Pierpaolo Vezzosi, Product Management,January 21st, 2009

Create a Universe: The SAPBusinessObjects Semantic Layer

Agenda

The Semantic Layer1.Goals2.What is it?3.How it is used?4.All clients5.All sources6.Conclusions

THE SEMANTIC LAYER

Semantic Layer Reduces Time toBusiness Intelligence

Need timely access todata

Changing businessrequirements

Making decisions ontrusted information

Time-to-trustedInformation IT/Data

Bottlenecks

Limited capacityto support users

Competing priorities

Lengthy ETLdevelopment cycles

BusinessNeeds

Semantic Layer Reduces Time toBusiness Intelligence

ReduceTime-to-trusted

Information(and cost)

SemanticLayer

Design to supportadditional sources inminutes or hours

Increased agility

Make BI available atthe point ofconsumption

IT/Databenefits

Businessbenefits

Consistent userexperience over allsources

Empowered users

Making informeddecisions

The Semantic Layer provides a secured accessto data with simple business terms

Semantic LayerSemantic LayerData SourcesData Sources

Query and Analysis

Dashboards andVisualizations

Reporting

FullFull--Spectrum BusinessSpectrum BusinessIntelligenceIntelligence

The Semantic Layer components

Data SourcesData Sources

Query and Analysis

Dashboards andVisualizations

Reporting

FullFull--Spectrum BusinessSpectrum BusinessIntelligenceIntelligence

Connectivity

The Semantic Layer components

Data SourcesData Sources

Query and Analysis

Dashboards andVisualizations

Reporting

FullFull--Spectrum BusinessSpectrum BusinessIntelligenceIntelligence

Universe

DataFoundation Business

layer

The Semantic Layer components

Data SourcesData Sources

Query and Analysis

Dashboards andVisualizations

Reporting

FullFull--Spectrum BusinessSpectrum BusinessIntelligenceIntelligence

Information Engine

Drag-&-Drop SQL Query GenerationPatented Technology

Need to report the Revenue by Resort in every Country?

Drag-&-Drop SQL Query GenerationPatented Technology

Need to report the Revenue by Resort in every Country?

SELECTRESORT_COUNTRY.COUNTRY,RESORT.RESORT,sum(INVOICE_LINE.DAYS *INVOICE_LINE.NB_GUESTS * SERVICE.PRICE)

FROMINVOICE_LINE INNER JOIN SERVICE ON(INVOICE_LINE.SERVICE_ID=SERVICE.SERVICE_ID)INNER JOIN SERVICE_LINE ON(SERVICE.SL_ID=SERVICE_LINE.SL_ID)INNER JOIN RESORT ON(SERVICE_LINE.RESORT_ID=RESORT.RESORT_ID)INNER JOIN COUNTRY RESORT_COUNTRY ON(RESORT.COUNTRY_ID=RESORT_COUNTRY.COUNTRY_ID)

GROUP BYRESORT_COUNTRY.COUNTRY,RESORT.RESORT

Semantic LayerOpen Access to Any client and user

Extend BI to new business audiencesby reusing the semantic layer metadata

Access the semantic layer and theunderlying data

From any BI platform toolBusinessObjects MobileBusinessObjects Live OfficeBusinessObjects PolestarCrystal Reports,Web IntelligenceXcelsius

From any web enabled application—Query as a Web Service

Deliver secure BI in any applicationEnable machine-to-machine access to livedataDeliver BI to users in their environmentOnly expose the BI needed by users

BusinessObjectsMobile

BusinessObjectsLive Office

Query as aWeb Service

SemanticLayer

Semantic LayerAccess any data type

Universes make it easy to access,analyze and enrich all data in yourorganization regardless of theunderlying source

Universes do not impose a datawarehousing strategy, vendor, aschema, a way to store your data

Universes provide native access toOLAP sourcesRelational sourcesXML and web servicesJavaBean

Combine with Data Federation for moreAgility

Enterprise Information Integration (EII) ordata federation is:

Agile and rapid data integrationOn-demand access to dataReal-time delivery of informationMulti-source access to SAP NW BI (Q1’09)

Data Federator offers:Easy, reliable, and real-time access to disparatedata—regardless of data structure and locationNon invasive technology—no need to write backto production systemsDeep integration and compatibility with the BIplatformFlexibility and optimized performanceSeamless connectivity to an ever-increasing listof databases and data sourcesThe most advanced query optimizer availablein the market today

SemanticLayer

CONCLUSIONS

Conclusion

1.AgileAny source, any schema, no data transformation neededMulti-source combining SAP and non SAP dataUniverses on OLAP data sources allow a larger number of users with different profiles toquery, report, and analyze on OLAP data sourcesLower TCO and faster ROI

2.Consistent accessSingle User Experience over all dataAll Business Objects clientsOpen to any application via Web Services

3.TrustedReliableSecuredReusable

Semantic Layer the foundation for Business Intelligence

Further Information

Related SAP Education and Certification Opportunitieshttp://www.sap.com/education/

SAP Public Web:BusinessObjects Enterprise Portal:www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/businessobjects-enterpriseSAP Developer Network (SDN): www.sdn.sap.comBusiness Process Expert (BPX) Community: www.bpx.sap.comBusinessObjects Semantic Layer forum:https://forums.sdn.sap.com/forum.jspa?forumID=308

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