SAP Business Intelligence: Vision for the Future

SAP Business Intelligence: Vision for the Future
Laurie Nolan Global Director, BI Product Management SAP Labs, LLC

Overview SAP NetWeaver BI Content Add-on SAP BW 3.5 Future goals
Agenda Overview SAP NetWeaver BI Content Add-on SAP BW 3.5 Future goals

mySAP BI: Vision Statement
Active Business Intelligence for integrated decision support and collaborative decision making. mySAP BI treats information as a mission critical asset. It delivers an end-to-end solution that provides a technology stack, analytics and content for cross- functional collection and dissemination of consistent information.

Where We Are - SAP BW 3.x Openness Integration Web Offering
Support of industry standards like XML for extraction and analysis DB Connect – directly access data in relational database tables Open Hub Service – dissemination of information Integration Integration of technology, tools and applications allowing cross-enterprise analytics and closed-loop scenarios Integration into the Enterprise Portal as single point of entry Integration of unstructured information such as documents, files, etc. Web Offering Interactive analysis of information via web and mobile devices Intuitive design of web applications Ad-hoc query design via the web

Product Roadmap SAP BW 4.0 Enterprise-wide
BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On SAP BW 4.0 BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On Enterprise-wide Real-time data acquisition / analytics Active BI Planning infrastructure SAP BW 3.5 BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On SAP NetWeaver Integration Web AS 6.40 SAP EP 6.0 SAP MDM 3.0 SAP XI 3.0 SAP MI 2.5 BI Content Add-On SAP BW 3.1 INTRODUCTION BI is one of the cornerstones of SAP’s NetWeaver technology architecture. BI is built into SAP applications to ensure ease of deployment, lower TCO, and, above all, an uncompromising consistency and quality of data. SAP’s commitment to deliver the right information, at the right time, to the right people extend to the integration processes by which non-SAP data is incorporated into the SAP BI infrastructure. SAP’s BI roadmap is designed to address these corporate issues and provide you with a look at upcoming milestones in SAP’s Business Intelligence roadmap. Handle the challenges of the entire, global enterprise Play an important role within mySAP technology in enabling the real-time enterprise Provide actionable information The industry analysts have recognized what you [users] have known all along. SAP BI is a key component for corporate success in the 21st century. Forrester’s TechRankings just rated SAP #1 in the field of all BI vendors. In the summer of 2002, Gartner Dataquest stated that “…the big shake-up in the BI market came from the massive growth of SAP in the BI platform segment. Despite the economic downturn, SAP has managed to outperform all the other BI platform vendors and become the largest BI platform provider in the market..." We’ve accomplished a lot, but there is more to come… SAP NetWeaver Integration By the end of 2003, SAP will deliver to you business intelligence seamlessly integrated with the other components of NetWeaver: KM: deploy pre-calculated BI web application into KM java store EP: easy deployment of BI i-Views Mobile: deploy pre-calculated web BI applications using Mobile Infrastructure XI: ability to handle streaming XI messages WAS: SAP BI currently runs on WAS but will in addition include common user management, seamless installation, seamless maintenance MDM: Integration of BI and Master Data Directory Enterprise Features Support for high user concurrency: handle growth (number of users, volumes of data, the usage of different tools and technologies, complex applications) handle effects of globally acting enterprises (different languages and currencies, different locations, will include improved performance, and have the ability through MDM integration to handle different business models) Satisfy diverse end-user needs (from formatted reports to highly complex planning application, on a wide range of devices in online and offline modes Provide broader support for heterogeneous environments (diverse source systems, RDBMS, platforms, hardware) Java-based, open web front-end: Java-based framework at the front-end (java-controls i.e. formatting, web-printing, PDF-generation), On top of SAP WAS/Java, the integrated platform for application deployment, DB abstraction, OS independent, UI (WebDynpro), ABAP and Java. The SAP Web Application Server (J2EE-compliant, a widely accepted and used open standard) allows you to write purely Java-based applications following the J2EE programming model or combine existing functionality written in ABAP with new components developed in Java. BI Java SDK for custom BI applications development: Composed of tools, resource adapters, sample code, and documentation to support the rapid development of Java applications requiring access to relational and multidimensional data from different source systems. A metamodel defines an abstract language for expressing other models. The SDK provides two metamodels, each based on the CWM (Common Warehouse Metamodel): the Relational Metamodel, and the OLAP Metamodel. JMI (Java Metadata Interface) is an extensible metadata service for the Java platform that provides a common Java programming model for accessing metadata. JMI is based on the Meta Object Facility (MOF) specification from the Object Management Group (OMG). SAP customers are currently using XML/A (XML for Analysis) interfaces Active Business Intelligence Intelligent alert agent: Automated information dissemination: Based on user feedback, SAP will enhance its report dissemination capability Support user-defined rules for process automation: We will continue to enhance our alerting and dissemination rules Generic infrastructure for planning applications: Improve SAP’s customers product / service quality by intelligently identifying, alerting and [thereby] preventing problems before they seriously impact corporate effectiveness, productivity, or profitability Empower the agile enterprise by shrinking the required response time between events and notifications Real-time Business Activity Monitoring Operational monitoring and real-time analysis: Managing the real-time enterprise (= improve speed and efficiency) depends on four major building blocks (according to Gartner) Business Process Management systems, integration brokers (SAP XI), Business Intelligence systems and network/systems management system Convergence of BI, AA, BPM, and EAI Role of BI is twofold real-time data analysis (i.e.. BAM) means monitoring short-term operational management issues real-time data acquisition SLIDE CONCLUSION We’ve done a lot, but as they say “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” Q1/2003 Q1/2004 Q1/2005

SAP NetWeaver™ The integration and application platform for lower TCO
Unifies and aligns people, information and business processes Integrates across technologies and organizational boundaries A safe choice with full .NET and J2EE interoperability The business foundation for SAP and partners Powers business-ready solutions that reduce custom integration It’s Enterprise Services Architecture increases business process flexibility SAP NetWeaver™ Composite Application Framework People Integration Life Cycle Management Multi-Channel Access Portal Collaboration Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Application Platform J2EE ABAP DB and OS Abstraction DB and OS Abstraction … .NET WebSphere

SAP NetWeaver in Detail (SAP Internal View) Product components and killer features
SAP Mobile Infrastructure Tight coupling and alignment with SAP business solutions SAP Enterprise Portal Business packages Collaboration SAP Business Information Warehouse Business content Tight integration to SAP Open architecture (Crystal,Ascential) Master Data Management Coming in 2003 SAP Exchange Infrastructure Proxy generation and mapping tools Integration directory SAP’s ability to execute SAP Web Application Server Proven, scalable, comprehensive toolsets Leverage existing infrastructure/skillets DB and OS Abstraction People Integration Composite Application Framework Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Life Cycle Management Portal Collaboration J2EE ABAP Application Platform Multi-Channel Access SAP NetWeaver™ Master Data Management Integration Broker Business Process Management Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Portal Collaboration J2EE ABAP Multi-Channel Access DB and OS Abstraction Master Data Management

BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On SAP BW 4.0 BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On Enterprise-wide Real-time data acquisition / analytics Active BI Planning infrastructure SAP BW 3.5 SAP BW 3.1 BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On SAP NetWeaver Integration Web AS 6.40 SAP EP 6.0 SAP MDM 3.0 SAP XI 3.0 SAP MI 2.5 INTRODUCTION BI is one of the cornerstones of SAP’s NetWeaver technology architecture. BI is built into SAP applications to ensure ease of deployment, lower TCO, and, above all, an uncompromising consistency and quality of data. SAP’s commitment to deliver the right information, at the right time, to the right people extend to the integration processes by which non-SAP data is incorporated into the SAP BI infrastructure. SAP’s BI roadmap is designed to address these corporate issues and provide you with a look at upcoming milestones in SAP’s Business Intelligence roadmap. Handle the challenges of the entire, global enterprise Play an important role within mySAP technology in enabling the real-time enterprise Provide actionable information The industry analysts have recognized what you [users] have known all along. SAP BI is a key component for corporate success in the 21st century. Forrester’s TechRankings just rated SAP #1 in the field of all BI vendors. In the summer of 2002, Gartner Dataquest stated that “…the big shake-up in the BI market came from the massive growth of SAP in the BI platform segment. Despite the economic downturn, SAP has managed to outperform all the other BI platform vendors and become the largest BI platform provider in the market..." We’ve accomplished a lot, but there is more to come… SAP NetWeaver Integration By the end of 2003, SAP will deliver to you business intelligence seamlessly integrated with the other components of NetWeaver: KM: deploy pre-calculated BI web application into KM java store EP: easy deployment of BI i-Views Mobile: deploy pre-calculated web BI applications using Mobile Infrastructure XI: ability to handle streaming XI messages WAS: SAP BI currently runs on WAS but will in addition include common user management, seamless installation, seamless maintenance MDM: Integration of BI and Master Data Directory Enterprise Features Support for high user concurrency: handle growth (number of users, volumes of data, the usage of different tools and technologies, complex applications) handle effects of globally acting enterprises (different languages and currencies, different locations, will include improved performance, and have the ability through MDM integration to handle different business models) Satisfy diverse end-user needs (from formatted reports to highly complex planning application, on a wide range of devices in online and offline modes Provide broader support for heterogeneous environments (diverse source systems, RDBMS, platforms, hardware) Java-based, open web front-end: Java-based framework at the front-end (java-controls i.e. formatting, web-printing, PDF-generation), On top of SAP WAS/Java, the integrated platform for application deployment, DB abstraction, OS independent, UI (WebDynpro), ABAP and Java. The SAP Web Application Server (J2EE-compliant, a widely accepted and used open standard) allows you to write purely Java-based applications following the J2EE programming model or combine existing functionality written in ABAP with new components developed in Java. BI Java SDK for custom BI applications development: Composed of tools, resource adapters, sample code, and documentation to support the rapid development of Java applications requiring access to relational and multidimensional data from different source systems. A metamodel defines an abstract language for expressing other models. The SDK provides two metamodels, each based on the CWM (Common Warehouse Metamodel): the Relational Metamodel, and the OLAP Metamodel. JMI (Java Metadata Interface) is an extensible metadata service for the Java platform that provides a common Java programming model for accessing metadata. JMI is based on the Meta Object Facility (MOF) specification from the Object Management Group (OMG). SAP customers are currently using XML/A (XML for Analysis) interfaces Active Business Intelligence Intelligent alert agent: Automated information dissemination: Based on user feedback, SAP will enhance its report dissemination capability Support user-defined rules for process automation: We will continue to enhance our alerting and dissemination rules Generic infrastructure for planning applications: Improve SAP’s customers product / service quality by intelligently identifying, alerting and [thereby] preventing problems before they seriously impact corporate effectiveness, productivity, or profitability Empower the agile enterprise by shrinking the required response time between events and notifications Real-time Business Activity Monitoring Operational monitoring and real-time analysis: Managing the real-time enterprise (= improve speed and efficiency) depends on four major building blocks (according to Gartner) Business Process Management systems, integration brokers (SAP XI), Business Intelligence systems and network/systems management system Convergence of BI, AA, BPM, and EAI Role of BI is twofold real-time data analysis (i.e.. BAM) means monitoring short-term operational management issues real-time data acquisition SLIDE CONCLUSION We’ve done a lot, but as they say “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” Q1/2003 Q1/2004 Q1/2005

Status before SAP BW 3.1 Content
SAP BW Content and SAP BW Technology was always delivered together with SAP BW “Pure” Business Content releases (SAP BW 2.1C, SAP BW 3.1 Content) required a full upgrade of the BW System at the customer site Business Content was often released in Support Packages, e.g. for 3.0B in SP 2 BW Support Package included BW Technology corrections and Content object corrections SAP BW 3.1 BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On

New Situation From SAP BW 3.1 Content onward, SAP BW Business Content will be delivered as a separate Software Component “BI Content Add- on”. Separate Support Packages for SAP BW Business Content corrections Approx. 3 Add-ons between technology BW Releases are planned SAP BW 3.1 BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On

Benefits of Business Content as an Add-on
The duration of the upgrade is reduced to one to two hours, as the Add-on includes only content-relevant parts. Starting with the SAP BI Content 3.2 Add-on, a technical upgrade of BW systems is no longer necessary as only content-relevant objects are imported. SAP BW Business Content developments and enhancements are available at shorter intervals. Changes in the Support Package procedures – separation of Support Packages for the SAP BW Technology and SAP BW Content – permit independent imports and tests of Support Packages. The Add-on release will be available for download from the SAP Service Marketplace, which eliminates time for delivery and customs duties. For general information concerning the implementation of SAP BW 3.1 Content support packages, please see note We recommend that you subscribe to this note and read it before implementing support packages.

SAP BW 3.1 Content - Basis for further Add-on Upgrades
SAP BW 3.1 Content consists of the components SAP BW (SAP_BW 310) and the SAP BI Content Add-on (BI_CONT 310). The SAP BI Content 3.1 Add-on is automatically installed when you upgrade to SAP BW 3.1 Content. Technical basis for future Upgrades: SAP BW 3.1 Content corresponds to SAP BW 3.0B/SP6 and is the technical basis for future delta Add-on Upgrades.

