Decoding SAP's BI Analytics SAP Statement of Direction

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Decoding SAP’s BI & Analytics
Statement of Direction
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Decoding SAP’s BI & Analytics Statement of Direction
WEBINAR AGENDA
Introduction1
CurrentState of BI & Analytics2
4
SAP HANA Cloud, BW/4HANA, SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP’s Vision & Outlook – Three Perspectives3
Analytics with Tableau6
Hybrid BI, SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Lumira & more
Q&A
5 BI & Analytics Statement of Direction
Key Platforms & Innovations
Q&A6

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Spectrum of Offerings (Consulting, Software Products, Trainings) to Drive BI & Analytics Adoption
BI SERVICES
» Strategy & Roadmap
» Assessment / Health check
» Implementation
» ManagedServices
» BASIS / Infrastructure
» Upgrades & Migration
» Corporate Training
» Self Service BI
» Hybrid BI
TECHNOLOGY
» SAP BI / BW / BW4HANA
» SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
» SAP BusinessObjects
» SAP HANA
» SAP BODS / EIM / BPC
» Microsoft Data Warehouse
» Azure Data Lake
» Azure Analysis Service
» Snowflake
VISUALIZATION & REPORTING
» SAP Analytics Cloud
» SAP Lumira
» SAP Analysis For Office
» SAP Web Intelligence
» SAP Crystal Reports
» SAP Dashboards
» Microsoft Power BI
» Tableau
CLOUD PLATFORMS
» SAP HEC / SAP SCP
» AWS / Azure / GCP
PRODUCTS
» ValQ
» xViz Custom Visuals
» VBI View
» VBX Extensions
TRAINING
» SAP Lumira
» SAP Analytics Cloud
» SAP Web Intelligence
» SAP Analysis for Office
» Microsoft Power BI
» Tableau
BIG DATA INTEGRATION TO SAP
» HANA Vora
» Hadoop
» Spark
70%
of Revenue from
PARTNER OFFERINGS
» Snowflake
» Looker
» Alteryx
Non-Visualization offerings

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The Current State
BI & ANALYTICS

Current State (Tactical)
▪ Product & Tool Diversity (SAP & non-SAP)
▪ Data Diversity (Structured/unstructured, on-
premise/cloud, in-memory/flat files)
▪ IT vs LoB Preferences (Governance vs. Velocity)
▪ Upgrades Vs Re-Platform
Budget
▪ CAPEX Vs OPEX
▪ Technology - Existing Investments / Sunk Costs
▪ Transition - Retraining & Change Management Costs
▪ Timing - Early/Late Adoption Benefits vs. Costs
Future Vision (Strategic)
▪ From Cloud-Enabled to Cloud First/Native
▪ Cloud Choices (Azure, Amazon, GCP, SAP .. )
▪ BYOD & BYOT
▪ Data Lake (Structured & Unstructured )
Resourcing (Internal & External)
▪ Talent pool of newer technologies
▪ Longevity of talent
▪ In-house vs Vendor Resources
▪ Sustain vs Innovate Skills
Visual BI
Strategic Challenges & Opportunities Facing the BI & Analytics Department

Trends
Market Leaders Supported By Winning Features
DATA WAREHOUSE BI & ANALYTICS

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SAP’s Vision & Outlook
KEY THEMES FOR BI & ANALYTICS

SAP’s BI & Analytics Strategy – Key Themes
1. Accelerate and deliver on Cloud
2. Support enterprises embrace cloud at their own pace through Hybrid BI
3. Provide tighter integrationbetween various existing & new toolsets
4. Simplicity of design and consumption experience

