SAP BOBI INTRODUCTION

 SAP BOBI INTRODUCTION :

SAP BusinessObjects BI (also known as BO or BOBJ) is a suite of front-end applications that allow business users to view, sort and analyze business intelligence data.

SAP BusinessObjects is an enterprise software company, specializing in business intelligence (BI). BusinessObjects was acquired in 2007 by German company SAP AG. The company claimed more than 46,000 customers worldwide in its final earnings release prior to being acquired by SAP. Its flagship product is BusinessObjects XI, with components that provide performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis and enterprise information management.

Analytics solutions from SAP uniquely enable collective insight by delivering an enterprise business intelligence solution that gives you the power to engage with all your data on any device and across any platform. You can gain a real-time understanding of the business with agile visualizations that help you intuitively explore and present all types and sizes of data. Through advanced predictive analytics applied to more information and more processes across the enterprise, you can confidently anticipate what comes next and better guide a more profitable, forward-looking decision making. Imagine the possibilities: new customers, new disruptive business models, new innovation.

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BOBI) suite consists of several components:

I.    Client Tools
II.    Server Tools

In Client Tool Consists of several Tools are there. They are,
   1.    Web Intelligence ,Web Intelligence Rich Client  ( BO 4.0 )
   2.    Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence ( BO 3.1 )
   3.    Crystal Reports

a)    CRE 2011
b)    crystal reports for enterprise

   4.       a) Analysis Edition for OLAP

b ) Analysis edition for MS Office

    5.    Business Explorer
    6.    BI Launch Pad
    7.    QWASS (Query as a Web Service )
    8.    Translation Manager
    9.     IDT  (Information Design Tool )
    10.     Designer
    11.    Upgrade Track

In Client Tool Consists of several Tools are there. They are,

1.    CMC  (Central Management Console )
2.    CMS  (Central Management Server )
3.    CCM (Central Configuration Manager )
4.    LCM ( LifeCycle Manager )