BI Roadmap Notes, Covering BI4.2 and More – ASUG Conference
This was the first education session I attended at this week’s ASUG SAP Analytics BusinessObjects User Conference in Austin.
Figure 1: Source: SAP
The typical legal disclaimer applies that plans for the future are subject to change.
Figure 2: Source: SAP
Analytic solutions include lines of business, marketing and sales
Figure 2 shows the “Analytics ecosystem at SAP”
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Enterprise BI has traditionally focused on IT helping with the solutions such as Crystal, Web Intelligence
Web Intelligence was one of the first self-service but has seen IT only create documents
One of the themes for BI4.2 is to help IT to simplify platform and make it easy for business users
Figure 4: Source: SAP
Figure 4 shows that SAP wants to “make it easier to update to BI4.2” to run more quickly including improving the language update process
If move from 3.x it is a migration to 4.2
If move from BI4.X to BI4.2 then it is an update
BI 4.2 is the platform to provide support for linked universes
With new UNX universe you could not use linked universe prior – now bring this functionality to the core universe in BI4.2
User experience around collaboration will include adding new annotation feature – discussion on the object itself; Web Intelligence will be the first to use. Next clients for this include Design Studio & Lumira (planned)
Figure 5: Source: SAP
Notifications planned to be part of the public API’s
Recycle bin – this is for when an IT person has deleted object from BI system, and user wants it back – same idea as Windows – bring it back
They have had an audit universe, but not an official one; in process of creating an audit universe that automates events in BI platform
Web Intelligence will have better geo-spatial support, support for InA for HANA
With the authored UNX universe, it isnot really creating a universe, it is a metadata layer – rename objects from a BEx query; allow you to organize objects from a BEx query
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New database platform support, with investment in Big Data, Hadoop, Hive, Cloudera, Hortonworks, Cassandra
Run BI on cloud partners – today support Amazon to support BI Suite, working on adding MS Azure so as IT won’t have to manage BI Platform yourself
Lumira “covers 98% of what Explorer does”
Figure 7: Source: SAP
Figure 7 shows what is coming for SAP Design Studio – to learn more, see what’s new in latest 1.6 release of Design Studio on #askSAP September 17 webcast, open to all. Join ASUG at SAP TechEd for a hands-on pre-conference session for SAP Design Studio
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Useful information, Thanks for sharing.
Hi Tammy,
Looking at Figure 4 gives the impression that the CMC is getting a Fiori-style makeover. I also recall seeing an earlier BI Roadmap slide indicating that the BI Launch Pad would be redesigned to look like the Fiori Launchpad. Was there any discussion about this?
Thanks,
Mustafa.
Hi Mustafa - it wasn't specifically discussed at this roadmap session
If you look at the usability testing it sounds like SAP is considering this - see Influence - ASUG - SABOC
"Simplified Business Intelligence: Central Management Console (CMC) Applications based on SAP Fiori"
Hi Tammy,
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. The detailed breakdown of the Usability Testing at ASUG SABOC for Simplified BI CMC, Simplified BI Launchpad and SAP BusinessObjects Mobile on SAP Fiori UX suggests that the entire BI UX will eventually be transformed into the Fiori UX.
Regards,
Mustafa.
ASUG SABOC sounds very interesting. Sadly i am not an ASUG member and DSAG seem not to provide such a conference =/
Hi Michael - you don't have to be an ASUG member to attend the conference.
DSAG provides the "Congress" and Technology Days too right (I'm sure I'm getting the translation wrong here)
Mustafa - you can always ask in person about this next month at TechEd Las Vegas 🙂
Hi Tammy
Big Thanks !
Has there been any discussion about how long UNV Universes will be supported?
Mike:
Please see the SAP Semantic Layer Roadmap which was updated this month: https://websmp107.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700001363432012E.pdf
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Hi! Tammy, Thank you for sharing the link but the pdf is password protected. I am a SAP certified BI professional, can I get access to this document.
Many thanks
Hi - you need an Service Marketplace ID to access the document.
Ok! Thanks but any similar document available for public access?
You'll need to contact SAP. I don't know. Sorry.
Thanks for confirming it.