What you need for this book

In order to use this book, you will require access to:

• SAP BI4 server, SP2 and above
• Java Runtime Oracle JRE 6(*5)
• A Web browser—Internet Explorer 8 and above, Google Chrome, Mozilla, or Safari

You will be required to obtain rights to create Web Intelligence reports and have access to demo universes, such as Island resort marketing, eFashion, Motors, and Warehouse universes.

For the exact supported platforms (PAM) you can refer to the SAP official document at: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/507d3365-009b-3010-04b0-e5abc8f00c91?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true&59407987714033.

The data in the examples is quite basic and similar, any one of the universes mentioned can be used to create the reports across the book's chapters.

For Chapter 14, Web Intelligence Rich Client, you will require a local installation of Web Rich Client.