Natasha Kishinevsky Business Intelligence Manager Agenda Introduction SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview UDT vs. IDT comparison IDT New Concepts and Terminology Universe Creation Process Questions Introduction: Me natashak@dunnsolutions.com Full-service IT consulting firm Founded in 1988 Offices Chicago Minneapolis Raleigh Bangalore, India
Introduction: Dunn Solutions Group Chicago Minneapolis Raleigh Bangalore Practice Areas Business Intelligence DI + EIM/Quality Budgeting & Planning End-to-End BI Data Warehouse Dashboards Mobile BI Managed Services Predictive Analytics Training Open-Enrollment On-Site + Custom Jumpstart/Mentoring Packaged Solutions Legal Dashboard Visible Visitors Application Development Web Design E-Commerce Custom App Dev Mobile App Dev Portals Optical Shop Dashboard Audience Opinion Selected Clients City of Chicago SAP Gold Partner (top level, partner since 1995) Utilize full SAP BusinessObjects stack National coverage Comprehensive SAP BusinessObjects training Authorized Education Partner since 1995 Authorized Training Centers in Raleigh, NC / Minneapolis, MN / St. Louis, MO SAP BusinessObjects Partnership Agenda Introduction SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview UDT vs. IDT comparison IDT New Concepts and Terminology Universe Creation Process Questions Business Intelligence Platform SAP Business Intelligence Stack Enterprise Portals MS Office On Demand Services Browsers Mobile Devices ERP SAP Business Suite Oracle E-Business PeopleSoft JD Edwards Unstructured data in Social Media and Hadoop OLAP Cubes Embedded Content MS Excel Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server and other relational data sources Universe Semantic Layer EDW SAP NetWeaver BW TeraData Other data warehouses SAP HANA Platform Reporting Analysis and Exploration Dashboards
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Semantic Layer: Universes User Asks a Business Question Creates a Query in Web Intelligence Semantic Layer Translates the Business Question into SQL Agenda Introduction SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview UDT vs. IDT comparison IDT New Concepts and Terminology Universe Creation Process Questions Old vs. New: Overview The Universe Design Tool is supported The Old universe creation tool Universes created have the UNV extension The Information Design Tool New Addition to the BI stack The New and improved universe creation tool Universes created have the UNX extension
Old vs. New: Compatibility Tool IDT Universes (UNX) UDT Universes (UNV) Crystal Reports X X Web Intelligence X X Explorer X Dashboard Design X QAAWS & LO Lumira (Visual Intelligence) X X What Should I do with my Old universes? Convert Conversion Process is seamless and straight forward Take full advantage of the platform with UNX universes
Agenda Introduction SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview UDT vs. IDT comparison IDT New Concepts and Terminology Universe Creation Process Questions New Concepts - Project Projects serve as Workspaces Connections and Connection Shortcuts Data Foundation Layer Business Layer Multiple Retrievals Shared Projects Synchronize Changes with the platform Collaborate on Universe development New Concepts - Data Foundation Universe Structure Define relationships (joins) between tables Multi-Source Data Foundations Detect and resolve Loops Create Calculated Columns Create Derived tables Define Parameters and Lists of Values Profile Data Create multiple views of the data structure New Concepts Business Layer Business Layer is the new Universe When published, is combined with the Connection and Data Foundation to form a UNX file Contains folders and objects Objects can be tested with Business Layer Queries New Terminology Old Terminology New Terms Classes Folders Detail Objects Attributes Hierarchy Navigation Path Self Restricting Join Filter @Prompt Parameter Agenda Introduction SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview UDT vs. IDT comparison IDT New Concepts and Terminology Universe Creation Process Questions Universe Creation Step by Step New Project New Connection Insert connection in the repository Add Connection Shortcut Data Foundation Add Tables Add Joins Resolve Loops Table Filters Use Views Business Layer Add folders and Objects Queries Publish to Repository Universe Creation Demo Agenda Introduction SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview UDT vs. IDT comparison IDT New Concepts and Terminology Universe Creation Process Questions Any Questions?