September 9 11, 2013 Anaheim, California Trends, Strategy, Roadmaps and Product Direction for SAP BI tools in SAP HANA environment Surya K Dutta surdutta@deloitte.com
Analytics New possibilities In-Memory technology (HANA) in uncovering new possibilities about how we analyze and consume information. The obvious trend is to look at the forwardlooking view than looking at the rearview mirror. Analytics - Yesterday Automated Push Reporting Formatted Reports, and Dashboards Analyze past Enterprise data Laptop and Desktop enabled Forward-looking View Self Service Predictive Analytics Real time Analysis Big Data Mobile 2
Analytics Maturity Sources SAP, ASUG 12 3
Emerging Trends DATA 1.8 trillion GB Year 2012 DATA 8 trillion GB Year 2015 We maintain that in an ideal BI environment, 80% of all BI requirements should be carried out by the business users themselves. The Forrester Wave : Self-Service Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2012 1.3 Billion Mobile worker population in 2015: IDC Organizations that identify themselves as substantially outperforming their competitors are three times more likely to be sophisticated in their use of analytics. Analytic Sophisticates outperform Information Starters by a 3X margin MIT Sloan Management Review, 2010 4
What is the HANA innovation? Sources SAP 5
BusinessObjects reporting in various HANA Scenarios In addition to transform data management and analytics capabilities, HANA allows to improve business processes, decision making and even operating models. Scenarios Various Flavors of HANA Solution BusinessObjects play HANA platform HANA Apps for Suite HANA Accelerators HANA on the cloud BW on HANA Business One on HANA Business Suite on HANA New Apps on HANA Next generation Analytics SAP business apps for targeted solution COPA, CRM customer segmentation, FI-CO On-premise, public cloud, managed cloud, hosted, BI on demand BW, BPC, SPM on HANA Business One on HANA, Business One Analytics on HANA, HANA new analytics All SAP application suite on HANA, HANA new analytics including BW New generation apps on HANA Analytics and reporting through BusinessObjects tools 6
Benefits Analytics powered by HANA and BusinessObjects Analytics with HANA and BusinessObjects reporting tools is going to transform the way we interact, interpret data and predict future business events. Make faster decisions with actionable insights to foster innovation Process large amount of data in any form beyond social boundaries Real time analysis Innovate through data driven business processes with real-time insights Incremental value creation through solutions with faster time-to-value Traditional BusinessObjects reporting tools (formatted reports, guided analysis, corporate dashboards) will continue to provide insights about what & why of the business. 7
HANA unleashing new potential Agile: SAP HANA enables rapid innovation and has the potential to transform not only data management and analytics capabilities, but business processes, decision making and even operating models. Row and Column Store: In-memory technology, SAP HANA gives us the ability to store and analyze massive amount of data in memory instantaneously. Replication: SAP HANA enables real time analysis for faster decision making Cloud: HANA is available on cloud, opens up broader opportunities through various deployment options. OLAP & OLTP: All SAP software will run on HANA platform for accelerated performance Analytics: Business Objects tools are integrated with HANA for analytics and reporting 8
BusinessObjects Reporting Tools Supporting Key Trends BO 4.1 is a professional grade BI platform with reporting tools support emerging trends of analytics, in addition to traditional reporting, analysis, and dashboards Tools Web Intelligence Dashboard Design Studio Crystal report Predictive Analysis (support for R algorithms) Lumira (Visual Intelligence) Explorer Analysis Self Service Predictive Analytics Real Time Analysis Big Data Mobile 9
BusinessObjects 4.1 Improvements at a glance BO 4.1 Suite for all Insight a single platform capable of handling self-service reporting, Mobile, Big Data, In-Memory database, real time reporting, predictive analysis to traditional reporting. Self Service Lumira Enhanced data manipulation, visualization, and data acquisition features Explorer 4.1 can create info space on top of UNV + UNX universes Enhanced BW integration with BW for Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, and Analysis Predictive Analytics Real Time Analysis Big Data Mobile Support for local R algorithm, HANA-R algorithm, and HANA Predictive Analysis Library (PAL) algorithms All Business Objects Suite of products are integrated with HANA Real Time Datasources support (HANA) support for Explorer Animated HTML5 charts with Design Studio Ability to connect to any database In-Memory, Relational, OLAP datasources, Excel, and unstructured data Enhanced datasource integration including multi-dimensional Oracle ExaData, Oracle Essbase, Oracle OLAP, Hadoop on Amazon, Elastic MapReduce, Teradata 14 BusinessObjects Explorer Mobile and BusinessObjects Mobile are integrated into single application: BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0 Offline mobile Dashboards. SUP2.2 & SUP cloud support QR Code & Barcode Scan support for Android for Web Intelligence and Dashboards Design one dashboard for both ios and Android platform Flash variable for Mobile dashboards 10
SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 Improvement for HANA The integration between HANA and BusinessObjects tools are becoming powerful Analysis for OLAP can directly access SAP HANA hierarchies and views Analysis for office can access SAP HANA hierarchies and prompts Ability to consume HANA features (variables, input parameters, hierarchies, and UOM) Transient MDX universe and Crystal Report for Enterprise can directly access HANA views Automated universe generation for HANA based BI solution (on Views) Single sign-on to HANA using SAML Explorer: Real Time Datasources: Better understand when data has been refreshed User can force the refresh to retrieve the last minutes updates Enhanced HANA integration SAP predictive analysis can support additional PAL functions and invoke SAP HANA +R processing SAP HANA as a repository and audit database for the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Design Studio support for SAP HANA 11
Analytics New possibilities In-Memory technology (HANA) in uncovering new possibilities about how we analyze and consume information. The obvious trend is to look at the forwardlooking view than looking at the rearview mirror. Analytics - Yesterday Automated Push Reporting Formatted Reports, and Dashboards Analyze past Enterprise data Laptop and Desktop enabled Forward-looking View Self Service Predictive Analytics Real time Analysis Big Data Mobile 12
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