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HARRIS RANCH SAP Business Objects Upgrade for Maximum Process Efficiency and Better Business Decisions Business Intelligence (BI) tools have become an integral part of business. SAP Business Objects BI solutions provide operational sustainability and financial growth while mitigating risks. It allows users to access, format, analyze, navigate and share information across the organization. Currently, SAP BusinessObjects 4.x brings substantial enhancements and the latest release of BusinessObjects v4.1 and the upcoming v4.2 takes business intelligence to a new level. Its cutting edge capabilities can significantly boost the ROI from your SAP BusinessObjects investments.

ABOUT CLIENT : Harris Ranch, or Harris Ranch, feedlot is 's largest producer and the largest ranch on the West Coast of the , producing 150,000,000 pounds of beef per year since 2010. It is also among the largest (when including density) in the United States. Founded by Jack Harris in 1937, the Harris Ranch Beef Company was originally a cotton-and-grain operation. The farm also operates an inn and restaurant, raises fruit and vegetable crops, and breeds thoroughbred horses. Overall, the operation has more than 400 employees. Approximately 14,000 acres are allotted to garlic, broccoli, pomegranates and tomatoes, among 35 types of fruits and vegetables.

CLIENT NAME : Harris Ranch

INDUSTRY TYPE : Agro Business

BUSINESS NEEDS : KloudData OFFERING : KloudData contributed towards new installation The implementation of SAP Business upgrade and migration of all business report Objects/Business Intelligence 4.1 server from SAP BO 3.1 version to the latest BO 4.1 server

Analytics I www.klouddata.com Success s ory CHALLENGES : IT ENVIRONMENT :

. Migration of reports and users along with security . Windows Server 2012 . Configuring the secure HTTP connectivity . Windows AD domain . Migration of all the business critical report . Team Viewer tool for sharing the server content from older 3.1 versions to new installed 4.1 versions

KloudData SOLUTION : RESULT :

. Installation of BO 4.1 version on a fresh Windows . Upgrading to a latest SAP BO version with more server features and extended end of life . Implementation on both QA and Production . Faster and efficient processing to make quick environment decisions . Configuration of Windows AD domain on the new . Expansion to other features which can be servers leveraged to create more intuitive business . Migration of users and reports along with their reports security . Successful completion of the project without any . Configuration of secure HTTP connection downtime keeping the production server running

CONCLUSION : KloudData successfully completed the installation and migration of the SAP BOBJ upgrade program within the specified time. The project made KloudData explore the best practices for upgrading and the process prepared us with a better understanding on how to avoid potential pitfalls. Upgrading to the latest BOBJ version involves installing a new deployment and copying your content and system data from an existing deployment. One can install the new deployment independently with an existing deployment. The two deployments can work at the same time. When you're the old deployment is no longer needed, one can stop BI services and release old deployment server. KloudData has also learned how to develop a good strategy for sizing destination environment to deploy the latest SAP BOBJ version. Other crucial learning was how to test and tune BI system before releasing it to its user base. One should consider the fact that while migrating content, authentication plays a critical role in the upgrade process and it is important to migrate content along with different level of securities like folder level, application level, metadata layer, etc.

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