Sap business objects bi solution architecture system landscape type 4

1. SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture
April 2011

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3. SAP BI Solution Architecture - Goals

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
End to End Solution Architecture
Overall Goals
 Identify landscape patterns associated with problems customers have today
 Showcase options which SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.x solutions and possible scenarios can
be applied in these landscapes
 Provide end-to-end SAP Business Intelligence Solution overview and architecture based on
customer landscapes and use cases
Impact
 Customer can recognize the full potential of the SAP BusinessObjects BI portfolio
 Consistent approach of deploying SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence solutions
based on best practices
Scope / customer segments
 Customer using SAP or non-SAP applications with or without DWH solutions
 SAP BusinessObjects 4.x Business Intelligence product portfolio

5. SAP BI Solution Architecture – System Landscape #4
- Customers using SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH -

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
How to navigate the material
How to start using the material ?
 Step 1: First match your existing architecture and business application landscape to one of
the available customer scenarios
– Example 1 : Customer is using SAP ERP without a data warehouse solution (= Landscape 2)
– Example 2 : Customer is using SAP ERP & non-SAP business applications without a data warehouse
solution (= Landscape 3)
 Step 2: “Connecting to your corporate data”
– This section outlines all possible options on how you can leverage the SAP BusinessObjects BI
products as part of your landscape type
 Step 3: “BI Growth Scenarios”
– This section will show you can start with a very simple BI landscape as part of your overall system
landscape and what the benefits are and how you can grow your BI landscape incrementally by
making sure your investment is safe
 Step 4: “Summary”
– As part of the summary you will see an overall recommendation and summary of the benefits

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Customer System Landscapes
Non-SAP ERP SAP ERP Non-SAP ERP &
SAP ERP
No DWH
System Landscape
Type 1
System Landscape
Type 2
System Landscape
Type 3
Non-SAP DWH
System Landscape Type 4
SAP NetWeaver BW
System Landscape Type 5
SAP NetWeaver BW &
non-SAP DWH
System Landscape Type 6
ERP Landscape
DatawarehouseSolution

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System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Customer scenarios
 Customer with non-SAP ERP and non-SAP DWH
 Customer with SAP ERP and non-SAP DWH
 Customer with combination of SAP ERP and non-SAP ERP with non-SAP DWH
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

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System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Customer scenarios
Which SAP BusinessObjects products can be leveraged ?
SAP BusinessObjects BI
 SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
 SAP BusinessObjects BI client tools
 SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI
 Sybase IQ
 SAP HANA
SAP BusinessObjects EIM
 SAP BusinessObjects Data Services
 SAP BusinessObjects Data Quality
 SAP BusinessObjects Information Steward
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

10. SAP BI Solution Architecture – System Landscape #4
- Customers using SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH -
Connecting to your corporate information

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System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Data Connectivity
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6
Semantic Layer
Data Services / Sybase Replication Server
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports
for Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis
Search &
Exploration
Direct Access
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
Transient Provider
Direct Access Universe Based Access
PeopleSoft Oracle EBS JDE
3rd party
data
SAP HANA
Custom Data Warehouse
Sybase IQ

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System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Data Connectivity
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6
Semantic Layer
Data Services / Sybase Replication Server
Universe Based Access
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports for
Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis Search & Exploration
Direct Access
SQLBICSJDBCODBC
Direct Access
Live Office
BI
WebServices
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
Transient Provider
3rd party
data PeopleSoft Oracle EBS JDE
BICS
Custom Data Warehouse
SAP HANA
Sybase IQ

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System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Data Connectivity
Operational Reporting
 Direct connectivity towards SAP ERP and non-SAP based business applications can be established with Crystal Reports 2011
 Starting with SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Package 05 (Innovations 2010) the Transient Provider allows to leverage a BEx query
based on a classic InfoSet and in that way expose operational data via a common interface
 Crystal Reports for Enterprise is able to leverage the connection towards Universes , SAP HANA , Sybase IQ, and the Transient
Provider
Self Service Reporting
 Self Service reporting capabilities with Web Intelligence are enabled by leveraging the Transient Provider technology for SAP ERP
and the semantic layer in combination with the custom data warehouse, SAP HANA, or Sybase IQ
Data Visualization
 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards can leverage the connection towards Universes, Live Office, and BI Web Services to leverage
data from the operational systems, custom data warehouse, Sybase IQ , and SAP HANA
Analysis
 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office is able to leverage SAP HANA’s analytical capabilities and provide users
these capabilities inside Microsoft Office
 In addition SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Suite is able to leverage the Transient Provider technology for SAP ERP and allow for
analytical reporting on top of transactional data
Search and Exploration
 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer is able to leverage the Universe connection and leverage data from the custom data warehouse, and
Sybase IQ, as well as establish a direct connection to SAP HANA
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

