SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.2 – SAP BO

A warm welcome to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.2 (SAP BO)course by Uplatz.

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (also called BO or BoBJ) is a reporting, dashboarding and analytics platform for businesses. SAP BO suite consists of a number of reporting applications that allow users to discover data, perform analysis to derive insights and create user-friendly visualizations.

SAP BO is intended to make reporting & analysis easy for business users so they can create their own reports and perform intuitive & predictive analytics.

SAP BusinessObjects BI tools use drag-and-drop features allowing users to search and analyze data from a wide variety of sources. SAP BO is a front-end BI platform, so the data is not stored at the application level, but is integrated from varied back-end source databases.

Uplatzprovides this in-depth training on SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence software.

Core applications under SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence suite are:

• SAP BO Universe – The heart of SAP BO is the SAP BusinessObjects Universe, a data model consisting of layers of metadata that integrate the back-end data sources with the application layer through meaningful relationships.

• Web Intelligence (Webi) – Webi is a web browser based tool that allows users to create reports, perform analysis, produce formatted reports & dashboards, and distribute/share the reports on SAP BO enterprise platform or export them to PDF or MS Excel.

• Crystal Reports – Crystal report is a data analytics and reporting tool aimed at individual users or small and medium-sized businesses that need systematic, highly formatted and dynamic reports from a variety of data sources and to be delivered in various formats. These reports can be accessed online or offline, from applications, portals or mobile devices.

• SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (formerly called Xcelsius) – It is a data visualization tool that allows users to create custom dashboards and executive scorecards. These include dashboards, interactive charts, gauges and widgets.

• Query as a Web Service (QaaWS) – QaaWS is a tool that allows users to create and publish web services that can be consumed in Crystal Reports and SAP BO Dashboards, as well as other external software applications.

• SAP BusinessObjects Explorer – SAP BO Explorer is self-service data exploration tool that enables users to search through large volumes of data from various sources and then create data visualizations that can be shared across the organization.

• SAP Lumira – It is a self-service data discovery and visualization tool that allows users to find and analyze relevant business data and create custom interactive dashboards and analytics applications.

SAP BO – Course Syllabus

• Overview of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.2

  • Describing SAP Analytics Solutions

  • Identifying the Components of SAP BusinessObjects 4.2

• Data Sources for BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Reporting Tools

  • Describing Enterprise Data Sources for BI reporting tools

  • Describing Local Data Sources for BI reporting tools

• SAP Business Objects Design Studio

  • Creating an Analytical Application in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

• SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office

  • Creating a Workbook in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft Office

• SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for Microsoft PowerPoint

  • Creating a Presentation using Business Objects Analysis for Microsoft Power Point

• SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

  • Creating Web Intelligence Documents in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

• SAP Lumira

  • Visualizing Data in SAP Lumira

• SAP Predictive Analytics 2.0

  • Describing SAP Predictive Analytics

  • Forecasting with SAP Predictive Analysis – Automated Analytics

  • Using SAP Predictive Analysis – Expert Analytics

• BI Platform Features – Reporting with Mobile Devices

  • Describing the Methods of Making Reports Available on Mobile Devices

• BI Platform Features – Scheduling and Report Distribution

  • Scheduling and Emailing a SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Report

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