2. Getting More From SAP David Jobling, CTO, Avanade UK Steve Butcher, Senior Architect for Mobile Solutions, Avanade UK Stef Shoffren, Snr Principal Consultant, Avanade UK

3. Introduction SAP and Performance Point Analytics SAP and Windows Mobile Q&A Agenda

4. Thousands of SAP implementations worldwide – customised Cost of client licences prohibits the dissemination of the data ‘SAP Surround’ is a suite of patterns and techniques to make SAP data more available and easier to work with Extract to SQL Server for low cost, high value reporting and analytics Expose via new channels using stock technology such as.NET and Windows Mobile Introduction

5. Performance Point Analytics and SAP Customer Case Study Stef Shoffren

6. Large, multi-national consumer goods company Fragmented ERP systems Converging onto SAP Fragmented Reporting systems throughout Europe Additional reporting requirements Customer Situation

7. SAP Business Explorer allows reporting on SAP BW held data but.... Can be very slow Unintuitive for users Lacking in functionality Within the customer, SAP BW is vertically separated by country Why not use SAP Bex?

8. Clean easy to use interface Web delivery of reports Export to Excel functionality Rich charting Fast implementation times High performance European reporting possibilities Why use Microsoft PerformancePoint Analytics

9. Sales Reporting Large volumes Data source: Multiple SAP BW databases Promotional Analysis Medium volumes Data sources Multiple SAP BW Databases Siebel Parallel Projects

10. InfoObject A reference object (eg customer, product) InfoCube Self-contained dataset, normally localised to a business area (eg Direct Sales cube) InfoSpoke Mechanism to extract data from InfoObjects/InfoCubes SAP BW Terminology

11. Web Front End Scale Out Analysis Services Scale Out High Level Architecture

12. Landscape Alignment BW Release Track D T E Change flow LEGEND Data flow D / T U SSAS Release Track UR BW NW 2004 SSAS SQL 2005 R E Production sized Development sized 2 1 3 DR sized F T PPP BW Support Track F / T PPP SSAS Support Track 1 1 1 2 3 33 2 1 3 3 33 33 3

13. Staged Rollout Sync’d with SAP Rollout Major and Minor Release schedules aligned Leveraged Avanade Global Delivery Network Migrate Development offshore over time Provide offshore support for long term cost effectiveness Team Foundation Server for Source Control Access to TFS for WAN – TFS Proxy? Solution Development

14. SAP OpenHub Service Provides InfoSpokes Specify DataSource (InfoObject or InfoCube) Specify Mode (Delta or Full) Specify Destination (Database or Flat file) Limitations Resetting of the source data in BW will reset the delta InfoObjects need 2 InfoSpokes (1 for attributes, 1 for texts) Getting the Data out of SAP BW

15. SAP InfoObject provide a fragmented view of dimensions Eg Product is split into 3 separate areas with no combined view Value add: Provide a unified view of products Bill of Materials are provided as separate measures Only a few measures are provided for BOMS Provide ANY measure with the ability to be analysed by BOM ACA Analytics ETL Framework Lineage Tracking Adding Value with the ETL

16. Prevent Duplicate Runs Use the OHREQUID to identify if data is already loaded Use Delta InfoSpokes for large source datasets that are frequently changing Need for Lineage Tracking Best Practices

17. DEMO PerformancePoint Analytics sourced from SAP BW Data

18. SQL Server 2008 Multiple Readonly SQL Server Analysis Services Instances C# for ETL coding SSIS Performance Improvements Additional Divisional Reporting Financials Futures

19. Mobile SAP Steve Butcher

20. Customer Summary Resources organisation present in 25 countries over five continents 4,766 Employees, 1,716 UK based Customer Relationship Successfully introduced Windows Mobile as a viable alternative to BlackBerry Deploying Windows Mobile across International countries as a platform for mobile messaging Customer Challenge Restricted access to SAP back office functionality restricted to internal network or VPN Accessibility of Workflow and Business Intelligence through Enterprise Portal Project Background

21. Aims and Objectives Extend the reach of SAP systems Enable users to interact with business workflow processes Leverage the Windows Mobile platform Minimise impact on SAP systems and development team Inherit security levels and roles enforcing data access Enhanced Functionality Add functionality to filter data by column and row to easily view and navigate BI data Ability to visualise data through chart representation Corporate Programmes Workplace of the Future Aims and Objectives

22. Utilise Avanade mobile solution platform to provide remote offline access to Enterprise Portal, Business Intelligence and SAP Workflow Publish data through mobile application gateway using customer virtualisation environment Proposed Mobile Solution 22

23. Mobile Enablement Platform (4 Main Elements) High Level Solution Architecture 23 Integration Layer Mobile Application Gateway Synchronisation Services Device Application

24. SAP Integration Layer Enterprise Portal Business Intelligence Workflow Solution Components | SAP Integration 24

25. Mobile Application Gateway (MAG) Functions Extensible gateway controlling data flow Processing of data retrieved through integration layer Application workflow management Data manipulation based upon business logic Solution Components | Mobile Application Gateway 25

26. Synchronisation Services Functions Optimised data transfer mechanism Offline data storage Secure data transfer Windows Active Directory integration Network connectivity management Scalable architecture based upon standard Microsoft technologies Solution Components | Sync Services 26

27. Device Application Functions Data Presentation User Credentials Capture Data Updates Synchronisation Initiation Solution Components | Device Application 27

28. Solution Demo

29. Prototype integration options Enterprise Portal: WebDAV Business Intelligence:.NET SQL Data Provider Workflow: Web Services Implement mobile application gateway (MAG) Design / Implement Solution Architecture Utilise Production Virtual Environment Publish to the Internet Develop mobile application Agree process flow User Interface Forms Navigation Implementation Approach

30. Enterprise Portal Options: RSS, WebDAV High Level Tasks: Access WebDAV folder, Process XML, Store in Database Main Issues:.NET unable to access SAP WebDAV Business Intelligence Options: Direct Database Integration, Database Pass-through High Level Tasks: Enable external access to SAP query, Prove access to SAP Query using SSRS, Store query output in DB Main Issues: Data Serialisation SAP Workflow Options:.NET Connector, Web Services High Level Tasks: Identify ABAP function, Remote Enabled, Create Web Service, Generate WSDL –Main Issues: External Web Service access, J2EE Server required Implementation Approach | Prototype SAP Integration

31. High Level Tasks: Design Solution Architecture Implement Web Services Implement SQL Replication Main Issues:.SQL Replication (SQL Mobile versions) Implementation Approach | Mobile Application Gateway

32. High Level Tasks: Deploy Mobile Application Gateway (MAG) on virtualization platform Publish to Internet Implement security model Implementation Approach | Mobile Application Gateway

33. High Level Tasks: Implementation Approach | Mobile Application Gateway Main Issues: Users vs. Business Input 33 Process Flow Forms Navigation UI Design Security (ACA Devices)

34. Q&A

35. Thank you