SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

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Agenda

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Introduction Capabilities

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Introduction

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

What is a dashboard ?

Interactive analytics is an analytic capability and Dashboard is an information delivery capability. Gartner Visual display of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives; consolidated and arranged on a single screen so the information can be monitored at a glance. Stephen Few, visualization guru

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Business Value
BI for casual users
Engage users with through guided navigation
Casual Users

Tailored solutions

Easy to understand visualization

Percentage of users using BI tools at least once a week
Pervasive Business Intelligence Wayne Eckerson TDWI Oct. 2008 Report

Not a comprehensive BI solution

Not an enterprise reporting tool: no paging, no export to Excel or PDF Not an ad hoc analysis tool: analysis paths are predefined by dashboard author. Interoperates with Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports or Analysis Web Ed. for reporting or analysis needs.
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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

BI Dashboards An Evolutionary Process

Todays dashboard characteristics

VISUAL and FUNCTIONAL Highly INTERACTIVE FLEXIBILE in deployment INSPIRATIONAL in design EASE of design PERSONALIZABLE for ANY user SCALABLE to MANY users

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

BI Dashboards An Evolutionary Process
To remain competitive retaining and growing the customer base Time-to-market is valuable Gain instant insight into company performance Ability to keep costs under control Know you are on track at all times Dashboards provide insight to those key cost metrics
Accelerating business process improvements Dashboards and scorecards offer fast time-to-value and a low entry price Quickest way to improve the bottom line Regulations and compliance Maintain transparency to business Accountability
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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Who needs dashboards ?
Business needs
High-impact interactive visualization of key metrics Intuitive user interface and navigation Ability to manage and monitor metrics effortlessly Drill down or through for root-cause analysis Personalized content and display

Technology needs
Easy dashboard building capabilities Flexibility as the needs of an organization change Security to ensure proper user access Scalable for a growing organization Integration to leverage existing BI investments

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

User Alignment

Executive Management

Strategic Dashboards

Financial and Operational Management Operational Dashboards

Information Consumer Tactical Dashboards

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Experience Unparalleled Interactivity

Track dashboards for

with

ready

successful with

interactive insights across

your
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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Gain Unrivaled Flexibility

Visualize information

and

Embed and interact with dashboards within and

BW

Extend dashboards to include

visualization components

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Design Inspirational Dashboards

Visualizations that

can use

Design dashboards

or

decision making with dashboard

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Capabilities

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

BI Platform Integration
BI Platform back-end optimized for dashboard flash front-end Dashboards Processing server
Provides a thin processing layer between data source and dashboard front-end

Dashboards Cache Server

Caches query result set per security profile Query caching policy define in management console (CMC)
Flash Dashboard

Web Application Server

Business Objects Enterprise

WebI Processing Server Dashboards Processing Server

CMS

Security and SQL generation

CSL Connector

HTTP

Dashboard Web Services

CORBA

Dashboards Cache Server

New

SQL execution and cache results

CSL Connection Server

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

User Auditing and System Monitoring
Audit events Dashboard User: View, refresh, prompt, logon, logout Dashboards Designer: create, delete, modify Server monitoring metrics include Processing time, cache size & hits, requests (served, queued, failed), connections, threads, data transfers,...

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Multi-lingual dashboards
Publish a dashboard to the BI platform to allow Translation expert(s) to create localized text for the dashboard
The Translation expert(s) use the Translation Manager to localize:
Component Text Properties: Titles, subtitles, series names, category names

Ranges in Excel marked as translatable by the dashboard designer Note: Text in Excel formulas is not translatable

They publish the text translations to the BI platform The platform combines these translations with the dashboard to create a localized dashboard At runtime the platform displays the localized dashboard that matches the user Preferred Viewing Locale (PVL)

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Multi-lingual dashboards

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Direct Semantic Layer Connection Query Panel
Improved authoring via query integration and direct access to semantic layer Define a query by dragging and dropping relational universe objects, dimensions and measures Query sorting Create filters or single or multi selection query prompts with or without List of Values than can be used with a Prompt Selector Query data preview

Drag and drop to create a query

Query data preview

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Direct Semantic Layer Connection Query Browser
Quick access to Query Panel to add and edit queries Query summary view to see result objects, filters and prompts Delete and refresh queries Drag and drop prompts to the canvas to create a Prompt Selector

Pin to auto-hide Query summary

Optionally insert into the spreadsheet

Region Prompt Selector

drag prompt to canvas

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Direct Semantic Layer Connection Direct Data Binding
Bind directly from chart and selectors to query result objects
The component will show more or less values depending on the number of rows returned by the query (no need for Ignore End Blanks) Optionally bind query results to the spreadsheet

Live data preview at design time when using query data Multi column components allow you to bind directly to multiple result objects

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Direct Semantic Layer Connection Prompts
Auto prompt based on the prompt data type and whether is single or multi value prompt or cascading list of values Directly uses the available List of Values Search or page through list of values as well as show or hide selected values
Multiple select (in list) from list of values

Single value Single value showing list of values

Search or page through list of values

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Design Enhancements
Labels on charts
Variety of different positions options, including best fit

Dynamically set colors

By series Can use hex, rgb, vga or decimal Scorecard Enhanced grid with icon alerting and sorting

Canvas Container
Canvas with no background

Bullet Chart
Spark lines Forecasting
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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Supporting Global Requirements
Regional Formatting
Display data using region specific settings that match your Preferred Viewing Locale (PVL) All Dashboards 4.0 have support for regional formatting built in To enable change from General number format to one of the following number formats and select default format in the appearance tab:
Supported data types Examples English (US) Monday, March 1, 2010 10:20:00 PM 1,000.00 $1,000.00 German (Germany) Montag, 1. Mrz 2010 22:20:00 1.000,00 $1.000,00
Enable regional data formatting
Dashboard Designer

Dashboard with Regional Data Formatting support enabled (see below)

Publish to Platform

Date Time Numeric Currency (*)

Dashboard automatically uses data format that matches the current viewing locale in InfoView

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Dashboards on EPM applications data
New data connector based on EPM 7.5 Extended Analytics Analyzer
Analyzer is an Excel Add-in allowing slicing and dicing of EPM data within Excel Dashboards EPM connector is delivered as an add-on (EPMConnector.xlx) with Analyzer SP05
Uses EPM ODBO provider for design time and XMLA web services connectivity for runtime

Currently available for SAP Business Objects Financial Consolidation 7.5, Planning and Consolidation 7.5, Profitability and Cost Management 7.5 SP06

Key Capabilities
Retrieve data from Analyzer report Display databases/catalogs/application Sets Display cubes/models/applications Display dimension members BPC specific operations Enter and save data (write-back) Display business process flows Display current view

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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0

Dashboards on EPM applications data

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SAP BusinessObjects Event Insight - Real Time Dashboard Monitoring
Monitoring Business Events
Meter Readings, Shipping status, Stock Trades, Call Center Complaints

Events from Business Processes

Order to Cash Procure to Pay Hire to Retire Approvals, workflow, authorizations Workforce management
Dashboard

Value Scenarios
Situation awareness Sense and Response Track and Trace Fraud detection
ERP CRM

Event Insight
Event Federation - Complex Event Processing

Web Databases JMS Service This presentation and SAPs strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

SCM

BI / BW

Active RFID

Business Processes - Business Events

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