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Whats New for TM1 9.5.1 for SAP

Rebecca Hansen TM1 Product Manager
Linda Whitney ERP Solution Specialist
Agnes Chau ERP Solution Specialist, Asia Pacific
Jason Lovinger - Business Unit Executive, ERP and Competitive Strategy

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TM1 9.5.1 and SAP Integration

New TM1 solutions for SAP

TM1 Package Connector for SAP BW
How TM1 Package Connector leverages Cognos 8 BI platform
When to position
TM1 Package Connector for SAP ECC

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SAP Data Import

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New TM1 9.5.1 Connectivity for SAP

SAP BW
TM1 Package Connector
Framework Manager (OLAP Model)
SAP ECC
TM1 Package Connector
+ DMR (Dimensionally Modeled Relational model)
+ VVM (Virtual View Manager)
Note: No additional charge - included with TM1 license. Optional install.

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TM1 Package Connector for SAP

TM1 Package Connector for SAP BW
TM1 leverages C8 BI runtime and FM packages
Certified for SAP NetWeaver Business
Warehouse*
Supports SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse
3.5 , 7.0 and 7.01
TM1 Package Connector for SAP ECC
TM1 leverages Virtual View Manager & FM DMR
packages
Certified connectivity for SAP ECC*
Supported versions
SAP R/3 4.6
SAP R/3 4.7
SAP ECC5
SAP ECC6
* Inherits certifications and support from underlying Cognos 8 platforn

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Components of the Integration

TM1 Package Connector for SAP BW
TM1 Package Connector (32-bit)
Cognos 8 BI runtime
Framework Manager
SAP Gui
TM1 for SAP ECC:
TM1 Package Connector (32-bit)
Cognos 8 BI runtime
Framework Manager
Virtual View Manager (32-bit)
SAP Java Connector (sapjco.jar, librfc32.dll, sapjcorfc.dll)

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Extending SAP Solutions

Enterprise Planning
Financial Analysis
Profitability Analysis
Financial Reporting

Operational
Planning

Financial
Reporting

What If Analysis

What If
Analysis

Profitability
Analysis
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TM1 9.5.1 Package Connector

for SAP BW
Linda Whitney ERP Solution Specialist

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TM1 on SAP BW

BI
Server

TM1
Package
Connector
(new
adaptor)

TM1

SAP BW

TM1
Connector for
SAP BW
(old adaptor)

TM1
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TM1 9.5.1 Package Connector with SAP BW

Flow Metadata/Data

CS

Content Store

2) Publish FM
pkg to C8

FrameworkManager
Manager
Framework
(onlocal
localPC)
PC)
(on

Consumer

TM1Perspectives
Perspectives
TM1
TM1Web
Web
TM1
TM1Contributor
Contributor
TM1

Cognos88
Cognos
3) Create TM1 process
model using FM pkg

7) Create
TM1 data
source in C8

TurboIntegrator/
Integrator/
Turbo
PackageConnector
Connector
Package

TM1 Cube

6) Create
TM1 cube
1) Created FM model
(Metadata Import)

Flow Metadata

BEx Query

SAP BW
ORA

SQL

SAP BW

Instance(s)

4) Load SAPBW data

Flow data

5) Load non-SAPBW data

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What can TM1 Package Connector leverage?

BEx Queries
SAP and Cognos best practices recommend the use of BEx Queries
against all InfoProviders
Use of BW variables to segment data and load in concurrent SAP BW
processes
Master Data
Characteristic elements (SAP technical names)
Captions (as TM1 Alias)
Attributes
Navigational attributes
Hierarchies
InfoProviders
InfoCubes
Remote Cubes
MultiProviders
ODS/DSO

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How System Demonstration works?

1
BEx
Query

SAP
BW

4
TM1

1.

SAP BW: Identify InfoProvider

2.

SAP BW Query Designer: Define view of data for import (including

BW Variables)

3.

FM: Import and publish package

4.

TM1: Define TI process

5.

SAP: Verify TM1 cube data against SAP InfoProvider

3
FM
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IBM Cognos TM1 Package Connector

Key Differences Between Package

Connector & TI SAP Connector

Benefits

No additional charge or license

Certified by SAP

Conformity with IBM Cognos 8.4

Information Services

All future enhancements for

functionality and performance will be
leveraged by TM1 Package
Connector

Can export from BEx Query

No install into the SAP System

Leverage existing Cognos 8 BI packages

Multi-threaded data extraction

Support for BW 7.0.1 as well as 3.5 and 7.0

Transparent interoperability with BWA

Standard IBM Quality Customer Support

Can access SAP ECC as well

Cons

No write back

No security access enhancement

Cant directly pull currency table

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TM1 9.5.1 Package Connector

for SAP ECC/R3
Agnes Chau ERP Solution Specialist, Asia Pacific

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TM1 on SAP ECC

SAP
ECC

VVM

TM1

FM
Via DMR
package

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Metadata/Data Flow TM1 9.5.1 on

SAP ECC
Content
Store

TM1Perspectives
Perspectives
TM1
TM1Web
Web
TM1
TM1Constributor
Constributor
TM1

Cognos88
Cognos

2) Publish package 3) Utilize

FM DMR package

VirtualView
ViewManager
Manager
Virtual

Consumer

TurboIntegrator
Integrator
Turbo

7) Create Data Source

6) Build
cube
TM1 cube

1) Metadata Import

Flow Metadata
SAP ECC

4) Load data

Flow data
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Why TM1 9.5.1 on SAP ECC?

1. SINGLE Metadata Layer for all Business Analytics
Solutions
2. NO Additional License Cost for VVM or TM1 Package
Connector Part of TM1 95.1 license
3. SPEEDY implementation by Leverage VVM Pre-built
Content for SAP ECC and TM1 Business Blueprint
4. SAP Certified Interface for accessing data in SAP
ECC
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TM1 9.5.1 Direct Connectivity

for SAP ERP System (R/3 or ECC)
Part 1: Virtual View Manager
Part 2: Framework Manager
Part 3: TM1 Package Connector

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How System Demonstration works?

1
SAP
ECC

4
TM1

2
VVM

1.

SAP: Identify the table source

2.

VVM: Define application views (including filter)

3.

FM: Define DMR (including hierarchy)

4.

TM1: Define TI process

5.

SAP: Verify TM1 cube data against SAP source table

3
FM
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How System Demonstration works?

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Sales Strategy Guidance

- Lead with new TM1 SAP Package Connector for all SAP-related
opportunities
- Only position old TM1 Connector (Syskoplan) for SAP if write back
or security replication required to win opportunity
- Alert FPM management (MRC, Sanna, Ciperski) and Jason Lovinger
whenever planning to position old TM1 Connector (Syskoplan) for
SAP

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Summary
Position new TM1 Package Connector whenever possible
-- Access to SAP BW and SAP ECC
-- Access to SAP InfoQueries
-- No additional charge or separate license
-- Multithreaded data extraction
Pursue broader sales opportunities
-- Existing C8 BI on SAP ECC and SAP BW clients
-- Prospects requiring both C8 BI and TM1 with SAP BW and ECC
-- SAP clients without SAP BW
-- Cost sensitive SAP clients

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