Selecting Right BI

Tool for the job!

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Agenda

Selection based on Client/User Requirement

Reporting Tools Evaluation Criteria

Selection based on Market Capitalization

Selection Criteria and Matrix- BusinessObjects Tools

Enterprise BI Intelligence Comparison Matrix

Use Cases and Right Tool Selection

Selection based on Data Volume

Selection based on Cost of Ownership

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Client challenges &

opportunities

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Client Challenges

Challenges

Opportunities
Business Analytics approach that help:

Lack of
Enterprise
Insight

Identify and define consistent KPI definitions across the enterprise

Enable decision making through common set of KPIs
Provide easy access to these KPIs

Implementations that can:

Disparate
Reporting
Platforms

Provide one common analytical platform for SAP and non-SAP data
Mobile enabled solutions
Incorporate structured and unstructured data

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Reporting Tools- Evaluation Criteria

Number of Reports/Users
Desired Report Distribution Mode
Ad hoc Report Creation
Data Source Connection Capability
Scheduling and distribution capabilities
Security Features
Export Capabilities

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Reporting Tools- Evaluation Criteria

Tool Selection based on
Vendor

Tool Selection based on Tool

Features

Pricing Strategy

Flexibility

Product Scope

Performance

Vendor Commitment

Reliability

Vendor Dimension

Security

Future Presence in the Marketplace

Functionality

Support for internal/existing systems

Ease of Use
Ease of Development
Cost of Ownership

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Selection based on Market capitalization

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Selection based on Cost of Ownership

Average Cost per user over three years by users

The best way to compare BI costs is to create scenarios with the

number and type of users and then use those scenarios to price the
software. This will help both the vendor and the consumer to come up
with a appropriate budget to be issued for selecting the BI Tool vendor.

** Please note that the figures mentioned above are not the exact figures and are subjected to
change with little variation. These are just estimates captured based on market analysis.
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Selection based on Cost of Ownership

Average Cost per user over three years, by vendor and scenario

** Please note that the figures mentioned above are not the exact figures and are subjected to
change with little variation. These are just estimates captured based on market analysis.
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Selection based on Cost of Ownership

Threeyeartotalcostoflicenseandsupportbyvendorandscenario

** Please note that the figures mentioned above are not the exact figures and are
subjected to change with little variation.
These
are just
estimates captured based on
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Selection based on Cost of Ownership

Division of BI Cost over last three years

** Please note that the figures mentioned above are not the exact figures and are
subjected to change with little variation. These are just estimates captured based on
market analysis.
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Selection Criteria and matrixBusinessObjects Client Tools

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Selecting Right Business Objects BI

Client
Comparing Product Capabilities
Crystal
Reports for
Enterprise

Web
Intelligenc
e

Dashboar
d

Design
Studio

Analysis for
Office

Analysis for
OLAP

Lumira

Explorer

Highly
formatted
reporting
Parameteriz
ed &
Dynamic
Layout
Self- Service

Hierarchical
Capabilities
Data
Visualization
Product
Interoperabil
ity
Guided
Navigation
Mobile
Reporting

100% Capable

25% Capable

75% Capable

Not Supported

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Enterprise BI- Comparison

Matrix

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Enterprise Business Intelligence- Comparison

Matrix
Vendor

Produc
t

Direct
Support/
Integrati
on

OLAP

ETL

In-Memory
Architectu
re

IBM

Cognos

SalesForce
, SAP,
COGNOS

Yes

INP

No

Micro
Strateg
y

MicroStr
ategy 9;
MicroStr
ategy
Cloud

SalesForce
, SAP,
COGNOS

Yes

Oracle

Oracle
OBIEE

SAP

Yes

QlikVie
w

SalesForce
, SAP

QlikTec
h
Internat
ional

Yes

Yes

Advanced
User
Features

Mobile
Device
Suppor
t

iPad

iPhon
e

Androi
d

Blackberr
y

Advanced
Dashboards
, Predictive
analytics

Yes;
Window
s
Mobile;
Symbia
n

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Advanced
Dashboards

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No
Discovery
Tools,
Advanced
Dashboards

Yes

INP

Yes
Advanced
Dashboards
, Inmemory
analytics;
aggregates
and
calculates
in real-time

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Enterprise Business Intelligence- Comparison

Matrix - Contd.
Vendor

Product

Direct
Support/
Integrati
on

SAP

SAP
Business
Objects
4.1

SAS
Institut
e

SAS
Enterpris
e
BI Server

Microsoft
Solutions

Tableau
Desktop;
Tableau
Server

SAP HANA,
Microsoft
SQL
Server,
MySQL,
Teradata,
Oracle,
etc.

Tableau
Softwar
e

SalesForce
, SAP

OLAP

Yes

Yes

Yes

ETL

Yes

Yes

INP

Mobile
Device
Suppor
t

iPad

iPhon
e

Androi
d

Blackber
ry

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Advanced
Dashboard
s

Yes,
with
optional
Roambi
ES5 for
SAS

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

INP

Advanced
visualizatio
n, Virtual
Tools,
Advanced
Dashboard
s

Yes,
using
Mobile
Safari

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

In-Memory
Architectur
e

Yes

Advanced
User
Features

Dashboard
s, Inmemory
analytics,
Predictive
analytics

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Use Cases & BI Tools we can use

Use Cases

Right Tool

Comments

Ad-hoc analysis and report has less

volume of data

Web Intelligence /
Analysis (MS Office or
OLAP)/ Cognos BI

These applications can leverage the Ad-hoc reporting

functionality to a larger extent.

Summary detailed reports with using

hyperlinks

Web Intelligence/
Crystal Reports/
Cognos BI/ OBIEE

These applications can be the best fit for this kind of

requirement because we can pass all kind of parameters
from summary to detailed report where the users can do
ad-hoc analysis based on their requirement.

More flexibility for ad-hoc reporting with

lower priority to report layout(look & feel)

Analysis (MS Office or

OLAP) / SAP Lumira

These applications provides lot of flexibility to do ad-hoc

analysis but we cant do a lot of report formatting like web
intelligence.

Need multiple queries/multiple

Universes/semantic layers with high level
of formatting and reporting standards like
title, logo, etc.

Web Intelligence/
Crystal Reports/
Cognos BI/ OBIEE

These applications can easily consume more than one

query to build a single report. Also, web intelligence, Crystal
Reports, Cognos BI can easily accommodate huge large
volume of data and these can easily be scheduled and
delivered to users inbox in various formats.

Basic layout of the report and with ad-hoc

analysis capability.

Web Intelligence/
Analysis for MS
Excel/Cognos BI/ SAP
Lumira

We can provide an initial layout to the user in Web

Intelligence, Analysis for Office, Cognos BI, BusinessObjects
Explorer and then give user a flexibility to do ad-hoc
analysis.

Report has:
1. Huge Volume of data
2. Require report scheduling in various
formats

Web Intelligence/
Crystal Reports/
Cognos BI

If the report has large volume of data, then the report

usually takes a lot of time to refresh and get the latest
instance of the data available. In that case, we have an
option to schedule the report and get the latest instance of
the data in the report available in User inbox in
pdf/excel/web intelligence format.

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Use Cases & BI Tools we can use

Use Cases

Right Tool

Comments

Static, well-formatted report

Web Intelligence/Cognos BI/

MicroStrategy Dashboards

Web Intelligence has a lot of potential to

provide highly formatted reports to the
users.

Report needs:
1. Multiple analytical components or
blocks in a single page with high-level of
formatting.

Web Intelligence/ Dashboards/ Design

Studio/ Cognos BI/ MicroStrategy/
Tableau/ QlikView

Web Intelligence has a lot of potential

where can add n number of analytical
components within the report space and
format the report the way we want.

Complex calculations required at the

reporting layer

Web Intelligence/ Analysis for MS Excel

(to very limited extent)/ Cognos BI/
Analysis for OLAP/ Microstrategy BI

In Web Intelligence, there is a lot of

flexibility to create variables/calculation
within the report. We can also do the
calculations in Analysis for MS Excel, but
we can not create variables in this. So, as
compared to Web Intelligence, Analysis is
less flexible in creating calculations.

Report Bursting- Sharing the report with a

larger audience.

Web Intelligence/ Crystal Reports/ Cognos

BI

We can schedule web intelligence report

and share it with a larger audience by
creating schedule jobs and deliver them
to the users.

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Selection based on Reporting Type &

Data Volume
Type of Reporting

Preferred Tool for

Delivery

Data Volume

Self-Service Analysis

Analysis for Excel/ Analysis for OLAP/

SAP BO Explorer

These tools require not much technical

knowledge to build BO Reports and can
easily be used by functional users who
want to quickly analyze corporate data.
These tools can be used for quick
analysis with low volume of data.

Business Reporting

SAP BO Web Intelligence/ Crystal

Reports/ Cognos BI/ SSRS/ OBIEE

These tools consume huge volume of

data for reporting and can easily be
scheduled to retrieve the report output
in various formats

Parameterized & Operational Reporting

Web Intelligence/ Cognos BI/ OBIEE/

Crystal Reports

These tools can be used for huge

volume of data and can be scheduled
to delivered highly- formatted, detailed,
parameterized reports which can be
distributed to users in various formats

Performance Monitoring

SAP BO Dashboards/ SAP Lumira/ SAP

Design Studio/ Microstrategy
Dashboards/ Cognos Dashboards/
Tableau/ QlikView

These tools consume summarized data

for reporting/ dash boarding and can
easily be scheduled to retrieve the
report output in various formats. This is
used to analyze various performance
related KPIs associated with various
industries

Parameterized & Operational Reporting

Web Intelligence/ Cognos BI/ OBIEE/

Crystal Reports

These tools can be used for huge

volume of data and can be scheduled
to delivered highly- formatted, detailed,
parameterized reports which can be
distributed to users in various formats

Performance Monitoring

SAP BO Dashboards/ SAP Lumira/ SAP

Design Studio/ Microstrategy
Dashboards/ Cognos Dashboards/
Tableau/ QlikView

These tools consume summarized data

for reporting/ dash boarding and can
easily be scheduled to retrieve the
report output in various formats. This is
used to analyze various performance
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Selection based on Report Type & Data

Volume

Type of Reporting

Preferred Tool for

Delivery

Parameterized & Operational

Reporting

Web Intelligence/ Cognos BI/

OBIEE/ Crystal Reports

These tools can be used for huge volume of data and can be
scheduled to delivered highly- formatted, detailed,
parameterized reports which can be distributed to users in
various formats

Performance Monitoring

SAP BO Dashboards/ SAP

Lumira/ SAP Design Studio/
Microstrategy Dashboards/
Cognos Dashboards/ Tableau/
QlikView

These tools consume summarized data for reporting/ dash

boarding and can easily be scheduled to retrieve the report
output in various formats. This is used to analyze various
performance related KPIs associated with various industries

Data Volume

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