The document discusses various aspects of SAP Business Objects, including its architecture, reporting tools, strengths, limitations, and security features. It elaborates on the design issues associated with universe and report generation, highlighting the differences between tools like Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence. Additionally, it addresses data integration and performance tuning within SAP BI environments, as well as security configurations and repository management.

1. Tuesday, July 1, 2014
 SAP Business Objects Architecture
 SAP Business Objects Universe Design
 SAP Business Objects 12 Reporting Tools
 SAP Business Objects Web intelligence Reporting Strength and
limitations
 SAP Business Objects Crystal Reports Architecture, Strength and
limitations
 SAP Business Objects Issues, performance Tuning.
 SAP Business Objects Xcelcius Architecture, strength and weakness.
 SAP Business Objects Universe Design Issues, performance tunning
 SAP Business Objects SAP source Vs Non SAP source
 SAP Business Objects Security
 SAP Business Objects Application security lifecycle
 SAP Business Objects Data Integrator, MDX, Cube

2. Business Objects is a tool primarily supports
Data Services ETL
(Extraction, Transformation and
Loading)
Data Quality
(Data Cleansing, data scrubbing, )
Data Federator
(Abstraction Process)
Data Profiling
(Pre-processing of data, meta data
Management )
Rapid Marts
Ad hoc /Analysis Reports
Canned Reports
Interactive Dashboard
Scorecards
Publications, Mobile Reports
Polestar, Data Lineage Analysis,
Flex Based interactive reporting.
Data Warehouse Business Intelligence
Note – Business Objects delivers standard Business Content for SAP and Non-SAP in the form of
Rapid Marts.

3. Central
Management
Server (CMS)
Web Client
Web Server
Web
Application
ServerOLAP
System Audit
Universe / Business View
Reporting
Web
Component
Adapter
(WCA)
Report
Application
Server (RAS)
Crystal
Reports Job
Server
Crystal
Reports Page
Server
Desktop
Intelligence
Job
Server
Web
Intelligence
Job
Server
Web
Intelligence
Report Server
List of
Values (LOV)
Job Server
Program Job
Server
Destination
Server
Connection
Server
Desktop
Intelligence
Report Server
Windows-based Tools and Applications
Event Server
Input File
Repository
Server (FRS)
Output File
Repository
Server (FRS)
Crystal Reports
Cache Server
Desktop
Intelligence
Cache Server
Business
Views
Manager
Publishing
Wizard
Universe
Designer
OLAP
Intelligence
Designer
Import
Wizard
Crystal
Reports
Designer
Desktop
Intelligence
BusinessObjects Enterprise™ Infrastructure
CORBA communication framework enables servers to interact
with each other.
Also part of Crystal Reports, OLAP Intelligence, Business View
Manager, Universe Designer, Central Configuration Manager,
Publishing Wizard and Import Wizard enabling these
applications to also connect to BusinessObjects Enterprise
BusinessObjects Enterprise Framework

5. - Intuitive zero foot print reporting.
- Slice and Dice capability.
- Multidimensional analysis on data cubes like
from SAP BI Infocube.
- Multiple data providers.
- Ability to change data representation on Fly.
- More useful for BI reports not suitable for
operational reports.

7. • Can't copy objects from one report to another even if the query/universe/context is
identical.
• Must resize the formula editor every time you use it (no minimize/maximize
buttons on the window, no comments permitted and no word wrapping allowed.
No search/replace either.)
• Very low resolution on graphs when exported (optimized for screen display only and
no easy way to optimize for printing)
• Can only export to Excel or PDF and no other format
• Can't open more than one report at a time otherwise the instability becomes
intolerable.
• Conditions and exceptions can’t be used from query directly.
• Text variables /Replacement variables from query don't work directly in Web-
Intelligence
• User exit variables are not able to work directly in Web-Intelligence
• No picture perfect reporting as in crystal reports used for operational reports.

8. • Crystal Report Can copy objects from one report to another when the
query/universe/context is identical.
• Must resize the formula editor every time you use it (no minimize/maximize buttons
on the window, no comments permitted and no word wrapping allowed. No
search/replace either.)
• Crystal reports can have Very high resolution on graphs when exported (optimized
for screen display only and no easy way to optimize for printing)
• Crystal Report be export to Excel or PDF or any other format
• Crystal can open more than one report at a time.
• Conditions and exceptions reporting is quite flexible in Crystal Report.
• Text variables /Replacement variables from query don't work directly in Web-
Intelligence but can work in Bex–Analyzer and Web dynapro which is tightly
integrated with SAP BI modules.
• User exit variables are not able to work directly in Web-Intelligence but work fine
with Bex Analyzerand Web Dynapro.
• No picture perfect reporting as in crystal reports used for operational reports.

