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What is Business Intelligence (BI)?
The end-to-end process of BI involves analyzing the data generated by businesses, transforming the data into insights, and then leveraging those insights to make optimal decisions. BI tools primarily leverage “descriptive analytics,” because these tools traditionally focus on analyzing the current and historical performance based on data generated by the enterprise.
What is SAP BusinessObjects?
What is Business Intelligence (BI)?
The end-to-end process of BI involves analyzing the data generated by businesses, transforming the data into insights, and then leveraging those insights to make optimal decisions. BI tools primarily leverage “descriptive analytics,” because these tools traditionally focus on analyzing the current and historical performance based on data generated by the enterprise.
What is SAP BusinessObjects?
SAP BusinessObjects (BOBJ) is a centralized BI tool that provides organizations with the ability to perform reporting, create visualizations, and generate real-time BI. BusinessObjects is the on-premises BI layer for SAP’s Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). It is currently among the most widely used BI tools in the SAP technology ecosystem, according to SAPinsider research The Future of Business Intelligence. Key capabilities of this tool are:
- Near-real-time BI
- Increased user autonomy
- On-premise deployment
- Seamless integration with SAP technologies
Key Considerations of SAP BusinessObjects for SAP Users
- Build a foundational analytics culture: While SAP sees the future of analytics in the cloud, primarily in the form of SAP Analytics Cloud, BI tools like BusinessObjects provide a great opportunity to fine-tune the “data-driven culture” aspect of your organization. Success with analytics tools is about the capability to assimilate, absorb, and leverage the tool in day-to-day decision making (SAPinsider research “Analytics in The Cloud”).
- Democratize BI: Modern BI tools like BOBJ have functionalities like drag-and-drop features to build reports, intuitive interfaces, and dashboards that allow business users to leverage these tools without needing any technical or coding skills. Ensure that you put these tools in the hands of more business users.
- Document BI tools in action: A powerful way to capture the value BI tools deliver is to document use cases generated by business users and share these across the organization to promote a data-driven business culture. You can find examples of BusinessObjects use cases on SAPinsider.
- Understand the transition to cloud roadmap: There is no doubt that SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise has amassed an immense userbase. However, as the need for business intelligence evolved, SAP created a new Software as a Service (SaaS) product in SAP Analytics Cloud. SAP has made it clear that the ultimate go-forward solution for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise users is SAP Analytics Cloud. Many SAP BOBJ customers have yet to move to SAP Analytics Cloud, and it is therefore imperative that they start planning this transition strategy. Read more about what product leaders at SAP have to say about this journey to the cloud.
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What’s Next with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and SAP BusinessObjects Lumira 2.0May 1, 2017 — Join SAP BI experts Jeroen van der A and Xavier Hacking of Interdobs to learn more about what’s coming next for SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and SAP BusinessObjects Lumira 2.0. If you missed the chat or need a refresher, you may view the chat replay or read the edited transcript below. Live Blog What’s Next […]
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Integrated Planning Across the BusinessApr 20, 2017 —
Business planning requirements have changed dramatically in recent years. With economic volatility requiring dynamic planning processes and the need for real-time insight into data to better serve customers, organizations are seeking to move beyond fragmented planning tools and spreadsheets that can no longer keep pace with modern business. Discover how SAP helps organizations meet their current and future planning needs with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation.
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2 Ways to Connect to Data Sources Using SAP BusinessObjects CloudApr 12, 2017 —
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud offers data connectivity to many on-premise and cloud data sources. You can either acquire data into SAP BusinessObjects Cloud or connect to the data source in real time without any replication. Learn how you can use each of the data sources available in SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, then review the use cases and the configuration required for them.
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Two Ways to Connect to Data Sources Using SAP BusinessObjects CloudApr 12, 2017 — SAP BusinessObjects Cloud offers data connectivity to many on-premise and cloud data sources. You can either acquire data into SAP BusinessObjects Cloud or connect to the data source in real time without any replication. Learn how you can use each of the data sources available in SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, then review the use cases and […]
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Part 3: Implementing Security in BusinessObjects Universes with Security TablesMar 21, 2017 — Learn how to implement security in SAP BusinessObjects Universes using database security tables. Learn how to establish and create database security tables, store security information in those tables, import the tables into your Universe, and join the tables with your current Universe model by joining them with the corresponding tables in the Universe. Finally, find […]
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Implementing Security in BusinessObjects Universes with Security TablesMar 21, 2017 —
Learn how to implement security in SAP BusinessObjects Universes using database security tables. Learn how to establish and create database security tables, store security information in those tables, import the tables into your Universe, and join the tables with your current Universe model by joining them with the corresponding tables in the Universe. Finally, find out the main differences between using the Information Design Tool security editor and using database tables to implement security in a Universe.
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A Guide to the Scorecard Options of SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.6Mar 8, 2017 — Learn two options for creating scorecards with the new scorecard-visualization component in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.6. Key Concept Scorecards are a new component in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.6. As in most dashboarding tools, a scorecard is a pre-packaged way to provide customized graphics tied to how well or badly a company is performing […]
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Development Tips for Creating Mobile Apps with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and the SAP BusinessObjects BI PlatformFeb 28, 2017 — Learn how to design, create, and deploy mobile applications with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform. Key Concept The SAP BusinessObjects Mobile application provides mobile access to Design Studio applications. As mobile usage differs from desktop usage, a different development approach is required when creating applications for mobile usage. Today’s business […]
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How to Connect SAP BusinessObjects 4.2 Web Intelligence to an SAP HANA Database Using Direct and Online Access MethodsFeb 21, 2017 — Learn about two new data access options, SAP HANA Direct Access and SAP HANA Online, introduced with SAP BusinessObjects 4.2 for SAP HANA. Learn a step-by-step procedure for creating connections between Web Intelligence with SAP HANA views using these new options. Key Concept A Universe is the semantic layer that resides between the database and […]
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Implementing Security in SAP BusinessObjects Universes with the Information Design ToolJan 10, 2017 —
Learn how to implement security in SAP BusinessObjects Universes using the Information Design Tool security editor. Also, learn how to assign the created profiles to specific users or groups of users.
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