Product Description

This book is your implementation guide for BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Tools within SAP NetWeaver 7.0. After introducing you to the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise platform and important SAP BusinessObjects BI client tools, you’ll work through easy-to-use but still technically detailed information on how to set up these tools. In addition, you’ll find step-by-step instructions and a chapter on troubleshooting issues to round off this convenient guide. Readers will quickly uncover the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise components and the purpose of each of the SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions client tools. Then, learn how best to install and configure the SAP BusinessObjects server and client components, and create your first report, ad-hoc analysis, or dashboard on top of your SAP data. You'll understand how the metadata from the underlying SAP system is being mapped to Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Query as a Web Service, Live Office, Xcelsius, or InfoView and benefit from proven troubleshooting techniques as well as tips to help improve the performance of your solutions. With highly-detailed, step-by-step tutorials featuring numerous screenshots, and best practices to guide you through integrating BusinessObjects with SAP NetWeaver, this book is guaranteed to be an invaluable resource.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #291124 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

The right book at the right time
Ingo Hilgefort provides the reader with a quick introduction into all aspects of a BusinessObjects XI 3.1 ('BO') deployment. While the rest of the world is waiting for the integration of SAP BW and BO, Ingo shows what's possible today. The great advantage for SAP BI consultants is that he does not assume any prior knowledge of BO XI. Instead he translates the BO terms into SAP BI terms (e.g. 'BO Publications' is similar to 'BEx Broadcaster'). This way he shows SAP BI consultants a very practical, step-by-step approach from BO's installation up to the integration with SAP's NetWeaver Portal. He concludes with an outlook into future integration scenarios as they were known in November 2008. It is likely that the book will get quickly outdated, but at this point in time it is a great entry-level book for SAP BI consultants. Many more books will have to follow to address all the integration issues like authorizations, performance, large-scale deployments and others. Unfortunately the book does not cover all the details of the BO XI platform and instead refers to 'other publications'. At 258 pages there would have been plenty of space for more detailed information. Therefore it gets only 4 out of 5 stars.