SAP Business Objects aka SAP BI 4.0
| SAP Business Objects Enterprise (from version 4.0 onwards called SAP BI 4.0) is a set of tools in order to give enhanced reporting and analytical capability to the users. The suite includes a wide set of functionalities for an optimized way of information delivery to the different types of users in a corporation. |
Our services here include:
- Installation & Architecture Setup
- Integration with SAP BW and other source systems
- Concept, Design and Rollout of information
- SAP Portal Integration
- Performance Tuning
- Relational Universe Design
Different frontend tools for different types of usage are available within the SAP BO Suite:
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Using SAP BW as the data holding EDW is a attractive option, but it is not mandatory to be in place. SAP Business Objects Enterprise and SAP BI 4.0 offer a wide range of possibilities to connect to different types of data sources including OLTP systems for real time reporting if properly set up.
The integration with SAP BW has advanced significantly and improves the possibilities avaiable of information delivery to the end users. You can reuse existing authorization concepts implemented in SAP BW for their usage in the BO environment.
Products like the SAP's DataFederator, which will be merged into SAP BI 4.0 allows to join data from different source systems for a unified view on distributed information. |
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Discovery and Exploration with SAP BO Explorer (here using Apple's IPad) |
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Enterprise Reporting with Crystal Reports |
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Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis with Web Intelligence |
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Dashboarding with Xcelsius / Dashboard Designer |
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