SAP Business Intelligence Quick Start Guide : Actionable Business Insights from the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform.

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Credits; Dedication; About Packt; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Section 1: Introduction to SAP Business Intelligence; Chapter 1: Overview of SAP BusinessObject Business Intelligence 4.2; BI and its benefits; Components of SAP BusinessObjects 4.2; Central Management Console; Central Configuration Manager; Lifecycle Management; Enterprise data sources for BI reporting tools; Information Design Tool; Creating a Universe with the IDT; Getting started with the tool; Creating a new relational connection; Creating a shortcut in our local folder

Creating a single source data foundationCreating a new Business Layer with a file ; Creating a query on the Business Layer using Query Panel; Creating a BEx query to directly access SAP BW as a data source; Displaying the SAP HANA view using the SAP HANA live browser; Local data sources; Summary; Section 2: Data Visualization, Analysis, and Reporting; Chapter 2: SAP BusinessObject Analysis; Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft; A basic workbook with SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft; The list of groups ; The Data Source group ; The Data Analysis group

The Combine and Display groups The Insert and Tools groups; Creating a SAP BusinessObjects Analysis workbook ; Creating a SAP BusinessObjects Analysis workbook based on an existing BEx query; Report to report interface ; SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft PowerPoint; Inserting a data source in a workbook; Creating a PowerPoint presentation using SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for PowerPoint; Creating a PowerPoint presentation using analysis for PowerPoint based on SAP BW data ; Summary ; Chapter 3: SAP BusinessObject Design Studio; Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

Interface elements of SAP BusinessObjects Design StudioWorking with the design tool ; Design Studio architecture; Deployment platform as BI; Deployment on SAP NetWeaver; Deployment on SAP HANA; Architecture for local mode; Use case -- creating an analytical application; Summary ; Chapter 4: SAP BusinessObject Web Intelligence; Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects WebI; Reporting with SAP BusinessObjects WebI; Querying with SAP BusinessObjects WebI; Analyzing with SAP BusinessObjects WebI; WebI calculations; Groups and sorts; Other features ; Application modes

Creating a WebI document based on an existing Universe WebI document based on SAP HANA view; Summary ; Chapter 5: SAP BusinessObject Crystal Reports; Introduction to SAP Crystal Reports ; Toolbars in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise; Data sources for SAP Crystal Reports ; Data grouping and sorting; Creating a report in SAP Crystal Reports ; Creating the report with SAP HANA view as a data source ; Insight to Action; Summary ; Chapter 6: SAP BusinessObject SAP Lumira; Introduction to SAP Lumira ; Use cases for Lumira ; Data preparation ; Prepare view; Date panel

Object Picker and column data manipulation panel

The SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform is a powerful reporting and analysis tool. This book is the ideal introduction to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform, introducing you to its data visualization, visual analytics, reporting, and dashboarding capabilities.

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