Press Release

Sherlock – Report Inspector (RI) for SAP BusinessObjects digs deep into the anatomy of Webi and Deski reports within an SAP BusinessObjects deployment to document and catalog the contents.

This powerful new indexing engine is a key component to the overall Sherlock architecture.  Consider the CMS Inspector with deep insight into user and group relationships, the reports they create and schedule, and the servers they run on.  Next, the Universe Inspector creates a mapping from the database through to the objects and filters.  Sherlock RI provides the linkage between the two to enable the most powerful report utilization analysis.

With Sherlock RI, administrators and developers have the unique capabilities to:

• Get proactive on universe change control, identifying reports with objects orphaned by universe changes
• Identify reports that will be impacted by significant object or schema changes in a universe
• Understand the extent to which objects, conditions, and associated tables are utilized in reports
• Fully understand the query make-up of reports and average query size per report

Integrated Intelligence

Sherlock RI + Sherlock UI + Sherlock CI + SAP Business Objects Auditor = comprehensive insight into any SAP Business Objects deployment.  Want to identify all reports impacted by a simple column change?  Create standard reports to mine this information on a recurring basis and save valuable time and resources.

The best part?  It's all a part of the Sherlock product suite and available as a part of the current licensing model.

For more information, contact us.