Differences Between Bw3.5 Bi7.0

Difference between SAP BW 3.5 & BI 7.0 (NetWeaver 2004s) – what is new? Srinath Vellore SAP BI Trainer http://www.efoxsystems.com

Differences between BW 3.5 and BI 7.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],We will now take a quick look at these features

Administrator WorkBnh Vs Datawarehouse Workbench ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Data Flow in BI ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BI Accelerator for 2004s ,[object Object],[object Object],Both HP and IBM have standard solutions ranging from $32K to $200K+ that can be installed and tested in as little as 2-4 weeks SAP NW 2004s BI HPA Engine/Adaptive Computing Data Acquisition InfoCubes Analytic Engine SAP BW Any tool ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Web Application Designer gets better ,[object Object],WAD also has new step-by-step wizards for maps, command editing to create Web API Commands and charts, as well as a simplified wizard for layout elements such as radio buttons, action buttons etc. This reduce the amount of custom coding required with the help of Command wizards, Auto complete and support for HTML tags. WAD is a key tool for all SAP BI shops and in NW2004s the tool is simplified and more powerful. New: integration with NW 2004s BEx Report Designer.

New Broadcaster features of BI 2004s New Object Types You can broadcast BEx query views and formatted reports (“reports”) in addition to Web applications, queries and workbooks. Reports are a new BEx object type developed within the new BEx Report Designer tool. New Output Formats New output formats are based on the distribution type you select. But, you now can broadcast web documents as PDF files.

BEx Query Designer gets a needed ‘facelift’ ,[object Object],Note: The NW2004s BEx Query Designer This new property pane makes it easier to format and control displays than in the past.

BEx Report Designer is here!! ,[object Object],[object Object],For many, this tool may reduce the need for 3 rd party tools to address structured reports. Source: SAP AG, 2006

New Remodeling Tool Box ,[object Object],NW 2004s goes a long way to address the complaints that BW is a hard to maintain environment with ‘forever’ fixed models. Source: SAP AG, Richard Brown, Aug. 2006 In NW2004s you get a new tool to add characteristics and key figures to your model.

Better security features ,[object Object],[object Object],Authorizations are fundamental building blocks of the new reporting concept and security contains both the data value and hierarchy restrictions. The new security can be built using new “RSECADMIN” transaction ASUG Security Upgrade by Eric Dwyer, Nike: http://www.asug.com/client_files/Calendar/Upload/EA1_upgrade_bw_security_2.ppt Source: SAP AG

Better interface for ETL Design SAP NetWeaver 2004s has a new and better GUI and formula editors to write complex transfer rules, update rules and data mapping. On a typical DW project, 40-60% of project effort will be spent on data integration, transformation and loads (used to be higher when tools were more immature).

BPS Integrated Planning ,[object Object],1 2 3 4 5 6 InfoProvider Aggregation Level Planning Sequence Planning Function Filter Pattern Source: SAP AG, 2006

BEx Web Analyzer integrates Excel ,[object Object],[object Object],Source: SAP AG, 2006 News: BEx browser goes away in NW2004s

Real-time Data warehousing gets better ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Note: XML documents creates many tags that will slow down large dataloads due to the size of each XML record (relatively large) However, it works great for smaller streams of data.

Drag-and Drop in BeX Web Analyzer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],BEx web analyzer is a better user tool than in the past. You now get the best world of Java & the web instead of the more ‘clunky’ user experience related to Dynamic HTML

Hints on the upgrade – client, engines and usage types ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: SAP Installable software units May 2006 Note: standard system copy and SAP migration tools have no standard support for splitting or merging systems with different usage types

#1 reason for upgrade: “ Because I had to!” Why upgrade? Because the Time is running out… Srinath Vellore SAP BI Trainer [email_address] http://www.efoxsystems.com

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