SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0
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Agenda
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
What’s new in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0?
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Introduction
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
D I F F E R E N T N E E D S
Dashboards
Reporting
Interactive
Analysis OLAP
AnalysisData
Exploration
How do I visualize
key performance
indicators for better
decision making?
How do I answer ad
hoc questions and
interact with shared
information?
How do I find
immediate answers
to business
questions?
How do I uncover
trends from
historical data and
make possible
better forecasts?
How do I turn data
into pixel-perfect
formatted reports
for greater insight?
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
D I F F E R E N T N E E D S
Dashboards
Reporting
Interactive
Analysis
How do I visualize
key performance
indicators for
better decision
making?
How do I answer
ad hoc questions
and interact with
shared
information?
How do I find
immediate answers
to business
questions?
How do I uncover
trends from
historical data and
make possible
better forecasts?
How do I turn data
into pixel-perfect
formatted reports
for greater insight?
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Question
Format, layout
add context
Share,
distribute
Personalize,
Analyze
Business User
Information usage
Life Cycle
Ask questions on existing analytic
content or based on corporate and
personal data sources
Understand aggregates, details and
relationships & interdependencies
with other content
Communicate content to a
small or broad audience
Other users access and
personalize to their contexts in
their work environment
Users can start at any point in the cycle, interacting even with highly
formatted content created & shared by others
Interact with formatted reports to
answer new questions
SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceOne environment for design and consumption with Web Intelligence
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SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceEmpowers End Users to Do Their Own Analyses
Business Metadata
Access
heterogeneous data
sources
Easily navigate
through hierarchies
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Analysis Your Way
Interactive Analysis Combined with Free-form Reporting
Analyze with few clicks
Analyze with few clicks
Context related
right click menu
Rich feature set
Drag and drop
Organized tool bar
SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceInteractive Analysis Combined with Free-Form Reporting
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I want to get rid of
the noise of other
regions and just see
Europe.
I just want to highlight
above average sales
before I print.
How can I visualize the
regional sales over
each week?
How do products
compare against each
other in my region?
What are the top 5
Europe countries in
terms of Widget sales?
Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 Week 36 Sum:
CANADA $6,520 $0 $7,177 ($215) $13,482
USA $0 $925 ($325) $0 $600
Sum: $6,520 $925 $6,853 ($215) $14,082
Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 Week 36 Sum:
AUSTRIA $7,977 $5,020 $14,154 $135,819 $162,970
BELGIUM $37,400 $3,268 $652 $67,649 $108,970
FINLAND $26,900 ($942) $82,496 $927 $109,382
FRANCE $348,578 $103,584 $82,865 $604,564 $1,139,592
GERMANY $101,928 $15,808 $27,717 $62,801 $208,254
GREECE $4,016 $0 $0 $13,906 $17,922
IRELAND ($15,440) ($18,086) ($25,773) $13,383 ($45,916)
ITALY $241,768 $35,360 $55,314 $234,039 $566,481
Netherlands $772,809 $1,327,823 $615,374 $2,218,805 $4,934,812
SCANDANAVIA $73,834 $20,494 $0 $161,329 $255,657
SPAIN $125,537 $27,367 $10,897 $24,471 $188,272
SWITZERLAND $51,780 $470 $6,342 $13,558 $72,151
Sum: $1,777,089 $1,520,167 $870,039 $3,551,252 $7,718,547
Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 Week 36 Sum:
AUSTRALIA $67,868 $157,804 $293,777 $21,426 $540,876
CHINA $183,640 $411,200 $247,081 $192,843 $1,034,764
INDIA $49,952 $65,933 $362,804 $209,715 $688,404
INDONESIA ($1,421) $0 $58,659 $9,069 $66,307
JAPAN $3,106,291 $1,681,869 $1,999,174 $3,192,541 $9,979,875
PHILIPPINES $0 $0 $16,653 $28,875 $45,528
THAILAND $2,246 $7,329 $25,929 $18,539 $54,042
Sum: $3,408,576 $2,324,136 $3,004,077 $3,673,008 $12,409,797
Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 Week 36 Sum:
ARGENTINA $4,720 $1,964 $3,489 ($3,489) $6,684
Americas
Overall Product Sales through Week 36
North America
Europe
ASIAPAC
$39
$40
$169
$0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100 $120 $140 $160 $180
Millions
Widgets
Thingamabobs
Doohickees
SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceFormatted Reports are a starting point for Business User’s questions
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SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceOnline and Offline Analysis from New or Existing Reports
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SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceAnswers Whenever and Wherever the User Wants Insight
Online(BI Workspace)
On Device(BI Mobile)
Offline(Rich Client)
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SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceBusiness users are looking for more autonomy
Gap between IT’s perception of Business Users skills in the tools and Business User’s
perception of their own skills
Interactivity brings insight to business users and relief on IT
“Interactivity is changing the way we interact with our customers [report
consumers]. They no longer bother us with detailed change requests.”
