name: SAP BI Tools Vocabulary
description: Domain vocabulary for SAP Business Intelligence tools including SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BusinessObjects, and related analytics platforms.
version: '1.0'
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-02'

terms:
  - term: Story
    definition: >-
      The primary visualization artifact in SAP Analytics Cloud. A story contains
      pages with charts, tables, images, and other components that provide insights
      into business data. Stories can be created from one or more data models.
    category: Content
    synonyms:
      - Dashboard
      - Report
      - Analytics Story

  - term: Analytics Model
    definition: >-
      A data model in SAP Analytics Cloud that structures business data for
      analysis. Models can be planning models (supporting write-back) or
      analytical models (read-only). They define dimensions, measures, and
      hierarchies.
    category: Data
    synonyms:
      - Planning Model
      - SAC Model

  - term: Content Network
    definition: >-
      A marketplace within SAP Analytics Cloud where tenants can publish and
      consume pre-built analytics content including stories, models, and
      packages. Content can be public (available to all tenants) or private
      (within an organization).
    category: Platform
    synonyms:
      - Content Marketplace

  - term: SCIM
    definition: >-
      System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) is the protocol used
      by SAP Analytics Cloud for user and group provisioning. Version 2.0 is
      supported for creating, reading, updating, and deleting users and teams.
    category: Identity
    synonyms:
      - User Provisioning Protocol

  - term: Tenant
    definition: >-
      An isolated SAP Analytics Cloud instance belonging to a single organization.
      Each tenant has its own URL (e.g., tenant-name.eu1.sapanalytics.cloud),
      users, content, and data models.
    category: Platform

  - term: Fact Data
    definition: >-
      Transactional data records in a planning model containing dimension member
      values and measure values. Fact data represents the actual business figures
      (e.g., sales amounts, cost values) associated with specific dimension
      combinations.
    category: Data

  - term: Master Data
    definition: >-
      Reference data (dimension member lists with attributes) for dimensions
      within an analytics model. Master data defines the valid values and
      hierarchies for dimensions such as Cost Centers, Products, and Customers.
    category: Data
    synonyms:
      - Reference Data
      - Dimension Members

  - term: InfoStore
    definition: >-
      The central object repository of the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform.
      The InfoStore contains all managed objects including documents, folders,
      users, groups, and schedules. Objects are identified by a unique SI_ID.
    category: BusinessObjects

  - term: CMS Query
    definition: >-
      A SQL-like query language used to search and retrieve objects from the
      SAP BusinessObjects Content Management Server (CMS). Queries target
      InfoStore tables such as CI_INFOOBJECTS for documents and CI_SYSTEMOBJECTS
      for users.
    category: BusinessObjects

  - term: Calendar
    definition: >-
      A planning tool in SAP Analytics Cloud used to organize collaborative
      planning tasks, scheduling notifications, and workflow activities.
      Calendar events can be assigned to users with start and end dates.
    category: Planning

  - term: BI Platform
    definition: >-
      SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BOBJ) is the
      enterprise BI suite providing capabilities for Web Intelligence,
      Crystal Reports, and other traditional reporting tools. The platform
      uses a CMS repository and supports REST-based management APIs.
    category: Platform
    synonyms:
      - BOBJ
      - BusinessObjects

  - term: Data Export API
    definition: >-
      An OData-based API in SAP Analytics Cloud that enables programmatic
      extraction of fact data and master data from planning models. Consists
      of an Administration service (for discovering models) and a Provider
      service (for querying data).
    category: Integration

  - term: Provider
    definition: >-
      In the SAP Analytics Cloud Data Export context, a provider represents
      a planning model that exposes its data via the OData Provider service.
      Each provider has a unique ProviderID used to construct query URLs.
    category: Data

  - term: OAuth 2.0
    definition: >-
      The authentication protocol used by SAP Analytics Cloud APIs. Supports
      SAML Bearer Assertion flow (for server-to-server integration) and
      Authorization Code Grant flow (for user-facing applications). Tokens
      are obtained from the SAP HANA Cloud authentication service.
    category: Security

  - term: Logon Token
    definition: >-
      A session token returned by the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform /logon/long
      endpoint. The token must be included in the X-SAP-LogonToken header for
      all subsequent API requests. Tokens expire after the session timeout period.
    category: Security

  - term: Team
    definition: >-
      A group of users in SAP Analytics Cloud (represented as a SCIM Group).
      Teams are used to organize users and manage content access permissions.
      Team membership determines which stories and models users can access.
    category: Identity
    synonyms:
      - Group
      - SCIM Group

  - term: OData
    definition: >-
      Open Data Protocol — the protocol used by several SAP BI data access
      APIs including the Data Export API and certain BusinessObjects services.
      Supports standard query parameters ($filter, $top, $skip, $select, $orderby).
    category: Protocol