Maintenance Maintenance of Product and Software Components
SAP BI Content 3.1 Add-on Maintenance of BI_CONT310 until end of December 2003 Maintenance of SAP_BW310 until end of maintenance for SAP_BW30B SAP BI Content 3.2 Add-on Maintenance of BI_CONT320 until end of June 2004 SAP BI Content 3.3 Add-on Maintenance of BI_CONT330 until end of maintenance for SAP_BW30B

BI Content 3.2 Add-on: Details I
Customer Relationship Management CRM Analytics Customer Migration Analysis NEW! Data Mining enhanced! Sales (for CRM) Activity Management Analysis enhanced! Opportunity Management Analysis enhanced! Territory Management Analysis NEW! Service CRM Service enhanced! Installed Base Analysis NEW! Strategic Service Planning NEW! Channel Management Partner & Channel Management NEW! Workforce Management Interaction Center Workforce Management enhanced! Incentive & Commission Management Workforce Management enhanced! SAP BW 3.1 BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On BI Content Add-On NEW! or enhanced! within BI Content 3.2 Add-On

BI Content 3.2 Add-on: Details II
Human Capital Management Product Lifecycle Management Objective Setting and Appraisals NEW! Learning Solution NEW! Crystal Reports and Crystal Enabling MSS Reports enhanced! Breakdown Statistics ALM NEW! Asset Life-cycle Management enhanced! cProjects enhanced! Supplier Relationship Management Financial Accounting Global Spend Analysis enhanced! Vendor Evaluation NEW! Reporting – Dun & Bradstreet Integration enhanced! Usability enhanced! Financial and Win/Loss Statement NEW! Dispute Management NEW! ODS for Actual and Commitments Line Items enhanced! Flexible Master Data Update in Investment Management enhanced! Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Event Management NEW! Non SAP System Integration Oracle (Receivables Data) NEW!

BI Content 3.2 Add-on: Details III
Industry Solutions Public Services Position Budgeting & Control enhanced! Retail Agency Business enhanced! Merchandise and Assortment Planning Analytics NEW! POS Data Management NEW! Service Providers Workforce Management NEW! Telecommunication Installment Plan enhanced! Rating of Collection Agencies NEW! Utilities Energy Data Management enhanced! CRM for Industry Solution Utilities enhanced! Payment scheme Reporting enhanced! Prepayment Meter enhanced! Automotive Analytical Warranty NEW! Consumer Products Business Content Beverage NEW! Financial Services CML NEW! Transactional Banking enhanced! Healthcare enhanced! High Tech Design Registration Planning NEW! Media Connecting the Intellectual Property Management NEW!

BI Content 3.2 Add-On: Statistics
861+ Roles 1979+ Workbooks Queries/Reports 3299+ InfoCubes Metadata 605+ ODS Objects InfoSources (R/3, APO,CRM. 349+ InfoObjects/Data Elements 240+ Programs Quantity Product 11772+

SAP BW: Goals for Release 3.5
Additional Integration with other SAP NetWeaver components People Integration Enterprise Portal Collaboration Mobile Infrastructure Information Integration Knowledge Management Master Data Management Business Intelligence Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Platform Integration J2EE/ABAP Business Intelligence Infrastructure and Services Report Dissemination Web Services Data Mining BI Java SDK

SAP BW 3.5 SAP NetWeaver Integration
SAP BW Infrastructure and Services

SAP NetWeaver™ The integration and application platform for lower TCO
Unifies and aligns people, information and business processes Integrates across technologies and organizational boundaries A safe choice with full .NET and J2EE interoperability The business foundation for SAP and partners Powers business-ready solutions that reduce custom integration It’s Enterprise Services Architecture increases business process flexibility SAP NetWeaver™ Composite Application Framework People Integration Life Cycle Management Multi-Channel Access Portal Collaboration Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Application Platform J2EE ABAP DB and OS Abstraction DB and OS Abstraction … .NET WebSphere

SAP NetWeaver in Detail (SAP Internal View) Product components and killer features
SAP Mobile Infrastructure Tight coupling and alignment with SAP business solutions SAP Enterprise Portal Business packages Collaboration SAP Business Information Warehouse Business content Tight integration to SAP Open architecture (Crystal,Ascential) Master Data Management Coming in 2003 SAP Exchange Infrastructure Proxy generation and mapping tools Integration directory SAP’s ability to execute SAP Web Application Server Proven, scalable, comprehensive toolsets Leverage existing infrastructure/skillets DB and OS Abstraction People Integration Composite Application Framework Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Life Cycle Management Portal Collaboration J2EE ABAP Application Platform Multi-Channel Access SAP NetWeaver™ Master Data Management Integration Broker Business Process Management Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Portal Collaboration J2EE ABAP Multi-Channel Access DB and OS Abstraction Master Data Management

SAP NetWeaver Integration: People
DB and OS Abstraction .NET … People Integration Composite Application Framework Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Life Cycle Management Portal Collaboration J2EE ABAP Application Platform Multi-Channel Access SAP NetWeaver™ Master Data Management People Integration Enterprise Portal: Integration of BI Applications into Portal Cache & Continuity with Portal roles  Platform independence for graphical rendering and the addition of new objects for data visualization Mobile: Deploy pre-calculated BI Web Apps on Mobile devices via Mobile Infrastructure  Technology synchronization of mobile capabilities in SAP NetWeaver Collaboration: Seamless integration into Collaboration Framework and C-Rooms  Allows BI Applications to be used in context of a discussion thread

SAP BW Integration with SAP Enterprise Portal
Role-based Deployment Workbooks/Web Applications Business Packages & Business Content iView Integration Save as iView SAP BW Web Application Deployment via iView Repository Unification/SSO Drag & Relate Enablement Single Sign on Attributes Personalization inheritance Style/theme interoperability Eventing

SAP Mobile Infrastructure
SAP Mobile Infrastructure to drive all, connected & disconnected mobile applications SAP Mobile Infrastructure to drive all, connected & disconnected mobile applications Devices Connected Applications (Text) Connected Applications Disconnected Applications CRM Mobile Sales/Service SAP Mobile Infrastructure Client SAP Web Application Server R/3 Enterprise SRM BI … Non-SAP CRM SAP Mobile Infrastructure Server CRM MW Embedded within SAP NetWeaver Universal infrastructure for enterprise mobility Powers enterprise class mobile applications For multiple devices Both connected and disconnected environments In multiple underlying network infrastructures This slide describes the SAP Mobile Infrastructure architecture on a device and server side. Device: The left side shows the connected (online-based) architecture. The right side shows the disconnected (offlin-based) architecture. Mobile Infrastructure client can be a A) thin client (former Mobile Engine client) More information to A): Thin client (former Mobile Engine client). upports the disconnected capabilities of an application and comprises the functionalities of 1)local data store, 2)local web server 3)synchronization and 4)online on demand functionalities. etc. Server: Mobile Infrastrucure Server includes all the relevant features for connecting to the different back end systems and to the clients on mobile devices. Mobile Infrastrucure Server includes A) Mobile Engine server capabilities, B) SAP Console capabilities, Mobile Client is a separate disconnected technology is planned to be migrated with SAP Mobile Infrastructure

BI Integration with SAP EP Collaboration Services
Synchronous collaboration Chat Instant Messaging Application Sharing … Asynchronous collaboration Shared workspaces Document and resource sharing / Calendar integration Project management tools Threaded discussion ... This is an example of a Collaboration Room created by the Sales Team of the company DalSegno. The team is using the room as their common work environment to share general information, news, store information and discuss topics that are relevant for their daily work. BI iViews like the regional revenue per distribution channel, are also included in the collaboration room, which keeps the team up-to-date on the current market situation. Being able to integrate BI iViews into a Collaboration Room increases the relevance of information available within a room. The teams, who are working with the BI iViews such as web applications and queries or alerts get the data in a room specific context. This means, e.g. for one project, the team members have all necessary information at one spot to do their job and can quickly react on BI alerts or results of a BI analysis. More information about the Collaboration Room will be provided later in this slide.

