sap.com/analytics - This SAPinsider #BI2015 session examines each of the solutions in the latest SAP BusinessObjects BI portfolio - including new releases and updates - and evaluate their capabilities and suitability to meet specific reporting and dashboarding requirements.

1. Interactive workshop:
Expert recommendations for picking the right SAP BI
solutions for your reporting and dashboarding needs
Thierry Audas, SAP / @taudas

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 Securely distribute information across your
organization
 Answer related questions by interacting with
pre-defined reports
 Build printable reports for operational efficiency
Distribute Information
One BI Suite for All Insight
Reporting
Agile
Visualization
 Discover areas to optimize your business
 Adapt data to business needs
 Tell your story with beautiful visualizations
Discover. Predict. Create.
 Deliver engaging information to users where they need it
 Track key performance indicators and summary data
 Build custom experiences - users get what they need
quickly
Build Engaging Experiences
Discovery
and
Visualization
Dashboards
and Apps
Reporting

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Dashboards
and Apps
Reporting
Designed for Key Use Cases
Agile
Visualization
 Where there is a significant complexity to the BI content
 Standardized formats, sophisticated design, complex data mashups, or high levels of governance.
 Separates the creation environment from the consumption environment.
 Not a product, but a way of working with software
 Business user, analyst, or executive answering their own questions
 Desktop, web based or mobile self service
 Combines the creation and consumption environment into a single seamless experience
Discovery
and
Visualization
Self Service
Professionally Authored
Professionally Authored
Self Service

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For Specific Personas
Discovery and
Visualization
Dashboards
and Apps
Reporting
Self Service
Professionally Authored
Decision Maker
Analyst
Designer

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For Most Customers With Third Party Data Sources
Discovery and
Visualization
Dashboards
and Apps
Reporting
Self Service
Professionally Authored
Design Studio
Dashboards (Xcelsius)
Lumira
Analysis for OLAP
Explorer
Lumira(1)
Explorer(2)
Web Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence
(1): Edge, Server, Cloud
(2): Exploration views
Decision Maker
Analyst
Designer

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For SAP BW
Reporting
Discovery and
Visualization
Dashboards
and Apps
Reporting
Professionally Authored
Self Service
Explorer(1)
Design Studio
Web Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence
Analysis for Office
Analysis for OLAP
Explorer
Decision Maker
Analyst
Designer
(1): Exploration views

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For SAP Business Suite and SAP HANA Integration
Reporting
Discovery and
Visualization
Dashboards
and Apps
Reporting
Professionally Authored
Self Service
Lumira(1)
Design Studio
Web Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence
Lumira
Analysis for Office
Analysis for OLAP
Decision Maker
Analyst
Designer
(1): Edge, Server, Cloud

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Discovery and Visualization Compared
 Data acquisition and mashups from multiple heterogeneous sources
 Supports Universe semantic layer and SAP Business Suite
 Data manipulation – cleansing and grouping
 Data exploration, rich visualizations, storytelling, infographics
 Desktop, Web, Cloud/SaaS, and mobile deployments
 Data acquisition from HANA and BW
 Data mashups via BW Workspaces (require BW 7.3+ on HANA)
 Excel based visualizations
 Rich hierarchical data functionality. Full access to all BW metadata
 Excel and PowerPoint add-ins
 Data acquisition from HANA, BW, MSAS, Oracle OLAP, Essbase
 Rich hierarchical data functionality. Full access to all BW metadata
 Web based deployment
 Simple, consistent UI
 Enables broad based data access with little training requirements
 Exploration views enables self-service dashboards
 Web based and mobile solution
Power
Ease of use
DecisionMakerAnalyst
Lumira
Analysis for
Office
Analysis for
OLAP
Explorer

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The Convergence of the SAP BI Portfolio
Reporting
Dashboards and Apps
Discovery and
Visualization
Design Studio
Dashboards
Lumira
Analysis for Office
Analysis for OLAP
Explorer
Discovery,
Visualization,
and Dashboards
Discovery,
Visualization, and
Dashboards
Design Studio
Lumira
Analysis for Office
Design Studio
Lumira
Analysis for Office
Discovery and
Visualization
Analysis for OLAP
2015
Future
Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports
Today

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Existing Customer Investments are Safe
 We are converging use cases, not features and functions
 All existing content is safe and will continue to work
 All BI 4.1 clients will continue to be maintained and supported
 We will reuse metadata to facilitate adopting new concepts
 We don’t plan a forced migration

11. Interactive Case Studies

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Thank you
thierry.audas@sap.com / @taudas