Reporting Services with Netweaver
There's a new article available from the Microsoft.com website which talks about using one of the new features in SP1 of SQL Server 2005 which allows reports to run from SAP data within your organisation. Here's the summary of the article followed by a link where you can download it:
Through a rich extensibility model, the report authoring and report deployment features of SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 can integrate with any number of business intelligence data sources. To answer the strong need for a rich reporting tool for SAP NetWeaver BI and to bridge the gap between these two powerful business intelligence platforms, Microsoft has developed a new .NET Data Provider and Query Designer for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence. SAP BW users can now take advantage of the flexible, yet easy-to-use reporting capabilities of Reporting Services without migrating their data to another platform. Report authoring is performed in the familiar and easy-to-use Business Intelligence Development Studio, using a custom-built query designer, and deployment is a simple one-step process that targets the Web as the reporting platform. Report distribution is now as simple as distributing a hyperlink. It has never been easier to get your important SAP business intelligence to the people who need it.