Background & Glossary
KEY PRODUCTS, PLATFORMS & TECHNOLOGIES

SAP BI & Analytics
A Simple Glossary
SAP’s legacy enterprise data warehousing platform; can run on Oracle, SQL or SAP HANASAP Business Warehouse (BW)
SAP BW/4HANA
SAP Business Warehouse that is completely optimized and tailored to run on SAP HANA, and interwoven with SAP
HANA engine & libraries
In-memory, column-oriented data platform with data integration, database management, transaction & analytical
processing and advanced analytics capabilitiesSAP HANA
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering to build/extend/integrate business applications on the cloud in a secure
manner; Built with HANA in its core; Connects to any (SAP / non-SAP) data in any format (relational, graph, text)
anywhere (on-premise, cloud)
SAP Cloud Platform
(earlier SAP HANA Cloud Platform)
Data Warehouse-as-a-Service (DWaaS) with a “cloud native” enterprise data warehouse built on SAP Cloud
Platform (Q4’19 release)SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
Software-as-a-Service (Saas) that enables users to consume Business Intelligence, Planning & Predictive insights
from one place. Built natively on SAP Cloud PlatformSAP Analytics Cloud
Database-as-a-Services (DaaS) that comes with a “cloud native” version of on-premise SAP HANA along with
several enhancements (Q4’19 release)SAP HANA Cloud
SAPHANACloudServices
SAP-managed, private cloud hosting service for SAP HANA and its related applications; Contrast this against public
hosting (in AWS or Azure) or private hosting managed by someone other than SAPSAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC)

• Classic BW on traditional
Database
• Proven technology with
plenty of resources in the
market place
• Extensive Preconfigured
Content
• Retention of assimilated
knowledge and Business
Logic
• SAP BW re-engineered
for HANA
• Adjusted Preconfigured
Content
• HANA Optimized
models with lesser
redundancy
• Lean Data Model
• Tight integration with
HANA and SQL Access
• Custom tables and views
developed with HANA
Studio and ETL with
SLT/SDI/BODS
• Flexible ETL and
Modelling tailored to the
Need
• Built on HANA Appliance
• Best of both BW and
HANA EE
• Self-Service ELT and
Modelling tailored to
business
• Business-friendly
Modelling
• Cloud First and Flexible
Pricing Model
• Open to Non SAP BI
Tools
• BW using HANA as
it’s database
• Proven technology
powered by HANA
• Preconfigured
Content
• Retention of
assimilated
knowledge and
Business Logic
Advantages
• Column storage with
highly read optimized
• Real-time analysis and
decision-making
capability
• Rapid Data Processing &
parallel processing
capability
• Multiple DB Access and
Easy Data Integration
• Performance limitations in
handling large data sets
• Layered Architecture with
multiple aggregations
leading to Redundancy
• Database limitations like
number of characters etc
for older versions
• Little support for Classic
Objects
• Limited expertise in the
Market since it needs
people aware of BW
and HANA
functionalities
• Migration is time
consuming
• Lack of preconfigured
business content
• Fixed subscription costs
• Inventory modelling,
hierarchy handling, UOM
conversion are better
handled in BW
• Very new (Q4’ 2019
launch)
• Layered architecture
with multiple
aggregations leading
to redundancy
• Compatibility Issue
• Costly Investment
• Inability to Handle Heavy
Data Processing
Disadvantages
SAP BW on xDB
1997 – 2011
(14 Years)
SAP BW4/HANA
2017 – 2019
(3 Years)
SAP Cloud Platform (SCP)
2017 – 2019
(3 Years)
SAP Data Warehouse
Cloud
From 2019
SAP BW on HANA
2012 – 2017
(5 Years)
SAP HANA EE
2011 - 2017
(9 Years)
On-Premise Cloud
Bouquet of Options
Evolution From SAP BW to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud

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SAP HANA Cloud
THE FOUNDATION

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The Core
“its more than SAP
HANA on the
cloud”
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SAP BI & Analytics
SAP HANA Cloud – The Foundation

• Peak workload-based sizing
• Oversized hardware / lower TCO
• Hard to adjust, upfront costs
SAP HANA Cloud
Elastic Scale in Multiple Dimensions
Fixed Scale Elastic Scale
SystemSize
• Elastic compute & storage
• No upfront costs
• Quick reaction to new workloads

