SAP Visual Intelligence Executive Summary

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Objectives Slide At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Define the data discovery vision Describe market trends and customer pain points Identify who has purchasing power Explain how SAP Visual Intelligence fits into the Analytics portfolio Explain how the capabilities, components, and benefits of Visual Intelligence help customers to achieve their business goals and address their pain points 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3

People in Enterprises Require Answers in Visual Form As the VP Operations, I would like to know As an Analyst, I need to know which of our customers are Suppliers Plant Warehouse Distributor Retailer Consumers 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6

Customer Pain Points Business and departmental users often don t have direct access to raw enterprise data Line of business users have data sources that are not connected to enterprise data which they need to explore and visualize Power users and analysts can t merge and manipulate data from different sources without depending on IT These issues create bottlenecks which impede analysis required by the business 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 7

Visual Answers Helps Us Think and Ignite Creative Ideas Q: Do we have enough inventory? Q: How did my region perform? Inventory Sales by Region Q: How effective was the marketing campaign for Store A? Store A Weeks 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8

Our Data Discovery Story Continues PoleStar is born Simplicity and speed of search with the power and trust of BI On the ipad Powerful insight everywhere you are 2007 2009 2010 May 2012 Explorer Accelerated Massive amounts of data at the speed of thought SAP Visual Intelligence 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10

Having Data Is Not Enough Do You Have Real-Time Business Insights? Customer Insights Which customers & channels are more profitable? Which customers are suitable for loyalty rewards? How dynamic is your segmentation strategy? Product & Service Insights How are products/services doing vs. the competition? Track complaints from call centers & social Where else is this part used in my company? Operations Insights How can you predict supply chain disruptions ahead? How do suppliers rank by cost, quality and timeliness? How is my on-time / in full delivery rate by customer? 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer For all business people The fastest, most engaging way of discovering answers from any data... On their own or in collaboration using a desktop, a tablet, online or offline Without having to ask for IT s Help 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12

SAP Visual Intelligence For business analysts The fastest, most engaging way of discovering answers From personal or corporate data big or small Without having to ask for IT s Help 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 13

With SAP Visual Intelligence, You Acquire data from corporate & personal sources Synthesize and transform data the way you want it Iteratively discover data by building visualizations 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 14

Business Intelligence Clients from SAP Unleash Business User Creativity For analysts and users within lines of business Acquire, cleanse, and visualize data. Web based or desktop. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP Visual Intelligence Discovery Analysis Access and Analyze Slice, pivot OLAP data Optimized for OLAP data and cubes SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office Interactive Visualizations Predict and Optimize Understand what drives the business Model and predict future outcomes SAP Predictive Analysis SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library Predictive Reporting Dashboards Track KPIs and summary data Authored by IT Highly visual and interactive SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio (Zen) Broad Distribution Mass distribution of formatted information Push (scheduled) or pull (end user driven) Authored by end users and/or IT SAP Crystal Reports SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 16

What is SAP Visual Intelligence? SAP Visual Intelligence allows business users to acquire, manipulate, analyze and visualize data from corporate and personal data sources to discover and share insights. Who is it for? What is it for? Analyst Business User Acquire, combine, and manipulate a variety of corporate and personal data sources without reliance on IT Enhance data by merging, cleansing, calculating, and easily adding geospatial and time hierarchies Analyze and visualize data on the fly and creating compelling, engaging, intuitive visualizations and share insights with others 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 18

Key Capabilities SAP Visual Intelligence Key Capabilities Acquire data from a variety of corporate and personal data sources Real time on massive volumes of detailed data with native access to our in memory solution (SAP HANA) Merge, correct, manipulate, and perform calculations without scripting Easily enhance data with time and geographic hierarchies Intuitive data exploration and visualization tools to automatically design a variety of powerful charts Add overlay charts to display geographical visualizations on a map Save and share visualizations with others 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19

Differentiators and Benefits SAP Visual Intelligence Top Differentiators Data Acquisition without reliance on IT Data Manipulation without reliance on IT Instant Visualization on any volume of data Benefits Eliminate bottlenecks by providing analysts with the tools they need to examine and investigate departmental data Visualize the big picture, drill into the details, and present data in intuitive charts Faster time-to-value and reduced learning curve 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 27

SAP Visual Intelligence Roadmap for 2012 1.0 Directly connect to HANA data Easy to use and quick to install Create interactive visualizations on top of HANA 1.0.1 Expanded data sources (HANA, Excel, CSV) Data merge and manipulation without scripting Visualize data via Explorer web and mobile StreamWork integration 1.0.2 Expanded data sources (HANA, Excel, CSV) Support for Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata and Sybase IQ) 1.0.3/1.0.4 Expanded data sources (HANA, Excel, CSV Databases) Add enterprise data acquisition: UNX Seamless integration with BI Platform 2.0 Simple Dashboards Tier 1 Language support Improved Formula Editor Visualization improvements 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 29

Check Your Understanding (Quiz Question Example) Which keywords best summarize the capabilities of SAP Visual Intelligence Choose the correct answer. Search, explore, and share Acquire, transform, and visualize (Correct answer) Move, improve, and visualize Move, improve, and monitor Correct! Sorry, that is incorrect. SAP Visual Intelligence allows users to acquire data from personal and corporate data sources, transform the data with built in manipulations and merging capabilities, and present the data with powerful visualizations. Quiz question template 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 30

Lesson Summary You should now be able to Define the data discovery vision Describe market trends and customer pain points Identify who has purchasing power Explain how SAP Visual Intelligence fits into the Analytics portfolio Explain how the capabilities, components, and benefits of Visual Intelligence help customers to achieve their business goals and address their pain points 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 31

Related Information For more information on topics discussed in this lesson, see the following references: SAP Visual Intelligence Resource Library SAP Visual Intelligence Product Tutorials Business Intelligence Resource Library Demo Resource Library - Offline Demos, Recorded Demos and Demo Script Product Availability Matrix (PAM) - Bundles technical and release planning information on SAP software product versions for quick reference. SAP Software Download Center Access the SAP software portfolio Partner Enablement Center - Expert sessions, workshops, elearning, demos, and more. SAP Customer Testimonials - More than 100,000 customers of all sizes and in all industries SAP Help Portal bundles access to SAP product documentation and also related information, such as SAP Notes, product availability information, as well as community content. You can also follow us on: www.twitter.com/#sapvisi www.twitter.com/#bi4 www.facebook.com/sapanalytics 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 32

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