BI 7 New Features

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BI 7 New features

By: Sadiq Shaikh

Email: [email protected]

Date: 13-April-2006

IBM Global Services


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New features in BI 7

- Flexibility

-Transformation Concept

- DataStore object- Data Transfer Process

- Real-Time Data Acquisition

- Administration Cockpit

- High Performance Analytics

- Near-line Storage

- Enterprise Reporting, Query, and AnalysisQuery, Reporting & Analysis Designing a Query

Query, Reporting & Analysis Designing a Report

Query, Reporting & Analysis Designing a Web Application

- BEx Web Printing

- Information Broadcasting - Enhancements- Business Planning and Analytical Services

- Further Enhancements


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- The Administrator Workbench is now called Data Warehousing Workbench.

- The ODS object is now called DataStore object.

- The transaction ODS object is now called as direct update DataStore- The transactional InfoCube is now called real-time InfoCube.

- The RemoteCube, SAP RemoteCube and virtual InfoCube with services are now referred

to as VirtualProviders.

- The monitor is now called the extraction monitor, to distinguish it from the other monitors.

New terminology in BI 7


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BI 7 provides additional flexibility for implementing new data models and changing

existing ones :

Remodeling ToolboxChanging InfoCubes without rebuilding them from scratch improved flexibility. As of

now applicable only for infocube. To access re-modeling option select InfoCube->right

click Additional function->Remodelling

Note: During (dictionary-based) conversion process it is not possible to get data in

queries, aggregates will be automatically deactivated and need to be rebuilt.

Transporting remodeling is not possible

Enhanced DataStore objects (formerly: ODS objects)

Improved performance and flexibility. New DataStore type: Write-optimised (without

change-log, no activation queue)

Enhanced Info Sets

Improved flexibility

Integrate InfoCubes into join condition, can have join between infocube and master data

(outer join between master data and InfoCube).

Modeling the EDW - Flexibility


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Remodelling


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InfoSet with master data and InfoCube


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BI 7 significantly improves transformation capabilities.

Improved performance, flexibility and usabilityGraphical UI

Unification of transfer and update rules

Grouping (Ex. Sales agent and his manager)

New rule type: end routine Data after transformation

New rule type: expert routine (pure coding of transformation)

Transformation directly links from source Infoprovider

(Datasource) to target Infoprovider (Infosource usually not

required)

Transformation concept


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Transformation


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Data transfer processBI 7 improves and streamlines the data flow definition and process chain set-up. In addition,

it provides new real-time data acquisition capabilities that facilitate operational reporting:

Data transfer process (DTP)

Data distribution within SAP BI (from PSA or Info Providers to Info Providers)Improved transparency of staging processes across data warehouse layers

(PSA, DWH layer, ODS layer, Architected Data Marts)

Improved performance

Separation of delta mechanism for different data targets (Ex: Daily/Weekly load)

Enhanced filtering in dataflow


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Data Transfer process


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Data Transfer process


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Data Transfer process (Filter option)


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Dataflow


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DataStore object


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Comparison of DataStore Object Types


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Delta option


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Enhanced real-time data acquisition capabilities

XML Web service

Direct push into PSA (instead of Service API/Delta Queue)Near-real-time InfoPackage & DTP

Daemon-based update from delta queue (BW Service API)

Daemon-based update of DataStore objects

(ODS layer) including lean staging (with minimized logging)

Real time data acquisition


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Real time data acquisition

- Enhanced real-time data acquisition capabilities


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Real-time data access


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High performance Analytics

BI 7 provides various tools to increase the data load and query performance

Significantly among them the innovative high performance analytics approach.

Thus, the implementation of large enterprise data warehouses is facilitated.

High performance analytics (HPA) / BI Accelerator (BIA)

A new paradigm for high performance data access.

- Query performance is improved by factor 10 - 100

- HPA is used in connection with KM search engine TREX

- TREX indexes - Vertical indexes in which stored data in column wise not row wise

- No need of change run in aggregates


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Near-line storage


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Administrator cockpit


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Enterprise Reporting, Query and Analysis


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Query , Reporting and Analysis.Query design takes place in the Business Explorer (BEx) Query Designer,

a Visual Basic .NET-based Unicode-compliant tool.

State-of-the-art UI concept, providing for example:

Available tasks for a selected object presented via a task pane

Message panel shows warnings and error messages in context helps to avoid orcorrect errors

Enhanced application menus, toolbars and context menus

Extended visualization of status and user actions

Support of multi-selected objects drag&drop, properties

Options for BI-integrated Planning


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Report designerDesigning a Report

Report design takes place in the Business Explorer (BEx) Report Designer - a new,

VB .Net-based tool that allows to create formatted, print-optimized reports.

Standard formatting: Font styles (e.g. bold, italic) and colors, etc.

Group level changes with individual formattingsLayout options, for example

Height of rows, width of columns

Multiline column headers

Flexible positioning of fields

Merger of cells

Support of hierarchiesIntegration of texts, pictures, and charts

Header and footer for reports and pages


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Web application designer

Model-driven BI application building

Wizards for charts, maps, command editing

Wizard for layout elements (e.g. buttons)

Intellisense support for Web API developersEasy integration of native HTML commands

New layout elements (Tab strips etc.)

New Web items

New chart types, e.g. GANTT chart, MTA (Milestone trend analysis) chart

Design of planning aware business applications


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Web printing

Comfortable PDF based BEx Web printing

Any type of BEx Web query, Report or Web Application can be converted to PDF and printed

Leveraging the SAP NetWeaver AS integration with Adobe Document ServiceAdobe Acrobat Reader required, no plug-ins necessary

Printing options can be maintained globally or individually by an end-user


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BEx PDF Web Printing


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Business planning and analytics services (BI integrated planning)

Open and flexible planning framework for all SAP applications

Fully integrated with BI and analytics services

One user interface, one design environment, one engine

Shared services and persistency and integrated meta data


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Further enhancement

Modeling the EDW

Data Warehousing Workbench

New infocube maintanence UI like ODSContains process chain maintanence,monitor, delta queue etc.

Display complete dataflow from source to target

PSA mandatory

Running the EDW

Process ChainsDisplay-only mode, copying of process chain

Additional functionality(interupt process,workflow, and process types (condition),

choosing background user for execution process

New Analysis Authorization concept

Higher flexibility and simplified modeling


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Process chain enhancement


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Data warehouse workbench


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InfoCube maintenance


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Distinction between 3.X and BI 7 objects


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BI 7 vs. 3.x DataSource


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Migration


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DataSource Migration


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DataSource replication


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