ROI from your BI Using SAP BusinessObjects as your SaaS Solution. Kevin McManus CEO, LaunchWorks Chance Barkley BI Analyst - AmerisourceBergen

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1 [ ROI from your BI Using SAP BusinessObjects as your SaaS Solution Kevin McManus CEO, LaunchWorks Chance Barkley BI Analyst - AmerisourceBergen

2 [ Learning Points Learn how the power of SAP BusinessObjects can be released as a SaaS solution. Take away best practices to help you plan your own SaaS BI solution. Understand how SAP BusinessObjects customers rely on the LaunchWorks SDK framework to handle the hard stuff. 2

3 [ Return on Investment More and more companies are charged with using their data as valuable a way to gain not just competitive advantage, but actual revenue. Many are doing this by providing both simple and advanced business intelligence tools to one or more parts of a company's supply chain including suppliers, partners, and customers. Creating your own Software as a Service (SaaS) with SAP BusinessObjects requires some important functionality for handing multiple tenants, automated security setup, and customizable user interfaces. Fortunately, this CAN be done with your SAP BusinessObjects system and an SAP-certified SDK framework called Dashboard Launch which lets you build and customize what you need in a BI system without starting from scratch or hacking the InfoView. Learn what it takes to make success stories and see samples of what others have done. 3

4 [ LaunchWorks Build outward facing report and dashboard solutions Core skills in BusinessObjects and SDK Development SAP BusinessObjects Gold partner Customers in the Fortune 500, 200, and 50 Texas Headquarters (San Antonio Area) AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group Require Leading edge report and dashboard solutions Core business is Pharmaceutical Distribution SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.X Customer with Users Texas Headquarters (Dallas Area) 4

5 [ Our Products LauchPortal Ready-to-use web portal for securely exporting BusinessObjects data Four LaunchPortal Modules: Report Launch Securely export and share reports Dashboard Launch Securely export and share dashboards Audit Launch Provide extended report access and usage monitoring Activity Launch Receive real-time notifications about business critical reporting events

6 [ Our Services LaunchPortal Installation, Configuration, and Integration Services BusinessObjects Deployment Audit BusinessObjects SDK Training for Developers Report Development Services: o Web Intelligence o Xcelsius o Crystal Reports

7 [ Specialty Specialty in Delivering Customer Facing and Software as a Service solutions with BOE Webi SDK Expertise (REBean, Extension Points) Crystal SDK Expertise (JRC, RAS, Viewers, etc) Enterprise and Web Services SDK 7

8 [ Business Intelligence Overview

9 [ Portal Integration Requirements Share Reports and Dashboards to external users Secure access layer above BusinessObjects Direct Portal or API Access Leverages all BusinessObjects security Interfaces for all device types Multiple export formats Full compliance auditing Full event notification

10 [ Examples Farmers Insurance Crystal RAS based Adhoc system code review and recommendations Webi SDK based adhoc system review and recommendations JP Morgan Chase Built a Customer Statement generator with Webi SDK Provides automation of value add statements ICS Connect Webi and Crystal Reporting Portal Sold as a SaaS platform

11 [ SaaS MODEL : ANALYSIS Existing Applications May have undelivered needs May have custom report delivery project in the works as enhancement/support Active Applications Probably have custom report delivery project needs OEM and 3rd Party Tools Still need evaluation same as custom applications Enforce tool standardization to gain most ROI Upcoming Applications Get out the message Get out into the business and IT to get involved early

12 [ SDK Application Deployment Options Cloud Applications SaaS Launch Framework Web Applications Launch Framework CMC Launch Application Infoview ServerFramework JSF Component Components BusinesObjects Enterprise SDK Viewers SDK Report Application Server SDK BusinessObjects Enterprise Framework Web Intelligence Report Engine SDK BusinessObjects Enterprise Server Component

13 [ FEATURES OF AN SaaS REPORTING FRAMEWORK Authorization SecEnterprise, Active Directory, LDAP User Interface Report Lists, Report Menus, Integrated report execution User Interaction Prompts, Parameters, Context Report Execution Crystal, Web Intelligence, etc Output Viewer, Distribution, Export, Alert Authorize User Report List Prompts & Parameters Report Execution Report Output

14 [ LaunchPortal Integration List Content Generators Crystal Reports Web Intelligence Xcelsius Web Services Web Applications Content Delivery LaunchPortal Integrated Customer Portals Sales Force Microsoft Share Point InfoView Custom Application

15 [Access Direct Authentication: o Business Objects o Active Directory o LDAP o SQL Integrated Authentication o Custom SQL Auth o From Session o From Web Service

16 [ LaunchPortal: Report List Brandable Templates o Single Column o Multi Column User Organization o Single Level o Multi Level o With/out personal folders Interaction o On Demand o Schedule o Export / Distribute o Single Window / Multi Window

17 [ LauchPortal: Dashboard View Multi quadrant dashboards WebI and Xcelsius enabled Embeddable in other applications Cached views for faster viewing and less server impact Full drill down capabilities

18 [ LaunchPortal: Report Prompts Customize report prompts Leverage existing report prompts Build additional report prompts

19 [ LaunchPortal: Configurable Prompts Crystal Static Parameters Hidden Parameters Dynamic Parameters Dynamic Defaults Save / Retrieve Parameter Sets Web Intelligence Static Parameters Hidden Parameters Dynamic Parameters Dynamic Defaults Save / Retrieve Parameter Sets Column pre-selection Sort Column preset Dynamic Filtering

20 [ LauchPortal: Sample Interfaces

21 [ LaunchPortal: Report Viewers

22 [ LaunchPortal DEMO Customer Examples

23 [ Return on Investment By using Launch Applications and sharing BusinessObjects technology, your company can Save on user training costs Save on administrative costs Save on Custom Project Development Costs Save on licensing and maintenance through a single platform By implementing Launch Applications Reduce project risks by using a turn key solution Reduce project risk of designing poor BI solutions Reduce the amount spent on design and development Reduce time to delivery 23

24 [ Integration RoamBI Antivia XWIS Centigon 24

25 [ Key Learnings Buy vs. Build Its not a one product fits all solution Requires buy in from all groups involved Reduce the time-to-market by 6 9 months Reduce cost of building by up to 50% Leverage full enterprise grade application support Host on-premise or in LaunchWorks Cloud 25

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