The Value of Collaboration
Using collaboration features, your organization will have the following advantages: Enhanced productivity, due to unified work environment for co-workers Fast and easy retrieval of needed information Enhanced knowledge transfer Organizational costs cuttings due to reducing travel Facilitate team work between globally dispersed teams Enhanced work processes through integrated collaboration services Enhanced productivity, due to unified work environment for co-workers Shared virtual workspaces, like collaboration rooms, bring together all tools, documents and data necessary for a team to complete their assigned tasks in one easily accessible location. Fast and easy retrieval of needed information  Information can be stored directly in the room repository or accessed by linking the room to the system that stores the information needed. Enhanced knowledge transfer  Relevant knowledge is accessible at one spot for every room member. This is especially a huge advantage for new project members, or members who have been on vacation. They can be fast up-to-date with the knowledge. Organizational costs cuttings due to reducing travel  meetings can be held with synchronous collaboration tools like application sharing Facilitate team work between globally dispersed teams  Information is accessible at any time from any location. The ability to record and store synchronous meetings allows team members in different time zones to retrieve the information during their work hours Enhanced work processes through integrated collaboration services  start collaboration services directly from an object (contact, document…)

SAP NetWeaver Integration: Information
DB and OS Abstraction .NET … People Integration Composite Application Framework Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Life Cycle Management Portal Collaboration J2EE ABAP Application Platform Multi-Channel Access SAP NetWeaver™ Master Data Management Information Integration Knowledge Management (SAP KM): Deployment of pre-calculated web applications into Content Management store SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM): Master data Consolidation, Harmonization & Management

SAP KM: Document Management Architecture
Front-End/ application GUI BEx analyzer BEx web reporting Mail / web page HTTP TREX Server BW specific document handling HTTP TREX search engine Document management Web application server CMF - Content Management framework (6.10 Basis) RFC DB Document content Document metadata Content Server SAP DB Document Content Server SAP DB Document Optional ! Index Content server SAP DB Document content Storage

SAP KM: Searching & Indexing: TREX
Indexing Queue ... Create document Change document Index Job TREX Search query Scheduler 1. Generate Documents for changed meta objects 2. Update the index

SAP Master Data Management Manage “The Business Network Environment”
SAP MDM enables information integrity across the business network Define business network environment based on generic and industry specific business elements and related attributes – called master data Services support to consolidate content, harmonize and manage master data MDM is vital part of SAP NetWeaver, SAP MDM supports an incremental approach to a cohesive master data management in a distributed and heterogeneous environment - Content Consolidation Master Data Harmonization Central Master Management 1 3 2 Business Partner Product Product Structure Assets ... A: SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM) enables information integrity across the business network, in a heterogeneous IT landscape. SAP MDM helps to define the business network environment based on generic and industry specific business elements and related attributes – called master data. Master data for example cover business partner information, product masters, product structures, or technical asset information. SAP MDM enables the sharing of harmonized master data, formerly trapped in multiple systems, and ensures cross system data consistency – regardless of physical system location and vendor. It helps to align master data by providing services that recognize identical master data objects, and keep them consistent. In addition, it enables the federation of business processes, by providing consistent distribution mechanisms of master data objects into other systems, within the company, and across company boundaries. Content Consolidation: This is the scenario of choice when it is necessary to consolidate data and objects from different systems. Features: n Cleanse, normalize data n Aggregate, search, and cross reference data from connected systems n Find duplicates Example: Business-wide analyses (e.g. global spend analysis), creation of central catalogs (e.g. of supplier products) Master Data Harmonization: It is often necessary also to enable the maintenance and consistent distribution of global attributes and to process and distribute information centrally. This ensures that all systems are supplied with the same global attributes after distribution, and that business processes can be processed securely. The distributed objects can be provided with additional attribute values in the target systems. n All of the Content Consolidation scenario PLUS n Central management and distribution of global attributes n Post editing in client systems n Controlled distribution of local changes Example: Business partner administration; central provision of sales articles; definition and administration of non-variable parts Central Data Maintenance: Maintaining a subset of objects or attributes is sometimes not sufficient. Objects that logically belong together must be changed and distributed together. n All of of the Content Consolidation scenario PLUS n All of the Master Data Harmonization scenario PLUS n Central control and management of master data information n One-stop data maintenance Example: Definition of synergy parts; central product data pool supplying product data to multiple locations for production, assembly, sales and distribution

SAP MDM: Content Consolidation
Client SAP Client non SAP Content Consolidation Cleanse, normalize data Aggregate, search, and cross reference data from connected systems Duplicate finding Examples: Business-wide analyses (e.g. global spend Analysis), Creation of central catalogs (e.g. of supplier products)

SAP MDM: Master Data Harmonization
Client SAP Client non SAP Master data harmonization All of Content Consolidation PLUS Central management and distribution of global attributes Post editing in client systems Controlled distribution of local changes Examples: Business Partner administration Central provision of sales articles Definition and administration of non-variable parts

SAP MDM: Central Master Data Management
Client SAP Client non SAP Central Master Data Management All of Content Consolidation PLUS All of Master Data Harmonization PLUS All master data information resides centrally One stop data maintenance Examples: Definition of synergy parts Central product data pool supplying product data to multiple locations for production, assembly, sales and distribution.

SAP BW-MDM: Usage Scenarios
1 Operational Reporting (localized, unified) Content Integration MDM populates navigational attribute of existing InfoObjects to provide grouping BW Harmonization Incorporates BW Consolidated InfoObjects Global Attributes pushed to Consolidated I/Os Option to manage attributes locally in source systems or centrally in MDM 2 0PRODUCT Strategic (global, consolidated) 0MATERIAL Transactional Data Flow Master Data (pre-MDM) Full, centralized MDM Global Attributes fully managed by MDM pushed through Consolidated I/Os 3 Source Systems MATNR MATNR MATNR MATNR SAP and non-SAP

SAP MDM – Architecture Building Blocks
Master Data Management MDM – Advanced Technology Architecture Master Data Server Object Layer Service Layer Provisioning Layer Content Integrator Initial Cleansing Matching Mapping MDM Adapter Business Information Warehouse Enterprise Portal Exchange Infrastructure Integration Layer Messaging and Transportation Layer mySAP ... R/3 Enterprise non SAP System

