Discovery and Analysis
These are solutions that are focused on answering business questions that cannot be anticipated ahead of time. They are focused on empowering the business user to self-serve answers to their own questions, and enabling access to large data sets through intuitive user interfaces.
The tools in this category are:
SAP Visual Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis
Visual Intelligence and Explorer are data discovery solutions. Visual Intelligence is desktop based, and allows users to acquire, manipulate, and visualize data. Explorer has a web and mobile version, and allows users to search and explore information spaces that are predefined by the administrator.
The Analysis solutions allow end users to explore and analyze data in SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP HANA, and Microsoft Analysis Services. These are native multidimensional tools that expose the full capabilities of the underlying multidimensional database to the end user in an intuitive manner.
Predictive Analysis is an extension to the Visual Intelligence interface that allows you to design sophisticated predictive models that can be executed on the SAP HANA platform. These models use advanced algorithms to allow the user to correlate variables, extrapolate data trends, and identify outliers to get a better understanding of what is driving the business.