SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
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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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 7
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 9
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11
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.
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
BI Dashboards An Evolutionary Process
Today’s dashboard characteristics
VISUAL and FUNCTIONAL Highly INTERACTIVE FLEXIBILE in deployment INSPIRATIONAL in design EASE of design PERSONALIZABLE for ANY user SCALABLE to MANY users
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 13
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
© 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
This presentation and SAP’s 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. 14
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
User Alignment
Executive Management
Strategic Dashboards
Financial and Operational Management Operational Dashboards
“Information Consumer” Tactical Dashboards
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 16
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Experience Unparalleled Interactivity
Track dashboards for
with
ready
successful with
interactive insights across
your
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 17
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Gain Unrivaled Flexibility
Visualize information
and
Embed and interact with dashboards within and
BW
Extend dashboards to include
visualization components
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 18
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Design Inspirational Dashboards
Visualizations that
can use
Design dashboards
or
decision making with dashboard
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 21
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,...
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 22
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0
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)
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 23
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0
Multi-lingual dashboards
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 24
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 25
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 26
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 27
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 28
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 29
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. März 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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 30
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0
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 Dashboards 4.0
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 SAP’s 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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Agenda
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Introduction Capabilities
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 7
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 9
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11
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.
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
BI Dashboards An Evolutionary Process
Today’s dashboard characteristics
VISUAL and FUNCTIONAL Highly INTERACTIVE FLEXIBILE in deployment INSPIRATIONAL in design EASE of design PERSONALIZABLE for ANY user SCALABLE to MANY users
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 13
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
© 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
This presentation and SAP’s 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. 14
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
User Alignment
Executive Management
Strategic Dashboards
Financial and Operational Management Operational Dashboards
“Information Consumer” Tactical Dashboards
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 16
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Experience Unparalleled Interactivity
Track dashboards for
with
ready
successful with
interactive insights across
your
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 17
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Gain Unrivaled Flexibility
Visualize information
and
Embed and interact with dashboards within and
BW
Extend dashboards to include
visualization components
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 18
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Design Inspirational Dashboards
Visualizations that
can use
Design dashboards
or
decision making with dashboard
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 21
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,...
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 22
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0
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)
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 23
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0
Multi-lingual dashboards
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 24
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
This presentation and SAP’s 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. © 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 25
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. März 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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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0
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 Dashboards 4.0
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 SAP’s 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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