SAP HANA Cloud
Automatic Scaling Based On Workload

SAP HANA Cloud
Cost and Performance Efficient Storage Options
Changes to data
Persistence
<100TB
PB
EB
>100TB
µs
ms
sec
min
base
-5x
cheaper
-25x
cheaper
-50x
cheaper
Volume Performance Price

SAP HANA Cloud
Typical Scenarios
Accelerate to the
Cloud
Via Expanded Capacity
Centrally store &
manage data
Via Integrated Data Lake
Simple Access Layer
to All Your Data
Via Virtualization
Extend on-premise SAP HANA landscapeto the cloud with
expanded capacity(compute & storage) to begin your cloud journey
Manage all your datain a single solutionthat combines in-memory
performance with petabytescale of an integrated Relational Data Lake
Advancedvirtualization capabilitieswith flexible data store & process
options that delivers a single gatewayto all enterprise data

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SAP Roadmap – Three
Perspectives
1. Cloud BI Perspective
2. Data Warehousing Perspective
3. Consumer Perspective

Three Perspectives on the SAP Roadmap
1. The Cloud BI Perspective – With SAP HANA Cloud as the Foundation
SAP AnalyticsCloud & SAP Data
Warehouse Cloud are
conceptuallytwo productsfrom
a licensing perspective but are
part of one platform
The three can be consumed as
individualservices but are part
of one platform that provides
seamless interconnectivityfor a
frictionless experience
SAP HANA foundational
capabilitiesdeliversautomatic
scaling pay-as-you-go capability
for SAP Data Warehouse Cloud &
SAP AnalyticsCloud

2. The Data Warehousing Perspective

3. The Consumer Perspective = One Platform for BI + Planning + Predictive

SAP BW/4HANA 2.0

Additional Details: What’s New with SAP BW/4HANA 2.0
SAP BW/4HANA
SAP’s Packaged Modern Data Warehousing Solution

Integration
SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
⇢ Hybrid scenarios – Transforming BW data flows to modeling scenarios on cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud
⇢ Custom shape files (geo support), pushdown of Current member OLAP capability
(performance improvement), etc
SAP Data Hub – simplified integration
SAP Cloud Platform
⇢ CPI data push to SAP BW/4HANA DSO (Advanced)
SAP BW/4HANA
Roadmap / Planned Innovations
UX Modernization
⇢ Additional Composite Provider modeling capabilities
⇢ Enhanced web-based administration & Monitoring
Data Tiering Optimization
⇢ Updated to cold data (external storage)
⇢ SAP HANA Native Storage (NSE) – Support for warm data
⇢ Automatic temperature rule maintenance
⇢ Dynamic partitioning
2020
Data Protection Workbench
⇢ Processing of notifications from SAP S/4HANA CE
2021 and beyond
Integration
⇢ Hybrid scenarios – Tight process integration, metadata & data exchange
SAP Data Hub
⇢ Improved impact analysis & seamless data exchange
UX Modernization
⇢ System health monitoring & prediction
⇢ Machine learning based DW administration
Data Tiering Optimization
⇢ DTO automation – rules & statistics based
⇢ Further cloud storage options for cold data based on SAP Vora

Enterprise Data Warehousing For All Your Needs
▪ End-to-End Cloud DW
▪ Quick Deployment
▪ Pay per use
▪ Maintained by SAP
▪ End-to-end data
management

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud – The Vision
More Power to Line of Business Users/Analysts (Self-Service Vision for EDW)

What Does SAP Data Warehouse mean for SAP BW/4HANA Customers?
SAP BW/4HANA can be easily extended with cloud scenarios
⇢ Faster time to value for Line of Business users independent from IT
⇢ Easy consumption of existing SAP BW/4HANA data models
⇢ LOB-driven connection of additional sources
⇢ LOB-built and managed data models
⇢ Leverage your existing BW or SQL skillset
SAP BW/4HANA is the starting point for gradual transition from
on-premiseDW to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
Tight integration through cross consumption
⇢ SAP BW/4HANA as a source for SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
⇢ SAP Data Warehouse Cloud as a source for SAP BW/4HANA