14. SAP BI Solution Architecture – System Landscape #4
- Customers using SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH -
Growing your SAP BusinessObjects BI Landscape

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System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #1
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6
Semantic Layer
Data Services / Sybase Replication Server
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports
for Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis
Search &
Exploration
Direct Access
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
Transient Provider
Direct Access Universe Based Access
PeopleSoft Oracle EBS JDE
3rd party
data
Custom Data Warehouse

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without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #1
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6
Semantic Layer
Data Services / Sybase Replication Server
Universe Based Access
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports for
Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis Search & Exploration
Direct Access
Live Office
BI
WebServices
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
Transient Provider
3rd party
data PeopleSoft Oracle EBS JDE
BICS
Custom Data Warehouse

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without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Operational Reporting
 Direct connectivity towards SAP ERP and non-SAP based business applications can be established with Crystal Reports 2011
 Starting with SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Package 05 (Innovations 2010) the Transient Provider allows to leverage a BEx query based on
a classic InfoSet and in that way expose operational data via a common interface
 Crystal Reports for Enterprise is able to leverage the connection towards Universes, and the Transient Provider
Self Service Reporting
 Self Service reporting capabilities with Web Intelligence are enabled by leveraging the Transient Provider technology for SAP ERP and the
semantic layer in combination with the custom data warehouse
Data Visualization
 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards can leverage the connection towards Universes, Live Office, and BI Web Services to leverage data from
the operational systems, and the custom data warehouse
Analysis
 In addition SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Suite is able to leverage the Transient Provider technology for SAP ERP and allow for analytical
reporting on top of transactional data
Search and Exploration
 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer is able to leverage the Universe connection and leverage data from the custom data warehouse
Limitations
 Customer with this BI landscape are not able to provide analytical workflows on top of the corporate data warhouse
Opportunity for Growth
 Adding SAP HANA or Sybase IQ allows for leveraging large volumes of data and increased performance for the BI landscape
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #1
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

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without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #2
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6
Semantic Layer
Data Services / Sybase Replication Server
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports
for Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis
Search &
Exploration
Direct Access
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
Transient Provider
Direct Access Universe Based Access
PeopleSoft Oracle EBS JDE
3rd party
data
Custom Data Warehouse
Sybase IQ

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This presentation and SAP’s strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided
without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #2
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6
Semantic Layer
Data Services / Sybase Replication Server
Universe Based Access
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports for
Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis Search & Exploration
JDBCODBC
Direct Access
Live Office
BI
WebServices
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
Transient Provider
3rd party
data PeopleSoft Oracle EBS JDE
BICS
Custom Data Warehouse Sybase IQ

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This presentation and SAP’s strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided
without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #2
Operational Reporting
 Direct connectivity towards SAP ERP and non-SAP based business applications can be established with Crystal Reports 2011
 Starting with SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Package 05 (Innovations 2010) the Transient Provider allows to leverage a BEx query based on a classic
InfoSet and in that way expose operational data via a common interface
 Crystal Reports for Enterprise is able to leverage the connection towards Universes , Sybase IQ, and the Transient Provider
Self Service Reporting
 Self Service reporting capabilities with Web Intelligence are enabled by leveraging the Transient Provider technology for SAP ERP and the
semantic layer in combination with the custom data warehouse and Sybase IQ
Data Visualization
 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards can leverage the connection towards Universes, Live Office, and BI Web Services to leverage data from the
operational systems, custom data warehouse, and Sybase IQ
Analysis
 In addition SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Suite is able to leverage the Transient Provider technology for SAP ERP and allow for analytical
reporting on top of transactional data
Search and Exploration
 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer is able to leverage the Universe connection and leverage data from the custom data warehouse and Sybase IQ
Limitations
 Customer with this BI landscape are not able to provide analytical workflows on top of the corporate data warehouse
Opportunity for Growth
 Adding SAP HANA allows for leveraging large volumes of data and increased performance for the BI landscape and will allow for analytical workflows
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

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without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #3
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6
Semantic Layer
Data Services / Sybase Replication Server
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports
for Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis
Search &
Exploration
Direct Access
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
Transient Provider
Direct Access Universe Based Access
PeopleSoft Oracle EBS JDE
3rd party
data
Custom Data Warehouse
SAP HANA

