SQL Server 2005

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Reporting Services

Build Powerful Reports on SAP BW Data

With the release of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 organizations can now take advantage of SQL Servers Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities such as Reporting Services on SAP BW Data without purchasing independent and expensive reporting solutions. SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services is now certified to run reports on SAP BW. Customers that already own or plan to purchase SQL Server 2005 SP1, will get two new components that provide support for reporting on SAP BW in the SP1 release: The 'Microsoft .NET Data Provider 1.0 for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence A new query designer to enable the creation of SAP-compatible queries for SAP BW ACCESS YOUR SAP BW DATA VIA THE STANDARDS BASED .NET PROVIDER The new Microsoft .NET Data Provider 1.0 for SAP NetWeaver BI is a standards based provider that uses standard internet protocols and XML for Analysis (XML/A) (an XML standard for Online Analytical Processing - OLAP) to communicate with the SAP server. The .NET provider enables users to directly access QueryCubes as well as InfoCubes and MultiProviders. Since XML/A support is built into SAP BW, SAP BW reports can be authored and developed using SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services regardless of which relational database SAP BW data is stored in.

To significantly reduce bandwidth requirements and improve network performance, the Microsoft .NET Data Provider 1.0 for SAP NetWeaver BI uses GZIP compression when communicating with the SAP BW server, enabling organizations to efficiently work with large XML documents. Security is essential for data integrity; and the Microsoft .NET Data Provider 1.0 for SAP NetWeaver BI supports and leverages internet standards such as SSL. This enables the system to safely transmit data between

your SAP BW server and SQL Server 2005, providing added protection to your essential business information. EASILY BUILD REPORTING QUERIES WITH THE QUERY DESIGNER The new custom built Query Designer enables you to rapidly build reports for SAP BW. The query designer builds SAP-compatible MDX queries to base your reports on and provides insight into cubes, cube meta-data, calculated members, functions and variables.

SAP BW Query Designer

SQL Server 2005

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Reporting Services

By connecting SQL Server 2005 SP1 Reporting Services to SAP BW data, SAP BW users can quickly and easily take advantage of the flexible, yet easy-to-use reporting capabilities of SQL Reporting Services without migrating their data to another platform. ThIs new integrated solution makes it easy to create and manage reports on information inside any SAP BW Data Warehouse, empowering organizations

to easily get important SAP business intelligence information to the people who need it. SAP BW report authoring now becomes easy-to-do, consistent and familiar using SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. Plus, deploying and distributing reports becomes a simple one-step process that targets the Web as the reporting platform viewing reports becomes as simple as clicking a hyperlink.

ABOUT MICROSOFT AND SAP SAP and Microsoft have been working together closely for more than 12 years to ensure that the Microsoft platform and SAP solutions are fully integrated. SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition was tuned jointly with SAP engineers to ensure maximum performance and interoperability. SAP and Microsoft are positioned uniquely to provide integrated business value. Examples include extending mySAP through a .NET connector, accessing mySAP business processes through Microsoft Office and supporting SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services reports on SAP BW through the new .NET Data Provider for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence and custom Query Designer. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For more information visit: http://www.microsoft.com/sql http://www.microsoft-sap.com http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting

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