Analysis Tools You ve Probably Never Used .But Should

1. Analysis Tools You�ve Probably Never Used�.But Should! 5 Time SAP Business Objects Partner of the Year

2. Steve Wolff, Regional Account Manager Decision First Update

3. Domestic Sourcing Your BI Reports NO time to create custom reports NO budget to hire and train additional employees NO reporting expertise

4. Domestic Sourcing Your BI Reports Off load your backlog of requests to write custom reports using SAP BusinessObjects reporting solutions such as Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence Reports and Desktop Intelligence Reports Convert a large number of reports from other major BI vendors or even legacy SAP BI Test your reports after completing a large BI migration project

5. The Value Of Domestic Sourcing Provides a lower cost of doing business to traditional alternatives Provides a cost structure that is competitive to offshore models without the challenges Minimizes fluctuations in headcount resulting from peaks and valleys in demand Improves productivity and time to market by enabling your staff to work on more important issues Ensures a talented pool of resources due to large numbers of colleges and universities in the area Minimizes time zone differences meaning you can interact with your BI team in a more timely manner Ensures better communication and interaction with your BI team through familiar culture and language Provides experienced managers and skilled talent from the SAP BusinessOjbects 5X Solution Provider Partner of the Year Provides a lower cost of doing business to traditional alternatives Provides a cost structure that is competitive to offshore models without the challenges Minimizes fluctuations in headcount resulting from peaks and valleys in demand Improves productivity and time to market by enabling your staff to work on more important issues Ensures a talented pool of resources due to large numbers of colleges and universities in the area Minimizes time zone differences meaning you can interact with your BI team in a more timely manner Ensures better communication and interaction with your BI team through familiar culture and language Provides experienced managers and skilled talent from the SAP BusinessOjbects 5X Solution Provider Partner of the Year Provides a lower cost of doing business to traditional alternatives Provides a cost structure that is competitive to offshore models without the challenges Minimizes fluctuations in headcount resulting from peaks and valleys in demand Improves productivity and time to market by enabling your staff to work on more important issues Ensures a talented pool of resources due to large numbers of colleges and universities in the area Minimizes time zone differences meaning you can interact with your BI team in a more timely manner Ensures better communication and interaction with your BI team through familiar culture and language Provides experienced managers and skilled talent from the SAP BusinessOjbects 5X Solution Provider Partner of the Year

6. Patrick NeSmith, Director of Presales �New� Business Intelligence Tools

7. SAP Business Objects Portfolio � SAP 2008 / 7 Reporting � Crystal Reports Query, Reporting and Analysis � Desktop Intelligence, Web Intelligence, Web Intelligence Rich Client Dashboards & Visualization � Xcelsius and Dashboard Builder Search & Navigation � Explorer Advanced Analytics � Voyager, Predictive Workbench, Set Analysis Reporting � Crystal Reports Query, Reporting and Analysis � Desktop Intelligence, Web Intelligence, Web Intelligence Rich Client Dashboards & Visualization � Xcelsius and Dashboard Builder Search & Navigation � Explorer Advanced Analytics � Voyager, Predictive Workbench, Set Analysis

8. Voyager

9. WHAT IS VOYAGER? Voyager is a powerful, web-based OLAP analysis tool that can help you to gain insight into business data and make intelligent decisions that impact corporate performance Voyager is intuitive and easy to use, while providing unique analysis capabilities, including the ability to simultaneously view data from different cubes and providers Voyager is accessed from BusinessObjects InfoView in a web browser. All you need is a connection to a BusinessObjects Enterprise system that has Voyager installed. You do not need to install Voyager on your local machine

10. WHY VOYAGER?

11. Voyager - Overview Powerful analysis and sharing of OLAP data Designed for business analysts Wide range of business and time calculations Comprehensive data access Access and analyze multiple OLAP sources in one place Multiple views of the same OLAP cube Cost effective deployment options Web based, Ajax client delivering full client functionality Meet analysts OLAP requirements with your BI standard

12. Voyager � Important Terms Voyager Workspace Workspace is a Voyager data-analysis document. Voyager Connection A connection to an OLAP data source or �cube.� Dimension A collection of related data members. The members can be organized in a hierarchical structure (for example in a Geography dimension) or a flat structure (for example in a Measures dimension). Query A specific view of data from the OLAP cube that you want to analyze. � SAP 2008 / 12

