Evolution Is The Vital To Succeed In Business

Why "Evolution" is therefore vital to the success of your business?

• It effectively enhances the quality and traceability of information and greatly improve its customer support.
• It eliminates the time wasted on repetitive data entry in several applications by centralizing the data.
• It reduces operating costs by reducing the use of applications on the side desk and server.
• It protects against unauthorized access through a basic structure of highly encrypted data.
• It provides access to data in real time, online or offline, to ALL members of your teams by consolidating information in a collaborative environment safe and confidential.

PLM Integration With ERP Products

All this contributes to a reduction in Time To Market, to improve the quality and speeding up the innovation. More broadly, according to a study by consulting firm CIMdata, the major benefits associated with the implementation of PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and its integration with the ERP show:

• A reduction of 10% to 70% of process changes
• A reduction of 50% to 80% of the journals of research projects
• A reduction of 75% to 90% in information retrieval
• A reduction of 15% to 70% of design time
• A reduction of 75% of the time, cost and errors associated with re-keying data from one system to another.
• A 75% reduction in costs related to errors of nomenclature, the latter being created once and then managed consistently between systems.
• A 15% reduction in storage costs related to the creation of new components, thanks to a better understanding of the pieces already exist and can be reused directly in the design.

Optimize The SAP With Solutions "Network Application Services" Cisco

On June 30, during a seminar on Cisco solutions to optimization and application acceleration, we dealt with the presence of SAP solutions that are more specific to this environment.

Cisco provides networking solutions for optimizing access to applications such as SAP. This network architecture provides a business transformation practical applications by allowing the centralization of resources in consolidated data centers, while providing remote users use fluid bricks Application of SAP. This architecture allows for improved application performance, improved availability and increased security while reducing operating costs.

SAP BI RoadMap

Reporting solutions from Business Objects as a basis for future development (WebIntelligence, Crystal Xcelsius, Voyager). The best of Business Explorer Analyzer will be combined to create the future analysis tool, "Pioneer" for 2010.

The Enterprise Data Warehouse from BW will be developed, as well as tools such as Data Integrator, BI-Accelerator and Visual Composer. Chances to integrated planning will always be developed and integrated end to PCB, if you believe the information from informal development. Other solutions are maintained and continue to be delivered with NetWeaver for 8 years, but will no longer be developed: Business Explorer Analyzer, Web Application Designer.

Two offers now exist simultaneously: The basic package (equivalent to 7.0 BW) and the premium package includes the basic package and solutions BO.

Offer "Financial Performance Management" provides solutions that are reminiscent of the perimeter of SEM but with an ergonomic and user autonomy never reached (BPC, SSM, PCM ...). Through these ads, SAP, with its technical and functional expertise, intends to use its position as world leader in the BI offer a combination of the "best of both worlds."

Managing Permissions Roles To The SAP Users

Managing permissions in SAP NetWeaver BI can restrict user access. These limitations apply to both the possible actions (or launch a state change, etc.), functional domains available (represented by cubes), and the scope of analysis (such society, country, etc.).

In general, the assignment of permissions to users is not direct but passes through objects called "Roles". Indeed, a role for combining users, permissions and menus. It is often too complex to assign and track users directly with permissions because the number of combinations to process and lack of user-friendly graphical interface.

Thus, the role will bring together a set of users with the same need analysis, a user can belong to multiple roles. A user assigned to a role can run the state and access to performance indicators.

The Management Organization:

A solution exists yet in SAP NetWeaver BI, to assign positions and not users. This feature allows you to manage a hierarchy of positions and assign users to those positions, according to the reporting period. This management can be supported by human resources in ERP, and duplicated in all systems, or run directly into BW.

Positions are assigned to roles and not directly to users. A change in position does not require changing the allocations to authorities: the user automatically inherits the permissions associated with his position.

