What´s new in BO 40

 

• New graphic-engine, which is common for most BO tools
• better SAP-BW integration
• InfoView -> BI Launchpad
• New user interface for Web Intelligence
• Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports can handle SAP BW hierarchies correctly
• BO Analysis, Edition for OLAP
• some name changes,of course!
  

BI Launchpad

• Web-portal to store/access BI or other documents
• Organization and authorization via folder-structure
• Change settings
• Start applications

By using BO Explorer (aka Pole Star), enterprise data can be search and found via a search engine.

The data can be analyzed with a very intuitive interface.

With simple mouse filters, drilldowns are performed.

The user can choose the optimal chart and export the result to Excel or send the link to this analysis via mail.

BO Explorer wrap-up:

+ userfriendly, simple searchforattributes, key-figures

+ nicelayoutfeatures

+ simple navigationtoolsfor filter anddrilldown

SAP BO Analysis is a add-on for MS-Office and Powerpoint using an intuitive UI based on the pivot-functionality.

+ userfriendly, UI like Excel-Pivot

+ nicelayoutfeatures

+ noadministration

+ existingqueriescanbeused

Simple, user-friendly web presentation of BI data in various formats, egWebI, Excel, Power Point, Word, etc..
Generation of new reports possible for non-IT-experts.

WebIntelligence documents can be generated automatically and recipients in various formats (Excel, PDF) and sent by mail:

+ easy touse

+ Web-based, nonewclientsoftwarerequires

+ userscancreatereportsanddashboards

WebI Documents can be integrated into live-office, like in BO 3.1.

With BO dashboards can be created based on BI dataas visually appealing, interactive charts.

With dashboards presentation that normally require a number of slides can be reduced to one interactive chart:

The charts can be used both on the Web and within in Power Point:

+ very easy touse

+ accessthrough web, PowerPoint

+ nice design features

+ simple navigation