This document discusses the differences between the roadmaps of SAP Business Warehouse and Business Objects Enterprise. It provides an overview of the key tools in the Business Objects platform, such as Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, and Xcelsius. The document outlines the roadmaps from 2010-2011, noting the integration of data connection tools, in-memory storage, and semantic layer developments. It concludes by discussing next steps for organizations to define their BI strategy and determine how to connect tools to operational systems and external users.

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Kevin McManus
McManus Software + Consulting

2. [ AGENDA
1. Top Take Aways
2. BI Model
3. Features Explanation
4. Examples
5. Conclusion
6. Q&A
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3. [ TAKE AWAYS
Understanding the roadmap differences between SAP Business
Warehouse and Business Objects Enterprise
Companies that have Business Objects Enterprise may not
realize all of the functionality that is available and coming.
By understanding what is coming you have the opportunity to
further extend the reach of BOE within your organization
Opportunity to Raise awareness of BI outside of the IT
department
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4. [ Speaker
Kevin McManus brings over 17 years of world wide consulting
experience with a specialization in delivering reporting and
analysis solutions to customers in many industries.
BI Chair of the Central Texas ASUG Chapter
Speaker at the User Conference in Dallas, TX, Berlin, Germany
and other ASUG events
BusinessObjects Enterprise Certified Professional
Founder of McManus Software + Consulting
Creator of Report Launch for Business Objects
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5. [ Business Intelligence - Access
Source Data Mart / Reports and
Data Warehouse Report Parts
Financial
Systems Desktop tools Internal Applications
Transactional
Systems
Budgets &
Forecasts
Sales & Outward Facing
Marketing Portals
3rd Party &
Customers SAP
SQL Server
Oracle Xcelsius
Databases and Teradata Crystal Reports
spreadsheets MySQL Web Intelligence Mobile Dashboards
Sybase
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6. [ Business Intelligence - Storage
Source Relational
Data Desktop tools
Financial
Multi-dimensional
Systems
Transactional Columnar
Systems
Semantic Layers
Budgets & In Memory
Forecasts
Sales &
Marketing Unstructured
3rd Party & Dashboards
Customers
EII / Dynamic ODS
Databases and
spreadsheets Cloud and
Web Services
Mobile
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7. [ Strategy
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8. [ Business Objects Platform
Client
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence Intelligent Analysis
Xcelsius Dashboard Designer
Explorer
Infoview / Dashboard Builder BI Launchpad
Voyager Pioneer
Connectors
Live Office
Query as a Web Service (QaaWS)
OCBC / Native Drivers
Servers
Crystal Report Server
Business Objects Edge
Business Objects Enterprise
Data Services / Data Federator / Metadata Manager
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9. [ Web Intelligence
Web Based tool for browser based report use and
development on server based data sources
Rich client – installed on workstation for local and server
based resources
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10. [ Universe Designer
Design joins, filters and objects used by reporting tools to
define queries
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11. [ Crystal Reports
Pixel Perfect Report Designer for simple or complex report
design.
Connects to many data sources
Many Export formats
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12. [ Xcelsius
Creates Flash based dashboards
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13. [ Other tools
Explorer: web-based search and exploration application that
enables business professionals to explore pre-indexed and in-
memory data stores(BWA)
Dashboard Builder: web based portal based on content
from built in analytics, Crystal Reports , and Web Intelligence
report parts run within the InfoView
Voyager: Analysis of OLAP based data sources with simple
dashboard capability.
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14. [ Road Map in the beginning
Usage SAP Tool Business Objects Tool
Discovery and Exploration Polestar
Query Design Bex Query Designer Business Objects Enterprise
Universes to InfoCubes and
BEx queries.
Report Designer Report Designer Crystal Reports XI
Adhoc Reporting BEx Analyzer Web Intelligence XI R2
Dashboards/Visualization Web App Designer Xcelsius 4.5
Advanced Analysis (OLAP) BEx Analyzer - BW Voyager
Data Warehouse Platform Netweaver Business ROLAP and OLAP
Warehouse (OLAP) connections
In Memory Storage Business Warehouse
Accelerator
Data Integration NetWeaver Data Integrator/ Data
Quality
Mobile Several Mobi
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15. [ Road Map 2010 / 2011
Usage SAP Tool Business Objects Tool
Discovery and Exploration Business Objects Explorer
Query Design BEx Query Designer BO XI 4.0 Common
Universe Layer
Report Designer Report Designer Crystal Reports 2008
Adhoc Reporting BEx Analyzer Inteligent Analysis
pka Web Intelligence
Dashboards/Visualization Web App Designer Dashboard Designer
pka Xcelsius
Advanced Analysis BEx Analyzer - BW Voyager Pioneer
Data Warehouse Platform NetWeaver Business ROLAP and OLAP
Warehouse (OLAP) connections
In Memory Storage Business Warehouse BW and Any data into
Accelerator Accelerator
Data Integration NetWeaver Data Integrator/ Data
Quality
Mobile Explorer Mobile
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16. [ Roadmap
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17. [ Road Map
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18. [ Moving Forward
Business Objects is THE Business Intelligence interface
technology going forward
SAP connectivity is the primary goal of product development
over the next 12 months
BusinessObjects derived content will start being seen integrated
within the Business Suite
Expansion of the common semantic layer coming in next release
Multiple data sources
All source types - OLAP, relational, and structured (e.g. XML, TXT, etc)
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19. [ Road Map 2010
Integration of Data connection tools
Xcelsius Connections to NetWeaver BW
Data Integrator / Data Quality / Data Federator enhancements
BW Accelerator + BusinessObjects Explorer + SaaS
Blade Server Platform
Cloud based SaaS rollout
Semantic Layer Developments
Will integrate Power of Bex Queries and Universe
Metadata Manager Integration
BusinessObjects Explorer on In Memory data stores
Teradata Backend for BW
BI tools within NetWeaver no longer the strategic direction
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20. [ Latest and Greatest since release
Then (2008)
Dashboards - Xcelsius Enterprise
Reporting – Web Intelligence
Mobile - Use to mean mostly blackberry
NetWeaver BI
Now(2010)
Dashboards - SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard Design
Reporting - Interactive Analysis
I-Phone, I-Pad, Android
NetWeaver Business Warehouse
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21. [ Next Steps for you?
What is your Corporate Business Intelligence strategy?
Give to end users as quickly as possible?
Maintain Quality through a centralized BI competency center?
Do you need to connect your Business Intelligence tools
To Other operational systems than SAP ?
To users outside of your internal network (i.e. Supply Chain)?
Are you focusing on SAP based Business Intelligence
Integrated SAP solutions exist out of the box
Short Term SAP BW
What are your current capabilities?
Understanding of OLAP vs ROLAP vs OLTP
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22. [ CONCLUSION
Get comfortable with the idea of BusinessObjects
SAP Investments are bringing innovation to SAP customers
SAP Investments are bringing faster support to BusinessObjects
customers
Resources
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/business-objects-for-sap-faq
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23. [ Q&A - Contact Information
Kevin McManus
McManus Software + Consulting
www.reportlaunch.com
kevin@mcmanusconsulting.com
877-857-7407
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