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud vs. SAP BW/4HANA – Key Highlights
Criteria SAP BW/4HANA SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
Type On-Premise DW; Can be hosted in the cloud Cloud-native DW
Setup / Installation Required Not required
Upgrades / Maintenance Required Not required(SAP-managed)
Elasticityof Compute/Storage Not possible Available – Higher driver of TCO
Semantic Layer for broader
consumption
No Available
IT vs. Analyst Roles
Designed & Managedby IT
Consumedby Analysts
Managedby IT
Designed & Consumed by Analysts
(Vision to bring Self-Service flavor)
Pre-builtindustrycontent Available Getting Started. More to come
“SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is not intended as a replacement for your on-premise BW;
it’s purpose is to extend your DW to the cloud”

Scenarios – Hybrid BI, New Models & Cross-ApplicationWarehousing

Tighter Integration with SAP Analytics Cloud
Conceptuallytwo productsfrom a licensing perspective but actuallyone platform
ONE Platform
Centralized Services
SAP Datawarehouse Cloud SAP Analytics Cloud
Data marts for the
business
Centrally defined
Business catalog
Enterprise-grade
Transformation techniques
Ad-Hoc data
exploration
Powerful
visualization
Intelligent
augmentation

SAP Analytics Cloud

“SAP Analytics Cloud is the strategic
analytics platform for all core SAP
business applications moving
forward.”

SAP Analytics Cloud
Business vs. IT Roles

Augmented Analytics
⇢ Automation & augmentation through Machine Learning
⇢ Conversational AI
⇢ … and more
Enterprise Readiness
⇢ Focus on productivity, time handling & user experience
⇢ Migration from Bex Web, Web Application Designer (WAD), Xcelsius / SAP Lumira, BO Explorer
⇢ Evolution
⇢ Mid-term: Scheduling& Broadcasting, sharingthrough extranet
⇢ Layout options for reportinguse cases
⇢ Alerts, auditing, life cycle management and more
Intelligent Enterprise
⇢ Embedding with all cloud based offerings such as SuccessFactors, Ariba & Fieldglass
SAP Analytics Cloud
Key Investment Areas

SAP Analytics Cloud
Embedded Everywhere

SAP Analytics Cloud
LoB and Industry Content for Quick Start

System Live Acquired
Partner
Delivered
MS SQL Server
MS Azure
Redshift
Odata
Google Big Query
/ Drive / Sheets
Salesforce
Oracle
Teradata
Netezza
IBM DB2
Google Analytics
MongoDB
Source: https://www.sap.com/canada/registration/protected/default-
overlay.html#pdf-asset=e4339922-c37c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa&page=1All non SAP Live connections need SAP Cloud Platform and uses Smart Data
Integration and Smart Data Access Adapters
SAP Analytics Cloud
Connectivity

