SAP's BusinessObjects reporting tools: lost in jargon? Can't see the forest for the trees? Dashboards, Design Studio and Web Intelligence: how does it all fit together? Which to use when? What are the impact and the fit with the technology you're using today? And what's the added value?

1. SAPience.be User Day ’13
March 21, 2013
Eyes wide open :
Get a grip on your business with
Dashboards and On the Fly Reporting
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Hecham Al-Achab
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2. Agenda
Introduction
Too many tools? Can’t see the forest for the trees?
3 families: Dashboards, Discovery and Reporting
SAP’s platform: open to the outside
Focus on Design Studio and Web Intelligence
Demo
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3. Consulting, Software & Innovation
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HCMHCM
IT Strategy
Architecture
IT Strategy
Architecture
Projects &
Consulting
Projects &
Consulting
Software
Products
Software
Products
Supply ChainSupply Chain FinancialsFinancials
CRMCRM
Service
Management
Service
Management
SustainabilitySustainability
Cloud – Mobile - Analytics
Database & Technology
100+ customers
250+ consultants
6 countries
30m Eu group revenue

4. BI: Can’t see the forest for the
trees?
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Xcelsius
Dashboard Design
Design Studio
Explorer Visual Intelligence
Predictive Analysis
Crystal Reports for Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Analysis for OLAP
Analysis for MS Office
Web Application Designer
BEx Query Designer
Interactive Analysis
LiveOffice
BEx Web Analyzer
Information Design
Tool
BEx Report Designer

5. BusinessObjects: lots of tools!
SAP BusinessObjects BI
• Xcelsius
• Dashboards
• Design Studio
• Explorer
• Visual Intelligence
• Predictive Analysis
• Crystal Reports for Enterprise
• Web Intelligence
• Voyager
• Analysis for OLAP
• Analysis for MS Office
• Crystal Reports 2011
• LiveOffice
• Information Design Tool
SAP Netweaver BW
• BEx Analyzer
• Web Application Designer
• BEx Query Designer
• BEx Web Analyzer
• BEx Report Designer
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6. 3 families: Dashboards,
Discovery & Reporting
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1 single Platform for full spectrum of BI
Dashboards &
Apps
Reporting
Discovery &
Analyisis

7. Dashboards
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Dashboards
& Apps
Reporting
Discovery &
Analysis
Design Studio
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis
Predictive
Analysis
Visualization of KPI and
aggregated/summary information
Interactive and visually appealing
analytics
Mobile BI

8. Reporting
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Dashboards
& Apps
Reporting
Discovery &
Analyisis
Web Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Analysis
Predictive
Analysis
On the Fly reporting
Formatted reports
Distribute information internally and
externally
Ask and answer your own
questions

9. Discovery & Analysis
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Dashboards
& Apps
Reporting
Discovery &
Analysis
Data analysis (trends, outliers,
patterns, ..)
Adapt to business scenarios by
combining, manipulating, and
enriching data
Self-service visualizations and
analytics
Forecasting
Advanced statistical analysis
Visual Intelligence
Explorer
Analysis
Predictive
Analysis

10. SAP BO BI: Open to the outside
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Dashboards &
Apps
Reporting
Discovery &
Analyisis

11. Dashboards made easier: from
Dashboard Design to Design Studio
Interactive visualization
SAP data sources (HANA
views, BEx queries,
Infoproviders)
What-if analysis
Visualization of KPI
Extended library of controls
HTML5-output  iPad
QR-code generation for
sending to iPad
High level of user interactivity
(changing chart type, filters,..)
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12. Web Intelligence: end user
reporting for today’s world
Interactive reporting (desktop, web, mobile)
Drag & Drop
Text Formatting
Extended chart libray (scatter, tree maps,
box plots, tag cloud, waterfall chart)
Easy-to-use
Multiple datasource (SAP and non-SAP)
Combine multiple datasources in a report
Online & Offline access to reports
Tracking of changes
Reuse & Share (copy & paste)
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13. Let’s take a drive!
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14. Thank you!
Get Inspired.
Stay Connected.
Achieve Business Agility.
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