SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio - CHIBOUG · Download and access Design Studio applications via SAP BI Mobile Solutions (native iOS application) Leverage the collaboration functionality

March 14th 2014

Allstate Insurance Companies

www.chiboug.org

192760-29-14Dec07-AK-rrdc3-LOS.ppt

Agenda

9:00 – 10:15 Design Studio, Dashboards (Xcelisus) and Lumira

10:15 – 11:00 BI Mobile (4.1) Features and Tips

11:00 – 11:15 Networking Break

11:15 – 12:00 Discussion on Business Intelligence and Analytics

Generally


Thank you

Allstate Insurance Companies

SAP Business Objects

Dunn Solutions Group

Chicago Business Objects Steering Committee


Steering Group Committee

Gagan Singh Zurich North America

Jabir Patel CME Group

Steve Rademacher BP

Jose Hernandez Dunn Solutions Group

Tim Rodine TCR Solutions

Deb Szott Allstate Insurance

Dave Weiland University of Chicago

Tracy Ring Deloitte


More Information

For meeting and other information visit:

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http://www.businessobjects.com/events

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March 2014

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Analytics solutions from SAP

Agile

Visualization

Advanced

Analytics

Big Data

Mobile

Collaboration

Cloud

Enterprise

Business Intelligence

Agile

Visualization

Agile

Visualization

Advanced

Analytics

Enterprise


Agile Visualization Intuitively explore and present data

to reveal new insights at-a-glance

VISUALIZE

Discover hidden patterns

in information

Users can intuitively

explore, understand, and

present data to make

better decisions

Analytics reach the

fringes of the

organizations

Tell your data’s story Combine visualizations in

SAP Lumira storyboards

Automate data preparation Point-and-click preparation and enrichment

Power of Internet search

on your data Start your investigation with search using

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer

Increase understanding and use of data

SAP Lumira: Agile Visualization

Innovations

Crisp HTML5

user experience

Storytelling with

data

Free personal

edition

Advanced

Analytics Enterprise


Agile

Visualization

Advanced

Analytics

Advanced Analytics Confidently anticipate what comes next

to drive better business outcomes

PREDICT

Predictive results

incorporated into more

applications and

processes, for more users

Bridges the skills gap

between human experts vs.

analytical experts

Predict and act in real-time

SAP Predictive Analysis: incorporate

predictive results into business processes

Iterative

modeling

Intuitive

visualization

Extensive

library

Enterprise

Business

Intelligence

Agile

Visualization

Advanced

Analytics

Enterprise


Enterprise Business Intelligence Rapidly connect individuals, data and processes to

understand the business and drive better decisions

ENGAGE

A complete view that

drives better decision

making

Lowest cost for providing

information to the entire

organization

Increased engagement,

quality, participation and

knowledge


What is data visualization?

What is Data Visualization?

o Information presented in a graphical form

o Allows people to quickly understand the data

o Simplifies the context

o Strong elements of creative design


Good visualization help you see patterns and discern

meanings that otherwise might be difficult to detect

Why do you need great

visualizations?

o Efficiency: allow people to

digest the petabytes of

information

o Understand root causes

o Can align people around

one shared version of the

truth and needed actions


Your data contains insights and innovations but you need

to simplify the complexity


Professionally authored visualizations tend to be

Dashboards

A DASHBOARD is…

A visual display of…

o Information for strategic decisions

down to operational for daily

decisions

o Multiple dashboards can be linked

based role to provide a storyline

Created for the purpose of…

o Alignment of organization to

objectives

o Monitoring of KPIs

o Decision making and actions to

improve business results


SAP’s visualization strategy aligns along use cases

IT created and deployed globally

Focus company on key KPIs with

broad publication

Professionally Authored

Self Service

Business Analyst Driven

Analyst driven for a small audience

Answer specialized questions

quickly

Business user analysis

Intuitive exploration of data

relevant for daily decision making


Each use case has its tailored solution

Self Service

Business Analyst Driven


SAP Lumira

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer &

Exploration Views

Professionally Authored


Full Spectrum Business Intelligence

• Securely distribute

information across your

organization

• Answer related questions

by interacting with pre-

defined reports

• Build printable reports for

operational efficiency

• Deliver engaging

information to users where

they need it

• Track key performance

indicators and summary

data

• Build custom experiences

so users get what they need

quickly

• Discover areas to optimize

your business

• Adapt data to business

needs

• Tell your story with beautiful

visualizations

Distribute Information Build Engaging Experiences Discover. Predict. Create.

Reporting Dashboards and Apps Self-service

SAP BusinessObjects

Design Studio


Introducing SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

Easy to design

environment

Easy to create web

applications

Design Studio Overview

Freeform layout

Mobilize your

content


Flexibility and ease of design shorten development time

Freeform layout options

Intuitive WYSIWYG (embedded runtime

to enable what you see is what you get)

design principle

Leveraging

central library

of design

components

(buttons, tabs,

dropdown

menus etc.)

