SAP Solution Brief

SAP BusinessObjects Business

Intelligence Solutions

Extract Business Intelligence Preferred business intelli-

gence (BI) solutions help
from JD Edwards Applications you align strategy with oper-
Integrate SAP® BusinessObjects™ ations and integrate dispa-
Solutions to Deepen Insight rate data for better insights.
By working with SAP®
BusinessObjects™ BI solu-
tions and including Crystal
Businesses around the world are chal- business intelligence solutions with ERP
lenged by disconnects between strate- applications. SAP® BusinessObjects™
Reports® software from
gic decision making and operational BI solutions work with JD Edwards SAP, JD Edwards applica-
execution at all levels of the enterprise. EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World,
To close this gap, companies need to enabling you to close the loop between
tions close the loop between
leverage their data to enable optimal information and action by integrating information and action.
decision making throughout the organi- market-leading BI solutions with your
zation. Additionally, the very nature of enterprise resource planning
information is changing. Businesses applications.
can no longer base decisions merely
on structured data that exists in silos, Better Insights with Software from
contained completely within their organi- SAP and JD Edwards
zation. They must manage and integrate
all kinds of information to serve the
business: structured information from SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions –
enterprise applications, as well as un- including the Crystal Reports family
structured data from external sources of offerings, SAP BusinessObjects
such as analyst reports, market blogs, Enterprise software, and SAP
and e-mails. BusinessObjects XI solutions – provide
the tools to make the most of your IT
To accomplish this, companies need investments. These applications help
business intelligence (BI) solutions to decision makers unlock the value of en-
help make sense of disparate and wide- terprise information by enabling report-
spread data. Such solutions can opti- ing, query, and analysis; dashboards
mize business performance, improve and visualization; advanced analytics;
controls to comply with regulation, and search and navigation; and information
facilitate communication and collabora- infrastructure management.
tion. Yet many BI applications do not fit
the needs – or the budgets – of small SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions are
businesses and midsize companies. open and integrated. They can deliver
a complete and intuitive profile of your
What’s more, many organizations have business performance using data from
to patch together BI applications with JD Edwards applications, which are
enterprise resource planning (ERP) soft- shipped with Crystal Reports software.
ware from a variety of different vendors. SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions facil-
This approach can result in a less effi- itate collaboration, helping you make
cient IT infrastructure that’s more ex- better decisions and resolve issues.
pensive to maintain. To optimize IT effi- They also enable you to detect risks and
ciency while providing the depth and assess performance issues – whether
breadth of functionality required for they take place inside the walls of your
daily, mission-critical operations, com- organization or throughout your extend-
panies like yours need to integrate ed business network.
Built on top of a scalable, service-
oriented architecture, SAP
BusinessObjects Enterprise software
provides a flexible and scalable infor-
mation infrastructure that lets your IT
department deploy BI solutions quickly
and confidently. SAP BusinessObjects
Enterprise enables everyone in your
organization to discover and share in-
formation and insights extracted from
JD Edwards applications for optimal
decision making. SAP BusinessObjects
XI solutions support your intelligence
platform with powerful functionality for
integrating with JD Edwards applica-
tions and delivering business insights
to users across your enterprise.
SAP BusinessObjects
business intelligence solu-
tions are open and integrat-
ed. They offer a complete
profile of business perfor-
mance using data from
JD Edwards applications,
which are shipped with
Crystal Reports software
from SAP.
Sophisticated Functionality to
Drive Your Business
With SAP BusinessObjects XI solu-
tions and JD Edwards applications,
you can share information securely
with your customers, suppliers, and
other partners both inside and outside
the organization. Crystal Reports soft-
ware helps you design, visualize, and
drill down into reports, delivering infor-
mation through the Web or embedded
in your enterprise applications.
With SAP BusinessObjects XI solu-
tions, your business users can interact
with information and instantly answer With SAP
questions on their own. Powerful que-
ry, reporting, and analysis functionality
BusinessObjects XI
enables these users to spot trends and solutions and JD
identify root causes in data – without
knowledge of complex data structures.
Edwards applications,
you can share informa-
Search and navigation tools let your
business users browse through data
tion securely with your
in an intuitive manner to locate infor­ customers, suppliers,
mation in hundreds of sources, both
internal and external. Businesspeople
and other partners in-
can use keyword searches to locate side and outside the
difficult-to-find information socked away
in widespread databases and can then
organization.
quickly navigate and drill down into
data. User-friendly dashboards and
visualization tools provide a common, over time. Automated lifecycle manage-
intuitive view of what’s important to ment tools enable you to quickly recon-
your business or team. Employees figure, upgrade, and modify your BI
gain visibility into organizational strategy applications to fit evolving and expand-
and can better align their actions with ing needs.
marching orders.
BI Integration and Connectivity
Fast Deployment to Improve Across Heterogeneous Systems
Responsiveness
Organizations like yours probably have
With the SAP BusinessObjects solu- a mix of different applications from
tion portfolio, you can control costs many different suppliers and vendors,
and time to market by rapidly deploying and this situation is not apt to change.
the BI solutions to suit your specific On the contrary, it’s likely that the com-
