BW instance required for ERP embedded analytics

[Brad_Enright]

Hi

Can you confirm for which ERP embedded analytics scenario below that BW is a pre-requisite - and whether this is a stand-alone BW instance or the embedded BW client within ERP?

1. ERP List Display with Crystal Reports

2. Pre-defined dashboards and crystal reports embedded within ERP using BI content add-on

Thanks

Brad

[TammyPowlas · Accepted solution]

Brad - for ALV with Crystal you need to be on enhancement pack 5 on ECC

For the others, it depends on the package you want to activate. Most start with ehp5 but more are added in ehp6.

Tammy

[Brad_Enright · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply Tammy.

As well as the EHP pre-req I am looking to understand for each of the embedded analytic capabilities, whether they are avail with stand-alone ERP - as opposed to ERP/BW?

[TammyPowlas · Accepted solution]

Hi Brad - they are inside your ERP so a separate BW server is not required.

With ehp5 there is a BW inside your ERP so with these analytic tools you have BW-like functionality inside ERP.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Tammy - Where can I download the embedded analytics/crystal reports files and their documentations

[TammyPowlas · Accepted solution]

Marco - you don't download it - you activate it inside your ERP system.

See by

Transaction SFW5 gives you a link to each of the items.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I had the following list of reports. Aren't they embedded analytics?

FINANCIALS

• AP Open Items
• Controlling Dashboard
• Cost Analysis: Planned vs. Actual Cost Variance for Cost Centers
• Cost Analysis: Planned vs. Actual Order Costs
• Financial Statements
• GL Statement

PURCHASING

• Purchasing Group Analysis
• Stock Overview
• Vendor Comparison
• Vendor Fact Sheet
• Vendor Analysis
• Manufacturing
• Material Analysis
• Stock Overview
• Work Center Analysis

SALES

• Credit Memo Analysis
• Customer Fact Sheet
• Customer Standard Analysis
• List of Billing Documents
• List of Sales Orders
• Sales Analysis by Product/Material
• New Quotations and Orders – Values and Numbers
• Sales Organization Analysis
• Sales Volume Analysis
• Sales Dashboard

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I think these are BAIO crystal reports. Does sap have newer versions of these?

[TammyPowlas · Accepted solution]

Read this blog

It doesn't appear SAP will be investing in this area, more like HANA Live

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you Tammy. So this means no more BAIO crystal reports are being produced?

[TammyPowlas · Accepted solution]

By BAIO do you mean Business All in One?  SAP calls it Rapid Deployment Solutions now.  I haven't kept up to date with that.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Yes, BAIO as in Business All in One.

[Brad_Enright · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Marco Jaric,

Can you please let me know where can we download the Embedded analytics which you have mentioned reports above.

We are looking for the same .rpt file to download from SAP, but we are unable to find it.

Please guide us, from where we can download it.

Thanks,

Nag

[erica_lailhacar]

Hello all,

Back from vacation so let me add my late 2-cents here.

The BI integration points and content we delivered with SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations (a.k.a. Embedded Analytics) provide you 3 things:

• Crystal Reports integration with ALV, so you can use Crystal Reports as a layout option
  for SAP List Viewer. This is independent of BW, you don’t need BW for that.
• Mash-up user interfaces to embed dashboards in Business Suite screens (using Web
  Dynpro). Again you don’t need BW for that.

• Sample reports and dashboards built on top of BW queries. You need BW for using these.These analytics are delivered with the BW BI Content package.

Regarding the content that is built on top of BW queries, you will need to have the BW Java stack to be able to deploy it. So the content can indeed be deployed on any flavor of BW (embedded BW or full-version of BW) but as long as you have the NetWeaver Java stack (with NetWeaver Portal).

Hope it helps,

Erica

[Brad_Enright]

Thanks Erica - this is very clear.

Regards,

Brad