Interoperability

with Analysis,

edition for

OLAP


Foundation is set for scalability and Enterprise readiness

System connections on BI Platform

Native BI Consumer

Services to get access

to HANA and BW

Integration to

the BI platform

bring lifecycle

management

and central

supportability


Trusted accuracy comes from having IT built and verified

KPIs

Built on existing queries

and analysis

Connect directly to

SAP BW, HANA or universes

Eliminate any possibility of errors in

connecting to your critical data


Pre-delivered templates and wizards to enable rapid

implementation

Desktop template example iPad template example


Stunning, interactive visualizations with flexibility to

design to your user’s demands

Guided

navigation via

filters User can change chart

type and style


Designed natively for Mobile First experience

Use on standard web browsers

and mobile devices

BOBJ Mobi integration Rapid deployment

using QR Code to send

to iPad

iPhone support


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Design Studio QR Code Scan for Deployment on iPad

Rapid deployment of iPad applications

Using QR Code to send to iPad

QR code represents application URL

Scan with iPad camera to open URL

Enable rapid prototyping of iPad applications

Application Designtime Runtime on iPad


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Design Studio Integrating into SAP BI Mobile Solutions

Convenient and unified user access for large mobile community:

Download and access Design Studio applications via SAP BI Mobile Solutions (native iOS application)

Leverage the collaboration functionality (e.g. annotations)

Unified usability through SAP BI Mobile Solutions

Enable large mobile community

Overview page on SAP BI Mobile embedded within SAP BI Mobile

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Universe as Data Source

UNX Support in Design Studio

UNX can be defined as the additional data source in addition to SAP BW and SAP HANA

Specific query needs to be defined for the selected universe

Using Initial View to define dimensions

Deployment on BI Platform

UNX query panel Deployed on BI Platform


Design Studio UNX Support

Accessing UNX Query Panel from

within DS

Visualize UNX Data in DS Crosstab


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Design Studio Filter Panel and Dimension Panel

Components for comfortable and intuitive data filtering

Convienient for designers to define without any coding

Easy-to-use for end users to select data

Can be combined with Pop Up component for typical iPad scenarios

True data binding between data source and filter panel

Runtime Designtime


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Design Studio Free Form Layouting Options

Intuitive layouting options

WYSIWYG (embedded runtime to enable what you see is what you get) design principle

Pixel-exact layouting

Dynamic layouting via docking position

Propotional grid layouting


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Design Studio Pre-delivered templates

Pre-delivered templates to enable rapid implementation

Template for applications running on desktop

Templates for applications running on iPad

Desktop Template Example iPad Template Example


SAP® BusinessObjects™ Design Studio Comfortable Scripting Engine & Editor

Flexible defining interactions between design components

Java script based command editor

Easy-to-use scripting wizard

Intuitive Content assistance via CTRL+SPACE

Display live data for selection

Built-in documentation for script API

Automatic syntax check


SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Custom Stylesheets

Custom Stylesheet (CSS)

Using custom CSS to adopt customer corporate identity

Changing the look and feel possible for every standard components

Defining CSS document with CSS 3 standard

Assiging CSS documents to design studio application

Assign CSS class to the Design Studio components


Conclusion

The bottom line


helps you to:

Align the business with trusted KPI’s at the finger tips of business users

anywhere they work by creating mobile, by creating compelling

dashboards with your trusted BW data

Drive BI adoption and ROI through broadly published dashboards with

high adoption rates by providing scalable dashboards to BI apps with

multi-dimensional, interactive visualizations

Reduce development time and cost with native BW and HANA

connection by capitalizing on already defined analysis by operating

directly on BEx Queries, InfoCubes and Hana views


Build engaging, visual dashboards

Powerful environment to build interactive and visually appealing

analytics

Rich set of controls: buttons, list boxes, drop-down, crosstabs, charts,

…

Use custom code to extend and build workflows

Dashboards and apps Build engaging experiences

Portfolio

Design Studio

Dashboards (i.e., Xcelsius®)


Today: Two experiences to cover customer needs

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Visually compelling dashboards across

multiple sources and kinds of data


BI applications and dashboards on top of

multi-dimensional data and relational

universes (.unx)


What are our customers telling us?

Mobilize Visualize Unify

“We need to get

dashboards out to all

our users.”

“Help us build mobile-

optimized dashboards

and applications.”

“We need to build

executive dashboards

that are visual and

engaging.”

“We need the ability to

quickly build visual

analytical applications.”

“ONE tool for our

dashboard designers.”

“Consistent output

across users and

devices.”


Future direction

MOBILIZE VISUALIZE UNIFY

Dashboards

Design

Studio


TODAY Planned Innovations Future Direction

SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Product road map overview - key themes and capabilities

This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

Charting

• Dual axis, Radar, Bubble and

Scatter charts

Crosstab:

• Set column width, sorting,

exception highlighting, etc.

Navigation panel

• Analytical drill down capabilities

Export to Excel or CSV

Data access

• Access universe (.unx) data and

deploy on BI platform

SDK

• Create custom components and

deploy on BI platform

BW Integrated Planning support

Native HANA deployment

Design Studio SDK on NetWeaver

Application bookmarking and

personalization

Lumira (CVOM) SDK integration

Charting extensions

Advanced table formatting and

customization

Printing

Advanced scripting

Context menu, drag and drop

Report-to-Report Interface (RRI)

Offline capabilities and

broadcasting

Growth of charting and

visualization library

• Geo maps, Infographics, Big Data

Migration support for select BEx

Web and (Xcelsius) Dashboards

Continued closing of BEx Web and

(Xcelsius) Dashboards feature

gaps

Continued Lumira integration


Resources

SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Community

http://scn.sap.com/community/businessobjects-design-

studio

Screen Cams

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-30943

Design Studio Tutorials

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-30272

Thank you

Patrice Le Bihan

SAP Analytics Business Intelligence, Solution Management

[email protected]

@PatriceAtSAP

mailto:[email protected]


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