asug influence council 2012 - sap businessobjects web intelligence

AP250 – ASUG Influence Council SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Karsten Ruf, Solution Management Oct, 2012

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• Introduction to the Web Intelligence Influence Council

• Web Intelligence product road map

• Open discussion and feedback

Agenda Agenda

Introduction


Introduction

Gregory Botticchio, Solution Manager Web Intelligence Jason Olson, BI Architect, Kimberly-Clark

Web Intelligence IC leadership

Introduction


Introduction

Council Overview

Where Web Intelligence is today: Released BI4.0 with major enhancements Released the SP4 (containing FP3 new features)

What we’ve discussed during 2011/2012: DeskI catch-up features (WebI applet on Excel; FHQL; Grouping) BI Mobile consumption BI4.1 feature backlog

What we plan to do for 2012/2013: New council started last week, next session in Nov (still open for new members) Scope for BI 4.2+ Topic-based sessions Stronger focus on Mobile

Introduction


Introduction

IC’s Objectives & Participant Expectations…

Get prioritization and implementation feedback on: New interactive visualizations

(Micro-) Charts in cells

New interactive capabilities Add comments in a Web Intelligence report

Get additional feedback on the highest priority, outstanding Web Intelligence capabilities Participant profile:

Business User, Report Designer, or BI Manager Experienced with Web Intelligence, Dashboards, BEx web or Desktop Intelligence Mobile BI

Introduction

Web Intelligence Product Road Map


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Planned Innovations Future Direction TODAY

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Product road map overview - key themes and capabilities

New user experience UI focused on user activities Harmonization Productivity improvements

Improved visualizations New chart types Enhanced chart workflows

Data access Common semantic layer Multidimensional data support SAP NetWeaver BW SAP HANA Hadoop

Developer support RESTful Web services UI customization Branding

Core capabilities enhancements Custom grouping Freeze header Custom palettes Right to left support

Data access enhancements SAP NetWeaver BW SAP HANA

Mobile support enhancements

Developer support

Core capabilities enhancements

Optimization for SAP HANA

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

(Release 4.0)* * Up to 4.0 SP4, including FP3


Provide a new modernized user interface based on user workflows

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 New user experience

TODAY

UI focused on user activities Immediate access to features grouped by user activities (report, formatting,

data access, analysis) Modern look and feel

Harmonization Interoperability with other clients New query panel for the HTML client Consistent icons and terminology

Productivity improvements Performance optimization for the interactivity Web Intelligence Rich Client quick launch Reuse and share with copy and paste Report style management via CSS


SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 Improved visualizations

TODAY

New chart types Additional charts types: scatter, tree maps, box plots, tag cloud, waterfall

chart Dimensional charting

Enhanced chart workflows Drag and drop objects into charts with automatic feeding Fine grained chart control with dialog box Incomplete chart displayed as “ghosts” Selectable areas for direct formatting in toolbars Color assignment of series

Visualizations improved with new chart types and ease of customization


SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 Data access

TODAY

Integration with SAP NetWeaver BW Direct access to SAP NetWeaver BW via BICS Performance optimization Additional SAP BEx query features support

Multidimensional data support Hierarchy support in query panel via the member selector Hierarchical navigation in tables and charts Hierarchy support in Input Controls

Common experience across all data sources Common query panel for all data sources SAP HANA support Hadoop support

Common design experience across data sources


PLANNED INNOVATIONS Future Direction Today









Developer support



This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. (Release 4.0)*

* Up to 4.0 SP4, including FP3


Planned Innovations Developer support

PLANNED INNOVATIONS

Provide RESTful Web services API for report consumption and scheduling and UI customization options


RESTful Web services Document consumption (view, refresh, simple prompt management) Scheduling Change data source

UI customization Personalized Web Intelligence clients Customization per user group in CMC Customization of UI elements and actions

Branding Logos and colors


Planned Innovations Core capabilities enhancements

PLANNED INNOVATIONS

Enhanced user experience in reporting capabilities


Custom grouping Allow grouping of multiple member values under one name

Freeze header Keep table rows or columns visible while scrolling User defined number of first rows or columns to freeze

Custom palettes Create and edit custom palettes to manage chart coloring

Right to left support Web Intelligence Rich Internet Application and Web Intelligence Rich Client Mirrored interface Bi-directional text support


Planned Innovations Data access enhancements

PLANNED INNOVATIONS

Continuous integration with SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP HANA


SAP NetWeaver BW support Additional SAP BEx queries feature support Performance improvements

SAP HANA support Cross platform single sign-on solution via SAML Direct access to SAP HANA with hierarchies and variables via transient

universes and authored universes Query stripping


Planned Innovations FUTURE DIRECTION Today









Developer support



This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. (Release 4.0)* * Up to 4.0 SP4, including FP3


SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Future direction

FUTURE DIRECTION

Mobile support enhancements Ease of creation for mobile reports

Developer support Additional RESTful Web services APIs Extension points

Core capabilities enhancement Report and charting improvements Desktop Intelligence features



Discussion & feedback

Contact information: Gregory Botticchio Solution Management [email protected]

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