SAP BO TO POWER BI

Organizations today operate in an era that highly prioritizes data and its applicability. Decision makers are in constant need for seamless
and fast provisioning of accurate and real time data. The importance of self-service BI is fueled by this need for businesses to make critical
decisions in a snap, based on exponential growth in data.

Power BI provides interactive visualizations and business intelligence capabilities with an interface simple enough for end users to create
their own reports and dashboards. Power BI provides better data visualization, integration services, and better mobile capabilities compared
to SAP BO. Following are some of the challenges & limitations of SAP BO.

Expensive licensing Limited data visualization capabilities

Challenges &
Lesser synergies with O365 Workplace More IT maintenance and support
Limitations

Requires more time for recovery Large amount of hardware resources

PACE Automation Workbench for SAP BO to Power BI Migration

Assess & Rationalize Extraction
• A ssess the current reports inventory across various BO • Meta Data Extraction
report versions, Crystal Reports and Free SQLs etc.. • Query extraction for all parameterized queries
• Rationalize the reports using similar SQL queries and plain queries
Auto Extract • Script Extraction
and views for further fine-tuning and collapsing
Auto Convert
Auto Deploy

• Data Visualizations
approach.
• Layout specific requirements

Validation & Deploy Convert

Auto Validate
• V
 alidation of the Data in the report and the • Conversion of Meta Data, Query into Power BI
Visualizations • Conversion of Scripts used in source reports
• Deploy to Power BI production environment • Creation of Power BI templates for repeatable
layouts
SAP BO to Power BI Migration Approach

Validate Power Deploy Power

BO Reports – BI reports and BI reports in
WE BI 4.2, WE BI 4.1, WE BI 4.0, corresponding Production
Source Free Text SQL, Crystal Reports queries environment

Connect Deploy
Extract Convert Validate

1 2 3 4 5

Connect to SAP Extract the Convert Target

BO Universe or Metadata, Report Metadata, Report
Reports Layer Query and Query and
using Infosys Layout from the Layout to build Power BI Reports
Tools source BO file Power BI report.

Industry Relevance – Key tenets of the PACE workbench that add value

Applicability Capability Compatibility Customer insights

Horizontal, Integrates Online / On Better insights
applicable to all seamlessly with premise with interactive
Industries existing and rich
applications visualizations

Benefits
• Optimized Migration Effort with 30% reduction in overall effort
• 100% accuracy in Solution Quality
• Faster Deployment – 35 to 40% faster TAT ensure faster Go To Market
• With interactive UI, collaborative & social BI the solution will elevate user experience
• ~ 30% savings on licensing ensure reduced TCO

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