This post summarizes the SAP BO BI 4.2 SP5 features. Many enhancements were introduced in SAP BI 4.2 SP4 and its support packages. SAP continued their enhancements and innovation efforts in SAP BI platform, Web Intelligence, Semantic Layer, Report Conversion tool, BI Launch Pad, etc., and the enhancements are released in SAP BO BI 4.2 SP5 package.

In which below are the top 5 enhancements in SP5 package.

Fiori Styled launch Pad
BI Admin Console
Exclusive Server group at Runtime
Deski Catch Up
SAML 2.0 Support (more details about SAML 2.0 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAML_2.0)

GDPR support (more details about GDPR – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation)

You can find the SAP BI 4.2 SP5 enhancements & innovation details from SAP website and below is the link to get knows the enhancements at high level.

https://www.sap.com/documents/2017/12/529564fc-e47c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html

To know more about each enhancement and to get depth knowledge on each enhancement, please click here.