SAP NetWeaver Integration: Process
DB and OS Abstraction .NET … People Integration Composite Application Framework Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Life Cycle Management Portal Collaboration J2EE ABAP Application Platform Multi-Channel Access SAP NetWeaver™ Master Data Management Process Integration SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI): Inbound message processing  Enables EAI message based data staging into SAP BW

SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) Integration with SAP BW
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) EAI and BPM Solution Leveraged for Extraction, Transformation and Loading Alignment of EAI & ETL capabilities Scenarios Optional additional loading source XI, in addition to Flatfile, etc. Inbound data loading, outbound data distribution Leveraging Open Hub Services

SAP NetWeaver – SAP BW and SAP XI
Open Hub Service http/ SOAP G SAP XI A B C D F E Extraction, Transformation, Load (ETL) Transforms data for analysis and integrates data for a complete business view Analysis-driven Session-oriented (scheduled) Efficient bulk data movement and transformation Key Messages: Open for any source Flexible set of ETL capabilities Integration to SAP components on application level Open to third-party tools Support of open standards Value: To get a complete view of your business Process Integration (EAI) Message exchange Event-driven Transaction-oriented Efficient transactional message movement

Global Spend Analysis in SRM – BI Content 3.2 Add-On
Purchase Orders Invoices SAP XI XML XML Copy Purchaser Suppliers BW Global Spend Global Spend Analysis Visualize global spend across organizational boundaries Compare vendor prices Minimize contract leakage Consolidate suppliers mySAP SRM reduces total spend for continuous profitability Improved sourcing strategy Compressed cycle times Reduced process costs Lower unit prices Many different Purchasing Systems send xml messages to suppliers utilizing one hub. Messages are copied to Business Information Warehouse providing data for Global Spend Analysis. Value Proposition: No need to provide additional data to BW Operating Units do not need to change / upgrade their systems to support BW extraction Future development path

SAP XI Extraction Service – SAP BW
(S) = Source (T) = Target SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) SAP BW(T) Int. Repository Int. Directory Application(S) MD(S) MD(T) MDC Business Object Application/ Extractor Extractor MD(T) IF(S) IF(T) IF(S) IF(T) Data IF(T) Runtime Workbench Extractor MD(S) Extraction Rule Req Data IF(S) Process Chains Scheduler (time/event-based) Process Monitoring Integration Engine Extraction Engine (process control) Request Status XI Proxy IF(T) Data Message Queue (S) Persistent Inbound Area (S) Req Status

SAP XI Extraction Service Details
Initial Load / periodic Delta Load Embedded in process model (design and configuration) Extractor meta data driven extraction rules (e.g. selection criteria) Embedded in Integration Engine (“Extraction Engine”) Scheduling Standardized data request interface Time and event-based Process Monitoring Standardized data load status management Remote accessability (API) Persistent Inbound Area Minimize load on source system Support error handling Glossary of terms: Solution refers to a SAP solution such as CRM, SCM, SRM … Scenario refers to particular process(es) / part of a solution that would make use of the XI functionality Business case refers to a market study about potential sales / revenue impact of the requested functionality Feature request is the actually brief description of the functionality that is required in XI in order to meet the scenario / use case.

SAP NetWeaver Integration: Platform
DB and OS Abstraction .NET … People Integration Composite Application Framework Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Life Cycle Management Portal Collaboration J2EE ABAP Application Platform Multi-Channel Access SAP NetWeaver™ Master Data Management Platform Integration SAP Internet Graphics Service (IGS) Web Application Server (SAP Web AS) Integration into Alert Framework

Platform Integration: IGS
IGS Platform Extensibility Complete support of the UNIX environment Redeployment of special controls Standardized data request interface Removal of limitation for Windows based installation Standard chart controls Glossary of terms: Solution refers to a SAP solution such as CRM, SCM, SRM … Scenario refers to particular process(es) / part of a solution that would make use of the XI functionality Business case refers to a market study about potential sales / revenue impact of the requested functionality Feature request is the actually brief description of the functionality that is required in XI in order to meet the scenario / use case.

Web Application Server Alert Framework Integration
SAP Component (e.g. R/3 Enterprise, CRM, SCM, PLM) SAP BW SAP Component SAP Component Push (XML) SAP Web AS 6.20 Alert Engine Push (XML) SAP Web Application Server Alert-Inbox (Portal) External alert server (delivering alerts) SAP Alert Management keeps you up to date about highly important information. Get your personal alerts on the device of your choice. You can choose what is important for you. Cellular phone, SMS, Pager, WAP, ... e.g. unified messaging system

SAP BW 3.5 SAP NetWeaver Integration
SAP BW Infrastructure and Services

SAP BW Infrastructure & Services
SAP BW 3.5: SAP BW Focused Development Seamless report dissemination XML and Web Services XML staging interface as web service  Open standards based data loading and staging XML/A Web Service for reporting and analysis  Expose SAP BW capabilities through an industry standard API (XMLA) BW Query XML Result Sets as Web Service  Enables output of BW Query into XML for additional processing for applications  Exposes query Enhanced Data Mining Workbench: Based on Analysis Process Designer  Allows graphical modeling of Data Mining processes and preprocessing functionality  Provides an open framework for 3rd party Data Mining engines BI Java SDK

What Are Reporting Documents?
Pre-calculated, online and offline reporting documents… BI Web Applications Dashboards, cockpits Presentation-quality reports BI IViews Ad-hoc queries “Data snapshots” (e.g., BI Bookmarks) BEx Analyzer workbooks ... in different formats ... HTML Device specific (Web Browser, Mobile devices, etc.) PDF Office formats (MS Excel, CSV, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Star Office, etc.) XML Microsoft Web Archive file (MHT) .ZIP Files ... containing different kinds of information. “Hard facts” (business data, alerts, etc.) “Soft facts” (annotations, tasks, etc.)

Presentation-Quality Reports

Web Application Design
Who Receives The Reporting Documents? BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SUITE AUTHORING Query Design Data Mining Formatted Reports Web Application Design Desktop Ad-hoc Query Tabular Reports Mobile REPORTING & ANALYSIS OLAP Analysis Dash- boards Enterprise Portal Web DEPLOYMENT Authors & analysts Advanced analysis, ad-hoc, “tools” Executives & knowledge workers Personalized, context, pre-defined navigation (analysis paths) dive down on demand Intuitive UI Information consumers Precise information in operational context, no interaction Business Explorer = BI Suite Authoring – Reporting & Analysis - Deployment Query Design: Web application design. Reporting & Analysis Formatted Reporting. Tabular Reporting. Dashboards OLAP Analysis Ad-hoc queries Data Mining Active Deployment: alerting, report dissemination AUTHORS AND ANALYSTS EXECUTIVES AND KNOWLEDGE WORKERS INFORMATION CONSUMERS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE USERS

What Triggers The Dissemination?
Business events ( “Intelligent push”) Data in reporting documents changes Example: When new data is loaded into BW New business alerts occur Example: When threshold settings were modified Annotations in reporting documents change Example: When new information about a plan/actual deviation is available New information (in form of documents) is attached Additional information from other systems is received via XI “Intelligent pre-calculation” Pre-calculate most used reporting documents ... Appearing on portal start page Most often accessed within a certain timeframe (e.g., last week) Scheduling Regular scheduling for specific user groups Individuals, distribution lists, etc.