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without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #3
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6
Semantic Layer
Data Services / Sybase Replication Server
Universe Based Access
Crystal Reports
2011
Crystal Reports for
Enterprise
Web Intelligence
Dashboards
(Xcelsius)
Analysis Office Analysis OLAP
BusinessObjects
Explorer
Enterprise Reporting
Self Service
Reporting
Data Visualization Analysis Search & Exploration
Direct Access
SQLBICSJDBCODBC
Direct Access
Live Office
BI
WebServices
SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN
Transient Provider
3rd party
data PeopleSoft Oracle EBS JDE
BICS
Custom Data Warehouse
SAP HANA

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without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Growing your BI Landscape – Growth Scenario #3
Operational Reporting
 Direct connectivity towards SAP ERP and non-SAP based business applications can be established with Crystal Reports 2011
 Starting with SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Package 05 (Innovations 2010) the Transient Provider allows to leverage a BEx query based on a classic
InfoSet and in that way expose operational data via a common interface
 Crystal Reports for Enterprise is able to leverage the connection towards Universes , SAP HANA , and the Transient Provider
Self Service Reporting
 Self Service reporting capabilities with Web Intelligence are enabled by leveraging the Transient Provider technology for SAP ERP and the
semantic layer in combination with the custom data warehouse, and SAP HANA
Data Visualization
 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards can leverage the connection towards Universes, Live Office, and BI Web Services to leverage data from the
operational systems, custom data warehouse, and SAP HANA
Analysis
 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office is able to leverage SAP HANA’s analytical capabilities and provide users these
capabilities inside Microsoft Office
 In addition SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Suite is able to leverage the Transient Provider technology for SAP ERP and allow for analytical
reporting on top of transactional data
Search and Exploration
 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer is able to leverage the Universe connection and leverage data from the custom data warehouse, as well as
establish a direct connection to SAP HANA
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

24. SAP BI Solution Architecture – System Landscape #4
- Customers using SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH -
Summary

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SAP BusinessObjects Semantic Layer allows for
 Exposing corporate data via a single meta-data layer to your end-users
 Sharing identical meta-data definitions across BI clients
 Combining multiple data source into a single logical view
Adding SAP HANA or Sybase IQ allows you
 To increase the data volume for reporting and analytics
 To provide greater performance and faster response times to your end-users
 To consolidate your data sources into a single source for reporting and analytics purposes
Adding SAP BusinessObjects Data Services allows you
 To leverage a single tool for all your ETL requirements across data sources and DWH
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Recommended Approach
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

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System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Recommended Approach
Benefits
 Cross ERP reporting possible based on custom data
warehouse solution
 SAP BusinessObjects semantic layer acts as single point
of entry for reporting and analytics for all BI clients
 Using SAP HANA or Sybase IQ allows for increased
performance and increased data volume
 SAP BusinessObjects Data Services can help to
consolidate all ETL requirements across data sources
into a single environment
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

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Bottom Line Business Benefits
1. Customers can use SAP BusinessObjects Data Services to consolidate all their ETL requirements across data sources into
a single environment.
2. Customer can use the semantic layer with multi-source Universes and provide their end-users with business semantic
across all their data sources
3. Customer can use SAP HANA and Sybase IQ to consolidate all their data sources into a single high performing source for
reporting and analytics
Growth Opportunity Summary Technical Benefits to Customer
SAP BusinessObjects
Data Services
SAP BusinessObjects Data Services provides a
single tool to extract, transform and load any data
into the DWH solution
• Large set of data sources for extraction
• Integration with SAP landscape for future growth
• Fully integration with other tools like Data Quality and
Information Steward
Semantic Layer
The semantic layer as part of the SAP
BusinessObjects BI platform provides you the
capabilities to combine and expose the data source
in form of a single view based on business
semantics.
• Universes can provide business semantic to the end-users
and hide the technical complexity
• Multi-Source Universes allow for the combination of several
data sources in a single view
• Universes enable to share meta-data across the BI tools
SAP HANA & Sybase IQ
SAP HANA and Sybase IQ enable our customers to
analyze large volumes of information with a fast
response time with a complete integration into the
SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite.
• Leverage the latest in in-memory and columnar database
technology
• Increase the data volume and performance
• Leverage flexible data modeling on top of operational data
System Landscape Type 4: SAP ERP & non-SAP application with non-SAP DWH
Summary
Landscape Type 1 Landscape Type 2 Landscape Type 3 Landscape Type 4 Landscape Type 5 Landscape Type 6

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