1. Chicago User Group XI 3.0 Overview
Brian Wrona
May 9, 2008

2. Topics Overview Information discovery and delivery
Reporting
Query and analysis
Dashboards and visualization
BI platform
Enterprise information management
Conclusion
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3. XI 3.0 Key Themes Best-of-breed information discovery and delivery
Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Live Office, and Xcelsius
Further user empowerment
Continued innovation for the semantic layer
Increased deployability
Web Intelligence offline and enhanced multilingual support
Increased information trust
Data Integrator and Data Quality coming together
Tighter integration with SAP
Improved performance and leverage of SAP BW prompts
Lower TCO with lifecycle management Migration
Protecting customers’ existing investments
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4. Topics Overview Information discovery and delivery
Reporting
Query and analysis
Dashboards and visualization
BI platform
Enterprise information management
Conclusion
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5. Topics Overview Information discovery and delivery
Reporting
Query and analysis
Dashboards and visualization
BI platform
Enterprise information management
Conclusion
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6. Crystal Reports Interactive sorting and filtering
High-volume publishing
New XML export
Web pagination
Xcelsius integration
Report designer improvements
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7. Interactive Sorting In Java DHTML and .NET Webform viewer Benefits:
On demand: consumers can sort records in the report without a database connection.
2) Ease of use: consumers can stay in the viewer and reduce designer usage.
3) Reduced backlog: reduces report proliferation by having a single rpt file support different sort orders.
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8. Interactive Filtering
Parameter panel
Some parameters can be modified here.
Changes can be applied to saved data.
Benefits:
On demand: consumers can filter existing report instances without a data connection.
Ease of use: consumers can do more within the viewer and reduce designer usage.
Reduced backlog: reduce report proliferation by having a single RPT file support different data sets.
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9. High-Volume Publishing
Mass distribution of personalized content
Benefits:
Flexibility. publish content to multiple destinations, in multiple formats.
Combine static PDF with dynamic PDF.
Supports Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, and Desktop Intelligence.
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10. Xcelsius Integration Report with Xcelsius chart embedded
Chart is bound to Crystal Reports data
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11. Crystal Reports Designer Enhancements
Crosstab – calculated members
Crosstab calculated members:
Ability to insert custom summaries (both column and row) into Crosstabs
Summaries can be repeating (e.g., quarterly sums)
Summaries can be one-time (e.g., subtotals – regions or P&L statements)
Calculations can be parameterized, or capture any calculation desired
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12. Topics Overview Information discovery and delivery
Reporting
Query and analysis
Dashboards and visualization
BI platform
Enterprise information management
Conclusion
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13. Web Intelligence New offline mode Show document changes
Personal data provider
Report linking made easy
Optional prompts
Smart Measures: handles non- and semi-additive measures
Multilingual metadata and prompt support
New formula functions
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14. Web Intelligence Rich Client
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15. Show Data Changes: “Spot The Difference”
What has changed since I last looked at this report?
What were the previous values?
Which numbers are important?
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16. Show Data Changes: Show Me What’s Important
Simply click Show changes on current report (or all reports)
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17. Show Data Changes: Highlight Changed Values
Values immediately highlighted as
- Increased (green)
Decreased (red)
Removed (strike out)
Added (blue (not shown in example))
Huge productivity increase
More trust in knowing what data is most important
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18. Show Data Changes: Show Me What To Analyze
Add/remove columns, create variables, drill, etc.
All actions retain highlighted changes
Analysis is guided by automatically highlighting value changes at lower levels
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19. Web Intelligence: Document Linking For End Users
New report-to-report “linking” user interface
Uses the OpenDoc functionality behind the scenes
One of the most popular deployment features
But previously only accessible to power users
Link to either whole document or report part
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20. Web Intelligence: Report to URL Linking
Easily link Web Intelligence content to any web address
Pass parameters
Use formulas to create dynamic content based on where user clicks
Tooltips to guide users
Copy/paste target URL
Click Parse and the components of the URL are automatically pulled out so users can define what report contexts to pass
Point and click to the object values you want to pass when user clicks link
Replace default URL input to send [Category] & [Lines] as input for website (Can also set thresholds with formula language)
Define a tooltip for mouse-over
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21. Web Intelligence: Personal Data Provider
Use locally-stored Excel, CSV, TXT files as data source
Local data sources to complement corporate data
Enables migration of full client documents (.rep) with personal content
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22. Voyager Features Multiple column selection in the crosstab.
Remove conditions from within the member settings dialog
Global exception highlighting
Copy component and its query
Right click member selector options
Move component position
Maximize / minimize a component in the workspace
Selection dialog in the measures selection
Added workspace name to the InfoView title bar
Improved visualization of hierarchical levels
Automatic saving of the workspace
Search caption and name in the member selection
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23. Multiple column selection in the crosstab. Exception highlighting.
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24. Move component position
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25. Max / Min a component in the workspace
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26. Desktop Intelligence
Auditing through InfoView as well as in “ZABO” mode Document refresh
Generate SQL
List of values
Read documents
Select prompts
User IP address
Single-pass report bursting
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27. Topics Overview Information discovery and delivery
Reporting
Query and analysis
Dashboards and visualization
BI platform
Enterprise information management
Conclusion
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28. Dashboards Simplified dashboard creation
Improved interactivity with modern AJAX user interface
Simplified workflow and editing layout
Extended visualization components
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29. Dashboards Simplified workflow and editing layout New docking mode
New floating toolbox for dragging/dropping content to the dashboard
In-place editing: Add/Delete/Rename Tabs/Subtabs
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30. New Xcelsius Integration of Excel workflow No need to open Excel
Design custom visual components via SDK
Ability to export a visual model into Crystal Reports
Advanced dashboards
Ability to change analytics without the need to re-link data
Additional components
New charts, components, and skins plus a new library of comprehensive maps for regions and countries around the globe
Controlling connectivity
Centrally manage all connectivity options
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31. New Xcelsius – Embedded Excel Spreadsheet
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32. Topics Overview Information discovery and delivery
Reporting
Query and analysis
Dashboards and visualization
BI platform
Enterprise information management
Conclusion
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33. Redesigned Central Management Console
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34. Semantic Layer Investment in universes and business views is protected
More power with OLAP universe improvement, smart cube, stored procedures universes
Easier to deploy with multilingual
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35. Universal Translation Manager
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36. Live Office Extend reach within the Microsoft Office environment
Not just Office 2007
Outlook integration with search capabilities
Office 2007 ribbon support
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37. Topics Overview Information discovery and delivery
Reporting
Query and analysis
Dashboards and visualization
BI platform
Enterprise information management
Conclusion
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38. Increased Information Trust
Data Integrator and Data Quality coming together
DI Designer (UI)
DQ Project Architect (UI)
DI repository
DQ repository
Metadata Integration
DI server
DQ server
Seamless data exchange
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39. Topics Overview Information discovery and delivery
Reporting
Query and analysis
Dashboards and visualization
BI platform
Enterprise information management
Conclusion
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40. Conclusion XI 3.0 delivers enhancements and innovation across
Further end user empowerment
Increased information trust
Increased deployability
Accelerates adoption of the market-leading BI platform
Protects customer investments
Supports all deployment models
Extends the value of existing deployments
Protects existing investment in Business Objects
Continued effort to bridge gaps
Drive Web Intelligence adoption
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