– BI Project Lead, North American equipment rental company
Which statement below best describes the capabilities of typical users who
receive content that others have created?
source: BOBJ customer survey 2008
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Capabilities
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SAP BusinessObjects Web IntelligenceWhat’s New in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0?
Significant Productivity & Usability Improvements
Streamlined experience to reflect the User Activities
New visualization and charts
Interact with the report to answer new business questions
Navigate and report multidimensional data
Best-in-Class Integration with SAP BW
Proper Reporting Experience on Hierarchical Data
Simplified Deployment + Preserved Investment in Bex Queries
Optimized integration for better performance
Interoperability with other tools within the suite
Reuse content across the suite
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Productivity & Usability Improvements
Significant productivity & usability improvements
Access to most common features are prioritized and logically grouped by user
activity (Report, Format, Analyze, Access Data)
– Workflows built to reflect the natural flow for ad-hoc analysis and reporting users
– Modern look & feel and cleaner organization
Immediate access to most frequently used features in an activity
General user experience – icons, look & feel, terminology – is harmonized across the suite
Seamless integration within InfoView for better access to common workflows & services
Users at the center of the thinking process
Design included multiple rounds of validation with existing & new Users
Test demonstrates users are comfortable in 30’ with the new interface with no training
* Usability Test Score out of 7
done with real users
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Productivity & Usability Improvements
Series of functionalities provide a first level
of interactivity for more casual users
No training required to use
Answers to most common questions are a click
away
Relieves power users from most common
requests to personalize reports
Various Improvements
– New User Experience for Input Controls (Slicing/What
if)
– Fold/Unfold of Report
– Navigation in hierarchies to find the root causes.
1998 - Nagano
Selling Expenses Growth
5%0% 10%
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Productivity & Usability Improvements
Reuse report elements across documents (charts, tables, queries, variables)
Enhanced Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and Drag & Drop
Complex formatting is maintained
Target document gets updated to include necessary query data and variables
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Productivity & Usability Improvements
Repurpose Web Intelligence tables as editable Office
content
More flexible Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and
Drag & Drop workflow
Copy as picture or option to copy as formatted but editable
Office content
Facilitate the communication of analysis and report workflows
Enable sharing and collaboration within the Office environment
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Productivity & Usability Improvements
You can create a chart and associate dimensions and measures in Edit mode
No need to use Structure Mode
Incomplete chart are displayed as “ghosts”.
You can drag and drop objects into the chart – they are automatically dispatched to the
relevant chart area
– You can also preselect objects prior to the insertion workflow.
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Productivity & Usability Improvements
Additional charts types
Scatter Bubble
Polar Bubble
Dual axes charts
Tree maps
Heat maps
Box plots
Series Pie
charts
Tag clouds
Fine-grained control of
chart parameters and
layout
Tooltips,
direct interactivity
& morphing effects
Harmonized look and feel with other clients based on shared visualization engine
Lower the learning curve for new users while increasing productivity and flexibility for more
advanced, experienced users
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Productivity & Usability Improvements
Dimensional concepts
integrated into rich
reporting model
Navigate directly into the
report hierarchies to find
root causes
Dimensional
charting
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Common Query Experience Across
Unified experience across all data
sources with new semantic layer
Integration of hierarchical concepts
into query panel user experience
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Input Controls: answering the most common questions
Answers to predictable questions can be prepared by the report designer
I want to see
the revenue by
quarter
Which are the most
sold products each
month
What is the split
by region?
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Fold/Unfold: Consumers reveal details as needed
Enables consumers to progressively explore details
most relevant to their analytical needs online & offline
Folds
automatically
adhere to
report structure
(sections,
breaks, tables
Turn on feature
as needed, no
pre-definition by
author required
Summary measures
for sections, breaks
facilitate identifying
most salient details
to unfold
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Track data changes
Highlight data that has changed since the
last refresh against a reference document.
Point of reference is definable by report
author as well as threshold of changed data
to display.
Patent protected
Dramatically streamlines analysis and
exception exploration: changes shown at all
levels of aggregation.
Changing report consumption and helping root cause analysis
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Data Source Information and Results at Your Finger Tips
On-the-fly browsing of data providers, objects, and data
Query result validation
Sort and filter without hitting the data source
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Interoperability with Best-of-Breed Exploration and Analysis Tools
Web Intelligence SBO Explorer
Analysis, Edition for OLAP
Analysis, Edition for MS Office
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0Key Benefits
Self-service solution for information access
Repeatable analytical framework
Simplified BI deployment for more users, more value
Empowers Business Users with Self-service Access and Insight
Thank You!
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