Designing and deploying solutions using the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.2. Key Features Get up and running with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform Perform effective data analysis and visualization for actionable insights Enhance your BI strategy by creating different types of reports and dashboards using SAP BusinessObjects Book DescriptionThe 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. The book starts with an overview of the BI platform and various data sources for reporting. Then, we move on to looking at data visualization, analysis, reporting, and analytics using BusinessObjects Business Intelligence tools. You will learn about the features associated with reporting, scheduling, and distribution and learn how to deploy the platform. Toward the end, you will learn about the strategies and factors that should be considered during deployment. By the end, you will be confident working with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform to deliver better insights for more effective decision making. What you will learn Work with various tools to create interactive data visualization and analysis Query, report, and analyze with SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence Create a report in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise Visualize and manipulate data using an SAP Lumira Storyboard Deep dive into the workings of the SAP predictive analytics tool Deploy and configure SAP BO Intelligence platform 4.2 Who this book is forThis book is for Business Intelligence professionals and existing SAP ecosystem users who want to perform effective Business Intelligence using SAP BusinessObjects.

Explore and use the agile techniques of SAP Activate Framework in your SAP Projects. About This Book * Explore the three pillars of SAP Activate and see how it works in different scenario. * Understand and Implement Agile and Scrum concepts in SAP Activate. * Get to Grisp with SAP Activate framework and manage your SAP projects effectively. Who This Book Is For This book is for readers who want to understand the working of SAP Activate and use it to manage SAP projects. Prior knowledge of SAP Hana is must. What You Will Learn * Understand the fundamentals of SAP S4/HANA. * Get familiar with the structure and characteristics of SAP Activate. * Explore the application scenarios of SAP Activate. * Use Agile and Scrum in SAP Projects effectively and efficiently * Implement your learning into a sample project to explore and understand the benefits of SAP Activate methodology. In Detail It has been a general observation that most SAP consultants and professionals are used to the conventional waterfall methodology. Traditionally, this method has been there for ages and we all grew up learning about it and started practicing it in real world. The evolution of agile methodology has revolutionized the way we manage our projects and businesses. SAP Activate is an innovative, next generation business suite that allows producing working deliverables straight away. Manage your SAP Project with SAP Activate, will take your learning to the next level. The book promises to make you understand and practice the SAP Activate Framework. The focus is to take you on a journey of all the phases of SAP Activate methodology and make you understand all the phases with real time project examples. The author explains how SAP Activate methodology can be used through real-world use cases, with a comprehensive discussion on Agile and Scrum, in the context of SAP Project. You will get familiar with SAP S4HANA which is an incredibly innovative platform for businesses which can store business data, interpret it, analyze it, process it in real time, and use it when it's needed depending upon the business requirement. Style and approach An easy to follow approach with concepts explained via scenarios and project examples

Enhance your SAP HANA skills using this step-by-step guide to creating and reporting data models for real-time analytics About This Book * This book will help you to process analytical and transactional data in real time with the help of SAP HANA. * Walk through the steps of the data modeling process and build various data models and artifacts in SAP HANA Studio. * Packed with rich examples and use cases that are closely focused on developing real-time applications. Who This Book Is For If you are a SAP HANA data modeler, developer, implementation/migration consultant, project manager, or architect who is responsible for implementing/migrating to SAP HANA, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn * Get to grips with the basic building blocks of Analytics/Data models in the SAP HANA environment. * Discover various schemas, modeling principles, Joins, and the architecture of the SAP HANA engine. * Build data models and artifacts in Sap HANA Studio. * Design decision tables and understand the concept of transport management in the SAP HANA landscape. * Work with the different views in SAP HANA Studio. * Explore full-text search and fuzzy search in SAP HANA. * Create your own scenarios and use cases using sample data and code. In Detail SAP HANA is an in-memory database created by SAP. SAP HANA breaks traditional database barriers to simplify IT landscapes, eliminating data preparation, pre-aggregation, and tuning. SAP HANA and in-memory computing allow you to instantly access huge volumes of structured and unstructured data, including text data, from different sources. Starting with data modeling, this fast-paced guide shows you how to add a system to SAP HANA Studio, create a schema, packages, and delivery unit. Moving on, you'll get an understanding of real-time replication via SLT and learn how to use SAP HANA Studio to perform this. We'll also have a quick look at SAP Business Object DATA service and SAP Direct Extractor for Data Load. After that, you will learn to create HANA artifacts-Analytical Privileges and Calculation View. At the end of the book, we will explore the SMART DATA access option and AFL library, and finally deliver pre-packaged functionality that can be used to build information models faster and easier. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step, rapid guide to help you learn analytics in SAP HANA through ample hands-on exercises and use case scenarios.