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Tips and tricks using SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 on top of SAP Netweaver Business Warehouse data. (#512) Gregory Botticchio / Patrice Le Bihan
[ Agenda
Selecting the Right SAP BusinessObjects BI Client
Reporting How do I access and transform corporate data into highly formatted reports for greater insight?
Dashboards and Visualization How do I visualize data for better decision making?
Interactive Reporting
How do I answer ad hoc questions and interact with information?
Analysis How do I determine trends from complex historical data and possibly make better forecasts? Analysis, Edition for Office & OLAP
BI Application Design How can IT create centrally from simple to complex BI applications for a larger audience ?
Crystal Reports
Dashboards
Web Intelligence
Explorer
Middle Management
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Information
Business Analyst
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Individual Contributor
Middle Management Analysis, edition for OLAP Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
Executive
Business Analyst Web Intelligence Real Experience. Real Advantage. Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office
Web Intelligence
Analysis
Setting up BEx Queries Creating pre-defined workbooks Building BI & Planning Applications
Crystal Reports
IT
Dashboards
Report Design
Dashboard Design
Share, distribute
Analyze
Users can start at any point in the cycle, interacting even with highly formatted content created & shared by others
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
User-defined Queries
Business Metadata
Best access method for each specific data source: SAP, RDBMS, OLAP Multi-source universes with built-in data federation for SAP and RDBMS Dimensional universes for 3rd-party OLAP data sources
Analysis
MDX
BEx Query
3rd-party
OLAP Server 3rd-party Data Warehouse InfoProviders
SAP NetWeaver BW
Synchronize different BEx queries with a common dimension. Merge BEx queries with other data provider such other RDBMS or Excel file
Unified experience across all data sources with new semantic layer For OLAP sources: Query Stripping: Improved performance by automatically removing unused objects Integration of hierarchical concepts into query panel user experience
Bubble charts
Mobilize Web Intelligence Content Make informed decisions with instant access to personalized information
Leverage existing BI investments & skills to quickly reach mobile users Ensure secure access to information across a range of devices Receive alerts on critical events Investigate problems and opportunities
Web Intelligence 4.0 and SAP NetWeaver BW / Direct Access via BICS
Direct dimensional access to your BEx Queries No need to create a Universe Support of hierarchies and dimensional metadata Hierarchical query panel Member selector Hierarchical navigation Member functions Hierarchical report output Hierarchical columns Fold unfold Level totals Hierarchical graphics Multi-data provider synchronization Hierarchical formulas on report
Authored with the information design tool Create a data foundation and a business layer based on multiple SQL connections Create multi source joins and derived tables Source independence through SQL 92 and Data Federator functions, while keeping the ability to use native SQL when necessary Benefits Federate different databases: OLTP and DWH, SAP BW, SAS, flat files Lower TCO for integration projects (no complex ETL to put in place) May in some cases, remove the need for a consolidated DWH
Orange tables are from Microsoft SQL server Blue tables are from SAP BW
The Direct BEx Access does not derail Web Intelligence from its original value proposition. Web Intelligence is not an OLAP analysis tool. Prefer using Analysis, Editions for Office or OLAP for pure OLAP capabilities
also consider your report designers A single connection will mean to navigate the InfoArea > InfoProvider levels for each report design
Support for delegated measures Support for hierarchical report design Switching between hierarchies on the fly Level based member selection
Showing Leaves only / Lowest Level of the hierarchy Expand to Level as a configuration option
Skipping Levels of a hierarchy Ranking data along hierarchies Support of hierarchical chart
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
Query Condition
Removed the condition from the query. Result is different. Alternative is to put the condition in the WebI query if possible.
Local Calculation
No need to rebuild the BEx query. Webi will ignore the calculation. Alternative is to calculate locally in WebI.
Avoid such function, do not publish a query when such function is found. Alternative is to calculate in WebI.
Refer to the Web Intelligence documentation for all the details: http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/xi4_ia_en.pdf (section Building reports on Bex
queries)
Filter on Hierarchy
Break on measures or details #TOREFRESH for the measure #UNAVAILABLE for the measure
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[ Appendix
For additional information : Session #4412: Strategies for Selecting the Right BI Client Product Based on Your Own Requirements SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture :
www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/bi-solution-architecture
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InfoProvider Dimension Characteristic Hierarchies Custom Structures Navigational Attribute Display Attribute Key Figure Unit / Currency Calculated Key Figure Restricted Key Figure Compounded Characteristics Defaults in the BEx Query Constant Selection
Scaling Factor Number of Decimals Display Result Rows (top / bottom) Suppress Result Rows Calculate Result as (local calculation) Display as hierarchy Sorting Hide / Unhide Reverse +/- signage
Conditions in rows
Conditions in columns Conditions on selected characteristic Exceptions Empty / non empty