Training with Exercises

1. SAP – Business Intelligence Business ObjectsSAP BIBO Learning Series SAP BI-BO Training Agenda PPT: Anticipated Time: 90 minutes Presenter Mr. Mishra 1

2. Unit 1 SAP BI Overview 3 hours SAP Net Weaver and BI: Overview, Positioning and Fundamentals Fundamentals of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI) Overview SAP NetWeaver Solution Delivery: IT Practices, Scenarios, and Usage Types SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence: Data Warehousing Overview 2

3. Unit 2 - Modelling4 Hours Objects in the BI Data Warehouse Layer Data Warehousing Workbench. InfoProviders: Business Purpose InfoObjects: Characteristics (Attribute,Text,Hier) InfoObjects: Key Figures The BI InfoCube: An Extended Star Schema Creating InfoCubes (Fact, Dimension, SID Tables) Exercise 3

4. Unit 3 - Data Acquisition 4 Hours Data Acquisition and Transformation from SAP Source Systems Data Flow: Overview - Data Source, Info Source.. Loading Master Data from an SAP Source System Loading Transaction Data from an SAP Source System ETL Processes and Loading Hierarchies Exercise 4

5. Unit 4 - Data Acquisition from Other Systems 2 Hours Extraction from Non-SAP Systems: Overview Flat File Loading Exercise 1. Creation of Data Source 2.Loading through Info Package to PSA 3. Loading through DTP to Info Cube 5

6. Unit 5 BI Content 2Hours BI Content Discovery (Metadata Repository) BI Content Activation Meta Data Repository Transport Concepts 6

7. Unit 6: Other InfoProviders3 Hours DataStore Objects Types: Standard, Write Optimised, Dire Update VirtualProviders and Real-Time Data Acquisition MultiProviders and BI InfoSets 7

8. Unit 7: SAP BI Front End Solutions : BEX BEx Query Designer Central tool for creation of queries Design queries once – reuse many times (in Web templates, Bex Analyzer Workbook, Report Designer) Publish queries directly to the Web Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 and BI 7.0 BEx Query Designer BEx Analyzer Full-featured OLAP analysis in MS Excel Operational, tabular reporting Workbooks can integrate several queries Ad hoc reporting based on InfoProvider (as of BI 7.X) Leverage native Excel features (i.e. office integration) Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 and BI 7.0 BEx Analyzer BEx Web Applications Execute Web Templates (created with BEx Web Application Designer), Web Ad-hoc Analysis, Reports created with Report Designer, Formatted Reporting (Crystal Reports) Designed for building targeted web applications One step publishing BEx (Web Application Designer, Report Designer Two different versions exist: BW 3.5 (ABAP based Web Reporting) and BI 7.0 (Java based Web Reporting) BEx Web Application Designer Defining Excel Reporting Web Reporting

9. Unit 7 - Query Designer Designing a Simple Query with Free Characteristics and Prompts(Variable) Calculated Key Figure, Restricted Key Figure Query Properties on Formatting and Publishing to Business Object Tools Variables (Text, Hierarchy Node) Processing Types (Manual Input, SAP Exit, Customer Exit, Replacement Path) Exceptions, Conditions Information Broadcasting Web Application Designer Integration with Enterprise Portal 9

12. Operational Data Store objects / Data Store Objects

13. InfoSets

14. InfoObjects

15. Virtual Providers

16. Aggregation Layers

17. MultiProvidersInfoObjects of the InfoProvider:Key Figures and Dimensions (Characteristics)

18. Unit 7: Administration of Data Targets2 Hours System Administration Tasks in BI: Overview Administration of InfoCubes Roll Up, Compression, Chang Run Administration of DataStore Objects 11

19. Unit 8 - Process Chains 2 Hours 12

20. Unit 9: Introduction to Query Performance Optimization 2 Hours Introduction to Query Performance Optimization in BI BI Aggregates BI Accelerator Statistics Overview 13

21. Unit 10: Business Objects Overview 2 Hours SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform Universe Designer SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius) SAP Crystal Reports Live Office and Query As Web Service 14

