The document outlines the transition plan for SAP BusinessObjects (BO) customers as mainstream maintenance for version 4.3 ends in 2025, emphasizing options to migrate to SAP Analytics Cloud or SAP BusinessObjects Private Cloud Edition by 2027. It introduces a product deep-dive series by Denodo, which serves as a strategic guide for customers looking to leverage Denodo's data virtualization in conjunction with their BI reporting needs. Furthermore, it discusses various approaches for migrating reporting views and business logic from SAP BO to Denodo's platform, highlighting development resources and timelines involved in such projects.

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6. • With the mainstream maintenance of version BI 4.3 ending in 2025, SAP has announced its continued
commitment to SAP BusinessObjects customers by releasing an updated version code-named SAP
BusinessObjects BI 2024 to provide more time for on-premise customers to adopt SAP Analytics Cloud.
• You must either purchase SAP BusinessObjects Private Cloud Edition (PCE) and migrate to it, or
build an alternative solution with SAP Analytics Cloud. Either approach must be completed by 2027.
Until then, SAP BOBJ is fully maintained and supported on-premises.
• The SAP BO Private Cloud Edition (PCE) is a new offering from SAP, featuring the familiar SAP
BusinessObjects software run by SAP in the hyperscale infrastructure of the customer’s choice.
• SAP BO on-premises customers are also encouraged to consider SAP Analytics Cloud as an
alternative reporting platform for web-based visualization of their data.
SAP BI
Release
End of Mainstream
Maintenance
End of Priority
Support
4.2 12/31/2022 12/31/2024
4.3 12/31/2025 12/31/2027

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10. OLAP
Sources Universes Reporting
Architecture with SAP Business Objects
SAP BO
OLAP
SOURCES
Universes Denodo access
And more …
SaaS
DATA
ACCESS
LAYER
Architecture with Denodo

11. Methodology Time Description Base Views Integration
Views
Business
Views
Reporting
Views
Ad-hoc
via DC
Ad-hoc
Via 3rd
Party BI
Tools
Enable
Reports/
Dashboards
Import Tool for
Business Views
Use a custom application to automate the
creation of Denodo connections, folder, views,
and associations based on a BOBJ Universe
definition.
Reporting Views
Approach with
Automation
Some customers have a priority to convert
their reports to another BI platform. Their
approach is to go through each of the BOBJ
reports (Webi), extract the SQL, and create
Denodo reporting views. A 1-1 approach of
Webi Reports to a new BI platform.
Hybrid approach Customers who want to provide ad-hoc
capabilities and convert their set of reports to
their new BI platform. Use the automation
tool to convert classes into business views
and, also, use the automation tool to create
the base views needed for creating reporting
views.
Full software
development
approach
This option is for customers who want to
follow a complete software development
lifecycle without automation
Recommended
Included in solution
Included in solution with some limitations
Included in solution with critical limitations
Not included in solution

14. Denodo Development
Report/Dashboard
Development
Architecture
Business Stakeholders
Operations
(Infrastructure)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Sprint 1: Development and Testing
Sprint 1 (4 Universes)
Administration and Monitoring
Ad-hoc Demo
And
Feedback Loop
Ad-hoc Demo
And
Feedback Loop
Ad-hoc Demo
And
Feedback Loop
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Sprint 2: Development and Testing
…
Administration and Monitoring
Ad-hoc Demo
And
Feedback Loop
Ad-hoc Demo
And
Feedback Loop
Ad-hoc Demo
And
Feedback Loop
Sprint 2 (5 Universes)
Resources on Conversion Project
Resource Count Description
Project Manager 1 Responsible for the management of the project throughout the software development lifecycle.
Business Analyst 1 Responsible for gathering the requirements of each Sprint and QA/UAT testing.
Denodo Developer 1 Responsible for developing the base views, derived views, final views, and reporting views.
Report/Dashboard Developer 2 Responsible for developing the reports and dashboards associated with the reporting views. Resource
could also develop reporting views.

15. OLAP
Sources Universes Reporting
Architecture with SAP Business Objects
SAP BO
OLAP
SOURCES
Universes Denodo access
And more …
SaaS
DATA
ACCESS
LAYER
Architecture with Denodo

16. ▪ If you are considering converting to something other than SAP BusinessObjects
Private Cloud Edition (PCE) or SAP Analytics Cloud, Denodo can be your
enterprise semantic layer to replace the business rules within the Universes.
▪ Use the Hybrid approach to convert over the universe business rules and the
logic within the SAP BOBJ reports to Denodo reporting views.
▪ When selecting the scope of the PoC, select the most complex Universe within
your enterprise and a subset of reports that represent a rich set of features.
▪ The source code of the SAP BOBJ Import tool is owned by Denodo, so any
updates would require an engagement with the Customer Success team