integration of sap businessobjects bi suite with sap netweaver bw and sap erp

Road Map Revision: February 5, 2013

SAP Product Road Map Integration of SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite

with SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP ERP

Template Revision 20130104 v3.0

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Purpose

Product road maps are designed to support the product adoption planning activities of SAP

customers. A product road map helps a customer match short term and long term goals with

technology plans.

A product road map describes how the feature / function capabilities in an SAP product or

technology are planned to progress over time, in general:

Today = changes in the current release version

Planned Innovations = changes planned in upcoming development releases (next 12-18 months)

Future Direction = proposed themes for a product or technology beyond the planned releases

The product road maps are targeted for use by IT planners, enterprise architects, SAP

Consulting, and SAP consulting partners.

Complementary resources

For a more general description of the business problems / processes being solved and

supported by SAP, refer to Solution Road maps.

For more detailed technical information please refer to the Product Availability Matrix, Ramp-

up Knowledge Transfer materials and product documentation.

Introduction to product road maps


Table of contents

Product Overview

Product description

Road map overview and major product updates

Product Road Map

Today

Planned

Future

Appendix

Product Overview

Product description

Road map overview and major product updates


Integration of the BI Suite with SAP BW and SAP ERP Product description

SAP is focused on finding solutions and delivery of innovations that provide a complete integrated

experience for SAP BusinessObjects BI suite in combination with SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP ERP

Data connectivity Integration features with SAP BW

Integration features with SAP ERP

User experience Consistent cross-client workflows

Integrated with the BI suite Common platform capabilities for BI clients

Interoperability Information sharing between BI clients

Product interoperability for BI clients


Planned Innovations Future Direction Today

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

Integration of the BI Suite with SAP BW and SAP ERP Product road map overview - key themes and capabilities

* Up to 4.0 SP5, including FP3

Data connectivity

Consistent data access to SAP BW

Universe data access to SAP ERP

User experience

Run time performance improvement

Compounded characteristics

support

Level based hierarchy selection

Prompting enhancements

Variable Variants support for

Analysis Office

SAP BW workspaces integration for

Analysis Office

Conversion of BEx workbooks for

Analysis Office

Platform integration

BI platform and Mobile BI

integration for Design Studio

Interoperability

Design Studio interoperability with

Analysis Office

Data connectivity

Authored universe on limited set

of BEx queries

User experience

Design time performance

improvement



Analysis OLAP, and Design

Studio


Scheduling and publication

capabilities for Analysis Office

Interoperability

Product interoperability

enhancements for Analysis OLAP,

and Design Studio

Data connectivity

Connectivity enhancements to

SAP ERP

Multi-source access for relational

and OLAP data sources

User experience

Manual entry for BEx variable

prompts across the suite

Variable Variants and

Personalization across the suite

Interoperability

Report-report interface support

across the suite

(Release 4.0)*

Product Road Map

Today

Planned

Future


TODAY Planned Innovations Future Direction


This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. * Up to 4.0 SP5, including FP3

(Release 4.0)*

Data connectivity



User experience



support




Analysis Office


Analysis Office


Analysis Office




Interoperability


Analysis Office

Data connectivity


of BEx queries

User experience


improvement




Studio




Interoperability



and Design Studio

Data connectivity


SAP ERP



User experience





Interoperability


across the suite


Integration of the BI Suite 4 with SAP BW and SAP ERP Data connectivity

TODAY

Capabilities introduced in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4 to enhance BI client data access integration

with SAP BW and SAP ERP

Client access to SAP BW

Dashboards access to SAP BW, via Business Intelligence Consumer Services (BICS) hosted by SAP BusinessObjects BI

platform

Design Studio direct access to SAP BW, via BICS

Explorer leveraging SAP BW InfoProvider access to HANA analytical models (SAP BW on SAP HANA)

Client access to SAP ERP

Authored relational universe on top of SAP ERP in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise, Web Intelligence, Dashboards,

and Explorer. Universe based access to SAP ERP Infosets, SAP queries, and ABAP functions


Integration of the BI Suite 4 with SAP BW and SAP ERP User experience

TODAY

Capabilities introduced in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4 to enhance BI client feature integration with

SAP BW

Run time performance Performance improvement in report refresh user

experience for reporting on top of SAP BW in SAP

Crystal Reports for Enterprise, Web Intelligence,

and Dashboards

SAP BW metadata Compounded characteristic support for SAP

Crystal Reports for Enterprise, Web Intelligence,

Dashboards, and Analysis OLAP, and Analysis

Office

Level based hierarchy selection Design time selection of hierarchical levels in SAP

