SAP Network Blog: Explorer - what is really up there?

SAP recently introduced SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. Explorer is not a new product - it was originally known as Polestar but SAP's combination of BusinessObjects Polestar with SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator (BWA) has provided a new view of this tool which can be used against SAP BW infocubes in BWA. The current version of Explorer can be used directly against BW (through Universes) or more effectively against Infocubes indexed within BWA. In November 2009, SAP will introduce Explorer in an open environment which means that this tool will be expanded to allow indexes to be created in BWA for not only Infocubes in BW (the only thing available currently) but also snapshots of BW Multiproviders, BW BEx reports and data from non-SAP systems. For non-SAP system data, the data will need to be extracted using SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator (functionality included in the new accelerated version of Explorer) and must be in a star schema format into the originating system (e.g., Oracle, Teradata databases). Expect this product out in Q1 2010. Look for SAP recent announcements on this since this blog site won't let me provide this information.<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #0000e6; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span>

Hettie Tabor Hettie Tabor is a seasoned Accenture Senior Executive based in Accenture's Dallas office with over 21 years of IT experience including 15 years of practical SAP implementation experience. Hettie is currently the Accenture SAP Business Intelligence Global Practice Lead and has a wealth of technical and project management knowledge in the SAP Business Intelligence, Integrated Planning and Data Management space.

Explorer - what is really up there? Hettie Tabor Business Card Company: Accenture Posted on Nov. 10, 2009 10:46 AM in Business Objects

Explorer - what is really up there?
Hettie Tabor
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Posted on Nov. 10, 2009 10:46 AM in Business Objects