BusinessObjects BI 4.2 45 features in 45

minutes

Rajesh Ponnurangam, Infosol

BI 4.2 - 45 features

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Administration Features 1

Semantic Layer Features 2

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Web Intelligence Features

Demo (Selected Features)

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BI Administrators’ Cockpit

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Cockpit Features

• Enables an administrator to collect basic data about BI 4.2 system

• High level information on servers, scheduled jobs, Content Usage and application

• Restart failed server & jobs

Recycle Bin 2

Recycle Bin

• Restore accidently deleted content

• Needs to be Enabled

• Only Public folders content is supported

• Documents automatically removed after a threshold

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CMS Driver & Universe 3

Unlock CMS Database

• Reporting and Analysis solution for CMS Database

• Sample universe is delivered

• Sample Reports are delivered

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CMS Driver & Universe 4

Unlock CMS Database

• Pre-packaged Universes & Reports

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Audit Driver & Universe 5

Unlock Audit Database

• Reporting and Analysis solution for Audit Database

• Sample universe & Reports are delivered

Promotion Management 6

Promotion Management

• Selective retrieval of objects from an LCMBIAR file

• Removal of flash dependency

• Lesser load on App server

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Promotion Management 7

New Wizard

• Enable mass copy of CMS content

• No coding/scripting required

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Administration Console 8

BI Admin Console

• Automate repetitive tasks across several landscapes

• https://<host>:<port>/BOE/BIAdministrationConsole

• Supported workflows covers

• Change Document ownership

• Document refresh

• WebI Change Source

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User Notification 9

User Notification

• Broadcast information to a single user/group or all users

• Specify the timeline for notification

• Send notification as a email

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Server Groups Exclusivity 10

Server Groups

• Servers added to Exclusive ServerGroup will be excluded from the common pool

• servers part of “Exclusive ServerGroup” will be freed from the general load of the system

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Server Groups Exclusivity 11

Server Groups

• Assign Server groups at folder level for scheduling/ viewing Crystal and WebI reports

• Assign Server groups at User group level for scheduling/ viewing Crystal and WebI reports

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Scheduling Features 12

Adaptive Job Server

• Support for Custom Headers for Email

• Email from BI Platform (AJS) will have custom header in recipient headers.

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Scheduling Features 13

Security Setting

• Security settings to authorize users/usergroups using specific scheduling destinations

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Scheduling Features 14

2 New Schedule Status

• Warning: For WebI Reports that are partially refreshed or partially run

• Expired: Reported when the object has passed the end date(paused) or maximum number of retries

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User Deletion 15

User Deletion

• Detection if a user has objects attached before deletion

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Authentication Configuration

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List of Auth Types

• New property “logon.authentication.visibleList” is introduced in BIlaunchpad.properties and CmcApp.properties, which will ensure only limited authentication types are available for end user

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SAP BW Integration 17

Support for BW Events

• BW Event in CMC Events

• New REST API to fetch and Trigger BW Events

• New Process Type called “BOE Trigger Event in BW is introduced”

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SAP BW Integration 18

BW Password Change

• Change Password in LaunchPad and CMC for BW users registered in BI Platform

• Users get prompted to change BW passwords at

• Initial Logon

• Expired Passwords

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Virus Scan Integration 19

File Repository Virus Scan

• Support the scan of all files committed to the File Repository for viruses • Directory input of Virus Scan adaptor

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Other Misc. Features 20

Inbox Limit

• Setting added to limit the number of documents by user or user group

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Other Misc. Features 21

Instance count

• New column in Folders to gain quick insight of number of instances attached to a document

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Other Misc. Features 22

Instance count

• New column in User & groups to gain quick insight on the status of the user

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Linked Universes 23

Reduce TCO

• Same principle as universe

linking with UDT and UNV

• Changes to a core UNX are

propagated to all derived UNX

universes

• Derived universes are

independed universes and can

be amended

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Lock/Unlock Universes 24

Locking Universes

• Prevent other users from

working on the universe

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IDT Usability Enhancements 25

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IDT Usability Enhancements 26

