Lumira Update and Roadmap SAP BusinessObjects Analytics October, 2016
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Convergence Principles We are converging use cases, not features and functions All existing content is safe and will work All BI 4.x clients will be maintained and supported No forced migrations 3
Interoperability Convergence Progress Progress to date SAP BusinessObjects Lumira SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Lumira Discovery & Analysis Lumira Server running on BI Platform Lumira BW acquisition mode Improved visualization and story authoring SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio SAP BEX Web Application Designer SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Design Studio Dashboards & Applications Export to Lumira Templates for BW Self-service dashboard composition Large scale WAD adopting DS Scorecard control Improved UNX support SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Office SAP BusinessObjects Live Office EPM Add-In SAP BEX Analyzer Analysis Office Office Integration EPM Add-in converged SAP Crystal Reports SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP BusinessObjects Set Analysis SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence Crystal Reports Web Intelligence Reporting Freehand SQL support in WebI 4.1 SP6 4
Convergence of Lumira and Design Studio SAP BusinessObjects Lumira SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio SAP BEX Web Application Designer SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Lumira 2.x Lumira, discovery (formerly Lumira Desktop) Lumira, designer (formerly Design Studio) Single server-side addon Data Discovery & Applications Benefits One product covers all dashboard types - from simple business user visualizations to complex analytic applications Easily promote business user visualizations to enterprise dashboards Business users gain online access to BW and HANA IT & Power Users gain access to offline data and data mashups Single server side addon reduces IT administration cost Improved ease of use & adoption with single canvas for both visualization and storyboard authoring. Align with SAP s UI standard Fiori - same standard used by S/4HANA 5
BI Platform / Team Server Client SAP BusinessObjects Lumira 2.x Deployment Lumira & Design Studio 1.x Lumira 2.x Lumira Desktop Design Studio SAP Lumira, discovery SAP Lumira, designer Lumira Server Design Studio Server Combined Server Add-On 6
Interoperability Convergence Result Mid - 2017 SAP BusinessObjects Lumira SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio SAP BEX Web Application Designer SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for OLAP SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Lumira Data Discovery & Applications SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Office SAP BusinessObjects Live Office EPM Add-In SAP BEX Analyzer Analysis Office Office Integration SAP Crystal Reports SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP BusinessObjects Set Analysis SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence Crystal Reports Web Intelligence Reporting 7
Beyond Convergence Ease of Use in Lumira 2.0 Consolidate visualize and compose room Single canvas experience like BusinessObjects Cloud Fiori-style look and feel Improved input control and filtering experience Fine grained control over chart elements fonts & colors Server Side Data Preparation Post 2.0 Focus on adding data prep functionality to Lumira Server for BI Platform. Eliminate the desktop dependency Vision: Enable datasets created on Lumira Server to be consumed by any BusinessObjects client 8
Lumira 2.0 and Licensing No Changes to License Entitlements Customers entitled to Design Studio and Lumira Server Receive successors to Design Studio 1.x and Lumira 1.x functionality including data mashup and data preparation. Lumira 2.0 discovery Lumira 2.0 designer Lumira 2.0 server addon all functionality Customers entitled to Design Studio but not Lumira Server Receive successors to Design Studio 1.x functionality. Does not include data mashups or data preparation. Lumira 2.0 designer Lumira 2.0 server addon excluding data mashup and data preparation. Customers entitled to Lumira Desktop only No change receive Lumira discovery component under maintenance, or repurchase if not under maintenance Lumira 2.0 discovery 9
Lumira 2.0 Details
Discovery: New User Experience Home Screen Data sources, Connections, Servers and Documents in one screen Dynamic listing order of data sources, connections and documents based on usage (most used) Tile and List view for documents Log on to BI Platform once and keep connected from Home Screen Global Search for all objects listed in Home Screen 11
Discovery: New User Experience Single Canvas Combined Prepare, Visualize and Compose room in One Canvas Prepare Data with contextual actions on Data objects in the left panel Insert visualizations from Global tool bar Analyze and Format visualizations with contextual actions on visualizations Insert Infographics, shapes and images from Design objects in the left panel Switch to Grid view for analyzing the dataset in tabular format Switch to property panel to apply multiple formatting on visualization in one action Manage Stories and Pages (Duplicate, re-order etc.) within the canvas Preview Stories before sharing 12
Discovery: Simplified and Enhanced Visualizations Charts Reduced number of chart types without losing features Extend Basic charts to dual, combinations charts Capture Snapshots of visualizations to re-use later Enhanced Waterfall chart with ability to display Sub Total and Total, Highlight Increasing and decreasing values with different colors Enhanced Data label display in charts, toggle with Value or percentage and display total Smoothened Line support for Line charts Table Support for Hierarchy Expand / Collapse 13
Discovery: Enhanced Filters Enhancements to Filters Define filter scope from the context (dataset, story, page, or visualization) Support for filter on multiple visualizations Support for cascading filters Select All or No values while applying Filter Select values for Filter from LOV s or Controls, Calendar picker for Date and Slider for Numeric dimensions Consolidated view of Filters in Filter bar 14
Discovery: Improved Input Controls Improvements to Input Controls Drag and Drop Filters from Filter Bar to canvas for creating Controls Drag and Drop Data Object to canvas to create Input Control with default scope and settings Extended scope of input controls to Story and Visualization in addition to Page Support for additional control types, text box, date picker and slider in addition to List and dropdown Hierarchy representation for LOV s of Hierarchical objects Show / Hide and Format Input control header, body and values individually 15
