Business Intelligence, Business Objects, SAP BW, SAP BI BO Web Intelligence, SAP Interactive Analysis, Business Explorer (BEx), Central Management Server (CMS) Information Design Tool (IDT), BI Launch Pad, Information Designer, CMC, Webi, Interactive Analysis, Crystal Reports, Dashboards, Web Intelligence, SQL Server, Business Intelligence

1. SAP BO 4.0 - Right BI tool for the right user
What is the
Right BI Tool
for the
business?
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com
BI Launch Pad, Information Designer, CMC, Webi, Interactive Analysis, Crystal Reports, Dashboards, Web Intelligence, SQL Server, Business Intelligence

2. What is the right BI Tool for the Business?
CMC
IT-
Manager
Sales-
Manager
HR-
Manager
Financial-
Manager
Supply Chain
- Manager
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com
CEO
IT Systems Users

3. Sales & Marketing Supply chain Finance Human Resource
● Customer loyalty
● Product prices
● Market share
● On-time
delivery
● Low freight
costs
● Reduce aging
of accounts
receivable
● Reduce budget
variance
● Improve
profitability
● Reduce
employee
turnover
● Provide
competitive pay
Business Goals for Business Intelligence
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

4. What is Business Intelligence?
It is all about Performance Management
Performance management can focus on the performance of an organization,
a department, employee, or even the processes to build a product of service,
as well as many other areas.
Motivation
● Grow sales,
● Reduce costs in the organization
● Stop project overruns
● Create transparency in achievement of business goals
● High confidence in bonus payment process
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@gmail.com

5. What is Business Intelligence?
Business intelligence (BI) is an umbrella term that
includes the applications, infrastructure and tools,
analysis of information to improve and optimize
decisions and performance.
Business intelligence helps the organization shift
the focus away from purely the efficient delivery of
data – a technology-centric, tactical approach – to
an intelligent enterprise model – a strategic
approach that filters and extracts value from
financial and operational data, make better business
decisions.
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

6. Introduction
Recommended Tutorial
● What is SAP ERP?
● Business Goals for BI
● MS Windows, SQL Server
● SAP: ECC, BO4.0, Information Design
Tool, Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence,
Dashboards, BI Launchpad
Recommended Tools
Focus
● Business Objects 4.0 Overview
● What is Segmentation
● Architecture of BI / BO
● BI Users
● BI Succes Factor
● Data Quality
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

7. What is segmentation?
World NetherlandsEurope Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Center
● Way of looking at one large user base
○ all employees in a company - and dividing it into smaller groups
○ all customers in a city - and dividing it into smaller groups
● Each segment, or smaller group, has similar characteristics, needs, or benefits
● Provides a way of better understanding your users and why requirements are different.
● Help you prioritize target user groups
● Provide the appropriate information and functionality to achieve the highest business information
/ value
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

8. Central Management Console (CMC)
● .NET or Web-based environment for total
infrastructure management, deployment, and
configuration
● Manage Segmentation groups and users
● user roles, security acces, server
administration, passowrd management
● access-right, applications, and end-user
● Manageing security and user access rights
for BI platform
● Wizzard-driven interface lets security
administrators acces to:
○ SAP, LDAP, and Windows NT / Activie
Directory
● Provides folder- and object-level security for
users and groups
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

9. BI Architecture
OLAP
PROCESSING TIER
INTELLIGENCE TIER
APPLICATION TIER
CLIENT TIER
OTHERRELATIONAL
web intelligence crystal reportsdashboardsinformation designer
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

10. ● Pixel-perfect reports
● Order details for Line
Managers
● Shared reports, adhoc
queries and analyses
● Business Managers
BI Architecture
BI Launchpad Not in BI Launchpad
CMC
● Key performance indicators
● CEOs & Country Managers
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

11. BI Users & Report Designers
Business Objects Clients
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com
Analysis ed. for OLAP
BI workspaces
Web Intelligence
BI Launch pad
web Service Query Tools
Live Office
Crystal Report
Dashboards
Web Intelligence
WEB CLIENTS WINDOWS CLIENTS

12. Tools for Data Managers
Business Objects Clients
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+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com
Universe Design Tool
Information Designer Tool
(IDT)
WEB CLIENTS WINDOWS CLIENTS
web Service Query Tools

13. Tool for Administrators
Business Objects Clients
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com
Lifecyle Management Console
Central Management Cosole
Upgrade Management Tool
Translation Management Tool
Central Configuration Manager
WEB CLIENTS WINDOWS CLIENTS

14. BI Succes Factor
decider /
sponsor
(department
head)
User
Login Business
Objects
User
Knowledge &
Training
Influencers
ERP users
Gatekepeers:
controle information
flow
(IT report report
programmers,
business analyst,
business unit CIOs
BI Succes
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

15. Data
Qualit
y
Mondy Holten, SAP BI Consultant
+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com
DATA
QUALITY
BI Succes - Data Quality

16. Next step?
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+31629446309 | mondyholten@hotmail.com

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