Crystal Reports for Enterprise, and Web

Intelligence

Prompting Manual entry of values for BEx variable prompts in

Analysis OLAP

Variable Variants Save and use public and private stored prompt values

collection in Analysis Office

SAP BW workspaces integration SAP BW workspaces integration in Analysis Office for

merging external data with corporate data

BEx workbooks conversion Conversion of BEx workbook into Analysis Office

workbook


Integration of the BI Suite 4 with SAP BW and SAP ERP Platform integration

TODAY

Client integration with SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4 to leverage common platform capabilities

Design Studio application management with the BI platform

Multi user-access to applications

Storage of applications and images

Embedded runtime on the BI platform

Central management of system connections

Design Studio integration into Mobile BI

Deliver interactive dashboards and data-driven applications for mobile devices


Integration of the BI Suite 4 with SAP BW and SAP ERP Interoperability

TODAY

Capabilities introduced in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4 to enhance product interoperability for BI

clients

Design Studio interoperability with SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office

Export Analysis Office workbook as data source and import into Design Studio. Publish directly into web or mobile

devices


PLANNED INNOVATIONS Future Direction Today



(Release 4.0)*

Data connectivity



User experience



support




Analysis Office


Analysis Office


Analysis Office




Interoperability


Analysis Office

Data connectivity


of BEx queries

User experience


improvement




Studio




Interoperability



and Design Studio

Data connectivity


SAP ERP



User experience





Interoperability


across the suite


Planned innovations Data connectivity

PLANNED INNOVATIONS

Capabilities are planned in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform to enhance BI client data connectivity

integration with SAP BW

Authored universes on BEx queries

Authored relational universe on limited set of BEx queries for SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise, Web Intelligence,

Dashboards, and Explorer

SAP BW 7.3 is required



Planned innovations User experience

PLANNED INNOVATIONS

Capabilities are planned in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform to enhance BI client feature integration with

SAP BW


Performance improvement in the design time user experience for reporting on top of SAP BW in SAP Crystal Reports for

Enterprise, and Web Intelligence

Prompting

Merge prompts from multiple SAP BW queries into one prompt list so prompt values are entered once, in Analysis OLAP

Variable Variants

Save and use public and private stored prompt values collection in Analysis OLAP and Design Studio



Planned innovations Platform integration

PLANNED INNOVATIONS

Capabilities are planned in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform to enhance common platform capabilities for

BI clients

Scheduling and publications

Broadcast and publish of Analysis Office workbooks via the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform



Planned innovations Interoperability

PLANNED INNOVATIONS

Capabilities are planned in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform to enhance product interoperability for BI

clients

Report-Report Interface (RRI)

Use existing RRI targets defined for BEx queries, where RRI targets may include SAP transactions, queries, reports and

web links

Support for RRI as valid sender for Analysis OLAP, Analysis Office, and Design Studio

Enhanced OpenDocument

Parameterized launch of Analysis OLAP workspace via OpenDocument

Analysis view

Design Studio interoperability through analysis view as a data source

Design Studio interoperability with SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP

Export Analysis OLAP workspace as data source and import into Design Studio. Publish directly into web or mobile devices



FUTURE DIRECTION Planned Innovations Today



(Release 4.0)*

Data connectivity



User experience



support




Analysis Office


Analysis Office


Analysis Office




Interoperability


Analysis Office

Data connectivity


of BEx queries

User experience


improvement




Studio




Interoperability



and Design Studio

Data connectivity


SAP ERP



User experience





Interoperability


across the suite


Integration of the BI Suite with SAP BW and SAP ERP Future direction

FUTURE DIRECTION

Data connectivity

Authored relational universe access to SAP ERP tables

Multi-source access for relational and dimensional data sources without the need for universe creation

User experience

Manual entry of values for BEx variable prompts across the BI suite

Variable Variants and Personalization across the BI suite

Interoperability

Product interoperability across the BI suite via Report–Report Interface (RRI)



Related road maps

Readers may also be interested in the following related road maps

Related product road maps available on Service Marketplace:

SAP BusinessObjects BI platform

Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI

Other business analytics product road maps can be found on the Analytics tab of the Road Maps page on

Service Marketplace

https://websmp101.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000974352011E.htm

https://websmp101.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000974352011E.htm

Thank you

Road map contacts for customers and partners

Eric Yew

Ingo Hilgefort

[email protected]

[email protected]

Product Management

Solution Management

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Key links for more information For customers and partners

Key links

Road maps on SAP Service

Marketplace

http://service.sap.com/roadmap

SAP Community Network http://www.sdn.sap.com/

IT Planning Resources https://websmp206.sap-

ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700001160122012E

Where to go to provide product feedback and ideas

SAP Idea Place https://ideas.sap.com

Influence programs http://service.sap.com/influence

SAP User Groups

http://www.sapusergroups.com/

http://service.sap.com/roadmap

http://www.sdn.sap.com/

https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700001160122012E



https://ideas.sap.com/

http://service.sap.com/influence

http://www.sapusergroups.com/


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