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IDT Preferences 27

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Bex Query Universes 28

Locking Universes

• Display BEx queries in a

more user friendly way

• Bex Query universes use the

BICS Connector

• Auto generated Business

Layer with ability to rename,

regroup and delete objects

from SAP BEx

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Parallel Queries 29

Parallel Queries

• Boost refresh performance

• Activated by default

• Ability to change max

number of concurrent data

refresh jobs

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Shared Elements 30

Shared Elements

• Share WebI content with

Other Users

• Shared element is saved with

the report part, corresponding

datasource, data providers,

variables and formats

• Browse and reuse WebI

Content created by other

users

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Commentary 31

Comments on WebI

• Option to store in Audit

database or selected database

• Comments can be copied

• Managed by new security

rights

• Authorizations on commenting

can be defined on folder or

object level

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Geo Maps 32

Geomaps with WebI

• Integration of geographical

database into WebI

• New WebI Charts: choropleth,

geobubble and geopie

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Calculation Extensions 33

Calc Extensions

• Calculation extensions are used

to create your own functions in

the language formulae

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Visualization Extensions 34

New Element Types

• New framework for developers to

build

• Fully integrates with WebI reports

• Managed at CMC Level

• Authorizations on commenting

can be defined on folder or object

level

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Big Numbers 35

Improve Calculation Precision

• Integration of IEEE “Decimal

Floating Point” format

• Increased precision from 15 to 40

digits

• New WebI Calculator function to

convert to Decimal format

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HANA Online 36

HANA Direct access

• Connect directly to HANA views

• WebI Calculations are delegated

to HANA

• Usual WebI workflow with Query

panel

• HANA hierarchies are supported

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Java/DHTML Parity 37

Free hand SQL support

• Create a document based on Free-Hand SQL in BI Launch Pad

• The ability to use Free-Hand SQL is now controlled via a security right set at connection level

• Multi Block Selection

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DeskI Parity 38

Same Level Breaks

• Combine multiple dimension into a single Break

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DeskI Parity 38

Same Level Breaks

• Define breaks based on values within the document

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DeskI Parity 38

Delete Trailing blanks

• Query level feature equivalent to a RightTrim([Object])

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DeskI Parity 38

Export to Excel

• Export to Excel with Class Name • If a duplicate name exists,

Export to Excel shows the class name of the objects in it’s header

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DeskI Parity 39

Export to Excel

• Export to Excel with Class Name • If a duplicate name exists,

Export to Excel shows the class name of the objects in it’s header

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HTML Export 39

Fiori LaunchPad 40

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Fiori LaunchPad 40

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Fiori LaunchPad 40

Section and Zoom 41

WebI Report Navigation 42

WebI Filters 42

WebI Filters 42

WebI Interactive Viewer 43

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Schedules & Recycle Bin 44

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New Charts 45

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New Functions 46

References

• CMS Driver - https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Unlock+the+CMS+database+with+new+data+access+driver+for+BI+4.2+SP3

• BI Admin Console - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/08/introduction-to-bi-administration-console/

• Promotion management Wizard - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/27/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-promotion-management-wizard/ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw1XjYS8IXU • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLmBUyZhh0U

• Server Group Exclusivity - https://blogs.sap.com/2016/11/07/servergroup-enhancements-

for-scheduling-in-4.2sp03/

• BW integration - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/11/08/sap-bi-4.2-sp05-triggering-schedule-in-bi-platform-from-bw-part-1/

References

• SP 05 What’s new with semantic Layer - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/23/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-whats-new-in-web-intelligence-and-semantic-layer/

• WebI Parallel Queries - https://blogs.sap.com/2016/01/22/new-webi-feature-in-bi42-parallel-queries/

• What’s new with BI 4.2 - https://blogs.sap.com/2014/11/24/sap-businessobjects-whats-new-collection/#jive_content_id_SAP_BusinessObjects_BI42_Whats_New_Slides

• What’s New in FIRO LaunchPad - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/11/06/sap-bi-4.2-sp05-whats-new-in-fiori-bi-launchpad/

• What’s new in WebI and Sematic Layer - https://blogs.sap.com/2017/10/23/sap-bi-4.2-sp5-whats-new-in-web-intelligence-and-semantic-layer/

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