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Agenda
Opening
Part 1: SAP BI Roadmap
Part 2: Why migrating to UNX
Part 3: How to migrate to UNX
Part 4: Converting Multi-Source UNX
Q&A

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Focused on the most adopted tools
○ Web Intelligence and single source .unx universes
○ Crystal Reports Classic
○ SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
○ BI Platform
We will provide clear use case migration paths for the components for which we plan the end of support with BI 4.3 (end of 2027)
Our intention is to only support Windows and Linux platforms
SAP BusinessObjects BI will continue to be available on premise and as a managed cloud through a private cloud edition
Learn more in the SAP Analytics Business Intelligence Statement of Direction
SAP BusinessObjects BI 2024
Available beyond 2030

SAP BusinessObjects BI Roadmap
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, private cloud edition
BI 4.2
Mainstream maintenance Priority 1 support
SP09
Mainstream maintenance BI 4.3
Priority 1 support
SP04
SP02 SP03
SP01
Main code line
SAP BusinessObjects BI 2024

Report creation workflows revisited
Visualizations and Interactivities
Data Exploration and Analysis
Improved Mobile consumption
Future
Self-Service BI
▪ Additional enhancements to simplify user interface
▪ Advanced search in Available Objects panel
▪ Improve universes performance (.unx)
Reporting and Visualizations
▪ Charts improvements
▪ Hide column when Empty or Dynamically
▪ IntraDocument link: filters the target report by using
complex input controls
▪ Support SAP Data Warehouse Cloud OLAP data
▪ New functions for the Formula Language (ex: Time
dimensions, Retrieve Custom Properties Values, Data
Provider Path, ...)
Data Preparation
▪ Reuse cubes and objects from Data Flow
▪ More combine operators
▪ Export transformed data cubes
▪ Format defined at objects level
▪ Cascading refresh for WID as a Source & OData Service
Planned
Self-Service BI
▪ Modern Web Intelligence 4.3 interface
▪ Simplified workflows for designers and viewers
▪ Unified query panel for all data sources
▪ Formulas editor enhanced
▪ Resize Table via “anchor” and “lasso” selection
▪ Ease block positioning via “guides”
▪ Support “pixel perfect” Reporting
Extend Possibility
▪ Google and Microsoft Drive support
▪ Web Intelligence OData v4 web services
▪ Objects enrichment for the end users
▪ Organize your “Prompts”
▪ Dynamically show/hide reports
▪ New Trellis chart
Data preparation
▪ Share the Web Intelligence Data Model
▪ Prepare, transform and enrich your data
▪ Preview your data via Facets navigation
▪ Visualize and Combine data flows (queries and objects)
Recently delivered*
Product direction – SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
* Up to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 SP03, more exist

Component Go to solution Blog
Lumira SAP Analytics Cloud
Crystal Reports for Enterprise Web Intelligence or Crystal Reports
Analysis for OLAP SAP Analytics Cloud or Web Intelligence
Live Office SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
Web Intelligence Document OData Access (4.3 SP2)
Universe Design Tool
(and .unv)
Information Design Tool (and .unx) UNV is dead, long live UNX
Multi-source universes and
associated connectivity
Data blending in Web Intelligence or at the DB level
Data Warehouse Cloud or HANA Smart Data Access
Supported platforms
▪ We plan to stop the support of AIX and Solaris platform after BI 4.3
▪ Preferred OS are Windows and Linux
▪ Crystal Reports 2020 services are supported on Windows only from version BI 4.3 SP2 on
SAP BusinessObjects portfolio
Planned end of support with BI 4.3 (end of 2027)

- Unv Universes are easily converted to Unx format in IDT
- Challenge can be to perform massive Web Intelligence documents repointing
- You should start your conversion project now, and have plenty of time to secure your
investments and benefit from UNX new features
- Wiiisdom solution can help automate the process and offers you features that are not
available in BOBJ out of the box (e.g Audit and Validation)
UNV to UNX conversion

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Background
● UNX were ﬁrst released with BI4.0 in 2011!
● Years ago, SAP Announced UNV EoL with 4.3
● BI 2024 will not support:
○ UNV (and Universe Design Tool)
○ Multi-Source UNX
○ etc.

Beneﬁts of moving to UNX Universes
● UNVs Deprecated in 4.3, no further enhancements for UNVs
● Stand-alone Parameters (prompts) and Lists of Values
● Dynamic default values in Universe Parameters
● Shared Projects
○ Synchronize changes with the platform
○ Collaborate on universe development
● Connects to the following Data Sources:
○ Snowﬂake
○ BigQuery
○ RedShift
○ Amazon RDS
○ and more

Beneﬁts of moving to UNX Universes
● When should you do it?
● Before Upgrade or Migration
○ Clean up
○ Avoid migrating obsolete format
○ Lower risk of errors

Key Concepts for UNX
● The New Universe is made of 3 elements:
○ Connection - reusable
○ Data Foundation - reusable
○ Business Layer - Contains Folders and Objects - User-facing
● New terminology
Old Terminology New Term
Classes Folders
Detail Objects Attributes
Hierarchy Navigation Path
Self-restricting join Filter
@Prompt Parameter (new paradigm)

UNV to UNX Migration Framework
1
Backup
2
Audit
3
Clean-up
4
Convert
5
Re-point
6
Validate
Efﬁciently convert your UNV to UNX in 6 steps

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Step 1: Back-up your environment
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Backup Features
➔ Full / Incremental backup
◆ Object-level Restore
◆ Real Recycle bin
➔ Replicate environments (DR)
➔ Rollback (DR)
Why?
➔ Conversions can fail
➔ Migrations may cause issues
➔ VMs corruption happens
Back-up

Step 2: Audit your environment
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Why?
➔ Discover unused content ⇒ Cleanup (Step #3)
➔ Estimate the amount of work to convert
➔ Track progress and validate
Inventory of Webi per
universe
Identify and document
non-usage
Audit

Step 3: Clean-up your environment
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Why?
➔ Reduce workload & Shorten times
➔ Improve Troubleshooting
➔ Remove obsolete objects
➔ Reduce footprint, and cost (cloud)
Clean-up

Step 4: Convert your UNVs
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Convert

Step 5: Bulk-repoint Webi to UNXs
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Repoint

Step 6: Validate Webi documents after
conversion
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Ensure Webi documents are displaying
same data after conversion
Validate
UNX
UNV

Restore and Compare
Restore / Rollback (when needed)
Restore Object

Million Dollar Saving Project

Use-case: 4 Hours To Verify 12,000 Reports

MSU to SSU Conversion
Along with UNV, Multi-Source UNX (MSU) will no longer be supported after 4.3
360Suite provides a conversion feature for MSU to Single-Source UNX (SSU)

BI Admin
Time savings due to
Automation of repointing
Webi Documents.
More ﬂexibility, reusability
and multiple Business
Layers per Data
Foundation.
BI Manager
Reduce maintenance
expenditure.
Facilitate automation.
Lines of Business
Trust Conversion is
accurate.
Do more in your SAP
BusinessObjects platform
with fewer resources.
Reduce cost and timeline to convert.
Document what has been converted and gather KPIs.
Reduce risks
What is the value for your organization?

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
Your SAP BusinessObjects Projects

SAP BusinessObjects
Solutions

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