13. Voyager Connectivity

14. Voyager Components

15. Important Concepts and Features

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18. Important Concepts and Features

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21. Important Concepts and Features

22. Voyager Demo

23. Explorer

24. The Importance of Data Exploration <Good time to ask a question and get blood flowing � ask specific people this next question> How many of you know which products you have sold in the past month? Past year? <if no question start here> What if you were able to view reports and perform analysis on this and other questions easily and quickly? Business Objects allows you to deliver ad hoc capabilities to casual and business users. This information can be used to optimize your product mix to make sure that you are operating efficiently and with the products that sell often readily available. By tailoring your product mix to match your current customers purchasing habits you will cut costs by not having excess inventory, allow for quick delivery on popular products (or allow for service resources to be allocated), and create economies of scale by having more of your most popular products on hand. Successful stores can be used as models for �best practices� which can be used as a blueprint for underperforming stores. Let�s take a look at how you can do all of this using Business Objects The trust and analytical power of Business Intelligence will give users the flexibility to answer tough questions with confidence about report accuracy. Let�s take a look at how search functionality within a BI solution can enable you to see what exactly is happening in your company.<Good time to ask a question and get blood flowing � ask specific people this next question> How many of you know which products you have sold in the past month? Past year? <if no question start here> What if you were able to view reports and perform analysis on this and other questions easily and quickly? Business Objects allows you to deliver ad hoc capabilities to casual and business users. This information can be used to optimize your product mix to make sure that you are operating efficiently and with the products that sell often readily available. By tailoring your product mix to match your current customers purchasing habits you will cut costs by not having excess inventory, allow for quick delivery on popular products (or allow for service resources to be allocated), and create economies of scale by having more of your most popular products on hand. Successful stores can be used as models for �best practices� which can be used as a blueprint for underperforming stores. Let�s take a look at how you can do all of this using Business Objects The trust and analytical power of Business Intelligence will give users the flexibility to answer tough questions with confidence about report accuracy. Let�s take a look at how search functionality within a BI solution can enable you to see what exactly is happening in your company.

25. So � what if it was possible to combine to search for information the way you search for a restaurant in your neighborhood If Everyone (all users) could do it � it would be game changing! Now everyone; every contributor, every user, every manager, every analyst and every executive has a seat at the table. Everyone can contribute to success of the business Everyone can be information literate So � what if it was possible to combine to search for information the way you search for a restaurant in your neighborhood If Everyone (all users) could do it � it would be game changing! Now everyone; every contributor, every user, every manager, every analyst and every executive has a seat at the table. Everyone can contribute to success of the business Everyone can be information literate

26. Everyone uses SEARCH Remember how you found information in the olden / golden days: To find all the Italian restaurant in town, you had to go through the yellow pages, call information, ask your friends. You would get varied information, make a list, try a few to determine your favorite. <CLICK> Today everyone or most everyone has access to the Internet. <click> when you want to find Italian restaurants in your neighborhood, you search for local listings, review ratings online, <click> You can even compare prices without ever stepping foot in the restaurant. Yet As a business user you needed to call an analyst or IT to get an answer to questions that may be time critical <click> Finding the information needed to make those time critical decisions should be as simple as asking the question <CLICK> With Explorer as part of the enterprise bi strategy, internet like, native language search of corporate information is not only possible, but it�s Game Changing! Remember how you found information in the olden / golden days: To find all the Italian restaurant in town, you had to go through the yellow pages, call information, ask your friends. You would get varied information, make a list, try a few to determine your favorite. <CLICK> Today everyone or most everyone has access to the Internet. <click> when you want to find Italian restaurants in your neighborhood, you search for local listings, review ratings online, <click> You can even compare prices without ever stepping foot in the restaurant. Yet As a business user you needed to call an analyst or IT to get an answer to questions that may be time critical <click> Finding the information needed to make those time critical decisions should be as simple as asking the question <CLICK> With Explorer as part of the enterprise bi strategy, internet like, native language search of corporate information is not only possible, but it�s Game Changing!

27. Explorer Overview On initial entry into SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, the user will see Information Spaces (which are indexed data sets) to which they have been authorized access.On initial entry into SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, the user will see Information Spaces (which are indexed data sets) to which they have been authorized access.

