A First Look at SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Edition for Office – Beta 2.0
We first heard of the beta for 2.0 for Analysis Office back in March at this ASUG webcast How ASUG Members Influenced Analysis Office (and Sneak Preview)
Beta is not for productive use and is a first look. Things are subject to change by the time the product is GA.
I applied for the program, was approved and was able to download the software last week. First thing I noticed was that Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 from Official Microsoft Download Center was prerequisite; fortunately I was able to download it from the link in the installation.
You can have Analysis Office 2.0 and Analysis Office 1.4 on the same machine – the installation doesn’t overwrite what is in already installed.
First there is a third panel in the display panel – Properties:
Figure 1 Analysis Office Beta 2.0
You can see in Figure 1 on the right the panels where you control compact display in rows, zero suppression, and display of negative values. These features are available in today in Analysis Office 1.4 but not as easily accessible as they are in the 2.0 Display Panel.
Here is how Analysis Office 1.4 looks like today:
Figure 2 Analysis Office 1.4
Figure 2 shows the display panel on the right of the current GA version Analysis Office 1.4.
Figure 3 Analysis Office 2.0
Figure 3 shows the new Analysis Settings Ribbon, About Analysis and Help ribbons. Again these settings are available in 1.4 but a little more easily accessible in 2.0
Figure 4 Analysis 2.0
Figure 3 Settings ribbon shows the Settings pop-up.
Figure 5 Analysis Office 2.0
Figure 5 shows a new feature of the context menu, the ability to right-click row after and row before.
More to come and learn more about Analysis Office at SAP TechEd && d-code:
EA265 Hands-on:
SAP TechEd && d-code Las Vegas | October 20–24, 2014 | Home
EA117 ASUG Analysis Influence Council:
SAP TechEd && d-code Las Vegas | October 20–24, 2014 | Home
Monday, October 20th, ASUG will host a hands-on BI session – more to come soon.
Hi Tammy,
Great stuff as always 😉 . Do you think / know if Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 will be required for GA version? Do you know why v2 needs this? I am thinking about how we would deploy this if this is the case - 2 pieces of software...
Thanks for the update,
Stephen
Great question - thank you for reading
I am not sure if it will be required for GA version; I will defer to SAP on this.
Hi Stephen,
AO 2.0 (GA) will need the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.
Best regards,
Patrik
Hi Tammy,
Thanks for sharing this information. I hope the necessary .NET Framework 4.5 will increase the performance on the clients.
Best regards,
Benni
Is there any GA dates for A-Office 2.0?
I don't think SAP announces GA dates
I expect to hear more about those timeframes at the upcoming conferences
Planning: Number of new lines now max 1000.
In AO 2.0 the same strange limitation?
Hi Mikhail,
I am not using planning right now.
I will try to ask.
Tammy
10x u vrmch.
Hi Tammy,
Can you please point me to the download link of "SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Edition for Office - 2.0"
Awaiting your response.
Regards.
Kumar.
Hi Kumar - thank you for reading and commenting.
You need to be part of the rampup program; I recommend contacting your SAP Account Executive about this.
Tammy
Hi Tammy,
Thanks for the guidance. 🙂
Regards
Kumar
Hi Tammy, I read with interest this line:
"You can have Analysis Office 2.0 and Analysis Office 1.4 on the same machine - the installation doesn't overwrite what is in already installed."
I inittially installed 2.0 and it totally removed the Analysis installation folder.
So how do you do this? I renamed my 1.4 installation folder from Analysis to Analysis 1.4. I now have that folder and Office AddIn folder.
My shortcut link and menu link now fire up 2.0. How do I get 1.4 to launch as I need both for support and ramp-up evaluation...
Regards and thanks in advance,
Stephen
Stephen - I didn't do this, and only use 2.0.