9. • Single edition and smaller installation footprint
• used for operational reporting requirements more structured reporting like
Balance Sheet, trail balance, daily close PNL (profit and loss reporting).
• Flexible Report Layout and Page Orientation Options with Interactive Sorting, Saved
Data Selections.
• Formula/Field find and Duplicate Enhancement
• Custom Cross-Tab Rows, Columns and Summaries (Earlier it was a limitation)
• Dynamic interactive reporting using Flash/Xcelsius/Flex Integration (Flash animation
objects to be embedded directly in the Crystal Reports)
• Improve XML Export . Improve support for SAP as data source.
• Enhance Support for Web-Based Data Sources and Crystal reports.com (Allowing for
direct connection to your Sales force CRM data, XML Web services as Data Sources)
• Hyper linking Wizard And many more…

10. Connects to

11. - Non Intuitive reporting.
- Less dynamic slice and dice capability.
- Less intuitive representation of hierarchical
data.Level of hierarchy.
- Less suitable for multi-dimensional reporting
- Band based reporting structure header, footer,
summary and detail section. New non band
based reporting structure have emerged.
- More later….

12. What can replace Crystal Reports
2008 Limitations?
• Unlike crystal WebI has intuitive reporting.
• WebI has better dynamic Slice and dice
capability.
• Bex-Analyzer has better support for User Exits
, replacements and text variables.
• Web-dynapro better support for fetching CRM
data.
• Xcelcius has more dynamic interactive
reporting.

13. Query Level
• Synchronize multiple data
providers
• Utilization of @ variables
@prompt , etc.
• Cooked Tables , use of
Aggregate awareness.
• More later..
Report Level
• # multi-value
multiple value for break
• Fold option in WebI
• #error, #sync,
• Formatting issue with
graphs like drill down
hierarchy in Graphs.
• More later…

14. Use Aggregates
for measures
Use Partitions for
high volume fact
tables
Index Awareness

15. • More intuitive interactive dynamic Flex/Flash
based reporting.
• Can be created integrated with Excel/crystal
report interfaces.
• More intuitive controls like slider for data
input, linked graphs, maps etc.
• Offline interactive capability.

16. Connects to

17. Limitations of Xcelsius

18. What can replace Xcelsius
Limitations?

22. Note - According to SAP , we can overcome the limitations of S AP
Universes by integrating Business Objects with Information Management
(Data Services) .

24. • @ variables
• Aggregate awareness
• @user, @prompt at universe level
• Cooked table
• Context and duplicate
• better tuned SQL query like equal to instead
of like in formed SQL.

25. SAPR3
BO- Central Management
Console
SAPBW
Authentication
Integration
Role Import
Manually
SAP ROLES
Access
Levels
Standard
Content
Full
Schedule
View on
Demand
View
General
Application
System
SAP
Custom
BO GROUPS
(Bringing SAP Roles to BO environment as groups)

27. • SAP BO uses
 Enterprise
 LDAP
 Windows NT
 Windows AD
 SAP Authentication
• SAP BO converts SAP Roles into BO groups.
• SAP BO has standard access levels
Full
Schedule
View
View On Demand
• SAPBO also gives a facility to create Custom Access Level using General, System,
Application, Content .
Security Mode
ApplicationUser SecurityGroupAccess level
Pre Requisites
• User should be created and mapped to group.
• Create Access level and provide restriction to Access level.

28. SAP BO uses
•  Enterprise
•  LDAP
•  Windows NT
•  Windows AD
•  SAP Authentication
SAP BO converts SAP Roles into BO groups.
SAP BO has standard access levels
• Full
• Schedule
• View
• View On Demand
SAPBO also gives a facility to create Custom Access Level using General, System, Application, Content .
Security Mode:
ApplicationUser SecurityGroupAccess level
Pre Requisites:
User should be created and mapped to group.
Create Access level and provide restriction to Access level.

29. How SAP BO Security Model is
associated with Business Warehouse?

32. SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Landscape - ERP system (SAP / non SAP) with
Non SAP DWH & SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse

34. • System Repository (SR) Contains Semantic Layer, Reports, Users,
Groups, etc
• Audit Repository (AR)  Contains Metadata
• Performance Management repository(PR)Contains metrics for the
scorecard
Note - Import Wizard
Development Staging Production
Import Wizard Import Wizard
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37. Data Federator
Data Services
Data Quality
Business Planning and Consolidation
Predictive analysis etc.

38. Data Federator
Data Services
Data Quality
Business Planning and Consolidation
Predictive analysis etc.

39. SAP BO Data Services

40. Data Services
Advantages Limitations

41. Data Federator

42. Data Federator
Advantages Limitations

46. Future Face of SAP Business Objects
with OLAP-MDX-BWA
• SAP HANA
• In-Memory BI.

47. SAP Business Objects , BI More
details in other presentations
• Universe Design issues.
• BO Administration and deployment.
• BO Server Architecture Design.
• Each 16 reporting flavour in detail, Webi,
Crystal, xcelsius, polestar, quaas, voyager,
Dynapro, Bex analyser,
• Business Planning Simmulation SAP-BPS,
Business planning and consolidations SAP BPC.

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