Connectivity
Modelling, Visualization
and Application
Development
Planning& Predictive
Mobile
Administration
▪ Improved integration with BW concepts and SAP Universes
▪ Web Intelligence as a data source
▪ Connectivity to additional on-premise data sources via JDBC connections
▪ Data management - Support of Daylight Savings Time for scheduled jobs
▪ Improvements to Live and Acquired connections
▪ Expand the breadth of supported data sources to 100
additional Cloud data sources
▪ Extend data blending scenarios for Live connectivity
▪ Embedded Analytics
▪ Agile BI (Flexible Models, Performance Improvements)
▪ Geographical enrichment by Area
▪ Analytics Designer
→ Custom widgets with scripting and styling options, version handling, 3rd party
libraries, file repository integration
→ Scripting API Enhancements , Bookmark Support, Commenting, Export to PDF
→ Smart features integration
▪ Enterprise Reporting capabilities
▪ One connection experience for both data import and live
models
▪ Custom Widget: app center and ACN integration
▪ Analytics Designer
→ Mobile support, SAP Digital Boardroom integration
→ Blending support as in story
▪ Data Access - Live SAP HANA Data Connection (tables & SQL Views)
▪ Planning Integration - Export to IBP (IBP 1809), S4: Export to S4 Group
Reporting & other Applications
▪ Data Access - Live SAP HANA Data Connection (tables & SQL Views)
▪ Machine Learning for Business Analysts, Smart Predict
▪ Smart Assist - Ask questions about your data in natural language
Q4 2019 (v2019.21) Future Direction
▪ Advanced Planning , Calendar & Planning
▪ Data Action scheduling
▪ Smart Predict - Integration with Data Warehouse Cloud
▪ Machine Learning - Prescriptive error & warning messages
(Explainable AI)
▪ Support Featured Story on Mobile
▪ BW Prompt Support
▪ Improved SSO experience
▪ Enhanced Performance, Embeddability enhancements
▪ Android Support through device browser, Android SDK
▪ Geo-spatial support – Bubble, drill down
▪ Global search (search to insight)
▪ Offline support, Bookmark Access
▪ Extended timeframe available for usage reporting
▪ Support for SAML IdP-initiated SSO
▪ Concurrent Session License limit compliance
▪ Usage Tracking - Improved usage reporting
▪ AWS Data center support – more regions
▪ File repository usability improvements
▪ Change the license type used by a custom role
▪ Authentication - Support seamless IdP certificate rollover
SAP Analytics Cloud
Product Roadmap

SAP Analytics Cloud
FeatureComparisonwith SAP Lumira Designer
*Based on current features that are available in SAC as on October 2019. This may change for future releases.
• Excel and Flat Files
• SAP HANA
• SAP BW
• 3rd Part SQL
• Cloud Apps
• Salesforce
• OData
• Big Data
SAP LUMIRA Designer SAP ANALYTICS CLOUD
• Performs BI, Predictive and Planning functions
• Web based tool, primarily on Google Chrome
• Visualization and Storyboard : Similar options + IBCS Certified
• Commenting & Bookmarking available by default.
• Mobile : Support for Stories on iPad + iPhone, Android coming soon
• Integrates with SAP Cloud Platform (SCP) and BOBJ Platform
• Interoperability with SAC Stories coming soon.
• No desktop tool available
• Collaboration or Sharing
Shared only via SCP/Embedding and supports repointing of data
sources
Collaboration, Commenting, Meeting notes and Annotation
Export data : CSV, Excel
Export story : PDF, URL or Google Slides
• Security: Role based security needs to be setup in SCP
• Scheduling and Broadcasting
• Primarily for BI functions + Planning capabilities
• Client based tool
• Visualization : Extensively IT driven
• Commenting & Bookmarking feature available.
• Mobile : iPad + iPhone available through SAP BI Mobile App
• Integrates with SAP BOBJ BIP
• Interoperability with SAP Lumira Discovery
• Primarily a desktop tool
• Collaboration or Sharing
Shared locally or BIP that can be used for Migration process
Export data : Excel or CSV
Export Visualization : PDF or OpenDoc URL
• Security: Role based security inherited from BIP
• Scheduling and Broadcasting

SAC App Design
SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile App
Coming Soon..
For App Design
This is one key reason why you might still have to use
SAP Lumira Designer as first choice for your App Design use cases..

SAC Analytics Cloud
Upcoming Webinar

SAP BI & Analytics
STATEMENT OF DIRECTION

▪ Protect on-premise investments; Enable transition to cloud at a pace
chosen by enterprises
▪ Deliver capabilities that help enterprises move on-premise workloads
& to the cloud (Hybrid BI)
⇢ Keep cloud users synchronized with existing identity provisioning system
⇢ No rip-and-replace– Hybrid BI is the path to a full Cloud transition
▪ Incentivize enterprises with cloud extension policy, which provides
conversion credit for unused maintenance
SAP BI & Analytics
Statement of Direction Themes
https://www.sapanalytics.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SAP-Analytics-Business-Intelligence-Statement-of-Direction.pdf

