Business Objects XI 3.0 Essentials

Business Objects XI 3.
0 Essentials
Adam Getz
BI Practice Manager – Southport Services Group
DC Area Business Objects / Crystal User Group

April 14, 2009
Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

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Southport Services Group
Capabilities
History of success in the Business Intelligence (BI) industry

• Founded by two former MicroStrategy executives with nearly 30 years of consulting and management
experience
• Delivery approach based on lessons learned from 10 years implementing business intelligence
solutions
Depth and breadth of experience to serve clients nationwide

• Team of 50 staff and consultants skilled in both business and technical areas
• Consultants average 8 years experience delivering BI solutions for organizations in many verticals
• Successfully delivered over 450 BI projects
• Resources are vendor-certified in technologies we deliver – SAP Business Objects, Crystal Reports,
Oracle BI, MicroStrategy, Microsoft, Cognos, Carpio Solutions
• Locations in Northern Virginia (HQ), Chicago, Houston, Phoenix
• Global delivery capability via development center in Mexico City

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Capabilities
Reporting and Analytics

Reporting application design and development
Application integration
End-user adoption
Data Integration
Data warehouse architecture and design
ETL design and development
Performance optimization
BI Strategy and Planning

Assessment of needs / opportunities
BI solution image and technology selection
Organizational alignment, process, and governance recommendations

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SAP Business Objects
Company Overview
SAP Business Objects is listed as a

leader and has the strongest …
• Market presence
• Current offering
• Strategy
Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence

For Consolidated Platform Reporting
Source: Forrester Research Inc.

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Overview
Business Objects XI (BOXI) 3.0
Specialized end user tools, one information infrastructure
ALG, SRC, Cartesis,

Scorecards
Crystal Reports,
Web Intelligence
Desktop Intelligence
OLAP Intelligence
Infoview Portal
Data Integrator
Data Insight
Dashboard Builder
Metadata Management
Crystal Xcelsius
BI Widgets

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Business Objects XI (BOXI) 3.0 Platform
¾ Highly-available, scalable, reliable platform

– Designed for fault-tolerance, extensibility, and 24/7 availability
– Certified reliability to 99.999%
¾ Infoview Portal
– One point of access to all tools and information
– Access to Reports to Applications
– Discussion threads for collaboration
– Encyclopedia that provides context on the information
CMC
¾ CMC – Central Management Console
– Complete web-based management console
– Intuitive systems administration
¾ Discussions
– Collaborate on business information and documents
Infoview Portal
Report with
Discussion

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Operational Reporting
Crystal Reports 2008
High Performance Operational Reporting
¾ Create flexible, feature-rich, high-fidelity reports

¾ Access almost any data source
¾ Transform data into interactive information
¾ Integrate reports into web / windows applications
¾ Let end users view, print, and export reports
¾ Ideal solution for canned or operational Reports
¾ Multiple Deployment Options:
– Crystal Reports: Client developer tool
– Crystal Reports – Visual Advantage: Client developer tool

bundled with Xcelsius Engage
– Crystal Report Server: Web-based environment for

organizational use

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Query and Analysis
Web Intelligence (WebI) / Desktop Intelligence (DeskI)
Interactive Query & Analysis
¾ Ease of Use
– Users develop queries
– Users ask business questions
– Minimal IT support required
¾ Powerful Ad Hoc Query and Integrated Analysis

¾ Interactive Viewing for Information Consumers
¾ Robust Analytical Power
– Same tool for Query and Analysis
– Ability to drill-down, drill-up, drill-through
– Filter and prompt data
¾ Mature Reporting Capabilities

¾ Multiple Deployment Options:
– Web Intelligence (WebI): Web-based query and analysis
– Desktop Intelligence (DeskI): Client-based query and

analysis

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Business Objects Platform
Business Objects Universe
Semantic Middleware Layer / Metadata
¾ Business Representation of a Database

– Resides between a database and reports/queries
– Provides an interface to create ad-hoc queries
¾ Foundation of WebI / DeskI Reports
¾ Universes are Stored in a .UNV File along with…

