LookupPoint™ for SAP®

Bring Critical SAP Information to the Point of Decision Making

LookupPoint is a compelling advance in business productivity technology which brings together the worlds of Microsoft Office and critical business information, providing even casual users with secure access to targeted information in SAP and other enterprise systems.

LookupPoint enables users to access business information quickly and easily without having to leave their familiar Microsoft Office environment. The solution empowers users to make better decisions by providing relevant and aggregated business information in a familiar and secure environment.

Build Aggregate Information Views using the LookupPoint Administration Centre:

LookupPoint supports connection to multiple information sources including information held in Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, SharePoint and systems that supports REST based interfaces. To connect to a specific line of business system a LookupPoint catalogue is required. The catalogue maintains the connection information, interprets the underlying line of business system’s security model and understands the relationships between business information. Using the LookupPoint Administration Centre power users and IT professionals can build catalogues combining business information from multiple information sources and present these in a unified view to users.

LookupPoint is a zero client installation meaning no additional software has to be installed on users’ desktops.

Server Requirements:

LookupPoint requires Windows Server 2003 or higher and SQL server 2005 and higher.

Client Requirements:

LookupPoint requires Microsoft Office 2010, 2007 or 2003. To use SmartPreview™ requires Office 2010. LookupPoint 2010 is a zero client installation. To make LookupPoint 2010 available to users , IT teams can invoke a script to connect Office 2010 to the LookupPoint 2010 service or have the users connect through the configuration option in Microsoft Office.

Data Sources:

LookupPoint 2010 supports Infor FMS SunSystems running on Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server. MySQL and SharePoint 2010 BCS as data sources. Additional LOB catalogues can be configured using the Catalogue Design tool.

Cloud Services and SaaS Systems:

LookupPoint can build aggregated views of business information from both on-premise and Cloud or SaaS systems. By using SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and its support for claims based authentication LookupPoint can connect users to information in the Cloud for any system that supports a REST based interface.

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