▪ Live Access to on-premise data, without moving data to the Cloud
▪ Reuse investments in Universes,Web Intelligence documents,users & row-level security
▪ SAP Analytics Cloud will reuse Universes & WebI data models to build stories
▪ Users will leverage SAP Analytics Cloudcapabilities such as data discovery, language processingand augmentedanalytics
▪ Add key scenarios such as reporting, scheduling(early2020), pagination, sections, complex calculations, etc.
▪ Bringexisting Universe investments into future semantic layer on SAP Analytics Cloud
▪ No Data Warehouse Cloudlicenses needed
▪ Easier publishinginto SAP Analytics Catalog
SAP BI & Analytics Statement of Direction
SAP BusinessObjects + SAP Analytics Cloud

▪ SAP BusinessObjectsBI 4.2 release maintenance extends till 2024
▪ SAP BusinessObjectsBI 4.3 release planned for mid-2020; Continued maintenance until
2027 at a minimum
▪ General Enhancements
⇢ EnhancedUser Experience (UX) for BI Launchpad& Web Intelligence
⇢ Touch-readyusingHTML5 with no Java required
⇢ Securityimprovements
▪ Beyond 4.3 – Support Packs / Minor Releases as part of mainstream maintenance
⇢ UX & Productivity: Improved interactive analysis in WebI, input controls in canvas, managementby exception
(alerts and notifications), reporttemplates, geo-maps improvements in Crystal Reports, High DPI screens etc.
⇢ Enterprise readiness: Improved mobile support, schedulingimprovements, simplifiedadministration, easier
installation, improvedauditing, updated platformsupport (Office 2019, Data Warehouse Cloud, etc.)
⇢ Hybrid BI & Interoperability: Predefinedviews for WebI data model & cloud readiness assessmentto showcase
which scenarios can be migrated to cloud
SAP BusinessObjects
Roadmap

▪ The plan is to not to deliver every feature delivered by SAP BusinessObjects in SAP Analytics
Cloud, but to provide key features
▪ For complex reporting scenarios accessing multiple databases on-premise, it is
recommended to continue using SAP BusinessObjects and Crystal Reports
Will SAP Analytics Cloud achieve feature parity with SAP BusinessObjects

▪ Partial termination of on-premise maintenance when replaced with a new cloud contract
▪ Savings can be used to start moving discovery use cases to the cloud, and benefit from
SAP Analytics Cloud innovations
▪ Expect more licensing solutions from SAP for easier & flexible options for cloud adoption
Cloud Extension Policy

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SAP Lumira
SAP Analysis for Office
SAP Predictive Analytics

Others
SAP Lumira
⇢ SAP Lumira 2.3 just released
⇢ SAP Lumira 2.4 plannedfor mid-2020
⇢ Feature & performance enhancements will continue into 2024
⇢ No clarity on timeline for support & maintenance (2024 or 2027)?
⇢ Leverage custom extensions like VBX for maximizingreturns on investment
SAP Analysis Office
⇢ SAP Analysis Office 2.7 available as Excel add-in for on-premise
⇢ A limited edition is also partof SAP Analytics Cloud subscription
⇢ SAP Analysis Office 2.8 plannedfor Q4 2019
SAP Predictive Analytics
⇢ Continuedsupport till 2022
⇢ Future investments in tooling for data scientists will be made in SAP Data Intelligence, the new offering
⇢ SAP Analytics Cloud will support a subset of predictive use cases cateringto business users & decision makers

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Other/Legacy BI Tools
⇢ Xcelsius
⇢ BO Explorer
⇢ Web Application Designer
⇢ BEx Web
⇢ Analysis for OLAP
⇢ RoamBI

Migrate to SAP Analytics Cloud
⇢ BEx Web
⇢ Web Application Designer (WAD)
⇢ Xcelsius/Dashboards
⇢ SAP Lumira Discovery
⇢ SAP BusinessObjects Explorer (BOE)
⇢ Analysis for OLAP
⇢ RoamBI
“SAP Analytics Cloud is the
strategic analytics platform for
all core SAP business
applications moving forward.”

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