22. New Names with Product Descriptions SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform provides flexible systems management for an enterprise BI standard that allows administrators to confidently deploy and standardize their BI implementations on a proven, scalable, and adaptive service-oriented architecture. SAP Crystal Reports software is a powerful reporting tool that helps developers and IT professionals rapidly create flexible, feature-rich reports and tightly integrate them into Web and Windows applications. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards software provides secure, interactive visualizations with live, refreshable data from SAP BusinessObjects sources, Excel spreadsheets, or corporate databases. These dashboards and visual models enable effective decision making while providing a live view into your business. SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence software allows users self-service access to data, reporting and analysis. Web Intelligence is an ad hoc query, reporting, and analysis tool designed to empower users with its intuitive interface allowing users to turn information into actionable insight and make better decisions in less time. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer software offers users an intuitive path to quickly search and explore data for instant insight into your business. They can get quick, easy answers to on-the-fly questions without training or IT involvement by simply entering a few keywords to search for relevant information and then intuitively exploring large volumes of data

23. New Names with Product Descriptions (Con’t) SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP, is a Web-based client for business analysts to run multidimensional analysis of OLAP sources, and create workspaces for private or shared use. The OLAP edition replaces SAP BusinessObjects Voyager (Voyager). SAP recommends it for premium web-based analysis, since the SAP Business Explorer tool (SAP BEx Web analyzer) delivered with SAP NetWeaver Runtime is no longer a strategic direction for SAP. The long-term product direction for the OLAP edition is to converge with the SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence software and evolve into a unified analysis tool regardless of data type. SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, is a set of add-ins for Microsoft Office (MS Office). It enables multidimensional analyses of OLAP sources in Excel, Excel workbook-based BI application design, and the creation of interactive PowerPoint presentations from OLAP sources. SAP recommends the edition for Microsoft Office for premium MS Office-based analysis, since the SAP BEx tool (SAP BEx analyzer) delivered with SAP NetWeaver Runtime is no longer a strategic direction for SAP. The long-term product direction for the edition for Microsoft Office is to converge with the SAP BusinessObjects Live Office software and evolve into a suite of BI solution for the complete MS Office suite.

24. Unit 11: Universe Designer 2 Hours Overview of a universe What is the purpose of a universe? What is a universe? What is in a universe? BW / Universe terminology mapping Where can a universe be used? Universe Development Cycle Exploring Universe Designer Main components of the interface Searching within the universe Steps for creating a universe Process of Importing/Exporting a Universe OLAP Universes Business Warehouse (BW) data sources Infocube / BW Query Comparisons BW Query / Universe Considerations What is supported in an OLAP universe? What is not supported in an OLAP universe? 17

25. Unit 12: Web Intelligence 2 Hours Key message about of WEBI What is BusinessObjects Enterprise? Connecting WebI to BW: Architecture Layers BO Enterprise Server Overview BW-BO Connectivity Required Objects for WEBI report 18

26. Required Objects for WEBI report Universe DBMS BW OLAP BEX Query WEBI CH1”Customer” CH2”Product” CH3”P. group” KF1”Net sales” KF2”Revenue” Star Schema Basic InfoCube With Data Product Dimension Master Data Key figures ODS Object Time Dimension Customer Dimension MultiProvider No Data Virtual InfoCube InfoSet

27. Unit 13: Xcelsius Aka Dashboards 3 Hours About SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius SAP BW Integration with Xcelsius - Architecture SAP BW Integration with Xcelsius - Functionalities SAP BW Integration with Xcelsius - Limitations SAP BW Integration with Xcelsius – Demo Live Office and Query As Web Service (QAWS) Q&A Xcelsius Designer (local installation)

28. Architechture Designtime - Runtime Design Compile Xcelsius Designer (local installation) .xlf files contain excel spreadsheet and xmlfor layout and connectivity Flash file Run

29. Unit 14: Crystal Reports 2 Hours Overview of Crystal Reports What is Crystal Reports? What is the SAP Integration Kit? How does Crystal Reports connect to BW Data? Which driver should I use? Crystal Reports / BW Mappings SAP Toolbar Overview Report publishing process Demo - Exploring Crystal Reports; Creating Crystal Report from BW Query

31. No BEx direct connection to Xcelsius

32. Requires:

33. a Crystal, Webi Report or Universe accessed via a LiveOffice document

34. or a Universe accessed via a Query as a Web Service (QaaWS)

35. With BICS

36. Live access to BW data

37. No BusinessObjects Enterprises required

38. No Crystal or Webi Report required

39. No Universe required

40. No LiveOffice document required

41. No QaaWS required

42. Consumes BEx queries and views directlyXcelsius Dashboard WEB INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSE CRYSTAL REPORTS OLAP BAPI ODS BICS API BW

45. Parameter Panel

46. Powerful Crosstabs

47. Flexible Pagination

48. Built-In Barcode Support

49. Reduced install footprint

50. Multilingual reporting

51. Control Sorting

52. SDK (Java, .NET)