Discovery: Improved Online analysis New BW Online analysis Support for SAP BW online access and analysis in discovery Delegate calculations to BW Engine from discovery Support Business Logic and Elements defined in BEx Queries (at par with Generic analysis template functionalities in Design Studio) Gain insight on BW data with discovery user experience Share insight from BW data with discovery story building capabilities Improvements to HANA Online Enhanced support for SAP HANA online analysis with HTTP connector Support for Parent Child hierarchies in HANA views Support for HANA Attribute views Securely connect to HANA with SSL 16
Discovery: Reworked Layout concept Flexible and Responsive Layout Responsive layout to build stories once and consume on any device Support for duplicating / Copy-Paste any component on the canvas Free flow Layout for building stories for any device Additional aspect ratio definition for Launchpad and Mobile to guide user for building the stories for better rendering Support for overlapping any objects on the canvas Select multiple components to apply formatting with one action Preview rendering of the stories on different devices and form factors while designing 17
Discovery: Others Extensions Universe Query Panel and Download from BW Extensions bundled and installed by default Extension point to customize Login to BI Platform from discovery Color Palettes Support for 12 colors in a palette New vibrant, bold and fresher default color palettes Interaction Right click enabled for all interactions across the tool 18
Designer & Discovery: Export to PDF Enhancements PDF Enhancements Print pages WYSIWYG, option to print a selection of large crosstabs across multiple pages in Appendix PDF Outline View Support export of GeoMap Much improved chart export quality (full vectorization) Options to configure header/footer/appendix Improved PDF scripting methods Enhanced PDF export capabilities would also be available in Discovery story / page export with selection options for end users for WYSIWYG or Report Style PDF in report style PDF in WYSIWYG Style 19
Designer & Discovery: Reworked Bookmark Concept Reworked Bookmark Concept Designer configures what is captured in a bookmark (e.g. selection of data sources, global script variables, components) Increasing robustness of bookmarks against application UI changes Bookmark configuration as a technical component in design time Multiple Bookmarks can be defined within one application Promotion Management support of bookmarks and folders Personal and global bookmarks are supported Reworked Bookmark Concept Discovery stories bookmark (Personal and Global views) experience would continue to remain similar with the capability to capture prompt values along with filters 20
Designer: Composites Composites Designers can create own components without lowlevel JavaScript programming, similar to app development (formatting by drag & drop of standard components, logic definition by data binding and scripting) Based on a clean interface concept Usable like any other standard component: properties, methods, events (interface) Re-usable across applications, stored on the BI platform Can be used to define global components (header, footer, toolbar, global script pool) Can also be used to decompose complex applications into smaller, better manageable parts 21
Designer: Improved Mobile Experience Adaptive Layout Container New container component Supports different layouts for small, medium and large screen sizes Desktop Deployment Tablet Deployment Mobile Phone Deployment 22
Designer: Comprehensive Charting Enhancements Comprehensive Charting Enhancements Design Time Provides Context menu at runtime to change title, change legend etc. Chart configuration redefined: New intuitive User Interface Select chart types and set properties in one place Contextually display properties according to the selected elements New properties e.g. Extend label capacity Run Time Simplifying chart types Dramatically reduce the number of chart types without losing features Flexible and convenient to define dual and combination charts based on the basic charts Improved Usability for Chart Feeding Panel All configuration options moved to property sheet at design time(no additional property sheet available) 23
Designer: Renovated Map Component Renovated Map Component Esri Map delivered as default basemap, Esri License included in the product license Supports data selection for data projection purpose Provides inclusive and exclusive as selection mode Rich configuration options at runtime via Map Property Editor Supports scaling factor display Provides Clustering capability for Markers and Bubbles Offers reset function to go back to the view that includes all data points on the map 24
Designer: Conditional Formatting Conditional Formatting for Crosstab Define rules for conditional formatting of crosstab cells and chart data points Format as background color, value color, status symbols, trend symbols Can be based on measures and dimension members Pre-defined exceptions in the BW backend (Query level) can be activated/de-activated and format can be adjusted. Available in standard context menu 25
Designer: Improved Filter Components Filter Line Filter Line Experience available in Fiori Library Filter / Navigation Panel Auto Apply option now also available in Fiori library Bundle execution of multiple actions for improved response time Filter Bar Option to automatically expand filter area on application start-up Option to automatically display filtered dimensions on application start-up 26
Designer: Improved Variable Prompt Dialog Improved Variable Prompt Dialog Much improved user experience in Fiori library Rich options for defining range of variable values Overview about all selected items for multiple selection variables Date Picker for date variables 27
Designer: Value Help Settings Value Help Settings Define dimension list and value help settings globally for the application. Ensure consistent behavior in all application components (Crosstab, Spreadsheet, Filter Bar, Filter Panel and Dimension Filter) Support alphabetical sorting (by key or text) of dimensions, or custom sort order Provided in Designer as technical component 28
Designer: Enhancement of Selection Options Crosstab Supports Single Cell selection and related script methods to retrieve selection Resized column widths can be bookmarked Spreadsheet Supports On Select event and related script methods to retrieve selection Supports Data Selection property to enable data projection of Data Sources (like in charts) 29
Inter-Operability Enables Business users and IT to work together Support for acquired data in Discovery as a source in Designer to create Offline applications Open and extend Discovery stories in Designer with additional functionalities ex. Scripting Open and analyze customized stories in Designer back in Discovery 30
Enterprise Extended support for Enterprise deployment Schedule Designer application created on acquired dataset from Discovery Scheduled instances in Studio application destination format Promotion management and Folders support for Bookmarks Support for Lumira server deployment on AIX and Solaris Extended support for discovery content on Safari and Firefox browser 31