What Are The Dissemination Channels?
Enterprise Portal BI Portfolio Personal inbox Roles and favorites Knowledge Management Content management repositories Collaboration rooms & discussion forums Search engines (TREx) Mobile Devices Laptops PDA‘s Mobile phones Pagers Others (attachments) SAP Web AS alerting framework

Report Dissemination Application (RDA)
BI Reports Built on Portal 6.0, BW 3.5

RDA Overview (II) Subscribe | Download | Favorites | Send To | Give Feedback | Rate Subscribe or unsubscribe including Scheduling for pre-calculation Download to Desktop or PDA in different formats (HTML, XLS, PDF etc.) Store in Favorites or Roles Send as attachment or as alert/ suggestion into an inbox Send a feedback text/attach document

RDA: Collaboration Rooms

RDA: Scheduling and Subscription (I)
Available to power- AND end users Power user can monitor/overwrite end-user activities Intuitive one-step scheduling possible based on user preferences Wizard for individual and highly flexible scheduling task Multi-query & template scheduling

RDA: Scheduling and Subscription (II)
One-Step Scheduling, based on user preferences

What Are The Benefits? Empower more people within and beyond the enterprise Dissemination of the right information to the right user at the right time Timely alerts that allow for immediate action BI for the masses Close the loop from insights to action Task context Seamless navigation Base decisions on hard and soft facts Common context for reports and documents Annotation of BI data and meta-data Share and disseminate insights Use of knowledge management services Enterprise search Support the decision-making processes Team vs. individual Team context Repetitive patterns Follow-up task monitoring Self-service

SAP BW 3.5: SAP BW Focused Development Seamless report dissemination XML and Web Services XML staging interface as web service  Open standards based data loading and staging XML/A Web Service for reporting and analysis  Expose SAP BW capabilities through an industry standard API (XMLA) SAP BW Query XML Result Sets as Web Service  Enables output of SAP BW Query into XML for additional processing for applications  Exposes query Enhanced Data Mining Workbench: Based on Analysis Process Designer  Allows graphical modeling of Data Mining processes and preprocessing functionality  Provides an open framework for 3rd party Data Mining engines BI Java SDK

mySAP Business Intelligence: Web Services
XML/A Web Service for reporting and Analysis SAP BW Query Result Set as Web Service Web Service for Staging Interface

BI Platform: Data Mining
Data Mining Methods Decision Tree Scoring Clustering/Segmentation Association Analysis Data Mining Engine Features Creating a mining model Training the model Performing prediction using the training results Uploading the results back into BW Utilizing the mining results (on the operational side) SAP Mining Provider Consumer Router Meta- data Consumer (3rd Party) Consumer (SAP) Workbench BW-DM Connector SAP Output Provider Local Data Store Mining Output SAP Mining Engine(s) 3rd Party Mining Engine(s)

SAP Analysis Process Designer
The Analysis Process Designer (APD) is a workbench with an intuitive visual interface that enables you to Select Visualize/Preprocess Transform data from your Business Information Warehouse/Flat Files and Analyze/Deploy the results of the processes. It combines all these different steps into a single data modeling process that you can easily interact with and execute. It delivers an comprehensive infrastructure to plug-in new sources, targets, pre-processing and data analysis methods It enables to analyse data at every step of data flow

APD – Single Data Process
Combine different steps into a single data process Target Source 1 Source 2 Filter Add Merge Data Process

Analysis Process Designer - Example
Select Source for your Data Read Data from any InfoProvider

Transform your Data Merge Business Partners from Two Different Sources Select Specific Business Partners

Store your Data Store Data in a Transactional ODS Object Preview Data

Transfer your Data Select a CRM System

Key features of the Business Intelligence Java SDK (BI Java SDK)
Out-of-the-box connectivity for additional data sources Java API for creating custom BI applications Rapid BI application development tool for the Portal Additiional datasources? Options: virtually all….. SDK? Connectivity kit zu eng

Contents Overview – What the BI Java Integration Kit Adds
BI Java Integration Kit in Detail Connectors for Diverse Data Sources BW Integration of Connectors BI Java SDK for Custom Applications Rapid BI Application Development Tool for the Enterprise Portal SAP NetWeaver – A Broader View of Data Acquisition Summary

Overview – What the BI Java Integration Kit Adds
Enterprise Portal 4. BI Java SDK: Java API, Examples Documentation BI Java SDK 3. Rapid BI Application Development Tool for the Enterprise Portal BI GUI Machine Extension Business Explorer OLAP & Staging Adapter 2. BW Integration BEx Adapter BW OLAP BW Staging Non-SAP Teradata, XLS, MSAS,… 1. Connectors: - JDBC, XMLA,ODBO SAP BW R/3 … - SAP Query

BI Java Integration Kit Connectors for Diverse Data Sources
Relational JDBC JDBC is the standard Java API for RDBMS Connectivity to over 170 JDBC drivers, supporting data sources such as: Teradata, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access, DB2, Excel, Textfiles (CSV), etc. SAP Query Connectivity to SAP operational applications Ad-Hoc, Operational Reporting OLAP ODBO Established industry-standard OLAP API for the Windows platform Connectivity to MS Analysis Services, SAS, MS PTS XMLA Web services-based, platform independent access to OLAP providers Connectivity to MS Analysis Services, Hyperion, MicroStrategy, MIS, BW 3.x Please note that the connectors are not drivers. In particular in the case of JDBC someone might ask what we add to the existing (170+) JDBC drivers. The answer is: A uniform connection management that integrates with our Portal’s user management A uniform metadata service by adding JMI capabilities A SQL generator In the case of ODBO and XMLA the connector implements the underlying communication

SAP BW Integration with the SDK
SAP BW Server Integration (SAP BW 3.5) Staging Loading of non-SAP data into BW Mapping and Merging of data OLAP On-the-fly data access via remote cubes Uniform OLAP features, authorization, Reporting Agent, etc. Leverages existing visualization tools for SAP BW and non-SAP BW BEx Integration (Beyond SAP BW 3.5) BEx as an XMLA, ODBO, JDBC consumer Ad-hoc reporting on non-SAP OLAP and relational data sources Data ready for reporting Please note that the connectors are not drivers. In particular in the case of JDBC someone might ask what we add to the existing (170+) JDBC drivers. The answer is: A uniform connection management that integrates with our Portal’s user management A uniform metadata service by adding JMI capabilities A SQL generator In the case of ODBO and XMLA the connector implements the underlying communication