28. Explorer Overview A user can search for information by perform a key-word, google-like search, such as you might when exploring the internet, or they can simply click on an information space that they want to explore (for example Texas Sales or eFashion sales).A user can search for information by perform a key-word, google-like search, such as you might when exploring the internet, or they can simply click on an information space that they want to explore (for example Texas Sales or eFashion sales).

29. Explorer Overview Once open, user can drill into and review information within that space (in this case, eFasion Sales) or review measures related to that space such as sales revenue, quantity sold or margin as shown in this example.Once open, user can drill into and review information within that space (in this case, eFasion Sales) or review measures related to that space such as sales revenue, quantity sold or margin as shown in this example.

30. Explorer Overview Selecting an Information Space, opens another tab that displays the complete view of the sales revenue measure by state and provides insight into other relevant sales dimensions.Selecting an Information Space, opens another tab that displays the complete view of the sales revenue measure by state and provides insight into other relevant sales dimensions.

31. Explorer Overview You can also investigate multiple measures in various dimensions � like �what cities within texas has the highest revenueYou can also investigate multiple measures in various dimensions � like �what cities within texas has the highest revenue

32. Explorer Overview And review the measure details for that particular dimension with the most logical chart being automatically selected for comparison (in this case showing Houston as the highest performer)And review the measure details for that particular dimension with the most logical chart being automatically selected for comparison (in this case showing Houston as the highest performer)

33. Explorer Overview You can also change the view by selecting the desired chart icon to a more meaningful representationYou can also change the view by selecting the desired chart icon to a more meaningful representation

34. Explorer Overview And finally you can share the results of your analysis within your organization, bookmark the results for easy return, and of course export the results SAP BusinessObjects web intelligence solution for more detailed or focused analysisAnd finally you can share the results of your analysis within your organization, bookmark the results for easy return, and of course export the results SAP BusinessObjects web intelligence solution for more detailed or focused analysis

35. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Allow any user (casual, analyst, manager or executive) to ask questions in business terms they understand Intuitively explore results without the need for: Knowledge of the data structures they are investigating Specialized technical skills Extensive training or IT Intervention As you can see: Explorer WILL ALLOW ANY USER: the casual user that needs information but as nothing more than standardized reports, The business analyst that needs to determine and verify requirements for ongoing projects The line of business manager of executive that doesn�t have time to wait for the answer To ask questions using business terms they are familiar with (like Sales Texas) in the earlier example Without needing to understand the data structures they are investigating With little training And most importantly without burdening IT One of our Ramp up customers in the insurance industry who recently purchased Explorer intends to use it to compliment their already mature BI environment which has Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, Xcelsius AND Voyager. In conversations with this customer, they intended to deploy Explorer in their claims department to give their business users new insight into their day to day claims operations for better performance. Furthermore they felt that with Explorer the concept of adopting the right tool for the right user is critical to ensure that those users who are less sophisticated are being served as well as the traditional Analyst and Executive user profiles.As you can see: Explorer WILL ALLOW ANY USER: the casual user that needs information but as nothing more than standardized reports, The business analyst that needs to determine and verify requirements for ongoing projects The line of business manager of executive that doesn�t have time to wait for the answer To ask questions using business terms they are familiar with (like Sales Texas) in the earlier example Without needing to understand the data structures they are investigating With little training And most importantly without burdening IT One of our Ramp up customers in the insurance industry who recently purchased Explorer intends to use it to compliment their already mature BI environment which has Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, Xcelsius AND Voyager. In conversations with this customer, they intended to deploy Explorer in their claims department to give their business users new insight into their day to day claims operations for better performance. Furthermore they felt that with Explorer the concept of adopting the right tool for the right user is critical to ensure that those users who are less sophisticated are being served as well as the traditional Analyst and Executive user profiles.

36. Explorer Demonstration

37. Wrap Up PatrickPatrick

38. Two Great Analysis Tools Voyager Completely web-based Connect directly to OLAP sources Targeted to Financial and Business Analysts Explorer Combines simplicity of search and power of analysis Completely web-based Leverages existing universes Target to analysts and casual users

39. How can DFT help? Patrick Patrick

40. Questions PatrickPatrick