SAP has continued to invest in extending the core functionality of  SAP Business One across a number of different business functions and has provided details into the second release in the Release Family 9, SAP Business One version 9.1.  The features present in SAP Business One 9.1 build on the features introduced in the major release upgrade, SAP Business One 9.0.

 

By introducing a centralized implementation framework and extending the current implementation tools, SAP Business One 9.1 makes SAP Business One easier to implement, and with improved integration, a number of SAP Business One extensions are now fully integrated into the core product offering. SAP Business One 9.1 also includes a number of SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA upgrades and feature enhancements.

 

SAP Business One 9.1 – Overview

• Planned new versions: SAP Business One 9.1 and SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA
• Release to customer is currently planned for end of Q2 2014
• One common code base for SAP HANA database and Microsoft SQL Server
• Focus on functional improvements and simplifications of implementing, operating, and using SAP Business One

 

Highlights specific to SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA

 

SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA includes a new role-based cockpit for analytics and simplified system use

Based on HTML5 technology

 

 

Enhancements in SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA

• New cockpit, based on HTML5
• Predefined cockpits for sales, purchase, finance and inventory
• Workbench Widget (see next slide)
• Widget: Count – Counts Sales Orders not delivered, open A/R Invoices, Purchase Orders not received, open A/P Invoices, open Inventory Transfer requests
• Widget: Recently Updated, which reflects new and updated master data, marketing documents, chart of accounts and many more types of information

Benefits

• Simplifies access to information
• Increase user experience due to HTML5 technology

 

SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA Workbench

New widget to cover most of the daily operation

Enhancements in SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA

• Process widget to create and manage documents for:
• Sales
• Purchasing
• Inventory management
• Financials

Benefits

• Guide user through key business processes
• Easy access to related functions

 

SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA pervasive analytics – Insight to action

Enhanced feature set for Pervasive Analytics Dashboards and KPIs

 

Enhancements in SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA

• Ability to relate business actions to pervasive dashboards and KPIs
• Available action types:
• Open SAP Business One Window to open SAP Business One forms e.g. Master Data
• Trigger Enterprise Search to start an enterprise search
• Link to SAP Business One Window, to show dashboard in sidebar
• Open Advanced Dashboard will open an advanced dashboard (see next slide)

Benefits

• Drill down into business details
• Translate insights into actions

 

Service layer that exposes business objects by Web service

Access system and partner business objects via easy-to-use Data protocol

 

Enhancements in SAP Business One 9.1, version for SAP HANA

• SAP Business One service layer provides server-side web access to system and partner business objects via easy-to-use Data protocol
• New state of the art technology to read and write data through HTML5 technology
• Parallel processing
• Well-defined APIs with similar objects and functional coverage compared to DI API
• High Availability support (auto restore session)

Benefits

• Increase data throughput due to parallel processing
• Simplified landscape and light-weight, web-based development
• Easy development of mobile applications

Extend Extreme Applications capability to address complex business needs