BI Java SDK for Custom BI Applications
Custom build Java applications using BW data Easy to use and learn Simplified command interfaces hide the complexity of underlying low-level data access protocols (MDX, SQL, HTTP, JNI, etc.) Leverages resources, skills, and infrastructure customers already have Provides complete documentation on an API level (Javadocs), tutorials, and examples Based on open and accepted standards for interoperability Common access APIs (JMI) Common meta models (CWM) Common interchange format (XMI) Connection management (JCA) Includes access to all data sources supported by BI Java Integration Kit Connectors JDBC, XMLA, ODBO, SAP Query Address why “for interoperability” is in quotes Future: OLAP BAPI Tailored, direct access to BW based on BAPI technology Broad platform support: Unix, Windows … Connectivity to BW 2.1+ in Java applications

Rapid BI Application Development Tool for the Enterprise Portal
Integrates BI with the Portal Content Development environment Extends GUI Machine capabilities Uniform development environment for creation of Portal applications Rapid deployment of applications into the Portal Pattern based rapid BI iView development: Ready-to-use business scenarios Rank (Top N, Bottom M) Variance (Actual vs. Plan, Growth Absolute) Trend (Trend over time) Aggregation (Share percentage) Moving calculation (Running Total, Accumulation) ABC Analysis Custom scenarios Leverage data visualization capabilities provided by PDK and IGS: Grid, Chart, Smart Map, etc. “Application" -- does an 'application' need to be navigable to be called an application? Will these applications seem like 'thin' applications in comparison with those that do navigate? Need to reorder bullets? Begrifflichkeiten, Abgrenzung zum

Summary Significantly extends BW data access capabilities to diverse data source Java SDK for custom BI Java applications Rapid BI application development tool for the Enterprise Portal Leverages existing applications and skill-sets Reinforces SAP NetWeaver’s commitment to open standards “Universal data access” - - need to replace or rethink this term, since it’s a Microsoft-specific term? How does a customer get it? TBD with Laurie, Heinz, Klaus

Beyond SAP BW 3.5– Trends and Requirements
Business Technology CUSTOMER Operational Efficiency Cost pressure (TCO, ROI) Manageability Scalability Enterprise Data Warehouse Real-time data acquisition and integration (ETL, EAI) MARKET Web Services XML Enablement Application Integration Business Activity Monitoring Collaborative BI Real-time, virtual enterprise Customer / Business Customer / Technology Market / Business BAM is a Gartner term that defines the concept of providing real-time access to critical business perforamance indicators to improve the speed and effectiveness of business operations. At its broadest level, BAM is the convergence of operational business intelligence and real-time application integration aimed at business goals but enabled through advances in IT. Collaborative BI – Gartner describes two aspects of collaborative BI ) collaborative functionality which is analysis in a networked environment (allow users to derive new insight through their interaction), 2.) Collaborative metacontext, a layer that contains information on the different metadata layers within BI applications/BI Suites. Knowing how the contexts interrelate would enable notification and analysis of certain events to be automated. ( underlying technologies to support collaborative metacontexts are: XML support for sharing data and metadata between systems/devices, alerts, workflow systems to pass information to other people, application integration that supports near-real-time distribution and integration of data) The virtual, real-time enterprise (RTE) Market / Technology Web Services – an important new form of interapplication communication ... Technically, web services can be seen as distributed computing fo the Internet or as an Internet extension for enterprise transaction processing. Web services help standardize integration technologies and make them available to mainstream users. XML Enablement – Internet-compatible format of self-describing data representation Application Integration – every enterprise´s portfolio of applications is heterogeneous, redundant and inconsistent. Application integration aims to connect these portfolio by adding a layer of heterogeneity to it, provided by cross-enterprise relationships (i.e. extracting and distributing action-oriented information). Bottome line: The next release addresses these trends and requirements since it is designed to Handle the challenges of the entire, globally acting enterprise Play an important role within mySAP technology in managing the real-time enterprise Provide the tools and context for pro-active decision making.

Focus Areas Enterprise-Wide Real-Time Active
Handle growth and effects of globally-acting enterprises Master heterogeneity Handle diverse, but specific end-user needs Real-Time Improve speed and efficiency of business decisions within the real-time enterprise Reduce data latency with real-time data acquisition Allow for short-term operational monitoring with real-time analysis Active Alert on a timely basis and allow for immediate action Disseminate information pro-actively to those who need to know Determine rules and automate processes (intelligent services) HEAD Handle the challenges of the entire, globally acting enterprise Play an important role within mySAP technology in managing the real-time enterprise Provide the tools and context for pro-active decision making. SUB 1.) Architected to handle the challenges of the entire enterprise means handle growth (number of users, volumes of data, the usage of different tools and technologies, complex applications) handle effects of globally acting enterprises (different languages and currencies, different locations, the limitations of LANs and WANs in regards to network transfer rates ( performance), different business models) Handle diverse, but specific end-user needs (from formatted report to high complex planning application, for all devices, all work situations (online, offline) Master heterogeneity (diverse source systems, platforms, hardware) 2.) Managing the real-time enterprise (= improve speed and efficiency) depends on four major building blocks (according to Gartner) Business Process Management systems, integration brokers ( SAP XI), Business Intelligence systems and network/systems management system Role of BI is twofold real-time data analysis ( ie. BAM) means monitoring short-term operational management issues real-time data acquisition (side note – these topics become mainstream by 2006, organizations are not yet there - a recent Gartner study found out that most organizations would be satisfied, if they could reduce data latency down to one day) 3.) Active BI helps to improve product / service quality by preventing problems before they happen Keep the enterprise agile … (increasing speed as an important competitive factor) Bottom line - the architecture of the new release is driven by many factors (I.e technological innovation, market trends) but main goal is to built a solution that provides business value to customers.

Enterprise-Wide Data Warehousing
Ability to run an enterprise-wide data warehousing program with SAP BW that meets the requirements of the enterprise as a whole. New functions include... Enhanced capabilities to reflect different data warehouse topologies (e.g., hub & spoke, data warehouse & data marts, centralized data warehouse, etc.) Additional technology to acquire non-SAP data (i.e., residing in multidimensional databases) Additional capabilities to model history and manage master data Shared metadata Graphical modeling Unicode support Enterprise-wide Data Warehousing does not necessarily mean that there is one central data warehouse. It describes the ability to support an enterprise-wide data warehousing program that meets the requirements of the enterprise as a whole.  it can be a distributed environment with several data marts and DW‘s. There are several requirements that SAP BW has to meet to support such a program. Ability to acquire all relevant data (SAP and non-SAP) Ability to model data warehousing concepts (conceptual layers) like data warehouse, operational data store etc. Ability to handle large data volumes Ability to fit into a heterogeneous BI landscape (connect to existing BI tools/applications) Why is this important? Answer: It avoides data stovepipes (single version of the truth) and reduces TCO overall.