From a technical standpoint, the tree management positions and organizations can be achieved by the transaction PPOCW. The positions are then assigned to roles in the transaction PFCG (for extended), in the "User" button and "Organizational Mgt". The assignment of the user's position is performed by the transaction SU01.

The Security Risks Factors:

This system provides general satisfaction because it simplifies the assignment in the original draft. However, it has a major drawback: it merges the individual and the position it occupies in the organization. Maintenance requires translating the actual position of the user roles to provide the necessary permissions.

However, permission management is rarely managed by human resources, but directly between business and IT services. This produces long-term some complexity in the permissions, or a lack of visibility and gaps for authorization. A recent study moreover demonstrated that among the risks in poorly managed companies are primarily the fault of security.

Trends In The Evolution Of Business Intelligence

First, publishers trend to provide users with greater autonomy. From a DataWarehouse structured, each user must construct its statements independently. This concerns the reporting and additional applications such as budgeting. This trend is not without risk (inconsistent statements, management of entitlements, performance, no "single vision of truth" ...) but meets a real need from users.

Then, business intelligence has long been isolated from other applications because it was using specific tools. The user prefers yet have access to only one application giving everything, be it ERP, Mails, BI, etc.. These include that the proposed SOA including Visual Composer, a development tool (included in NetWeaver) that allows to build composite web applications. Thus, a user can fully analyze data from BW, place an order, read their emails and follow a work flow within a single page. Each page element is interacting with others.

Other trends include a special performance optimization of restitution by storing data from Data Warehouse (BI-Accelerator, BusinessObjects Explorer), the application of BI to non-quantitative data (social networks analysis text search on documents, etc.) and the arrival of BI solutions as SaaS (Software As A Service On-Demand, etc.).

Finally, we observe growing importance of the dimension "trade" in the draft decision. This was illustrated by the purchase of BO by SAP, and Hyperion by Oracle.

Integration Into SAP Portal

The Integration Kit provides a planned iView to display content BOE. It is easy to embed Crystal Reports, Travel, Web Intelligence and Xcelsius. Simply choose the iView "Standard BusinessObjects Enterprise Report" and the ID information of the BOE report.

The integration kit can also enrich the Knowledge Management Portal SAP. A new menu bar is been added and allows the creation of new documents Voyager, Web Intelligence, or even display MyInfoview as would a user from the portal Infoview BOE.

This feature facilitates the centralized management of security. Portal Business Objects Enterprise important roles and users of SAP. Upon connection, BOE check authorizations in the SAP system to allow access to the user reporting.

This does not set the proper permissions to BOE, but to leave the SAP server to verify the existence of the user.

The SAP Integration Kit has been developed by Business Objects before its acquisition by SAP. The aim was to give the possibility to use the BW data in each tool. As you can see, the solution depends on the tool (through the universe generated from a query Bex, by direct use of query Bex by webservice, etc.). The future of SAP's flagship tool in multivariate analysis. Scheduled for 2010, this tool based on a combination of Voyager (analysis mode Web BO) and Bex Analyzer (Excel analysis of SAP) and can directly read a cube SAP BI or any other non-SAP data.

The Integration Of SAP NetWeaver BI and Business Objects

This part is designed for SAP customers wishing to make and distribute their reporting on the data stored in SAP solutions using BusinessObjects tools. The main potential of this integration are,

Return of SAP NetWeaver BI data:

1. Crystal Report:

Crystal Reports is the tool of choice for layouts graphics. In its latest version can even embed Flash documents (.swf) which allows the integration of files built in Xcelcius.

Given the historical links between Crystal and SAP NetWeaver BI, Crystal is the best tool integrated. The integration kit gives it a toolbar similar to that of the Bex Analyzer. SAP users find the same interface for the selection of their applications (bookmarks, history, role and infoarea).

Integration is made possible by the direct use of BW queries in the body of the state.

2. Universe Designer:

The Universe Soundtrack trades are views of the database where certain filters, rules management and permissions are predefined manner transparent to end users. They use these Universe data source for analysis from other reporting tools.

