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SAP Business Intelligence Quick Start Guide

By : Vinay Singh
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SAP Business Intelligence Quick Start Guide

By: Vinay Singh

Overview of this book

The SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform is a powerful reporting and analysis tool. This book is the ideal introduction to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform, introducing you to its data visualization, visual analytics, reporting, and dashboarding capabilities. The book starts with an overview of the BI platform and various data sources for reporting. Then, we move on to looking at data visualization, analysis, reporting, and analytics using BusinessObjects Business Intelligence tools. You will learn about the features associated with reporting, scheduling, and distribution and learn how to deploy the platform. Toward the end, you will learn about the strategies and factors that should be considered during deployment. By the end, you will be confident working with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform to deliver better insights for more effective decision making.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Section 1: Introduction to SAP Business Intelligence
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Section 2: Data Visualization, Analysis, and Reporting
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Section 3: BI Platform Features and Deployment

Section 3: BI Platform Features and Deployment

This section describes the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform features, including reporting, scheduling, and distribution, and shows how to deploy the platform (with a use case). It consists of two chapters: Chapter 8, BI Platform Features, which covers the features of the platform. In Chapter 9, BI Platform Deployment, we talk in detail about the deployment strategy and factors that should be considered while in deployment. In this section, we learn in detail about the deployment and configuration of SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4.2.

The following chapters will be covered in this section: