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What we will discuss

• Advantages • Overview • Voyager • Web Intelligence • Crystal Reports • Xcelsius

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Overview

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Advantages • Native API access •  Full support for Infosets, Tables and ABAP Functions/

Queries No additional metadata setup required • No ABAP programming required •  Leverage SAP security directly • End-to-end single sign-on

Small amount of configuration required Ease of maintenance and IT admin

• No SAP upgrade required • Support all SAP R/3 versions since 4.6c Support for SAP

ECC 5.0 & 6.0

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Advanteges • Built on a unique SAP NetWeaver BI API leveraging

OLAP BAPI • SAP-developed and supported

•  Fully leverages SAP Business Explorer user interface • Use BEx query panel, directly from within Crystal Reports

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Business Objects Web Intelligence •  BusinessObjects Web Intelligence is the leading

end user reporting-and-analysis tool. •  Where can Web Intelligence add value? •  In the area of ad-hoc reporting

Easy-to-use interface for end user reporting Powerful query features Leverage business friendly ‘semantic layer’ to hide complexity

•  Customer requirements •   Self-service reporting and analysis, autonomy from

IT •   Simple user interface, designed for the masses •   Combine data from SAP and non-SAP data in a

single report, including data from XLS, CSV, and Text files

•   Rich feature set

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WebI Connectivity to SAP NetWeaver BI

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Enterprise Reporting with Crystal Reports •  Where does Crystal Reports add value? •  In the area of highly formatted reporting

Such as management reports or legal reports •  It enables the creation and modification of formatted reports:

On top of SAP NetWeaver BI Leveraging the solid data warehousing foundation

•  Report off of all sources of information in your organization •  Customer Requirements •  Highly formatted management reports

Operational and tactical applications with low interaction rate (view static and parameterized reports) Professional report layout (one-to-many approach) Form-based, print-optimized reports Develop powerful data mash-ups

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Crystal Reports connectivity to SAP BI

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Interactive Visualization with Xcelsius (Dashboard) •  Xcelsius is an environment to design and consume highly-

interactive, flash-based dashboards in PDF, documents, presentations and NetWeaver Portal,

•  Where can Xcelsius add value? •   In the area of data visualization •   Intuitive design environment, enabling you to easily create

professional-looking •  models quickly using skins, maps, charts, gauges, and selectors. •   Add visualization to Crystal Reports •   End user personalization •  Customer Requirements •  Fast to deploy dashboards on SAP and/or non-SAP data

Empower Business Users who are not savvy using analysis tools Simplify BI information with innovative & intuitive visuals

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Xcelsius Connectivity to SAP NetWeaver BI

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OlAP

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BOBJ EXPLORER

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Resources •  scn.sap.com • Help.sap.com

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