OpenSAP BIFOUR1 Week 1 Unit 2 Presentation WNBI41

Week 1 Unit 2: Whats New in BI4.1

October 2013

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Support of bothnet new and

updatedplatforms

Focus onquality andinnovation

deserving of aprofessional

grade BIplatform

New capabilitiesaround self-

service,dashboardingand mobile BI

First pointrelease of SAPsmarket leading

BusinessIntelligence

Suite

4.1

All existing XIR2 and XI3

customers canmigrate to this

newest platformof SAPs BI

Suite

Core stabilityand capabilityimprovements

from newinnovations to

incrementalproduct

advances from4.0 to re-

introducedfeatures from

XI3

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1Whats different about this release?

BI platformy Core BI platformy BILaunchPad and BI Workspacesy Semantic Layer


BI 4.1 Suite Install Packages (Platform and Clients)

BI 4.1 SP1 (GA) is available both as a Full-install & Update install Full install: can be used for new installs, or side-by-side installation Update install: can be applied on existing 4.x environments

Existing deployments: In-place upgrade scenarios for XI R2 or XI R3 -> Full install package Update scenarios , increment from XI 4.x -> Update install package

Separate Environments Install BI 4.1 [Full install package] on a separate server Use Upgrade Management tool to upgrade content to BI 4.1

Side-by-Side Install BI 4.1 [Full install package] can be installed on the BOEXIR2 SP2 or BOE3.x Server, provided:

Server OS is 64-bit, and Meets BI 4.1 install prerequisites

NOTE: There is a direct upgrade path for upgrading content from XIR2 SP2 and XI 3.1 to 4.1 using UMT.


SAP BusinessObjects BI platformCore BI platform

System Configuration WizardySimple workflow to accomplish initial server

configuration of the BI system

yCommand line facility to enable programmaticconfiguration

Upgrade Management Tool enhancementsyEnhanced service dependency checking prior to

upgrade

ySimplified process to migrate 3rd partyauthentication type (AD, LDAP, SAP) users,eliminating the need to remap user groups on targetsystem

MultitenancyyRecording tenant ID in auditing datayAbility to restrict concurrent logon session per tenantyMultitenant provisioning tool enhancement to

support unx universe

Single sign-on to HANAyEnable single sign-on from BI client tools to

HANA via SAML

SupportabilityyTrigger Java-server thread dumps from

Solution Managery Improved visibility to server status, and Error

messaging.

RESTful Web servicesySSO with AD or Trusted authenticationy JSON format supportCMS DB Migration WizardyMigrate your system database to Sybase ASE

as part of 4.1 upgrade

BI LaunchPad and Workspaces


SAP BusinessObjects BI platformSelf-service access using BI Launch Pad (inc. BI Workspaces)

Make better decisions as a team by sharing opinions and information about BI content

Collaboration enhancementsyAbility to collaborate on document instanceyAbility to collaborate while viewing BI document in the vieweryNew security right to manage who can collaborate on the BI contentyCollaboration service powered by SAP StreamWorks or SAP Jam

Document upload workflow enhancementyAbility to replace existing document when uploading 3rd party documents

BI Workspaces

Streamlined information consumption by centralizing and personalizing regularlyaccessed information and analytics needed for daily work activitiesyAdding support for background image and/or coloryAdding support for Explorer documents


Right-to-Left SupportSAP BusinessObjects BI platform and SAP BusinessObjects client tools

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence -

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP

SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports Enterprise& Crystal Reports 2013 HTML mode

BI Launch pad

BI Workspaces View mode

o Mirrored user interfaceo Bi-directional text supporto Right-to-left rendering

SAP BusinessObjects BI Mobileo Right-to-left support within the current iOS

frameworko Right-to-left objects rendered right to left

o Mirrored user interfaceo Bi-directional text support

Semantic Layer


SAP BusinessObjects BI platformSemantic Layer

Enhanced support for SAP data sources Performance improvement for design-time experience when reporting on top of SAP BW in Crystal

Reports Enterprise & Web Intelligence (SAP BW 7.30 SP10 / 7.31 SP08 required)

Direct access to HANA views (transient MDX universe: Crystal Reports for Enterprise only)

Consume HANA features (variables, input parameters, hierarchies, units of measures)

Automatic generation of universe for HANA views, with dynamic choice of the best view at runtime

Improved access to ERP (optional parameters and enhanced automatic universe generation)

Migration of UNX from RDBMS to HANA.

