Intelligent Applications Everywhere

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Intelligent Applications

Everywhere

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Discover how Business Objects is making it easier for developers to integrate business intelligence into applications, everywhere. Get an overview and demonstration of all of the integration points that Business Objects provides to enable intelligent applications. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, you'll walk away with a broad view of the integration points Business Objects provides.

BREAKOUT INFORMATION

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AGENDA

1. Crystal Reports Engine – Better than Ever 2. Web Service – Not just a Check Box

3. Integrate Right Now – No Servers, No Software 4. Standalone Viewer – Another way to share

5. Old Reliable – Enterprise Integration Points 6. Conclusion

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Crystal Reports Engine

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Crystal Reports 2008

Smaller install file for faster download (250MB)

Smaller runtime engine when using merge modules with maximum compression

Report Creation API with no extra license

Create and modify reports at runtime

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Enables developers to provide:

Stunning report visualizations Compelling data presentations

On-report What-if scenario modeling Actionable operating reporting

CRYSTAL REPORTS

INTEGRATION WITH FLASH

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HIGH IMPACT DATA

VISUALIZATIONS

Key Benefits

Stunning data presentations Professional looking reports

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COMPELLING DATA

PRESENTATIONS

Key Benefits

•Information-rich reports •Interactive report exploration •Graphics bound to report data

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ON-REPORT WHAT-IF

SCENARIO MODELING

Key Benefits

Decision support tool Time saver

No export to other tools Reduce report count

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OPERATIONAL

REPORTING

Key Benefits

•Execute decisions faster •Gain operational efficiency •Leverage existing processes

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All new Crystal Reports XML exporter New Crystal Reports XML schema

Easy to use

Designed for developers

Transform XML to industry-standard schemas and file interchange formats

XBRL, HL7, JXDM HTML, CSV, RSS

Custom formats – anything that’s text-based

Embed multiple XML transformations in each report Export directly to the desired format with built-in

transform engine

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Web Services SDKs

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Business Objects Web Services

& SDKs

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Business Objects Web Services

Documents, folders, categories list, search and navigation Scheduling, download & upload

Resource administration

User and group administration Server administration

Platform events & calendars

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Business Objects Web Services

Display WebIntelligence and Crystal Reports in HTML, PDF, Excel, and XML output

Refresh, resolve query context and database credential Prompt, List of Values

Report Navigation Map Drill

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Business Objects Web Services

Retrieve available universes and universe content Combine objects to build a query

Submit the query

Get the results back in XML or other format Optionally link to ReportEngine WS

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What can I make with these Services

Business Objects Mobile is a SOA client Multitab report access

Drill in and out

Real time access to data Refresh with Prompts Row level Security

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What can I make with these Services

BI Desktop is a SOA client

Display a Xcelsius and Web Intelligence Report Part as a desktop widget

Receive EPM Alerts & RSS feeds

Search & Explore multiple Repositories

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A set of Web Services to Read, Write and Interact with data silo and business process

They are used by business user unlike the Developer

Web Services which target developer

Web Services are built in a design time wizard, The result is published live “as a Web Service”

Published Web Services can be consumed by Xcelsius, Crystal Reports, Data Integrator and all other tools that can introspect Web Services

Consumption in these tools are simplified since input and output parameters are business name and not developer variable

“as a Web Service” FAMILLY

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Integrate Right Now

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Business Objects OnDemand

Four Software as a Service offerings

crystalreports.com

Information OnDemand BI OnDemand

NSite Applications

www.ondemand.com Save time and money

Quick Deployment

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Enterprise Reporting (Reporting, Dashboards)

Business Intelligence (Reporting, Dashboards,

Query, Analytics, EPM)

Web Services

On Demand Infrastructure 2007

Services Delivery Framework

Applications (Nsite + cr.com) S e rv ic e s d e liv e re d b y B u s in e s s O b je c ts

Browser Based Subscriber Experience

Partner API + Custom Data Connectivity

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Partner API

Partner API opens up a whole new world of possibilities

Web Services: Navigate folders Upload new objects

Upload new objects and make them historical instances of existing objects Upload and replace existing objects

Download objects

Get the viewer URL for any viewable object Partner customizations:

Bulk user upload Silent sign-on

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Partner API Business Opportunities

Become a Business Partner with crystalreports.com

Provide reporting and business intelligence inside of your own Software as a Service (SAS) application

Create a custom web site that allows you to easily share reports and dashboards with employees, customers, and business partners.

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Download the Partner API WSDL

https://na.crystalreports.com/wsdl/CRService.wsdl

Generate client stubs from the WSDL Use CRDC functions in your application Test

Deploy

Sample application available on Diamond

http://diamond.businessobjects.com/betas/crdcapi

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Universal Web Service Connector (UWSC)

Provide Live Data Connectivity to your On Demand reports and Dashboards

Provides a standard WSDL to allow Crystal Reports and Xcelsius documents to connect to compliant provider

web services.

In the future more and more Business Objects

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Standalone Viewer

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How old are you?

Do you remember Compiled Reports?

Think PDF Viewer for Crystal Reports View reports offline on your desktop

Easily navigate reports using the built-in group tree, and the Page Forward/Back, Search, and Zoom functions

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Crystal Reports Viewer XI

Free access to

crystalreports.com Starter Edition

account.

Securely view, share, schedule, and refresh your reports online

Open .rpt reports from

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI, Crystal Reports Server XI and Business Objects Crystal

Decisions

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Old Reliable

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Business Objects Enterprise SDKs

BusinessObjects Enterprise SDK

Used to develop Infoview and the Central Management Console Enterprise SDK takes advantage of Enterprise Bus to

communicate with BOE services (fast and scalable framework) Used to control all aspects of BOE system for both end user and administrator work flows.

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Business Objects Enterprise SDKs

Handle cluster failover.

Built into the API.

Management of all BusinessObjects objects

Reports, folders, users, programs, calendars, events…

Advanced security

Manage rights for all objects including users, user groups, folders, reports and other types

Advanced scheduling

Schedule reports during non peak periods.

Schedule objects using complex business rules using Events and Program Objects

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Enterprise SDK – Productivity Tools

.NET Server Controls for BusinessObjects Enterprise Java Server Faces Controls for BusinessObjects

Enterprise

Java and .NET Interactive Editor Sample Applications (Web Intelligence and Desktop Intelligence Reports) URL Reporting

Dynamically create a URL to view reports in BusinessObjects Enterprise system

Learn more at

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CONCLUSION

Business Objects is making it easier to embed business intelligence into applications everywhere through:

Enhanced Reports Engines Web Service Integration

Software as a Service products

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Q&A

Questions

Robert Horne, Developer Evangelist, Business Objects I will repeat questions to ensure everyone can hear

Contact information

[email protected] http://diamond.businessobjects.com