Using SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office,
for Excel-based OLAP Reporting against SAP HANA, ERP and
BW [ BW Alexander Peter Tammy Powlas [ [Learning Points SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Office is the premium offering for BEx Analyzer g y Comparing BEx Analyzer with SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Office How transient providers provide a way for BusinessObjects Analysis Office to be used directly against SAP ERP for reporting. p g Real Experience. Real Advantage. 2 [SAP BusinessObjects Analysis The Premium Alternative to BEx The Premium Alternative to BEx Analytical Applications AdHoc OLAP Analysis, Edition for Application Design Premium Alternative to BEx Web App Analysis, Edition for OLAP Dedicated Ad-Hoc OLAP client for W e b
C l i e n t s Premium Alternative to BEx Web App Designer Design studio for power users to create purpose-built OLAP analysis & planning apps Customer- and SAP-delivered content Mobile support Dedicated Ad Hoc OLAP client for business users to analyze OLAP data and share it with others Enabled for 3rd party OLAP Seamless interoperability between designer and ad-hoc client W A n a l y s i s
HANA support HANA support O f f i c e
A Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office IT / Developers, Data Analysts, Business Users Excel-based OLAP analysis Excel-based BI applications Real Experience. Real Advantage. M S
Live PowerPoint presentations HANA support [SAP Product Road Map for Analysis, edition for MS Office Office Key themes, capabilities, and planned innovations Highly interactive Platform services: variants, Scheduling and publication multidimensional analysis Best-in-class usability Best integration into SAP jump-to targets BW storage of workbooks Conversion of (simple) BEx Dynamic Grid, i.e.enhanced formatting options in analysis modus Best integration into SAP sources (SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP HANA) MS PowerPoint Publishing Conversion of (simple) BEx Workbooks BW Workspaces Additi l S t f SAP Custom local hierarchies Seamlessly convert Analysis Office workbooks to web- d bil ( i Excel-based application design via powerful API Analysis Excel write-back Additional Support of SAP HANA Appliance (hierarchies, prompts) and mobile apps (requires Analysis, edition for application design) enabled on BW-IP (integrated planning) Real Experience. Real Advantage. Future Direction Today Planned Innovations This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. Planned RTC: Q3 2012 [News in Release 1.2 Planning Enhancements Planning Enhancements Cell Locking Enhanced HANA support Enhanced HANA support Language-dependent texts OLAP connection in CMC (as of BI l f 4 0 FP3) BI platform 4.0 FP3) Application Development APIs for controlling Analysis Office APIs for controlling Analysis Office without ribbon Usability Improved prompting Continuous Improvement Real Experience. Real Advantage. Variable unmerge Copy & Paste GA January 2012 [Planned Key Features in Release 1.3 BW Pl f F BW Platform Features Report-Report Interface (query, URL) Variants Variants Storing workbooks/ppts in BW repository Corporate Data (SAP BW, SAP HANA) Local Data BW Workspaces Innovation BW Workspaces: combining local Excel data with corporate data Excel data with corporate data HANA Support Hierarchies, Variables, Password Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office Change Migration C i BE kb k Real Experience. Real Advantage. Converting BEx workbooks Ramp-up planned for July 2012 [Analysis, Edition for Application Design Designed for BW BW on HANA & Native HANA Scenarios Designed for BW, BW on HANA & Native HANA Scenarios SBO Analysis Editions: (MS Office, OLAP, Application Design) U i (SQL) Universes (SQL) MDX BICS Application Design) Universes (SQL) SBO Analysis Editions: (MS Office, OLAP, Application Design) SQL via DF MDX BICS SQL pp g ) BW application any schema BW managed schema Replication Services Data Services SAP Extractors Data Services Real Experience. Real Advantage. HANA [ COMPARISON WITH BEX COMPARISON WITH BEX ANALYZER Real Experience. Real Advantage. 8 [ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office C di i l F i Exceptions Conditional Formatting Only supported against BEx Query Benefits: On the fly AND OR AND-OR scenarios Real Experience. Real Advantage. 9 [ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office Exceptions Filter by Measure) Exceptions Filter by Measure) Only supported y pp against BEx Query Benefit: Real Experience. Real Advantage. 10 Develop on the fly [ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint Component Total [+] CA 4 Cut and paste from Excel to PowerPoint [+] CRM 1 [+] FI 6 [+] IS 2 [ ] IS 2 [+] MM 22 [+] PM 15 [ ] SD 1 [+] SD 1 Benefit: Real Experience. Real Advantage. 11 Live Analysis inside PowerPoint [ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office Report to Report Interface Coming Benefits: Drill down from InfoProvider to details in DSO Drill down from a report to an ECC Real Experience. Real Advantage. 12 p transaction [ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office Variants Coming Variants Coming Today using BEx queries for often-saved selection criteria Benefits: Able to save commonly used selection criteria Real Experience. Real Advantage. 13 [ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office Saving Workbooks to BW Save to BI Platform Benefits: Benefits: Becomes centrally stored Is a part of the BW Real Experience. Real Advantage. 14 Is a part of the BW Metadata repository [ BEx Analyzer Analysis Office Training is likely required Free training at sap com/learnbi Training is likely required sap.com/learnbi Con: Benefit: Training is free Training is not free Expert users Real Experience. Real Advantage. 15 g Expand use beyond expert users [Demo of BEx working side by side with Analysis Real Experience. Real Advantage. 16 [Demo of Analysis Office Against SAP Hana Real Experience. Real Advantage. 17 [ TRANSIENT PROVIDERS TRANSIENT PROVIDERS Real Experience. Real Advantage. 18 [ TransientProvider, Enhancement Package 5 Enterprise Reporting Self Service Reporting Data Visualization Analysis Search & Exploration Crystal Reports 2011 Crystal Reports for Enterprise Web Intelligence Dashboards (Xcelsius) Analysis Office Analysis OLAP BusinessObjects Explorer Semantic Layer Direct Access Direct Access Direct Access Direct Access Universe Based Access Universe Based Access Transient Provider SAP HCM SAP SD SAP FIN 3 rd Party Data Real Experience. Real Advantage. Source: www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/bi-solution-architecture - Ingo Hilgefort [ECC InfoSets, Enhancement Package 05 Transient Provider allows you to connect via a BEx Query in the local BI client of your SAP ERP system to a classic InfoSet and in that way provide real-time ERP data to your end-users in that way expose operational data to SAP BusinessObjects tools Works like an operational InfoProvider or remote cube Real Experience. Real Advantage. 20 [Steps to Create Analysis Workbook Against ECC InfoSet InfoSet Create InfoSet Set Property to Release - p y SQBWPROP Create BEx Query against InfoSet Select BEx Query as a data source in Analysis Real Experience. Real Advantage. in Analysis 21 [ DEMO TRANSIENT DEMO TRANSIENT PROVIDER Real Experience. Real Advantage. 22 [ECC InfoSets, Enhancement Package 05 Transient Provider allows you to connect via a BEx Query in the local BI client of your SAP ERP system to a classic InfoSet and in that way provide real-time ERP data to your end-users in that way expose operational data to SAP BusinessObjects tools Works like an operational infoprovider or remote cube Real Experience. Real Advantage. 23 [Advantages of Transient Provider It runs in ERP/ECC no separate BW system required It runs in ERP/ECC, no separate BW system required Operational reporting available for specific applications Real time reporting p g No duplication of data Could use SAP pre-delivered content Real Experience. Real Advantage. 24 [Prerequisites of Transient Provider Install BI client inside ECC ECC 6 0 enhancement package 5 ECC 6.0 enhancement package 5 Only Client Independent (global) InfoSets flagged are available No remote scenarios Real Experience. Real Advantage. [Limitations of Transient Providers No hierarchies No navigation attributes No navigation attributes No enhancements to Transient Provider As characteristics and key figures are derived, you cannot apply y g y pp y properties to them Real Experience. Real Advantage. 