New agnostic sourcesyTeradata 14, Oracle Exadata, Hadoop on Amazon EMR, oData, XML, Web Services

Information Design Tool (IDT) improvementsyData federation in IDT: support for Federated tablesy Improved user experience (+ Universe Wizard)

Semantic layer SDKsyExtended version of the SL authoring SDK (includes universe creation)

SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reportsfor Enterprise


SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for EnterpriseData Sources

Enhanced performance and reliability is provided in BI 4.1 when accessing BEx queriesthrough Crystal Reports

Enhanced SAP BW integrationy Persist variable values in query panel and consume in HTML viewery Level selection for BW Hierarchy Variabley Level selection based on relative depth for BW Hierarchy Variabley Variable selection before query panel displayy Toggle between technical name vs. member caption for BW variables

Enhanced SAP ECC supporty Support SAP ECCs optional parameters with no default value when access through an authored

universe

Enhanced SAP HANA supporty Authored relational universey Direct OLAP access to Analytic and Calculated views including hierarchies and variablesy Direct access through JDBC and ODBCy Support for JDBC SSL

Authored universe support for XML and OData


SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for EnterpriseStreamline Report Design

Introducing more efficient workflows and features focused on reducing time to create andformat reports

Freehand SQL command objectyCustomize the SQL to optimize the query to

relational data sources

Verify database optionsyEnsure the report query reflects the modifications

to the underlying data source

Other enhancementsy Chunking list of values in HTML viewery Default view action in BI launch pad

OEM/Developery Allow application developers to use

OpenDoc API with very long URLy Support for OpenDoc POST request

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence


Freeze Headery Keep table rows or columns visible while scrollingy User defined number of first rows or columns to freeze

Custom color palettes and color assignmenty Creation and edition of custom palettes to manage

chart coloringy Color assignment improvements

Measure delegationy Auto-refresh option at server & document levely Reduce #unavailable by delegating measure

calculation when given against a simple formula

Merged Objectsy Can add/remove object to a merged objecty Allow merged objects with hierarchy

Usability enhancementsy Report header/footer properties re-organizationy Fold/unfold on table in reading mode in HTMLy List of value (LOV) selector in formula editory Single query execution in query panel

SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceCore enhancement

Enhanced user experience in reporting capabilities


SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceData source support enhancements

Enhanced SAP BW integrationy Level selection for BW Hierarchy Node Variabley Level selection based on relative depth for BW Hierarchy

Variabley Variable selection before query panel display

Enhancements for other universes sourcesy Support ERP optional parameters with no default valuey OLAP connection overloady Query stripping extended to HANA and RDBMS

UI customizationy Personalized Web Intelligence clientsy Customization per user group in CMCy Customization of UI elements and actions

RESTful Web services additional APIsy Document consumption workflowsy Data sources and data providers workflowsy Document authoring workflowsy Scheduling workflows

See https://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-43488 for more details on whats new in Web Intelligence 4.1.

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer


SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerEnhancements

Free Facetsy Option to enable Optimization for an Information spacey Opens directly into instantaneous exploration.

Real Time Datasources (HANA)y Timestamp information now showny User can refresh a real-time update


SAP BusinessObjects ExplorerTool for Manage Space Administrator: change data source

Change Datasource:y Change the original datasource to a production or another

more up-to-date datasourcey Keep your Information Space definitiony Maintains all eViews dependent on your Information Space

Support for creating Information Spaceon top of both universes UNV + UNX

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards


SAP BusinessObjects DashboardsDownload online dashboards for offline sharing on desktop

Offline support for flash dashboards In Designer, turn on offline support by

checking "Allow This Dashboard to beUsed Offline"

During runtime, right click onDashboards, and click "Downloaddashboard with current data to local"


SAP BusinessObjects DashboardsAccessibility

Support assistive technology Run dashboard (flash) and navigation among controls with keyboard Keyboard navigation can be made among below components

Buttons (Query Refresh /Connection Refresh/Push/Toggle/URL/Print/Reset) Combo box Scorecard Text input

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, editionfor OLAP



Enhanced SAP BW integrationyEnhanced Prompt Dialog to allow easy processing of large

numbers of prompts

yAdded support for consuming and creating SAP BW variantsyPrompt MergingyManual entry of Prompt ValuesyReport-Report InterfaceyVisualize Conditional Formatting defined in the BEx QueryyEnhanced Conditional Formatting optionsyEnhanced OpenDocument with support for passing in SAP

BW prompt values

SharingyExport to Design Studio for mobile device renderingyEmpower business analysts to share their data via mini

applications

Conditional Formatting in Analysis

Export to Design Studio



Expanding the MarketyOracle Essbase 11yOracle OLAP (4.1 SP1)

Enhanced HANA integrationySupport for HierarchiesySupport for Prompts

Simplify and Expand AnalysisyCustom Grouping for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

and Oracle Essbase

yFilter by Measure for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Servicesand Oracle Essbase

yExpand to LevelyWaterfall Charts

Custom Hierarchies with Custom Grouping

Waterfall Charts in Analysis


SUP 2.2 & SUP cloud support QR Code & Barcode Scan Support Android for WebI & Dashboards

Single Sign-on Automatic universe generation

on HANA views Crystal Reports direct access to

Analytic & Calculated Viewsincl. hierarchies & variables

RESTful Services, SLAuthoring, WebI,Mobile, MobileDashboards, etc.

Offline mobileand desktopdashboards

More visualizations

Simplified deploymentand migration tools

More Multi-tenancyfeatures

RTL in CR, WebI,Launchpad & Mobile

Oracle Exadata,Oracle OLAP, OracleEssbase, Hadoop onAmazon ElasticMapReduce, Teradata14, Teradata OLAP,OData, XML, WebServices

Variable VariantSupport (A OLAP,Design Studio)

Publishing (A Office) Convert analysis to

Mobile (A OLAP, AOffice)

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1Summary of new features

Thank you

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