SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

Deep Dive
Ian Mayor and David Stocker
SAP
Session 0112

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SAP BusinessObjects Client Tools

Build Custom Experiences

Dashboards
and Apps
Self-service

Discover. Predict. Create.

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Reporting

Distribute Information

Dashboards and Apps

Build engaging, visual dashboards

Portfolio

Powerful environment to build interactive and visually appealing

analytics

Design Studio

Rich set of controls: buttons, list boxes, drop-down, crosstabs, charts

Use custom code to extend and build workflows

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Dashboards (aka Xcelsius)

BEx Web App Designer

SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

Powerful analytical & planning apps on SAP BW, HANA & other data sources
Agnostic data sources
via DSL

Direct access to BW and HANA

via BICS

Eclipse-based application
design environment

Mobile Apps

Premium alternative to
BEx WAD & XC Enterprise
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State of the art rendering:

HTML5
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Dashboarding Strategy

Today: two experiences to cover customer needs

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

Visually compelling dashboards across multiple

sources and kinds of data

BI applications and guided analysis on top of

multi-dimensional data

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Future Direction
MOBILIZE

VISUALIZE

UNIFY

Dashboards

Design Studio

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Functional Overview

Design Studio The powerful choice for Designers & IT

Easily design centrally governable analytic content ranging from simplified templates
via guided analytics to sophisticated applications
Intuitive WYSIWYG design environment for designers
Large set of design components (buttons, tabs, dropdown menus
etc.)
Extend via scripting language (subset of JavaScript)
Enterprise Ready Life Cycle Management
Central Supportability
Theming & Customizing

iPad Support built-in

Apps are ready for immediate usage on standard web
browsers and mobile devices (HTML5 )
Direct & native support for HANA & BW
Operates directly on BEx Queries, InfoCubes and Hana views
Support for BW & HANA specific engine- & platform services
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Integration into SAP BI Mobile Solutions

Convenient and unified user access for large mobile community:

Download and access Design Studio applications via SAP BI Mobile Solutions (native iOS application)
Leverage the collaboration functionality (e.g. annotation, SAP StreamWork etc)
Unified usability through SAP BI Mobile Solutions
Enable large mobile community

Overview page on SAP BI Mobile

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embedded within SAP BI Mobile

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iPhone Support
Pre-delivered iPhone templates for rapid implementation
iPhone template using Tabstrip as component
iPhone template using Pagebook as component

Template using Tabstrip

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Template using Pagebook

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Additional APIs for Data Calculation

Additional APIs for data calculation

Able to define Local variables

Support mathematical calculation in script editor
Get meta data information via getInfo command
Command getData can retrieve the data from backend systems and represent it in 4 different ways (value, text, scaling factors and
unit of measure)
Conversion between different data formats possible

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Out-of-the-Box BW & HANA OLAP Capabilities

Native support for SAP BW & HANA OLAP capabilities

BW & HANA: Hierarchy support(e.g. time dependent hierarchies, filter member selection on hierarchy nodes)
BW: Currency conversion
BW: Show results of conditions, get exception levels
BW: Display time-dependent attributes

iPad App created with Design Studio featuring multiple BW hierarchies

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SDK Highlights

Example: DS Dashboard with Standard & SDK components

SDK Components

Standard Components

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Software Development Kit (Beta Program on Track)

Software Development Kit (SDK) for customers and partners

Using SDK from SAP to develop own components for Design Studio
Custom component library is a eclipse plug-in, but no Java skills required
Convienent deployment though install new software in Desing Studio
Containg Description XML file, JavaScript files , Images and CSS files

Example: Hichert charts from Partner Graphomate

Example: Gauge

Beta started in August, deliver planned for 1.2

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SDK Example Components

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SDK Example Components on DS Canvas

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Universe Integration

Accessing UNX Query Panel from within DS

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Create UNX Query Spec

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Edit Initial View on

UNX Data Source

* This step will not be necessary by default in the release

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Edit Initial View on

UNX Data Source

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Visualize UNX Data in Crosstab

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Execute in Browser

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SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

Product road map overview - key themes and capabilities until Q2 2014
Design- & Runtime Enhancements

Enhanced Charting
Align/distribute components in layout
Enhanced Filter Components
Enhanced Scripting
Variable Screen
Custom Stylesheets

Interoperability
Interoperability with Analysis, edition for OLAP

Mobile
Performance improvements
iPhone support

Platform
Optional NW deployment (for BW-only use
cases)

Today (DS 1.1)

Partner & Customer SDK

Offline Capabilities

Create custom charts, visualizations &

extensions (e.g. commentary)

Additional Data Sources

Enable offline usage of DS dashboards,

especially for mobile usage

BW Integrated Planning

DSL support and DSL query panel in DS

Enhanced Charting & Visualization

Geo Maps, Large Data Visualizations,
new charts

Enhanced Charting & Visualization

Design- & Runtime Enhancements

Application bookmarking &
personalization
Drag&Drop; Context menu, RRI
Advanced Printing & Exporting

Design- & Runtime Enhancements

Navigation Panel
Enhanced Scripting
Customize Crosstabs: Formats
Ecel-based Printing & Export
Enhanced set of components
BEx Query Exceptions
Background Query Loading

Lumira Integration

DS 1.2 RTC: Q4 2013

DS 1.3

RTC: Q2 2014

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