– Database connection information
– Objects that map to SQL structures in the database
– A schema of tables and joins based on the database
¾ Components of a Universe Include…

– Classes – Logical groupings of objects
– Tables – Mappings to database tables / views
– Objects – Structures that map to database fields
– Joins – SQL specifications on how tables relate
– Contexts – Groups of related joins

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OLAP Intelligence
Business Objects Voyager
¾ Read Data from OLAP Cubes Rather Than Database Tables

¾ Access and Analysis against Multidimensional OLAP Databases
– Hyperion Essbase
– Microsoft Analysis Services
– SAP BW
Cube Data is Formatted More Like a
– IBM DB2 OLAP Server Spreadsheet
¾ Analyze Data from Multiple Perspectives and Dimensions

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Dashboard / Performance Management
Dashboard Builder
¾ Leverage Visual Analysis
¾ Deploy Management Dashboards

– Display business metrics in multiple graphical formats,
gauges, maps, charts, trend lines, metric trees, and
traffic lights.
¾ Deploy Scorecards
– Monitor execution of strategic and tactical objectives
¾ Manage Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
¾ Monitor Operations with Notifications

– Execute alerts to notify of exceeding thresholds
¾ Utilize Guided Analytics

– Drill-down to graphics and reports with more detail
– Choose the appropriate level of detail - an overview, a
specific chart or graph, or the underlying report.
¾ Deploy Personalized Dashboards

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Dashboard / Performance Management
Crystal Xcelsius 2008
¾ Data Visualization
¾ Visually Stunning Presentations

– Display interactive visual models with charts, drop-down
menus, and sliders
¾ Conduct “What If” Analysis
¾ Bring Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets to Life
¾ Display Data From Live Data Sources
¾ Multiple Deployment Options

– Xcelsius Present: Client presentation tool
– Xcelsius Engage: Personal dashboard creator
– Xcelsius Engage Server: Web-based environment for
organizational dashboards
¾ Multiple Export formats

– Microsoft Office – PowerPoint, Word
– Flash (SWF), Adobe PDF, Adobe Air, HTML
¾ Integrated with Business Objects platform

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Infoview Portal
¾ Web Portal That Allows for

Accesses and Interaction …
– Web Intelligence Reports
– Desktop Intelligence Reports
– Crystal Reports
– Dashboards
Contents of the Purchasing Folder
– Analytics
– Documents
– Discussions
¾ Schedule and Distribute

Reports
¾ Personalization
¾ Navigate Folders
– Public Folder
– My Folders (Private)

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Central Management Console (CMC)
¾ Web-Based Administration Tool

¾ Configuration and Management of
Business Objects Environment
¾ Control of System Elements

– User and Groups
– Settings and Preferences
– Server and Services
– Security Authentication
– Objects, Rights, Permissions
– License Keys
– Universe and Data Connections
– Calendars
– Events
¾ Management of User, Group, and

Object-Level Rights

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Live Office XI
Integration with MS Office
¾ Integrates MS Office With Business Objects
¾ Allows For Live Data Into Documents
¾ Makes MS Office Documents Dynamic
¾ Provides Data Access Within MS Office

– MS Word
– MS PowerPoint
– MS Excel
– MS Outlook
¾ Contains Intuitive Wizards and Toolbars
¾ Connect to MS Office to Data From

– Crystal Reports
– Web Intelligence
– Ad-Hoc Data Selections

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BI Widgets
Desktop Analytics
¾ Drag/Drop Objects to the Desktop

– Crystal Reports
– Xcelsius Graphics
– Web Intelligence Reports
¾ Notifications on the Desktop

– RSS Feeds
– Alerts
¾ Similar to Yahoo! Widgets
¾ Incorporates Business Objects Platform

– Universes
– Repository
– Security Model

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Enterprise Information Management
Tools to Deliver and Integrate Actionable and Reliable Enterprise Data

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Data Integrator
Data Migration and Integration
¾ Performs Extraction, Transformation, & Loading

(ETL) Routines
¾ Integration of Data in Real-Time or Batch
¾ Access to Structured and Unstructured Data
¾ Scalable Data Migration Technology

– Pervasive parallelism and distributed processing
– Services-based architecture
– Powerful prepackaged transformations
¾ Efficient Developer Tools

– Intuitive design interface
– Web-based deployment administration
– Source to report metadata management

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Data Insight
Data Quality Management
¾ Monitors, Analyzes, and Reports on the Quality of

Organizational Data
¾ Improves Overall Data Quality
¾ Eliminates Data Redundancy
¾ Allows Users to Establish Thresholds and Set up

Automated Alerts
¾ Allows Assess to the Quality, Completeness, and

Validity of Data
¾ Adherence to Business Rules and Data Standards

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MetaData Management
Central Administration of Universe Information
¾ Integrates and Consolidate Metadata

– Combine s Disparate Metadata Into a Single Open
Repository
¾ Metadata Auditing
– Understand Relationships Between Metadata Elements
¾ Provides an Enhanced View of Metadata

Relationships Across Tools
¾ Provides Impact Analysis and Data Lineage

– Understand Change Management Implications
– From sources, to targets, to tools and users
¾ Metapedia – Business Metadata Encyclopedia

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Business Objects Rapid Marts
Pre-Packaged Complete Business Intelligence Solutions
¾ Prebuilt Data Mart Solutions For Enterprise Applications

– SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle EBS, Siebel
¾ Rapid Marts Packages are Add-ons to BOBJ Data Integrator
¾ Rapid Mart Solutions Include:

– Data Models
– DDL for Schema Creation
– Recommended Joins and Indexes
– ETL Workflows
– Job Recovery Framework
– Sample Universes, SQL, and Reports
– Technical and Business Documentation
Sample Business Objects Rapid Mart for SAP

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Questions and Follow up

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Questions and Follow up
Through ACTIVE DESIGNSM ,

Southport has made heroes
out of a lot of our clients.
Find out how we can do the

same thing for you.
Contact:
Adam Getz
BI Practice Manager
620 Herndon Parkway
Suite 200
Herndon, VA 20170
703.863.7202 cell
703.481.9871 office
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Business Objects XI 3.

DC Area Business Objects / Crystal User Group

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

History of success in the Business Intelligence (BI) industry

Depth and breadth of experience to serve clients nationwide

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

Reporting and Analytics

BI Strategy and Planning

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

SAP Business Objects is listed as a

Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

Business Objects XI (BOXI) 3.0

Specialized end user tools, one information infrastructure

ALG, SRC, Cartesis,

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

¾ Highly-available, scalable, reliable platform

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

Crystal Reports 2008

High Performance Operational Reporting

¾ Create flexible, feature-rich, high-fidelity reports

– Crystal Reports – Visual Advantage: Client developer tool

– Crystal Report Server: Web-based environment for

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

Web Intelligence (WebI) / Desktop Intelligence (DeskI)

Interactive Query & Analysis

¾ Powerful Ad Hoc Query and Integrated Analysis

¾ Mature Reporting Capabilities

– Desktop Intelligence (DeskI): Client-based query and

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

Business Objects Universe

Semantic Middleware Layer / Metadata

¾ Business Representation of a Database

¾ Foundation of WebI / DeskI Reports

¾ Universes are Stored in a .UNV File along with…

¾ Components of a Universe Include…

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

Business Objects Voyager

¾ Read Data from OLAP Cubes Rather Than Database Tables

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

¾ Leverage Visual Analysis

¾ Deploy Management Dashboards

¾ Manage Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

¾ Monitor Operations with Notifications

¾ Utilize Guided Analytics

¾ Deploy Personalized Dashboards

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

Crystal Xcelsius 2008

¾ Visually Stunning Presentations

¾ Conduct “What If” Analysis

¾ Bring Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets to Life

¾ Display Data From Live Data Sources

¾ Multiple Deployment Options

¾ Multiple Export formats

¾ Integrated with Business Objects platform

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

¾ Web Portal That Allows for

¾ Schedule and Distribute

Southport Services Group Washington DC y Chicago y Houston y Phoenix

Central Management Console (CMC)

¾ Web-Based Administration Tool

¾ Control of System Elements

¾ Management of User, Group, and