26 [Pros / Cons of Transient Provider Pros: Operational BI Real-time reporting, no modeling, no loading Operational BI Real time reporting, no modeling, no loading Cons: No hierarchies, no display attributes, no currency translation Not all InfoSets are available for use Real Experience. Real Advantage. 27 [ WRAP-UP WRAP UP Real Experience. Real Advantage. 28 [Recommendations Analysis for Office is the premium offering for BEx Analyzer No need to migrate BEx queries, change data models No need to migrate BEx queries, change data models Consider transitioning BEx Analyzer users now Most features are already supported Missing features are planned for future release Adopt new BI Platform when you can Di i BE i Direct connection to BEx queries Improved usability over BEx Analyzer, plus additional features Formula Mode, Analysis Ribbon has Hierarchy, Conditional Formula Mode, Analysis Ribbon has Hierarchy, Conditional Formatting, Display Panel, Pause Refresh, PowerPoint integration Save costs by minimal training Real Experience. Real Advantage. 29 [Tips Leverage the capabilities of the restricted key and calculated key figures where possible y g p As part of the underlying BI query, they will be processed by the BW back end C b h d i i i i i d l t Can be shared across queries, minimizing development downstream Use SAP variables as part of the SAP NetWeaver BW query Use prototypes/demos to gather requirements Make use of pause/refresh button Free e-learning is available on the SAP Community Network Real Experience. Real Advantage. 30 [Return on Investment Take advantage of using Analysis Office without modeling in BW, using real-time ECC data. , g Use Analysis Office side-by-side with existing BEx tools, such as the BEx Information Broadcasting No training for end users; ease of use Less reliance on a very busy Information Technology staff to create Excel Workbooks create Excel Workbooks Expand use of Business Intelligence to beyond IT and Analyst/Power User Calculations on the fly E-learning on the SAP Community is free Real Experience. Real Advantage. 31 [Best Practices Take advantage of free e-learning on Analysis office at sap.com/learnbi p Visit Analysis Office page on SAP Community Network http://scn.sap.com/community/businessobjects-analysis-ms- ffi office Check the SAP Software Distribution Center (SWDC) for downloads at least monthlyy Service.sap.com/swdc Demo of how to do that is on SAP Community Network Pause/Refresh Button Its Excel start using it Real Experience. Real Advantage. 32 [Key Learnings Consider performing a proof of concept with SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office j y , Lessen the load on IT by having Excel-knowledgeable users create workbooks Check the SWDC for downloads at least monthly Consider transitioning BEx Analyzer users now Most features are already supported Most features are already supported Missing features are planned for future releases Review ECC Enhancement Pack 5 Features for Operational BI p Reporting Improved usability over BEx Analyzer Real Experience. Real Advantage. 33 [Resources Ingo Hilgefort, Discover SAP BusinessObjects Analysis the New BEx Analyzer (BI Expert, November 2010). www.bw-biexpertonline.com/article.cfm?id=5519 Ingo Hilgefort, SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office Your First Steps (BI Expert November Microsoft Office Your First Steps (BI Expert, November 2010). www.bw-biexpertonline.com/article.cfm?id=5540 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 34 [More Information Ingo Hilgefort, Inside SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis (SAP PRESS, 2010). www.sap-press.com/products/Inside-SAP- BusinessObjects-Advanced-Analysis.html j y Real Experience. Real Advantage. 35 [ Thank you for participating Thank you for participating. Please remember to complete and return your evaluation form following this session. For ongoing education on this area of focus, visit the Year-Round Community page at www.asug.com/yrc [ SESSION CODE: 305 Real Experience. Real Advantage. 36