The integration kit can quickly convert a query or a cube in BW Universe. The recommendation is to use queries in source so enjoy browsing capabilities (attribute, calculated ratios, variables) and performance optimization of queries.

The universe can be used by both Web Intelligence, Crystal Xcelsius, or (via a web service).

3. Web Intelligence:

Web Intelligence is the Universe Soundtrack available to users. Accessible from the Web Portal for Business Objects (called Infoview), it allows users to choose their data self-service in a friendly environment. After selecting the universe, the user can format, apply filters, add graphics, etc..

In case integration with BW through the use of the universe based on BW.

4. Xcelsius:

Xcelsius allows you to create dashboards with a good graphics rendering from a source of data imported into an Excel internal Xcelsius. This tool is based on Flash and Flex technology from Adobe. Simply place objects (tables, graphs, Selectors, Gauges, Sliders, cards ...) and associated data from the Excel sheet. It is possible to make objects interact with each other.

The feeding data through a Web Service from such a universe based on a BW query, or LiveOffice. The Web service is generated by the tool "Query as a Web Service".

Scope & Limits of BusinessObjects Explorer

The first is that the version in-memory is based on data from BW, which is not surprising since BW DataWarehouse is traditional and highly popular of SAP customers. SAP provides end-year to extend the BI Accelerator, all databases. Business Objects (BO) Enterprise version has a broader base, but still limited to structured data in the form of universe.

The second lies in the simplicity of the tool. By simple, we obviously do not meet all the needs of users, including formatting and navigation. These are covered by other solutions (including Xcelcius and Webi in BO solutions or WAD and Bex for BW). Users will be annoyed to have to change the solution according to their need.

Finally, the very process of analysis by search engine can have drawbacks, because it means that we know in advance where the information will take the relevant decision. This is often the case, and we need to do is a detailed state of emergency (reporting officer) or a state comprehensive and highly structured, is a real engine of decision support that connects several objects according to rules of business management.

In conclusion, BusinessObjects Explorer brings real changes in research decision-making information. However, if it allows quick access to accurate quantitative information, it must be supplemented by statements or navigational charts, according to the needs and profile of users. It will be interesting to see how users will adopt this solution and how it will evolve over the integration of SAP and Business Objects tools.

BusinessObjects Explorer

Business Objects Explorer allows you to search a data set through a search engine and lists.

There are now two versions: the version associated with the BI-Accelerator, which enables to store data BW InfoCubes to be accessed instantly. And the integrated version to BusinessObjects Enterprise, the BO server, based on the structure, data and permissions universe.

There is also another version called "on-demand", accessible by Internet at https://create.ondemand.com/ explorer who offers particular interest to test the solution free service. The data selected will automatically appear in a format pre-defined and somewhat customizable graph and table.

A new analysis approach:

The planned integration with data lists in ALV (ABAP List Viewer), well known among users of SAP GUI will also undertake analysis and research so friendly on the selected data. This has also merged the interests of ERP and BI tools. Thus, this solution corresponds to a true vision from the editor - a research tool and standard analysis of relevant information for all users.

Effects Of RoadMap In BI

Effects of RoadMap and Perspectives:

A relational database management system is that the Roadmap contains the promise of long stability and charge for the basic package, which tends to appeal to some CIOs who know the charge related to media packages and upgrades.

In addition, developers of Business Explorer had made a powerful solution regarding such structures queries or navigation integrated into Excel. Business One has nevertheless a clear superiority in particular for formatting or autonomy of users.

The SAP will promote solutions BO (Business One) is therefore facing a Business Explorer widely used and offering good value for money and a lack of evolution finally over perceived as a guarantee of stability.

This vision is well understood in the short term, as between a solution but kept frozen and other evolving and incorporating features requested, we can easily imagine that the second will win eventually.

