumer Services Advanced Analysis Web Pioneer Designer/ SDK BEx Web Templates BEx Queries/ InfoProviders BEx Web App Designer Migration options via Pioneer SDK InfoView /SAP NetWeaver Portal Future

25. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 25 Developing Planning & OLAP Applications on SAP BW What tool to use to develop web applications  Dashboards and formatted reports  Use Crystal Enterprise and Xcelsius  OLAP and Planning Applications  Short-term: Web Application Designer (WAD) for 2010  Mid-term: Eclipse Based Planning and OLAP applications while leveraging visualization in Xcelsius. Source: SAP AG, Nov. 2010

26. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 26 Agenda  Introduction  SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview  SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview  Web Application Designer Template integration  Pre-requisites  Resources  Inter-Operability

27. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 27 Pre-Requisites for web version  Connectivity:  SAP BW 7.0 SP23 (note: queries defined as 3.5 works)  SAP BO BI-Platform 4.0 (upgrade from XI 3.1)  For MS-Analysis services: MSAS 2008 (or 2005 SP1 and SP2)  Need a Browser:  Safari 4 for Macs  Explorer 7 (minimum)  Firefox 3.5 (minimum)

28. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 28 The next wave -future MS Analysis Services support  The next generation of Analysis will integrate WebI and will also have support for:  Drill-through as it is currently working in Voyager  Actions (event handlers)  Service based name series

29. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 29 Agenda  Introduction  SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview  SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview  Web Application Designer Template integration  Pre-requisites  Resources  Inter-Operability

30. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 30 Resources  NEW: Inside SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis. Ingo Hilgefort, Hardcover: 342 pages SAP PRESS, 1st Edition; (Oct. 10, 2010) ISBN: 1592293719.  Alexander Peter, TechEd presentation "BI-102 SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis - Overview" available on sdn.sap.com  SAP Solutions at  http://www.sap.com/solutions/sa pbusinessobjects/large/business- intelligence/advanced- analytics/analysis- microsoft/featuresfunctions

31. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 31 Agenda  Introduction  SAP BO Analysis - Office Overview  SAP BO Analysis - Web Overview  Web Application Designer Template integration  Pre-requisites  Resources  Inter-Operability

32. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 32 BI 4.0 (upgrade from XI 3.1) Interoperability Analysis - Edition for OLAP Analysis - Edition for MS- Office Web Intelligence Crystal Reports BICS (BI Connectors) Semantic Layer Shared Query (analysis view) * * * Transient Universes

33. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 33 BO Tools Interoperability (using 'old' names) Source: SAP AG, Oct. 2010

34. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 34 Best Practices for Selecting a tool in 2010 Source: SAP AG, TechEd Oct. 2010

35. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 35 Key Learnings  The MS Office (Excel/ppt) edition for BO Analysis is now available, but have some limitations.  The ramp-up for the OLAP starts with BI 4.0 at end of November 2011  There is no-need to convert WAD templates, they can be consumed inside BO Analysis - edition for OLAP  More source are being added in 2011 (MSAS, Essbase)  Long-term, this should be your strategy for OLAP  WAD will be replaced by "Analytical Application Development Kit" (aka "Developer Studio" and "Zen") with a ramp-up in Q3, 2011.

36. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 36 ]  Thank you for participating.

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