Business Intelligence with SAP Business Objects 4.3

Integrating  SAP BO Design Studio   with SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Enable application management on BI Platform allows: - Enable multi user-access to applications - Storage of applications and images - Embedded runtime on BI Platform - Central management of system connections The following image show how to Open and save applications on BI Platform How to manage  System connections on BI Platform SAP BO Design Studio satisfies different needs for each company role as follows Executive - Consume and interact with information using simplified BI templates - Analyze information on mobile devices Middle Management - Leverage BI applications for planning and forecasting scenarios - User product interoperability to share results with other BI clients Business Analyst - Leverage BI applications for planning and forecasting scenarios  - Create BI applications and design guided navigations Consumer - Use pre-built templates with guided step

SAP  BusinessObjects  Design Studio  SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio   represents  BEx Web & BEx Web Application Designer successor. Design Stuido allows for intuitive design of centrally governable analytic content ranging from guided analytics to sophisticated OLAP applications and aggregated dashboards.  The product features iPad support, an  HTML5 User Interface, differents themes available for application and a WYSIWYG Eclipse-based designer, full & native support of BW BEx queries, direct connectivity to HANA as well as an advanced scripting engine. Available features in detail: - Intuitive WYSIWYG design environment for designers - Large set of design components (buttons, tabs, dropdown menus etc.) - Extend via scripting language (subset of JavaScript) - Enterprise Ready Life Cycle Management - Central Supportability - Theming & Customizing iPad Support built-in Apps are ready for immediate usage on standard web browsers and mobile

You can also create an BO Analysis OLAP connection with SAP HANA as provider. With this HANA OLAP connection, you can use Analysis directly on top of a SAP HANA database. Configuration for SAP HANA If you use the SAP HANA appliance software, you can analyze SAP HANA data sources with Analysis. If you use SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse, powered by SAP HANA, you can analyze BW queries, query views and InfoProvider with Analysis. You can connect and use a BW system, powered by SAP HANA, like other BW systems with Analysis. You have the following options to connect to SAP HANA:  - You can use an OLAP connection to connect via SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform. This connection can be created directly in the CMC of the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform like BW system connections to the platform. The SAP HANA OLAP connections are currently not SSO compatible. - You can use a JDBC connection to connect via SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform .

You can use Analysis with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence XI 4.0 or SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1   as the central content management system for Analysis workbooks  and presentations and as platform for managing data source connections. Before users can begin working with business data in Analysis, you have to create connections to BW systems so they can add data sources to their Analysis workbooks. You create new connection objects and manage existing connection objects in the module OLAP Connections in the Central Management Console (CMC) of the business intelligence platform. To create a connection to a BW system, you define a connection to any object of the BW system. You also have to make sure that the client PCs can communicate with the connected BW systems. If the BW system uses a message server the client PCs must specify the service name of the message server in the system services file at :\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\services.  Config

Creating and managing workbooks In SAP BO ANALYSIS you can insert SAP BEx Queries, query views and SAP Netweaver BW InfoProvider as data sources  in a workbook.  These data sources are stored in a SAP NetWeaver BW system. You can add multiple  crosstabs to worksheet or workbook.  The crosstabs can contain data from the same data source or from different sources. You can also use data sources that are stored in different systems in one workbook. To add a crosstab with data to a workbook, you select a data source in a SAP NetWeaver BW system. You need the appropriate authorizations for the platform you want to use (SAP NetWeaver BW or SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence), and the relevant SAP NetWeaver BW systems to insert a data source in a workbook. For more information, contact your IT administrator. You can insert a data source in a standard workbook or in a default workbook. If you use a default workbook, styles, formatting and the workbook settings t

SAP BusinessObjects  Analysis, Microsoft Office Edition It is new tool of BI 4 it is: Easy-to-use OLAP  analysis in Office Familiar and intuitive Microsoft   Office user experience Uncover deep insights with  powerful Excel-based analytical capabilities Bring  analyses into PowerPoint  presentations Leverage all your investments -  BW cubes and BEx queries, and BI platform SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office, is a Microsoft Office Add-In that allows multidimensional analysis of OLAP sources in Microsoft Excel, MS Excel workbook application design, and intuitive creation of BI presentations with MS PowerPoint. The Add-In is available for the following Microsoft Office versions: • Microsoft Office 2010 (Excel and PowerPoint) • Microsoft Office 2007 (Excel and PowerPoint) • Microsoft Office 2003 (Excel) In the edition for Microsoft Office, you can use SAP BEx Queries, query views and SAP Netweaver BW InfoProvider as data sources. The