SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 delivers innovations that simplify, enhance and extend the platform value without disrupting existing customer investments.
Business Innovation through radical simplification agility and creativity for the business scale and trust for the enterprise.
BI 4.2 offers advancements for all, including designers and analysts using Web Intelligence, Design Studio and SAP Lumira, IT administrations responsible for managing and optimising platform performance and ecosystem and development partners looking to extend the value and capabilities of the INTEGRATED BI Platform.
These innovations are designed to increase responsiveness, reduce IT costs and workload and drive better decision making across the organisation.
For Both Enterprise BI & Trusted Data Discovery. . .
Proof of Value for an Integrated BI Solution
36% lower BI expenditures
Companies that consolidate multiple BI tools into a standardises and enterprise-wide portfolio, have 35% lower BI expenditures
24% higher usage
Companies with flexible information systems have 24% higher usage of business intelligence to manage in their business processes
10% more timely information
Companies that have enhanced business user access to information, have 10% more timely information to create actionable insights
Source: SAP Value Engineering
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Top 5
What’s New in BI 4.2
BI Platform
- Commentary Service
- Upgrade Manager
- Administrators Cockpit
- Promotion Manager
- User Notification
- Recycle Bin
- Publications
- Rest API
- Audit
Web Intelligence
- Shared Elements
- Commentary
- Geo Maps
- Visualisation Extensions
- Direct Access to SAP HANA Views
- Big Numbers
- Parallel Queries
- SAP HANA Online Mode
Semantic Layer
- Linked UNX Universe
- Authorised SAP BEx Universe
Crystal Report for Enterprise
- Vertical Alignment of Text
- QR Code and Bar Code
- Waterfall Chart
- Direct to Data Enhancements
Crystal Reports 2016
- Vertical Alignment of Text
- Show Parameter Value descriptions
- Conditional Formatting for Line / Box
- Direct to Data Enhancements
Analysis for OLAP
- HTTP Connector for SAP HANA
- Alias Table Support in Essbase
- Currence Conversion for SAP BQ
- Break Hierarchy while sorting
Mobile BI
- Broadcast Notifications to Mobile users
SDK
- Extended SDK functionality
Platform Support
Data Access
SAP BusinessObjects BI4.2 Platform
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