SAP BusinessObjects Design StudioDeep Dive
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Full Spectrum Business Intelligence
ReportingDiscovery and
AnalysisDashboards and
Apps
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
Securely distribute information across your organization
Give users the ability to ask and answer their own questions
Build printable reports for operational efficiency
Discover areas to optimize your business
Adapt data to business needs
Tell your story with beautiful visualizations
Discover. Predict. Create.
Build Engaging Experiences
Share Information
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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 AppsBuild Engaging Experiences
Portfolio
Design Studio
Dashboards (aka Xcelsius)
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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
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Each use case has its tailored solution
Self Service
Business Analyst Driven
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
&
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Visual Intelligence
Explorer & Exploration Views
Professionally Authored
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Today: two experiences to cover customer needs
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Visually compelling dashboards across multiple sources and kinds of data
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
BI applications and guided analysis on top of multi-dimensional data
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Design Studio: BI Applications for Web and Mobile
Direct Access to BW and HANA via BICS
State of the art rendering: HTML5
Eclipse-based application design
environment
iPad Apps
Premium alternative to BEx WAD
Labs Preview
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Design Studio – The powerful choice for Designers & IT
Intuitive WYSIWYG design environment for designers Large set of design components (buttons, tabs, dropdown
menus etc.) Extend via scripting language (subset of JavaScript) Enterprise Ready Life Cycle Management Central Supportability Theming & Customizing
iPad Support built-in
Apps are ready for immediate usage on standard web browsers and mobile devices (HTML5 )
Direct & native support for HANA & BW Operates directly on BEx Queries, InfoCubes and Hana
views Support for BW & HANA specific engine- & platform
services
Easily design centrally governable analytic content ranging from simplified templates via guided analytics to sophisticated applications
Lab Preview
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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
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Initial View Editor for SAP HANA and SAP BW DataSource
Convenient and intuitive editing of HANA views and BW InfoProviders within Design Studio
Via drag and drop Add additional filters Change display to key or text Sorting, defining scaling facors and calculating totals for measures Pause refresh while editing initial view
Reset changed view to the initial status Create crosstab and chart directly from
initial views Configure options for chart Activate hierarchy display
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Out-of-the-Box BW & HANA OLAP Capabilities
Native support for SAP BW & HANA OLAP capabilities
BW & HANA: Hierarchy support(e.g. time dependent hierarchies, filter member selection on hierarchy nodes) BW: Currency conversion BW: Show results of conditions, get exception levels BW: Display time-dependent attributes
iPad App created with Design Studio featuring multiple BW hierarchies
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Free Form Layout Options
Intuitive layouting options
WYSIWYG (embedded runtime to enable what you see is what you get) design principle Pixel-exact layouti Dynamic layouting via docking position Propotional grid layouting
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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
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Comfortable Scripting Engine & Editor
Flexible defining interactions between design components
Java script based command editor Easy-to-use scripting wizard Intuitive content assistence via CRTL+SPACE Display live data for selection Build-in documentation for script API Automatic check for the corretness of the scripting
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Integrating with SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Enable application management on BI Platform
Enable multi user-access to applications Storage of applications and images Embedded runtime on BI Platform Central management of system connections
Open/save applications on BI Platform
System connections on BI Platform
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Design Studio: High Level Architecture View
BI Platform
BW Hana Others
Browser Client
Java Server
Data Sources
Consumer Designer
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Focus topics for the next shipment(s) (Q1-Q2 2013)
Priority backlog items for next shipments
• Navigation/Filter panel (with true data binding)
• Improved mobile design capabilities and experience
• Sample applications
• Custom themes
• Extended chart configuration
• BW Exceptions visualization in crosstab
• Multiple row/column selections in crosstab
• Text elements
• Analysis Views as data source
• Variable & Variants at runtime
• Interoperability with SBO Analysis, edition for OLAP
PRELIMIN
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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboarding StrategyWhat does this mean for existing customers ?
Customers using BEx Web Application Designer– BEx WAD customers should adopt Design Studio as their primary tool for
creating dashboards and applications, both on the web and on device.
Customers using SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (former Xcelsius)– SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards customers should continue with dashboards
and leverage the upcoming HTML5 functionality for on-device dashboards. – SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards customers using dashboards on top of BW
should consider building their new dashboards in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio