SAP BO Overview Training

Arun Kumar

SAP BusinessObjects
BusinessObjects is the leading vendor of Business Intelligence tools, with greater than 35,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500 BusinessObjects Enterprise is a flexible, scalable and reliable solution for delivering powerful, interactive reports to end users via any web application intranet, extranet, Internet or corporate portal. BusinessObjects Enterprise XI provides best-in-class service in FIVE main areas namely: Reporting Query and Analysis Performance Management Data Integration Risk and Compliance BusinessObjects + Crystal Reports in BusinessObjects Enterprise XI provides end to end BI solutions to all levels of Org needs

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
Whats New?
BusinessObjects XI introduces significant innovations that deliver BI in new ways to a much broader set of users as well as completing the integration of the crystal and the BusinessObjects Product lines. BusinessObjects XI Release 3 is built on proven and trusted BusinessObjects XI platform, it provides substantial functional improvements and innovations across the BOE XI platform and includes full platform-level support for desktop intelligence to allow a smooth transition path to BOE XI for all existing customers. Whats new in the BusinessObjects XI depends on where you are coming from BusinessObjects 6.x,Crystal V10 or both, based on this : New for all Users. New for users of BusinessObjects 5.x/6.x. New for users of Crystal V10.

SAPs Acquisition of BOBJ

What does it mean for SAP Customers?

Availability of a full suite of business intelligence solutions on one integrated BO platform with deep integration to SAP ERP, Business Suite, BIW, NW BI and Portal systems Immediate access to a premium suite of reporting, analytical, dashboards and performance management capabilities optimized for their SAP applications all running on a single integrated platform Benefits from an open and agnostic BI platform with access to all corporate databases and applications

Benefits from complete compliance and risk management for all corporate and strategic governance initiatives

All SAP customers are looking at enterprise level BO/BI roadmap and how BW BI and BOBJ could be integrated to generate comprehensive actionable business insight
2011, Cognizant Technology Solutions. Confidential

SAPs Acquisition of BOBJ

What does it mean for Cognizant?

Unique opportunity for the combined SAP BO/BI offering to provide SAP customers end-to-end services on their enterprise level BO/BI journey

Exploring opportunities in getting engaged early with the customers as laid down BO/BI strategy in light of latest SAPs BO /BI strategic direction, post BusinessObject acquisition

Enable customers build a higher performing organization - Move beyond query & reporting to dashboards & visualization; Completeness to Compliance for all Corporate Governance and Risk Management Functions

To take full advantage of this opportunity, we have SAP BO, GRC, DWBI and CPM Practices to bring-in together all SAP BO capabilities from SAP CoE Practice
2011, Cognizant Technology Solutions. Confidential

Closed loop business performance optimization

Increasing pressure on Business
Business turbulence and complexity Compliance imperative Financial engineering M&A, private equity Pressure to lower costs, improve margins

is driving shift in CFO focus

SCOPE
Business Insight

TODAY
18%

IN 3 YEARS
26%

Compliance & Audit

Finance Services Financial Transactions

19%
22% 17% 20% 46% 32%

BUSINESS PRIORITIES Ensuring lean, compliant financial operations Enabling financial and business leadership Rapidly delivering new financial services
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GOALS

Freeing Up Time and Resources

Improving Strategy Execution

Keeping Pace with the Business

Closed loop business performance optimization

Combined with the Business Process Platform, SAP enables closed-loop business performance optimization: from strategy to execution.
Strategy

Insight

Performance optimization applications (EPM & GRC) Business intelligence platform

Decisions

Execute efficiently and effectively

Easily implement process changes required for optimization Monitor execution and business events Execute across the business network

Execution
Any Business Application

Any Business Process Platform

SAP BusinessObjects Advantage

Strategy
Set strategy based on insight Real-time performance management
Enterprise Performance Management Governance, Risk, and Compliance Unified Information Collaborative Decisions Business Network Optimization

Closing the gap between strategy and execution

Insight
Gained from reliable enterprise data

Decisions
Deduced from strategy Ready for execution Risk mitigation

Business Intelligence Platform

Events
Trigger human interaction and process changes
SAP NetWeaver

Trusted data and semantics

SAP Business Suite
Composition

Monitoring
Compliance and risk
Business Partners Solution

Ecosystem Solution

Custom Solution

SAP CRM

SAP SRM

SAP SCM

SAP PLM

SAP ERP

Process execution
Execute across business boundaries with the greatest efficiency

SAP NetWeaver

Integration

Process refinement
Required by strategic decisions or business events
Easy to implement

EhP

EhP

SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio

Performance optimizing solutions
Aligned strategic decision-making across teams Optimize operational decisions inside and outside the company
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Risk Management Process Control Consolidation Environment, Health and Safety Access Control Global Trade Services

Enterprise Performance Management

Strategy Management Profitability and Cost Management Business Planning

Strategy

Insight
Spend Performance Management

Insight

Unified Information

Collaborative Decisions

Business Network Optimization

Decisions

Business Intelligence

Execution
Reporting Dashboards and Visualization Advanced Analytics Query, Reporting, and Analysis Search and Navigation

Information Management
Data Integration Data Quality Management

across multiple transaction systems Generate insight from structured/unstructured & internal/external data

Manage compliance, risk &optimize performance across the business network

Master Data Management

Metadata Management

Why SAP Business Objects Solutions?

Top Reasons
Changes the business user experience Pre-deliver content for each module of the suite Resolving 2 key issues for CFOs: Compliance and Risk Mgt & Performance Mgt Closed loop business performance optimization Drive faster, quicker decisions through the enterprise Unified suite approach with lego block options Optimizing needs of the CFO by adding in Business Intelligence platform Generate insight from structured/unstructured & internal/external data

Best of breed and open architecture (SAP and non-SAP)

Integrated Roadmap

2011, Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Confidential

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SAP Business Objects Solutions

who do we position with?

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chief Information / Security Officer (CISO) Controller Vice President of Finance Vice President, Corporate Audit Director of Audit or Internal Audit Sarbanes-Oxley Project Team (SOX) Internal Controls Team Chief Compliance Officer / Chief Risk Officer Vice President or Director of Compliance Vice President of Logistics / Supply Chain Vice President or Director of Risk Business Analysts category
2011, Cognizant Technology Solutions. Confidential

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BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
Scope of BusinessObjects in BI
Executives: Performance Management Dashboards Scorecards & Alerting Analysts: Query & Analysis Query & Reporting

Interactive Analysis Information Consumers: Reporting

Receive reports Refreshed, Prompted

Business Objects

Crystal Reports

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Components

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
Tools Classification By Role

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
Tools Classification By Role

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
Tools Classification By Role

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