Building Your Company s Data Visualization Strategy

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An evolution in how we look at data From dashboards to rich BI applications Analyze data and visualize data in the same place Users can quickly visualize data for the task at hand BI Apps Access data anywhere across devices

And technology is evolving as well Mobility First One application for desktop and mobile. Adaptive design to fit different form factors. No loss of functionality on mobile. Powerful Visualizations Monitor your business with highly customized visualizations and charts Deploy personalized views from a single master application Extend and expand capabilities through a partner ecosystem In-Memory Data Build applications on top of any volume of data. Drill from top level KPI down to line item and transaction within the application. Analytic flexibility within the application. 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 7

SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite Information Access through Mobile app, web portals, MS Office and cloud Reporting Dashboards and Apps Agile Visualization Universe Semantic Layer Business Intelligence Platform ERP: SAP Business Suite and other ERPs BW,TeraData, other DWs Oracle, DB2, MS SQL and many other DBs SAP HANA Platform OLAP Cubes MS Excel Unstructured data in Social Media and Hadoop 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 8

Who are the users of BI? Decision Makers Analysts Designers Administrators LEVERAGE KNOWLEDGE to make everyday decisions on how they operate and manage their own ac4vi4es and that of their organiza4on. ACTIVATE DATA by turning informa4on into ac4onable knowledge to help organiza4ons be;er understand their business. BUILD DATA ASSETS in a consumable way to enable enterprise- wide informa4on. OPTIMIZE THE BI PLATFORM And ensure this system is kept up and running smoothly. 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 9

One Suite for Everyone Reporting Dashboards and Apps Agile Visualization Distribute Information Build Engaging Experiences Discover. Predict. Create. Securely distribute information across your organization Deliver engaging information to users where they need it Discover areas to optimize your business Answer related questions by interacting with pre-defined reports Track key performance indicators and summary data Adapt data to business needs Build printable reports for operational efficiency 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Build custom experiences so users get what they need quickly Tell your story with beautiful visualizations Public 10

With Tailored Experiences SAP Design Studio SAP Lumira For Designers For Analysts and Decision Makers Common Platform, Data Access, Visualizations and Interoperability 2014 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Public 11

SAP Lumira: Agile Visualization Innovations Crisp HTML5 user experience Storytelling with data Free personal edition

Design Studio: Professional Application Building HTML5 based rendering for Web and Mobile consumption Fine grained control over layout and interactions Powerful and flexible data engine

Design Studio 1.3: Richer applications Planning and writeback Richer charts with fine grained control Personalized and sharable views

Design Studio Future Directions Offline Support Interoperability with Lumira Simplified creation and building

Migration and Conversion No plans to end-of-life Dashboards or BEx Web Application Designer No mandatory migration for existing content Our current primary focus is on feature parity in the new architecture Conversion tools planned once closer to feature parity Leverage existing designs, graphical assets, data connections, some formulas You should expect some re-development efforts to properly take advantage of the new architecture.

Thank You http://sap.com/learnbi http://scn.sap.com/community/businessobjects-design-studio Ian Mayor ian.mayor@sap.com Session 0702