WHATS NEW IN SAP BUSINESS OBJECTS 4 0 4.

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MAY 5, 2011

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What s Whats New is Data Services 4.0 BOE 4.0 New Product Names What s Whats New in BOE 4 0 4.0 BI Launch Pad / BI Workspace Crystal R C l Reports Web Intelligence Deployment Changes Things to remember Bobs Favorites

Whats New in Data Services 4.0

Common repository shared with BOE Information Steward a combination of Metadata Management and Data Insight Data Services to include Text Analysis allowing to source unstructured data Single interface for all application functionality SAP Data Source Support (BW and HANA Support) Alert information through SAP Solution Manager support which can connect to products like Tivoli

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Renaming Guide
Former Name SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise SAP BusinessObjectsXcelsius Enterprise > Xcelsius Enterprise Interactive Viewing New Name SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform SAP BusinessObjectsDashboards > SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Interactive Viewing

SAP BusinessObjectsAdvanced Analysis, Web Edition (This was the Pioneer project it replaces Voyager) SAP BusinessObjectsAdvanced Analysis, Office Edition

SAP BusinessObjectsAnalysis, edition for OLAP SAP BusinessObjectsAnalysis, edition for Microsoft Office

SAP BusinessObjectsWeb Intelligence Crystal Reports

SAP BusinessObjectsWeb Intelligence (Installer name and documentation

refers to Interactive Analysis)

SAP Crystal Reports

Former Feature Name InfoView BI Widgets Universe Designer Dashboard Builder

New Feature Name BI launch pad Widgets Universe design tool BI Workspace

Whats New in BOE 4.0

Whats New PDF document Feature Evolution Guide PDF document Common query interface across all reporting tools built in the Information Design Tool. Many new features here including multiple data connection. Data Federation included Crystal Reports Enterprise online report development based on universes built / converted in Information Design Tool Installs many ERP and Portal integrations by default recommended to only install what you need g g pp p Alert information through SAP Solution Manager support which can connect to products like Tivoli CMC Monitoring of Servers and thresholds related to their performance g New Search Engine LCM installed by default Many more items!

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Crystal Reports y p
In BOE4.0, two Crystal Reports versions are being released: , y p g
SAP Crystal Reports 2011 (desktop installation required) SAP Crystal Reports Enterprise (desktop installation required)

Target Audience for Crystal Reports Enterprise T t A di f C t lR t E t i

Existing or New customers with no Crystal investments Existing or New customers with Crystal reports connecting to BW only Existing customers with Crystal Reports via universes or New customers that want to take advantage of the Common Semantic Layer

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Existing or New customers that must leverage direct-to-data sources Existing or New customers that use reports on top of SAP ERP data Existing or New customers that are embedding reporting into custom applications

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Web Intelligence 4.0 g

New development interface Ribbon style toolbars New charting interface Fit (scale) to page Native Excel N i E l 2007 export support, allowing for 65k ll i f plus rows of data Templates: Abili to create a blank report without a T l Ability bl k ih data source

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Deployment Changes p y g
Similar deployment topology Native 64bit application. Still able to connect to 32bit data source drivers if needed. Default deployment is MS SQL Server 2008 and Tomcat 6 64bit New Paths for the web applications. The application build is very different. Full SDK not available until 4.1. CMC and BI Launch Pad are a single application application. Wdeploy GUI to help deployment and removal of web applications LifeCycle Manager (LCM) automatically deployed and Import Wizard is no longer available. All report promotion through this tool Upgrade Mgmt Tool Complete or incremental content move is available. Migrate f t t i il bl Mi t from XIR2 XIR2, XI3.0 or XI3.1 Client tools are separate and are not included in the server installation

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BOE 4.0 will be available end of Q2 2011 / Edge at the end of 2011 Desktop Intelligence is no longer supported. The conversion tools is still available but looks back at your XIr2/3 install and converts them to webi on BOE 4 QaaWS is being deprecated in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards in later versions 64 bit platform needed to run BOE Better virtualization support but please work with DFT on licensing if you are not a new customer 64 bit SharePoint integration (IONS) will be release in a 4.0 support pack soon (not with the initial release candidate in May) Web applications are a single app and locking down the CMC will be more difficult

Bobs Favorites (not as cool as Oprahs Favorites)

BI Launch Pad tab interface that allows for tacking content Webi charting is better and utilizing new central chart library Webi Copy and Paste between reports Content Linking in BI Workspace SAP Dashboards native access to the semantic layer Universe connections can now be managed in folders, folders and connections can be shared between software applications

Upcoming Events p g
Whats New in BusinessObjects 4.0 j Deep Dive Summer Series Begins June 2011
Using The New SAP Crystal Reports Enterprise for Reporting Preview the New Features & Enhancements Around Dashboards Web Intelligence 4.0 in Action Data Services 4.0 in Action Using The New Information Design Tool For Creating & Publishing SAP BusinessObjects Universes Will be on our Web Site Soon

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Accelerate Your BusinessObjects Dashboards
May 25th @ 2:00 pm Eastern

Supercharging SAP BusinessObjects BI with Sybase IQ

Thu May 26th @ 2:00 pm Eastern

Sapphire Joint Booth with Aster Group (BPC Partner)

Orlando, FL - Booth #2346 Private Cocktail Party @ Caf Tu Tu Tango y g Tue, May 17th 6:00 to 8:00

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