Within SAP BusinessObjects business analytics solutions, several product focuses can be detected:
- Business intelligence (BI)
- Enterprise Information Management (EIM) solutions
- Data Warehouse (DWH) solutions
- Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions
- With these products, SAP BusinessObjects has become one of the main players within the business intelligence product market, with a specific product for almost any specific business information & analysis task.
The best known products of SAP BusinessObjects are:
- SAP Crystal reports : the toolset for fixed reporting
- SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence : for analytical and graphical analysis based on the semantic layer
- SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards : creation of flashy and interactive dashboards
- SAP BusinessObjects Data Services : integration and qualification of the data between source systems
Today, SAP BusinessObjects Front-end tools (BO 4.2) can be grouped in three main categories:
Agile Visualization
- SAP Lumira
- SAP BO Explorer
- SAP BO Analysis
- SAP Predictive Analysis
Dashboards and Apps
- SAP BO Design Studio
- SAP BO Dashboards (former Xcelsius)
- Reporting
- SAP BO Web Intelligence (Webi)
- SAP Crystal Reports
JD SOFT has solid experience with the latest BI front-end tools, invests in following the trends on the market and SAP’s roadmap towards front-end tools portfolio simplification. We advise our customers on various BI tools, their purposes, comparative analysis, and help customers with the proper product selection.

In this section you can discover what the SAP BusinessObjects technology can offer you to support your business as well as our services for designing, implementing or auditing your SAP BusinessObjects Performance Management architecture. element61 can help you in upgrading, migrating or the performance tuning of your environment. We also provide senior best practices, training and coaching services.
JD SOFT brings together the speed, agility and accuracy offered by SAP BusinessObjects through its implementation services to ensure that your organization achieve its business goals quickly.
JD SOFT implements SAP BusinessObjects in scientific and methodical way so that you benefit most through the strategic initiative of building transparent organization that runs on fact based and ultra-fast decisions.
Following are the steps of SAP BO implementation
Phase 1: Planning and Discovery
In this process the group of SAP BO experts gathers the information about your BI implementation objectives and needs. The group then begins defining the implementation plan and system design.
Phase 2: Design and Report Training
After detailed analysis the SAP BO experts’ team identifies the objectives and distinguishing characteristics of your application. Later, the SAP BO development blueprint for the system is developed and core application is implemented. Training is imparted for understanding BusinessObjects application framework so that you are able to create your own customized reports for your data analysis.
Phase 3: Development
In this phase, the SAP BO implementation team develops the application customizing and adding custom solution components to fulfill the design goals based on SAP BO blueprint and organizational requirements. During every step of development, your team is involved to ensure a solution that helps you reach your business goals. Systematic testing is performed to make certain that application works as per the requirements.
Phase 4: Installation and Full Training
After the development, the organization-wide implementation is performed and training is arranged for all users to make the most of your SAP BO solution. Comprehensive training provides the users with full understanding of the solution and prepares you project team to complete thorough testing of the solution. In addition, Business Objects provides guidance on the installation and effective rollout to end-users.
Phase 5: Post Installation
After installation and full training, JD SOFT solicits an evaluation of its performance and work with you to determine any other follow-up items. SAP BO implementation team facilitates a smooth transition to the BO support team through the transfer of vital information about your system configuration.
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