Reporting and Analytics with SAP BusinessObjects

28.12.2009

Englisch

9781592293100

Rheinwerk Publishing

SAP PRESS Englisch

Nein

Ingo Hilgefort

655

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Gebundene Ausgabe

SAP, Reporting, Analytics, Crystal Reports, Xcelsius, Web Intelligence, Business Objects

Foreword 15 Introduction 17 1 Introduction to the SAP BusinessObjects Reporting and Analysis Tools 23 1.1 Overview of the SAP BusinessObjects Tools 23 1.2 Summary 35 2 Reporting and Analysis -- Customer Case Study 37 2.1 Motivation 37 2.2 Customer Requirements and Usage Scenarios 38 2.3 Mapping SAP BusinessObjects Tools to Customer Requirements 42 2.4 Mapping SAP BusinessObjects Tools to User Types 46 2.5 Decision Path for SAP BusinessObjects Tools 51 2.6 Summary 54 3 Enterprise Reporting with Crystal Reports 55 3.1 Installation and Deployment Overview 55 3.2 SAP Data Connectivity for Crystal Reports 61 3.3 Customer Case Study -- Enterprise Reporting Requirements 64 3.4 Crystal Reports Designer -- Quick Basics 66 3.5 Customer Requirements -- Financial Reporting with Crystal Reports 88 3.6 Customer Requirements --HR Reporting with Crystal Reports 112 3.7 Summary 130 4 Ad Hoc Query and Analysis 131 4.1 Installation and Deployment Overview 131 4.2 SAP Data Connectivity for Web Intelligence and Universes 134 4.3 Metadata Management with Universes 136 4.4 Customer Case Study -- Ad Hoc Query and Analysis Requirements 194 4.5 Web Intelligence -- Quick Basics 197 4.6 Customer Case Study -- Sales Reporting with Web Intelligence 221 4.7 Customer Case Study -- Financial Reporting with Web Intelligence 242 4.8 Summary 257 5 Dashboarding and Data Visualization 259 5.1 Installation and Deployment Overview 259 5.2 SAP Data Connectivity for Xcelsius 261 5.3 Xcelsius and SAP NetWeaver BI -- Connectivity Details 264 5.4 Customer Case Study -- Dashboarding Requirements 282 5.5 Xcelsius Designer -- Quick Basics 284 5.6 Customer Case Study -- Sales Management Dashboard with Xcelsius 314 5.7 Customer Case Study -- Sales Planning Dashboard with Xcelsius 329 6 Integration with Microsoft Office 351 6.1 Installation and Deployment Overview 351 6.2 BusinessObjects Content and Microsoft Office 355 6.3 Customer Case Study -- Requirements for an Integration with Microsoft Office 356 6.4 Live Office -- Quick Basics 357 6.5 Customer Case Study -- Using Live Office for Reporting 374 6.6 Summary 384 7 Data Exploration and Searching 385 7.1 Installation and Deployment Overview 385 7.2 SAP Data Connectivity for SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 415 7.3 Customer Case Study -- Requirements for Search and Exploration 416 7.4 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer -- Quick Basics 419 7.5 Customer Case Study -- Sales Analysis 438 7.6 Customer Case Study -- Financial Analysis 450 7.7 Summary 460 8 Advanced Analysis with Pioneer 461 8.1 Deployment Overview 461 8.2 SAP Data Connectivity for Pioneer 464 8.3 Customer Case Study -- Requirements for Advanced Analysis 465 8.4 Pioneer -- Quick Basics 468 8.5 Customer Case Study -- Financial Analysis 484 8.6 Summary 495 9 Combining Content into Dashboards 497 9.1 Installation and Deployment Overview 497 9.2 Customer Case Study -- Requirements for Dashboards 500 9.3 Dashboard Builder -- Quick Basics 501 9.4 Customer Case Study -- Execute Information Dashboard 528 9.5 Summary 555 10 Using BusinessObjects InfoView 557 10.1 InfoView -- Introduction 557 10.2 InfoView -- User Authentication 557 10.3 InfoView -- Web Desktop Overview 560 10.4 InfoView -- Folders and Categories 563 10.5 InfoView -- Setting User Preferences 565 10.6 InfoView -- Using Objects 572 10.7 InfoView -- Search 574 10.8 InfoView -- Integration for SAP Solutions 577 10.9 InfoView -- My InfoView 579 10.10 InfoView -- Using Discussions 581 10.11 InfoView -- Using Encyclopedia 582 10.12 Summary 586 11 Best Practices for SAP BusinessObjects BI Tools 587 11.1 Selecting the Right Tool 587 11.2 SAP NetWeaver BW Query Design 588 11.3 Data Connectivity and Metadata Management 593 11.4 User Security 595 11.5 Performance Considerations 596 11.6 Known Limitations 599 11.7 Report Design--Relevant Topics 603 11.8 Tracing and Troubleshooting 604 11.9 Summary 605 12 Product Integration Outlook 607 12.1 SAP BusinessObjects BI Client Tools 607 12.2 SAP BusinessObjects BI Client Tools Integrated into SAP Applications 611 12.3 Two Platforms -- SAP BusinessObjects and SAP NetWeaver 614 12.4 Summary 615 Appendices 617 A Installation and Configuration of the Data Federator Connectivity 617 B The Author 641 Index 643

229 mm

17.5 cm