SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.

1- Explorer & SAP Visual Intelligence

Manikandan Srinivasan Paul Ekeland

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Agenda

Explorer
Explorer Visual

4.1 Whats New

Mobile Updates

Intelligence Roadmap and whats new

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New Features in Explorer 4.1

Free

Facets Improve Performance

Data source

Change

UNV support

* Some of the features are back ported

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Free Facet
Customization:

Avoid loading the Facet Panel

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Free Facet
Filter directly in the chart or using the new + button.

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Change Data source

Change the data source of and Information Space.

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UNV support

We now have added a new data provider for UNV.

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MOBI & Explorer Mobile Integration

Migration Workflow Step 1

New version of explorer app to have an alert on 1 home screen indicating users to migrate to MOBI application

2 Explorer app creates a package containing connection details/ personal data and stores it in a common location from where MOBI can read
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Migration Workflow Step 2

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If MOBI app is not detected on iPad, it will instruct the user to download the same with a link to AppStore

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If older version of MOBI app is detected , it will ask the user to upgrade to the latest version by providing link to the AppStore

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If the latest version of MOBI is detected, it will provide a link to launch the same to complete migrate workflow

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Migration Workflow Step 3

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If a new version or upgrade of MOBI app workflow is performed then launch SAP BI app

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Once the MOBI app is launched it auto detects the explorer package and prompts the user to import the data

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Demo

SAP Visual Intelligence

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Self Service with SAP Visual Intelligence

Empowering the Business Analyst

Solution enhancements
Acquire
Get real-time answers on any volume of data in SAP HANA Directly connect to Databases, Excel and CSVs Leverage your investments in SAP Business Objects Universes

Key benefits
Acquire Data from Corporate and Personal Data Sources Synthesize and transform data the way you want it Simpler and easier to install and use Connect, access and visualize data without a single line of code

Manipulate
Combine corporate data with personal data easily Manipulate & cleanse the data flexibly Share Leverage stunning visualizations to analyze the acquired data Deploy to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform Share with colleagues Integration with SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis

Solution Today
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Self Service with SAP Visual Intelligence

Empowering the Business Analyst

Solution enhancements
Improve SAP HANA support
Support of HANA variables, input parameters

Key benefits
Enhance the features and invest more in SAP HANA
Extend the reach of SAP VI Enrich functionalities related with Time

Edit query enhancements for Free Hand SQL, universes

Add the ability to remove a column from initial dataset

Extend usage of SAP Visual Intelligence

Now in English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian

SAP Visual Intelligence Personal Edition

get all SAP VI functionalities only for Excel, CSV sources

Enhanced Data Manipulation

New convert option in data manipulation panel: to date New formula functions: currentDate() None as new aggregation option

Latest Release - Innovations ( 1.0.8)

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Self Service with SAP Visual Intelligence

Empowering the Business Analyst

Solution enhancements
Acquire Extend support on SAP HANA Extend support to other databases, Social media Support different data formats during acquisition Open Datasource API
Manipulate Merging made easy Refine dataset definition through more complex filtering, management of set theory operations More functions: automatic unit & currency conversions, new formulas Custom Hierarchies Online on HANA Visualize Customize look & feel: color palette, layout, dashboards New HTML5 visualization library Open API to support custom charts Conditional Formatting Share Visualizations in the web, mobile Compose multiple visualizations in an interactive board. Scheduling refresh & publication on premise, cloud.

Key benefits
Better self service workflows on big data with tighter SAP HANA integration.
Greater availability of self-service analytics across the organization Improved analysis with enriched data

Future Innovations
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Save the Date: Monday, May 13 ASUG Annual Conference Pre-Conference Day

Registration is now open: http://www.sapandasug.com/asug-

preconference.html

BI4.1 Hands-on
SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort Mobile BI, Explorer, Design Studio, Analysis OLAP/Office, Web Intelligence / Crystal Reports
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Visual Intelligence / Explorer Sessions at ASUG Annual Conference

Self Service BI delivered with SAP Visual Intelligence and Business Explorer

Influence Council Update and Working Meeting: SAP BusinessObjects Casual Users -Including Explorer & Visual Intelligence

Register today at www.sapandasug.com

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