Expert Series Part 1: Architecting Your Mobile BI Platform

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1 Expert Series Part 1: Architecting Your Mobile BI Platform Follow Us On: 7-Time SAP BusinessObjects Partner of the Year

2 Decision First Technologies (DFT) Business Intelligence (BI) & Data Warehousing experts Founded in 2001 Over 1000 customers End-to-End Implementation Provider For SAP BusinessObjects, SAP HANA and EIM Solutions 7-Time SAP BusinessObjects Partner of the Year 2-Time SAP Onsite Education Partner of the Year SAP BusinessObjects Pinnacle award winner SAP Gold Partner

3 Agenda BI Mobile Examples Terminology Planning Your Deployment Security Concerns with Mobile Deployments Deployment Strategies Take Aways Resources and References Upcoming Events Questions?

4 BI Mobile Examples SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards About 35 Design Components supported on BI Mobile Full screen layout

5 BI Mobile Examples SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Develop powerful dashboard / bi applications Easy connectivity to HANA and BW data

6 BI Mobile Example SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and Exploration Views Single Mobile Application to support Explore and BI Reporting GeoMaps can be customized based on Long / Lat

7 BI Mobile Examples SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence New support for font formatting in tables More supported chart types Color customization in micro charts PDF Support

8 BI Mobile Examples SAP Crystal Reports Filtering of Crystal Reports is supported Refresh with Prompts

9 Hyperlink Objects Embedded Web view within the BI Mobile Application

10 SAP Lumira Cloud

11 Terminology SSL Secured Socket Layer VPN Virtual Private Network BYOD - Bring your own device Web Application Server Reverse Proxy DMZ - demilitarized zone

12 Planning Your Deployment Pre-Deployment Check List Does your current licensing allow for BI Mobile, with additional usage will you need more licenses Plan for at least an additional web application server (Apache Tomcat, IBM Websphere, SAP NetWeaver ) and optionally Sybase Unwired Platform or Reverse Proxy Supported Versions: XI3.1 SP3, BI4.0, BI4.1 SP01 XI3.1 SP3 separate installation and limited support BI4.0 SP4 deploy war files manually BI4.0 SP5 to BI4.1 SP01 included in the standard install Assess your current reports and dashboards for support One or two mobile applications (Only one needed for BI4.1 SP01 explorer content embedded in SAP BI)

13 Planning Your Deployment Device Compatibility: (BI4.1 SP01 support platform) Work with IT and Security teams to understand corporate standards for managing content on Mobile devices

14 Planning Your Deployment Deployment Steps Infrastructure Adjustments: Install Web App Server, configure SSL and setup Reverse Proxy Add Reporting and Dashboard content to the Mobile category Verify access to both the mobile category and content for end users Add the Mobile App(s) that supports your BOE version Add connections to BI environment manually or via a link End user training or point them to online training CMC Application adjustments in BI4.1 SP01

15 Planning Your Deployment On Going Maintenance Audit end user usage Keep up with end user management in the CMC

16 Security Concerns Ease of Use vs. Security SSL certificate with an external web server is easier for end users but might require additional configuration and web application server / reverse proxy server Leveraging VPN connection infrastructure is easier for IT but can be frustrating for users and complex Allow connectivity on internal networks only Corporate mobile standard Password requirements (application, connection, policy) Assess current BI security deployment Integration into Windows AD / LDAP / Enterprise Saving data on devices by default is disabled Monitor user usage with audit reports Locking out people after they ve left the company with Sybase Afaria

17 Mobile Web Application Setting Properties file (prior to BI4.1 or BI4.1 SP01) clientsettings.properties and mobi.properties BI4.1 Added Security Options in the CMC

18 Deployment Strategies Reverse Proxy and SSL Sybase Unwired Platform along with a relay server VPN connection

19 Take Aways Securing access and your data is highest priority and needs to be addressed. Make a plan and communicate your strategy with IT and others. BI4.1 SP01 has a ton of nice new features that work with mobile, but a single App is key consider upgrading before rolling out Mobile Keep an eye on usage and resources, hopefully mobile will increase BI usage and thus you need more infrastructure resources and licensing that can support the additional users.

20 References and Resources BI4.1 Support Platform BI4.1 Mobile Support 6d98-e4aea55e7e56?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true& SAP Mobile Server Installation and Deployment Guide SAP Mobile for ios Admin and Report Designer Decision First Blog Sites

21 Mobile BI - How Can DFT Help? Assess your licensing situation: BI Suite vs. Legacy Licensing Mobile BI readiness assessment Mobile BI strategy definition Mobile BI implementation services

22 Upcoming Events More Expert Series Webinars on SAP Mobile BI Solutions 2:00 pm ET, 11:00 am PT Sep 26 Taking Crystal & Webi Reports Mobile Oct 3 Building Dashboards for Mobile Consumption Oct 10 Shaping Your Mobile Strategy with Explorer & Lumira

23 Follow Us On: Questions Bob Zenker Practice Manager Office Stephane Nicaise Corporate Sales Office