requirements. As your business needs plexity and variety of heterogeneous IT
grow, your BI solutions can keep pace systems will increase as you implement
– so you can continually respond to new BI applications to serve growing
developing situations and opportunities needs and provide users with newer
with speed and agility. You can add and more powerful functionality.
functionality and applications as needed
SAP BusinessObjects XI solutions and
SAP BusinessObjects Integration soft-
ware enable you to integrate BI soft-
ware with your JD Edwards Enter-
priseOne application. You can readily
expand your intelligence platform as
your organization grows and provide in-
novative, sophisticated BI functionality
for business users throughout the en-
terprise. SAP BusinessObjects Integra-
tion includes a native driver that con-
nects Crystal Reports software directly
to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. A secu-
rity plug-in allows businesspeople to
use their credentials to log in to SAP
BusinessObjects Enterprise software.
You can manage security with a Web-
based interface within the central
management console of the SAP
BusinessObjects Enterprise software.
With SAP BusinessObjects XI solutions
and SAP BusinessObjects Integration
software, you can provide executives,
managers, and all levels of business
users with a comprehensive business
view supported by JD Edwards applica-
tions. SAP BusinessObjects XI solu-
tions provide flexible, broad support for
JD Edwards applications and for many
other environments as well.
Data Integration to Streamline
Information Sharing
SAP BusinessObjects software gives
you the technological tools required to
rapidly integrate data in JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World
with other enterprise applications. SAP
BusinessObjects Data Integrator soft-
ware provides real-time, batch data in-
tegration tools and functionality that
speed data movement and data sharing
across the enterprise.
With SAP BusinessObjects Data Inte-
grator, you can more easily explore,
extract, transform, and deliver data
anywhere – within the bounds of your
organization and beyond to partners,
customers, and suppliers. The software
helps ensure the integrity of your data
and increase the productivity of your
developers. It also lets you support
operational and analytical initiatives by
accessing performance information
regarding data integration.
Your Business Benefits
SAP BusinessObjects business intelli-
gence solutions help you transform the
way your business works by improving
communication and connecting infor-
mation and people. These solutions
integrate and work with JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World
to bring you the following benefits:
• Higher productivity and efficiency
with user-friendly, intuitive interfaces
that eliminate redundant, manual pro-
cesses and help businesspeople
complete tasks effectively
• Increased business agility for greater
competitive advantage with the right
information at hand to make better
calculated decisions
• Faster innovation and time to market
with improved project management,
cost control, and resource
development
• Greater customer satisfaction by giv-
ing customers quick access to billing
and other information
• Improved visibility into enterprise per-
formance with contextual information
that gives you reliable data, greater
accountability, and an accurate pic-
ture of corporate performance
With the SAP
BusinessObjects port-
folio, you can control
costs and time to mar-
ket by deploying the
business intelligence
(BI) solutions to suit
your requirements. As
your business needs
grow, your BI solutions
can keep pace.
• Increased confidence in data with
more transparent processes and
information for regulatory, statutory,
and management reporting
• Reduced risks and costs with stream-
lined risk monitoring and reporting
Take the Next Step
With the speed of business today, it
doesn’t take long to fall behind. You
can’t afford to wait to make better deci-
sions, so why wait to unlock the infor-
mation stored in your JD Edwards ap-
plications and databases? You can gain
invaluable insights by extending the
value of your JD Edwards investment
with SAP BusinessObjects software
that provides flexible and open solu-
tions along with powerful business-user
tools and functionality. For more infor-
mation about SAP BusinessObjects BI
solutions, call your SAP representative
or visit us online at
www.sap.com/sapbusinessobjects.
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Summary
SAP® BusinessObjects™ business intelligence (BI) solutions help align strategy with opera-
tions and integrate disparate data for better insights. By working with SAP BusinessObjects
BI solutions and including Crystal Reports® software from SAP, JD Edwards applications
close the loop between information and action.

Business Challenges
• Avoid disconnects between strategic decision making and operational execution
• Drive sound management decisions by integrating, managing, and enabling access to
widespread data sources that include both structured and unstructured information
• Improve efficiency and reduce cost by eliminating a patchwork approach to business
intelligence

Key Features
• Business intelligence – Gain clear insight by accessing a complete and intuitive profile
of business performance
• Solution integration – Close the loop between information and action by integrating BI
solutions with enterprise resource planning applications
• Flexible information infrastructure – Implement solutions quickly and adapt them as
needed to respond to emerging opportunities and challenges
• Connectivity – Share information securely with customers, suppliers, and other partners

Business Benefits
• Increase productivity and efficiency with user-friendly interfaces that eliminate manual
processes and help users complete tasks effectively
• Improve business agility with the right information at hand to make better decisions
• Speed innovation and time to market with improved project management, cost control,
and resource development
• Increase customer satisfaction by giving customers access to billing and other
information
• Improve visibility into enterprise performance with contextual information that gives
you reliable, accurate data and greater accountability
• Raise confidence in data with more transparent processes and information for 50 096 064 (09/07)
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