The influence of the editor in search of growth and integrators looking for opportunities is obvious. But the current betting is that SAP user influence in demand for autonomy and tools easy to use (and somewhat concerned by the issues of integration, platform or upgrade), will become predominant in choice of solutions.

The Evolution Of Business Intelligence At SAP

Evolution Of Business Intelligence:

Business Intelligence has been central of discussions and studies that since the acquisition of Business Objects by SAP.

The original offer ("Business Information Warehouse" released in 1999) was a platform for the multivariate analysis included among the "new dimensions", reflecting the diversification of SAP solutions to complement of ERP (PLM , CRM, SCM, etc.).

The solution "Strategic Enterprise Management", Integrated with BW in the same year, presented an innovative vision of Planning, Consolidation, Balanced Scorecard and management indicators.

The arrival of the NetWeaver platform technology and brought a new perception of the integration of applications, people, processes and data through an approach to SOA and web portal built.

However, business intelligence has so far positioned relatively marginal compared to engines of SAP activity, primarily the ERP.

Business Intelligence in the heart of the SAP strategy:

Since the version 7.0 of BW, the decision has taken a significant extent, meet the increasing demands of customers and market outlook. The acquisition of Outlook Soft and Business Objects have confirmed the strong guidance of SAP. Proof is the number of speeches and workshops on this topic at SAP events.

SAP NetWeaver Offers

SAP NetWeaver is the technical platform upon which is common to all of the applications offer SAP Business Suite. It includes an offer of Process Integration EAI / ESB (SAP PI), an offer of Business Intelligence (SAP BI ), offers a Master Data Management (SAP MDM) offers a portal (SAP EP) and offering mobility. This base is open to industry standards and delivers SAP solutions to be interoperable with other environments and technical applications (eg: Microsoft. NET, Sun Java EE, IBM WebSphere, Oracle / BEA).

• Finally, SAP Netweaver provides enterprises a robust and stable foundation for SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) by providing a particular integrated development environment for building composite applications.

SAP BI - Business Intelligence

SAP BI (Business Intelligence) is the SAP solution dedicated to reporting the decision-making built around a data warehouse tools and restitution. These tools allow both the development of multidimensional analysis that flexible dashboard complex combination of multiple functional areas and integrate seamlessly within the supply SAP Netweaver.

Functional content are pre-configured, application models, tools for extracting, processing, loading data, simulation tools and planning... are all key elements that make SAP BI solution powerful.

Main Strengths Are: a unique enterprise reporting and aligned with indicators and criteria for analysis and validates, shared by all functions production of performance indicators to high value added for faster and more reliable decision making in SAP BI solutions.

SAP Enterprise

SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning) and managing the lifecycle of products (PLM - Product Lifecycle Management) offering capacity planning and integration of world class professional services the operations, finance, product development, management of human capital and central services. The suite of applications can integrate and automate the tasks of procurement, logistics and product development functions in the processing and reporting for financial transactions.

In Networks SAP offers many advantages:

• Improved productivity - By speeding up the WAN for Operations and NetWeaver application modules, workers spend less time waiting and can access information quickly.

• Scalability of SOA - Companies can build a SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) while ensuring access to the latest data and improving application performance.

• Financial savings on bandwidth - SAP appliances significantly reduce the use of bandwidth during operations SAP NetWeaver, enabling companies to save on the network while reducing traffic on the WAN.

SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver is a web application platform and open integration that companies can use to align business processes and enterprise information across all services. This platform is based on service-oriented architecture (SOA) and uses open standards to allow integration of information from virtually from any source. While this solution provides a solid platform to align IT infrastructure with corporate goals, environments around the world may have poor performance over the WAN.

SAP appliances have been certified as SAP integration and can accelerate their applications running on SAP NetWeaver WAN. SAP can help companies looking to the future seeking to adopt an SOA. SAP NetWeaver actually help such companies to achieve their goal of scalability while significantly reducing the time required to perform the task of SAP.

