Generated by Jive on 2015-06-13+02:00 1 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office: BEx Analyzer vs. Analysis for MS Office Posted by Taygan Rifat Apr 19, 2014 Summary • BEx Analyzer widely used as the MS Office integration tool to analyse multidimensional data from SAP BW. • SAP have clearly positioned Analysis, edition for Office (AfO) as the "premium alternative" and eventual replacement to BEx Analyzer. Purpose • Understand if there are any gaps in functionality. • Understand what benefits could be gained by adopting now. Note: At point of comparison, the following versions of the tools were evaluated. • Analysis, edition for Office 1.4 SP6 (14.6.2960) • BEx Analyzer 7.30 SP3 Revision 1906 Findings Intuitive UI (larger buttons, contextual information, visual cues). Current feature set is comprehensive and provides good coverage for typical BEx Analyzer users. There are some features from BEx that are still lacking from Analysis. Those identified are planned for future releases (e.g. variable personalisation, variable history).
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Generated by Jive on 2015-06-13+02:001
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition forMicrosoft Office: BEx Analyzer vs. Analysisfor MS Office
Posted by Taygan Rifat Apr 19, 2014
Summary• BEx Analyzer widely used as the MS Office integration tool to analyse multidimensional data from
SAP BW.• SAP have clearly positioned Analysis, edition for Office (AfO) as the "premium alternative" and
eventual replacement to BEx Analyzer.
Purpose• Understand if there are any gaps in functionality.• Understand what benefits could be gained by adopting now.
Note: At point of comparison, the following versions of the tools were evaluated.• Analysis, edition for Office 1.4 SP6 (14.6.2960)• BEx Analyzer 7.30 SP3 Revision 1906
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office: BEx Analyzer vs. Analysis for MS Office
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Unified "Design Mode" - no need to switch between consumption and design.
Support for multiple data source (e.g. multiple BEx queries in a single worksheet, combination of BW &
HANA, etc)
Interoperability with Design Studio (e.g. prototype a web application).
Conclusion• Existing users who are familiar with BEx Analyzer will find the transition to Analysis relatively smooth.
With a familiar MS Office UI, comprehensive feature set and overall improved design, unlocking valueout of your enterprise DWH should be made even easier.
• Analysis specific features such as interoperability with Analysis Views, interactions with the BI
platform and access to more data sources will further support our ability to leverage existinginvestments (BW, HANA, BO) and promote cross collaboration across the wider BI community.
• The intuitive design will attract new users who may have required BEx in the past but were
intimidated by the non friendly UI, ultimately driving broader adoption.
• Analysis is inline with SAP’s strategic focus and will be the target for future innovations.
The tool appears to be sufficiently mature (1.4 SP6) to start being used today as thereplacement for BEx Analyzer.