Enterprise Reporting & Analysis
The Business Explorer provides a scalable, secure and manageable BI suite across your enterprise. It allows for easy Internet-based access and navigation. Based on an enterprise-wide, coherent infrastructure, it brings every producer and consumer of information together in a reliable, accurate, consistent and timely manner. New functions include Easy report dissemination Enhanced support for operational reporting Multiple output formats and comfortable web printing Offline, interactive reporting Access and visualization of data from multidimensional and relational data sources (other than SAP BW) Report Dissemination Publishing & Subscribing (user self-service via the portal) – recommendations Scheduling (control report execution and allow for performant access) Define events that trigger report execution Zero-footprint client (web distribution) Operational Reporting Operational reports directly support the ongoing operation of a system. They collect transactional data in order to enhance operational efficiencies. This reporting category includes transaction-level reports on matters such as manufacturing production, orders entered, billings, inventories, technical problems and transportation logistics. These reports are used by people with responsibility for improving operations. They provide task-oriented line-item information on individual transactions at the very granular level of detail required for operational management. Formatting & Printing (Multiple Output Formats) Create custom-formatted reports with the Bex Web Application Designer (replacing project-specific formatted Excel-Templates using hidden Queries or 3rd party formatting tools). Extended HTML-Editing Capabilities in Bex WAD support features such as page-oriented Layout (show lines indicating line breaks). absolute Positioning/Overflow-Control Grid-Based Arrangement (Embedding of Grids) The BI Suite will offer a flexible output model that transforms BI web applications into PDF documents (besides other formats such as MS Excel with formatting maintained). This allows ‘re-layouting’ of reports/analyis into a page oriented format with specific print properties. The properties could be as following: data specific context information (report name, table header, group level), document context (page number, total page number, date, document title) on top or bottom of page, and special handling of first page, odd and even pages and last page. Offline Reporting

Real-Time New functions include
To respond to customer interactions and changing business conditions in real-time you need a BI environment that allows for real-time analysis and decision-making as well as an automated event triggering. The basis is a data warehouse tied closely to operational systems and designed to hold very detailed, integrated and fresh data. At the same time, this data warehousing environment has to be open to and ready for real- time analyses and reporting. New functions include Continuous data acquisition (push & pull) to handle shrinking batch windows Integration with EAI technologies that open up a vast range of data sources Tools and applications to support end-users with operational and tactical decision-making Agents allow for event-driven and event-aware Business Intelligence As enterprises face competitive pressure to increase the speed of decision making, the data warehouse must evolve to support real-time analysis and action. In contrast to traditional data warehouses, active data warehouses are tied closely to operational systems, are designed to hold very detailed and current data, and feature shortened batch windows. And unlike most operational data stores (ODS), active data warehouses hold integrated data and are open to user queries. All of the aforementioned characteristics make active data warehouses ideal for real-time analysis and decision-making as well as automated event triggering. With an active data warehouse, an enterprise can respond to customer interactions and changing business conditions in real time. An active data warehouse enables a credit card company to detect and stop fraud as it happens, a transportation company to reroute its vehicles quickly and efficiently or an online retailer to communicate special offers based on a customer’s Web surfing behavior. The active data warehouse’s greatest benefit lies in its ability to support tactical as well as strategic decisions. BAM  To help managers understand what´s happening in their business quickly and deeply, BI systems are needed. Although BI doesn't´t offer (near-)real-time capabilities, the combination of BAM and ‘traditional’ BI will form a new breed of BI. BAM can give real-time feedback about the effect on corporate objectives of day-to-day decisions. BAM services operational business management (and does affect the execution of a real-time-enterprise RTE), BI services knowledge workers and tactical and strategic management.

Active BI Active BI has different aspects such as delivering the right information at the right time to the right person, as an alternative to his ‘normal’ way of accessing BI information. New functions include: Highly personalized BI user interface within the Enterprise Portal (including pro-active information delivery, self-subscription, scheduling & alerting, etc.) Recommendations on relevant information/reports provided to end-users by intelligent agents (based on events, patterns and statistics information) Additional tools and technologies to support immediate operational and tactical decisions (i.e., Business Activity Monitoring) Multi-channel capabilities to provide timely access to critical factors given Active BI has different aspects (deliver the right information at the right time to the right person, as an alternative to his ‘normal’ way of accessing BI information) Proactive information delivery for BI end user Functional completeness of the BI Portal Push personalized information which is relevant today to the end user Intelligent recommendations of relevant reports to end user based on events, patterns and statistics information in the system Proactive Information delivery will be addressed by subscription and scheduling services in BI Portal. With subscription and scheduling service, end user can subscribe and schedule web template to be pre-calculated, the pre-calculated web template will be sent to his BI Inbox in BI Portal. The main points we will address in this project: Self-subscription feature to minimize administrative tasks. Availability anywhere in BI Portal as Object services. Make scheduling and alerting accessible for non-admin end user in the portal. Ease of use. Recommendations are provided by Intelligent Agent. Intelligent Agent will work in the background to search for patterns in user’s activity, logging user’s report access, then finally analyzing and recommending to the end user.

Building on the Foundation of SAP BW 3.x
Openness Java-based, open web front-end BI Java Software Development Kit (SDK) enables to build custom BI applications on top of SAP BW Integration Generic infrastructure for planning applications Business Process Integration via SAP Exchange Infrastructure Web Offering Component-based, covering a multitude of functions serving specific end-user purposes Support of high user concurrency (performance) UI enhancements (i.e., user self-service & interaction possibilities) Standards-based for full compatibility with new and existing applications and tools and exchange of data 1.) Openness Java-based framework at the front-end (java-controls I.e formatting, web-printing, pdf-generation), On top of SAP Web AS/Java, the integrated platform for application deployment, DB abstraction, OS independent, UI (WebDynpro), ABAP and Java. The SAP Web Application Server (J2EE-compliant, a widely accepted and used open standard) allows you to write purely Java-based applications following the J2EE programming model or combine existing functionality written in ABAP with new components developed in Java. Business Intelligence Java Software Development Kit (BI Java SDK, BI SDK, or SDK) Composed of tools, resource adapters, sample code, and documentation to support the rapid development of Java applications requiring access to relational and multidimensional data from different source systems. A metamodel defines an abstract language for expressing other models. The SDK provides two metamodels, each based on the CWM (Common Warehouse Metamodel): the Relational Metamodel, and the OLAP Metamodel. JMI (Java Metadata Interface) is an extensible metadata service for the Java platform that provides a common Java programming model for accessing metadata. JMI is based on the Meta Object Facility (MOF) specification from the Object Management Group (OMG). Repository (list standards and advantages, how to interchange meta data?, explain role of the model repository in regards to Java SDK for non-SAP data) Integration Personalized information access will be addressed by BI Today, a BI Portal page that is assembled from different iviews and which focuses on providing information which is relevant today, similar to Outlook today. It can be rearranged or personalized depending on end user’s interests, and each iview within this page has some level of personalization. It gives BI end user a new way of accessing BI information.

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