Based on years of experience helping customers with upgrades, we recommend a 10-step process for upgrading your SAP BusinessObjects platform to BI 4.3, the Cloud, or any other version. This framework reduces costs and shortens timelines by up to 80%, ensuring a cheaper, faster, easier, and more successful upgrade or migration. Presenters: Pauline Lancaster, Senior Pre Sales Engineer – 360Suite Don Peacock – Sales Director – 360Suite

2. 10 Step Process - Migrations, Upgrades, Cloud

3. Step 1: Prepare

4. Step 1: Prepare

5. Step 2: Evaluate
Concurrent User Sessions

6. Step 3: Backup and Cleanup

7. Step 3: Backup and Cleanup

8. Step 3: Cleanup
Space Reduced : 80%

9. Step 4: Promote

10. Step 5: Backup and Cleanup (Phase 2)
List of documents, ordered by the date of last action.

11. Step 6: Optimize
Universe usage

12. Step 7: Assure Quality

13. Step 8: Analyze Impact
List of documents that are using the
Universe object «Folder Name»

14. Step 9: Go Live

15. Step 10: Comply

16. 10 Step Process - Migrations, Upgrades, Cloud

17. Value
SAP BOBJ Administrator
● Bulk update manual tasks
● Keep a clean & lean environment
Auditor
● Document historical changes
● Account & user recertification
BI Manager
● Reduced cost and timelines
● Ability to assess, plan & monitor
Business
● Faster implementation of new
version(s)
● Get rid of regressions
Value
● Automation
● Cost reduction

18. Resources
https://360suite.io/ebook/optimize-your-sap-businessobjects-upgrade/
Optimize your BusinessObjects Upgrades
https://360suite.io/customer-stories/
Customer Migration and Upgrade Use Cases with 360Suite

19. Upgrade, Operations
& Maintenance
Backup, Restore
& Disaster Recovery
Metadata, Lineage
& Monitoring
Regression Testing
& QA
Platform Adoption
& Optimization
Self-Service, Catalog
& Versioning
Regulatory, Security,
Compliance & PII
Automation, Bursting,
Cleanup & Archiving
SAP BusinessObjects Solutions

20. SAP BusinessObjects
Solutions