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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1- Explorer

&

SAP Visual Intelligence

Manikandan SrinivasanPaul Ekeland


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Agenda

Explorer 4.1 Whats New

Explorer Mobile Updates

Visual Intelligence Roadmap and whats new


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New Features in Explorer 4.1

Free Facets Improve Performance

Change Data source

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





Explorer app creates a package containing

connection details/ personal data and stores it in

a common location from where MOBI can read

Migration Workflow Step 1

New version of explorer app to have an alert on

home screen indicating users to migrate to MOBI

application

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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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If a new version or upgrade of MOBI app

workflow is performed then launch SAP BI app

7Once the MOBI app is launched it auto detects

the explorer package and prompts the user to

import the data

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Solution enhancements Key benefits

Self Service with SAP Visual IntelligenceEmpowering the Business Analyst

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

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

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

Solution Today








Improve SAP HANA support

Support of HANA variables, input parameters

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

Enhance the features and invest more in SAP HANA

Extend the reach of SAP VI

Enrich functionalities related with Time

Latest Release - Innovations ( 1.0.8)








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 f iltering,

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.

Better self service workflows on big data with tighter SAP HANAintegration.

Greater availability of self-service analytics across the

organization

Improved analysis with enriched data

Future Innovations






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

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