The deployment of SAP solutions in SAP environments can cause response time of under two to ten times faster. Given that more and more SAP environments operate a web service or SOA using SAP NetWeaver, SAP NetWeaver can offer significant benefits for traffic XML, HTTP and HTTPS. SAP NetWeaver has also granted the status of SAP certified integration. SAP has integrated the their appliances in the laboratory of co-innovation (COIL) and tested the SAP technology to prove interoperability with its products.

SAP With The DataBase MySQL

SAP says its Database Is MySQL:

German has sold the commercial rights to its open source RDBMS Swedish, and both companies are jointly preparing the next version of MySQL.

Companies MySQL AB and SAP have made public agreement technological and commercial, under which the first distribute the open source RDBMS (SAP-DB) of the second.

This alliance is significant because, remembrance of Swedish is other than the business entity associated with the community responsible for the famous database open source, and that German specialist in the software package are implemented in the world of big business.

The partnership also aims to define the collaboration of both companies around the development of next generation RDBMS MySQL, which promises to be fully interoperable with SAP. Particular, MySQL may gain the few functions that prevent some projects to use this solution: stored procedures, views, full SQL syntax, triggers ... According to an open letter to SAP developers that ultimate goal of marriage is to achieve at least 4th place DBMS the most recognized business, alongside Oracle, SQL Server, DB / 2 and Sybase.

The agreement also provides for the integration of supply SAP-DB in the family of MySQL products under a new license (GPL) and a new name (TBD), this clearly marking the shift in activity from SAP on enterprise applications such as R / 3.

Client Benefits On Implementing SAP

• Reduced system complexity SAP increased its minimum and its flexibility.
• With maximum efficiency, to cost transparency and flexibility, operation of SAP becomes one budget-making quality.
• The components of modern infrastructure adapted our centers Calculation guarantee operation without incidents of SAP platform.
• In addition to high availability and low response times, they support including solutions adapted the banking and meet security requirements highest.
• If they are SAP Service Partner and Hosting with a Customer Certified Center of Competence (CCC SAP), have access at any time of recent developments of SAP.
• Ensuring system availability, response time and assistance consistent with Service Level Agreement.

SAP Basis

One of the biggest advantages of SAP is its adaptability and integration with other systems and software. Software BASIS is an intermediary that links a database with a system. SAP Basis Administrators configure systems during phases of facilities and improvements. The shortage of qualified personnel is growing which allows experts SAP Basis find working conditions very interesting. About SAP Basis jobs SAP BASIS jobs are becoming more common, and promise excellent opportunities. Several of its SAP jobs require candidates Polyglot. Their roles typically consist to install, troubleshoot, archive, improve system performance. The SAP Job Board offers its services to numerous companies, which need professionals to implement SAP BASIS SAP applications and support their growth.

A Simple And Powerful Solution For SMEs - SAP Business One

SAP Business One is simple, efficient and tailored to the needs of SMEs. Very economical for those who wish to take advantage of features simple and powerful and very easy to use intuitive because, SAP Business One covers the business needs of SMEs, such as accounting, finance, the maintenance of accounts, customer relationship management, the purchases and sales, logistics and tree products, and reporting.
Its advanced customization options enable it to match your actual activity. Its interface is very friendly. Not only does this solution offers quick and easy access to all information of your company, but it also provides the statements and documents necessary for taking decision at all levels. In a few clicks, you access a tool to support effective and efficient daily operations. SAP Business One is integrated with the office tools MS Excel and MS Word.

Success in SMEs:

SAP Business One includes 13 modules that extend its functionality beyond its primary administrative function, and streamline all your business processes.

These modules are:

• Financial Accounting
• Sales Administration
• CRM
• Purchases
• Partners
• Banking
• Inventory Management
• Final assembly
• Work flow
• Management Control and Management Project
• Reporting Dashboards
• Service management and service
• Personnel Administration