0401 leveraging sap businessobjects mobile sdk for your analytical needs

8/10/2019 0401 Leveraging SAP BusinessObjects Mobile SDK for Your Analytical Needs

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SESSION CODE# 0401

Leveraging SAP BusinessObjects Mobile SDK

for your Analytical Needs

Srikanth Rao

Andrew Murray


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AGENDA

Solutions Overview

Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Mobile SDK

Whats available as of today

Roadmap


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SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW


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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Discovery and analysis

Discover areas to optimize yourbusiness

Adapt data to business needs

Tell your story with beautiful

visualizations

Discover. Predict. Create.

Dashboards 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

Build engaging experiences

Reporting

Securely distribute informationacross your organization

Give users the ability to ask and

answer their own questions

Build printable reports for

operational ef ficiency

Share information


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Mobile Analytics from SAP

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile SAP BusinessObjects Explorer

Discovery and analysis

Dashboards and apps

Reporting


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Mobile Analytics from SAP

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile


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INTRODUCTION TO SAPBUSINESSOBJECTS MOBILE SDK


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Mobile BI SDKOverview

Deliver a native iOS SDK for mobile BI as a library allowing customers to customize and

extend the application for specific use cases.

Target audience: Application Developers, Partners & Customers


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SAP BusinessObjects Mobile SDK Overview

Easily create a customized version of SAPBusinessObjects Mobile to meet critical businessneeds

Extensive branding capabilities to deliver oncorporate identity guidelines

Customize

Integration with 3rdParty security solutions

Preconfigured connections and policies to speeddeployments

Integrate

Flexible deployment options to ensure controlledreleases to business users

Deploy via corporate app stores including SAPAfaria

Deliver


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WHATS AVAILABLE IN MOBILE BI

SDK VERSION 4.4.X


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Customize App Launch Icon

SDK provides an ability to customize the app icon you see on your device

home screen The app icon images are uploaded with various sizes for the iPhone and iPad at the

following location: Xcode > Resources > Images

App icon image types

Spot light Image1

App Image Icon on Home Screen2

App Image Icon on Settings Page33


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Customize Application Name

SDK provides you an ability to change the application name that

appears on the device screen

Easy to configure

Edit the parameter: Bundle display name inSAPBusinessObjectsMobile-Info.plist Save the file, run the project and validate your changes1

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Customize App Launch Screen Image

SDK provides an ability to customize app launch screen

Easy to configure

Launch screen images at the following location: Xcode > Resources > Images

We have different images under this folder for different purposes

For example: Image for Landscape mode, Image for Portrait Mode & Images for iPhone

After replacing the image, run and validate your changes in the app

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Customize Home Screen Background Image

Ability to change the background image of the Home Screen

The background images for app's "Home" screen are uploaded at the following location:: Xcode >

Resources > Images

Following are the Image files used for Home Screen Background

sap bi_hs_bg.png Image tile used for background image for the iPad devices

Sap [email protected] Image tile used for background image for higher resolution iPad devices (such

as iPad 3).


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Customize Default App Behavior

SDK provides an ability to disable certain default behavior of the app

DefaultSettings.plistunder Xcode > Resources > Bundles

1 Ability to enable or disable help2 Ability to configure video tutorial link on the app


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3 Ability to add default connection

5 Ability to disable SUP Connection

4 Ability to disable BIOD connection

6 Ability to add new connection


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7Ability to disable Email

9 Ability to Last Modified timestamp on documentthumbnail

8 Ability to disable StreamWork

Ability to change App ID10


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BUILDING APP WITH YOUR

CERTIFICATE


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Steps for building app

Downloaded the

app project file fromSMP - link

Download

Project file

Have Xcode 4(preferably thelatest version) toopen and compilethe project

Set up Xcode Build and run the

project using yourown certificates

Build
http://service.sap.com/~form/handler?_APP=00200682500000001943&_EVENT=DISPHIER&HEADER=Y&FUNCTIONBAR=N&EVENT=TREE&NE=NAVIGATE&ENR=67837800100200023548&V=MAINThttp://service.sap.com/~form/handler?_APP=00200682500000001943&_EVENT=DISPHIER&HEADER=Y&FUNCTIONBAR=N&EVENT=TREE&NE=NAVIGATE&ENR=67837800100200023548&V=MAINT


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PLATFORM SUPPORT


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Platform Support

BI Platform SupportXI 3.1 SP4 onwards

BI 4.0 platform

iOS SupportiOS 5.1 and above


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CONFIGURING APP THROUGH

MOBILE SERVER(ALREADY AVAILABLE TODAY)


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Configuring App through Mobile Server

Following default behavior of the app can be changed by modifying

clientsettings.propertiesunder\webapps\MobileBIService\WEB-INF\

Ability to enable/disable Save Password option

Ability to enable/disable offline storage

Ability to define Time to live property for documents

Ability to disable application password

Ability to disable email

Ability to disable StreamWork

Ability to add last modified timestamp on document thumbnail


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ROADMAP


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Mobile Analytics Strategy from SAP

From beach to board room

Functions Industries

Transactions Analytics

Devices

Collaboration

Real-Time Data

SAP Mobile Platform

Off The Shelf Mobile Apps Custom Mobile Apps

Mobile Analytics Studio

Inform Align Adapt

SAP Afaria


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Roadmap

Pre define Connection

Preconfigure connectionparameters for BI platform

Branding Customization

App icon & Text

Launch image customizationBackground image

customization

App Function Customization

Disable help, video,

StreamWork

Disable manually adding

connection

TODAY

Enhancements to

customization APIApplication Branding and

White Labeling Support

SAPBI customizations to

other seeding URL

Pre define ConnectionSupport for pre-configured

SUP Connections

Extensibility SDK

Webi Charts ExtensionsGeoMap Extensions

PLANNED Future

App Embedability

Integrate of Mobile BIoutputs in external

applications

Integrate analytics into

transactional apps with an

ability to write back

Pre define ConnectionAbility to add multiple pre

defined connections

Ability to directly launch a

dashboard

App Function Customization

Customize help files

Customize report samples


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