Information Design Tool

Overview and Best Practices

Natasha Kishinevsky Business Intelligence Manager
Agenda
Introduction
SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview
UDT vs. IDT comparison
IDT New Concepts and Terminology
Universe Creation Process
Questions
Introduction: Me
natashak@dunnsolutions.com
Full-service IT consulting firm
Founded in 1988
Offices
Chicago
Minneapolis
Raleigh
Bangalore, India


Introduction: Dunn Solutions Group
Chicago Minneapolis Raleigh Bangalore
Practice Areas
Business Intelligence
DI + EIM/Quality
Budgeting & Planning
End-to-End BI
Data Warehouse
Dashboards
Mobile BI
Managed Services
Predictive Analytics
Training
Open-Enrollment
On-Site + Custom
Jumpstart/Mentoring
Packaged Solutions
Legal Dashboard
Visible Visitors
Application Development
Web Design
E-Commerce
Custom App Dev
Mobile App Dev
Portals Optical Shop Dashboard
Audience Opinion
Selected Clients
City of Chicago
SAP Gold Partner (top level, partner since 1995)
Utilize full SAP BusinessObjects stack
National coverage
Comprehensive SAP BusinessObjects training
Authorized Education Partner since 1995
Authorized Training Centers in Raleigh, NC /
Minneapolis, MN / St. Louis, MO
SAP BusinessObjects Partnership
Agenda
Introduction
SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview
UDT vs. IDT comparison
IDT New Concepts and Terminology
Universe Creation Process
Questions
Business Intelligence Platform
SAP Business Intelligence Stack
Enterprise
Portals
MS Office
On Demand
Services
Browsers Mobile Devices
ERP
SAP Business Suite
Oracle E-Business
PeopleSoft
JD Edwards
Unstructured data in
Social Media and
Hadoop
OLAP Cubes
Embedded
Content
MS Excel
Oracle, IBM DB2,
Microsoft SQL Server
and other relational data
sources
Universe Semantic Layer
EDW
SAP NetWeaver BW
TeraData
Other data warehouses
SAP HANA Platform
Reporting Analysis and Exploration Dashboards

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Analysis and Exploration
Discover areas to optimize your
business
Adapt data to business needs
Tell your story with beautiful
visualizations
Discover. Predict. Create.
Dashboards
Deliver engaging information to
users where they need it
Track key performance indicators
and summary data
Build custom experiences so users
get what they need quickly
Build engaging experiences
Reporting
Securely distribute information
across your organization
Give users the ability to ask and
answer their own questions
Build printable reports for
operational efficiency


Share information

Semantic Layer: Universes
User Asks a
Business Question
Creates a Query in
Web Intelligence
Semantic Layer
Translates the
Business Question
into SQL
Agenda
Introduction
SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview
UDT vs. IDT comparison
IDT New Concepts and Terminology
Universe Creation Process
Questions
Old vs. New: Overview
The Universe Design Tool is supported
The Old universe creation tool
Universes created have the UNV extension
The Information Design Tool New Addition to the BI
stack
The New and improved universe creation tool
Universes created have the UNX extension

Old vs. New: Compatibility
Tool IDT Universes (UNX) UDT Universes (UNV)
Crystal Reports X X
Web Intelligence X X
Explorer X
Dashboard Design X QAAWS & LO
Lumira (Visual Intelligence) X X
What Should I do with my Old universes?
Convert
Conversion
Process is
seamless and
straight
forward
Take full
advantage of
the platform
with UNX
universes



Agenda
Introduction
SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview
UDT vs. IDT comparison
IDT New Concepts and Terminology
Universe Creation Process
Questions
New Concepts - Project
Projects serve as Workspaces
Connections and Connection
Shortcuts
Data Foundation Layer
Business Layer
Multiple Retrievals
Shared Projects
Synchronize Changes with the
platform
Collaborate on Universe
development
New Concepts - Data Foundation
Universe Structure
Define relationships
(joins) between tables
Multi-Source Data
Foundations
Detect and resolve
Loops
Create Calculated
Columns
Create Derived tables
Define Parameters and
Lists of Values
Profile Data
Create multiple views
of the data structure
New Concepts Business Layer
Business Layer is the
new Universe
When published, is
combined with the
Connection and Data
Foundation to form a
UNX file
Contains folders and
objects
Objects can be tested
with Business Layer
Queries
New Terminology
Old Terminology New Terms
Classes Folders
Detail Objects Attributes
Hierarchy Navigation Path
Self Restricting Join Filter
@Prompt Parameter
Agenda
Introduction
SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview
UDT vs. IDT comparison
IDT New Concepts and Terminology
Universe Creation Process
Questions
Universe Creation Step by Step
New Project
New
Connection
Insert connection in
the repository
Add Connection
Shortcut
Data Foundation
Add Tables
Add Joins
Resolve Loops
Table Filters
Use Views
Business Layer
Add folders and
Objects
Queries
Publish to
Repository
Universe Creation Demo
Agenda
Introduction
SAP BI 4.x Platform Overview
UDT vs. IDT comparison
IDT New Concepts and Terminology
Universe Creation Process
Questions
Any Questions?