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ASUG Hands-on Pre-Conference Session BI4.1 & More – Part 1

We’re still in the middle of the ASUG hands-on pre-conference session today before SAPPHIRENOW/ASUG Annual Conference begins officially tomorrow.

Several pre-conference sessions are going on today, below is a brief summary of BI4.1

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Photo by SAP’s Atul Patel

The BI4.1 hands-on workshop was lead by SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort who provided an overview of data connectivity.  He explained that SAP’s newly-named SAP Lumira does not support native BW connections.  The new name for Crystal Reports 2011 in BI4.1 is Crystal Reports 2013.


Here is another picture of a BI4.1 enhancement for Crystal for Enterprise

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The above shows that the variable screen is displayed before the query panel when using Crystal Reports for Enterprise against BW.

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The above shows you can use Crystal Reports for free when using it against ERP/ECC (you must be on enhancement package 5 or higher).

Then the exercises started.

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Some Question & Answer:

Q: Design Studio – how do I download?

A: Two separate downloads – server add-on and client

You have to check licenses – if you are licensed for Dashboards/XCelsius you should be able to access Design Studio

Also check service.sap.com/licensekeys

Q: Where can I use Analysis Views?

A: On the BI Platform

Q: Can I install Explorer on BW on Hana?

A: There is a list of approved hardware to install this

Q: Can I connect Analysis Office to ECC?

A: Yes, using transient providers (enhancement pack 5)

Q: Without Hana, can I use Explorer against a BEx Query?

A: You can build a universe with Explorer

Some of the other exercises included creating BW Workspaces, importing BW Cube into Hana and then used BI4.1 Explorer against that model in Hana

The day is not over yet 🙂

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      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi Tammy but:

      Without Hana, can I use Explorer against a BEx Query?

      A: You can build a universe with Explorer

      Is possibile by 4.1 create universe OLAP unx on BW Query ? Or is possible to use OLAP unv on  Explorer ?

      Author's profile photo Tammy Powlas
      Tammy Powlas
      Blog Post Author

      Andrea - I am not the expert in this area but I do not believe in BI4.1 you can do this.

      Perhaps ask this in the Explorer discussion area?

      Kind regards,

      Tammy

      Author's profile photo Kurt Holst
      Kurt Holst

      Hi Andrea,

      Yes it is actually possible to use SAP BO Explorer on top of a BEx Query with the use of a UNX universe.

      As of BO release 4.1 you can (again) use Information Design Tool to create universes on top of a BEx Query. SAP BO Explorer 4.1 can read & create Information Spaces based on 4.1 universes and therfore also BEx Query data sources. There are some limitations going this way - such as missing functionality to leverage BW Hierarchies etc..

      But regarding your question, yes SAP BO Explorer 4.1 works on top of a BEx Query (minimum BW 7.31) based Universe (UNX) created with Information Design Tool 4.1.

      (Tammy sorry for jumping in here).

      Best regards, Kurt Holst

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      One Question: with BI 4.0 SP6 is possible to create by IDT, UNX Olap universe on BEx Query?

      Thank you.

      Best Regards.

      Andrea

      Author's profile photo Tammy Powlas
      Tammy Powlas
      Blog Post Author
      Andrea- I am not using an OLAP universe - please post this question on the forum
      Author's profile photo Rodrigo Silveira
      Rodrigo Silveira

      Andrea,

      I think today is not possible using UNX on Bex Query, just UNV.

      But in 4.1 the BO Explorer now is able to consume unv universes.