ANALYTICS: BEHIND THE

VISUALIZATIONS

Patrick LeonardDecision First Technologies

SAP BUSINESSOBJECTS INTRODUCTION

» SAP’s BusinessObjects platform is an extremely powerful suite of tools for performing Ad-Hoc analysis of your data as well as for sharing and using professionally authored content

» The SAP BusinessObjects suite is one of the integral parts of the Itron Analytics platform, providing the gateway to the database as well as being used to create the visualizations.

» In addition to the materials provided with the Analytics Platform, having BusinessObjects opens up the ability to harness your data in many, many more ways.

» We’ll cover the main tools that will enable this exploration and provide a couple demos as well.

WEB INTELLIGENCE

WEB INTELLIGENCE REPORTS

» Intuitive, web-based interface for self-service data access and analysis

» A robust semantic layer hides the complexity of underlying data sources so users can analyze information using business terms

» Semantic layer provides reusable metadata and powerful calculation functionality

» Can combine multiple data sources in a document

» Offers organized toolbar, menus, drag-and-drop features, and a number of charting options

Rapid Data Exploration Tool

ITRON ANALYTICS REPORTS

SAP BUSINESSOBJECTS

DASHBOARDS AND

DESIGN STUDIO

SAP DASHBOARDS

» Tool to create interactive, professional dashboards that are tailored to meet precise user requirements

» High level of interactivity and guided navigation to support what-if analysis

» Ability to publish to iPads using the SAP Mobile application

» Live connectivity with any data source

» Large library of customizable visualizations

The visualizations for the Itron Analytics platform

ITRON ANALYTICS DASHBOARDS

ITRON ANALYTICS DASHBOARDS

SAP DESIGN STUDIO

» Tool used to design scalable dashboards or BI apps with multidimensional, interactive data visualizations

» Dashboards rendered in HTML5 for native consumption on web browsers and the iPad

» Direct connectivity to SAP BW and HANA

» Able to reuse of data assets such as queries, InfoCubes, and HANA analytic views

» Flexible, Eclipse-based design environment with prebuilt design templates

SAP BUSINESSOBJECTSEXPLORER

EXPLORER

» Tool used to discover and share immediate answers based on drilling and filtering key metrics

» Easy access to information with simple keyword search and mobility accessibility

» Maps integration for richer information context

» Self service capability drives adoption of analytics across lines of business without IT

» Direct connectivity to BWA and HANA

Rapid Data Exploration Tool

LUMIRA & LUMIRA SERVER

SAP LUMIRA

» Tap into large and small datasets and discover answers to business questions without IT involvement or technical training

» Access, transform and visualize data in a repeatable, self-service way

» Drag and drop interface

» Engaging visualizations

» Rapid time-to-insight and business agility

» No scripting required

The visualizations for the Itron Analytics platform

SAP LUMIRA SAMPLE & DEMO

SAP PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS

SAP Predictive Analysis is…

A complete data discovery, visualization, and predictive analytics solution designed to

extend your current analytics capability and skillset.

SAP Predictive Analysis

Data Discovery Rich Visualizations Predictive Analytics

SQLHANA UNV

SAP PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS WITH HANA

Unleash the value of Big Data through the power of SAP HANA� Employ in-database predictive algorithms

� Access 3,500+ open-source algorithms via R integration for SAP HANA

Intuitively design and visualize complex predictive models

� SAP Predictive Analysis software

Bring predictive insight to everyone in the business � Embed within business applications

� Extend into BI and reports

� Insight into events instantly delivered to dashboards, alerts, and mobile

devices

PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS DEMO

» Short demonstration of SAP Predictive Analysis using Electricity Consumption Data

MOBILITY &

LOCATION INTELLIGENCE

MOBILE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

» Introducing Business Intelligence to the Mobile Landscape

• Distributing business data to various mobile devices

• Showing significant growth in the recent history, coupled with the

high adoption rates of smart phones and tablets as well as

wireless communications.

» Different Methods of Rendering Data on Mobile Devices2

• Browser Rendered App – Enables access to the data as viewing

through a desktop would, little interactivity

• Client Application – Enable the most interaction with the data.

Allows for native interaction through the mobile device and

oftentimes the ability to cache data for offline use.

2 http://blogs.forrester.com/business_process/2009/11/not-all-mobile-bi-applications-are-created-equal.html

MOBILITY WITH EXPLORERLocation Intelligence and Augmented Reality

• Mobile environment for the viewing of and interaction with

Information Spaces

• Enables leveraging of SAP in-memory solutions such as SAP

HANA for near instantaneous access to “big-data”

• Enables Location Awareness be leveraging the out of the box

GPS capabilities in the iPad

- Location Intelligence with Points on a Map

- Augmented Reality

MOBILITY WITH EXPLORERDemonstration

» Demonstration of the Explorer application

on an iPad, showing off the augmented

reality as well as the location awareness of

the device.

MOBILITY WITH DASHBOARDSInteractive Visualizations On the Go

» SAP has caught up with the times recently

and now enables the dashboards we’ve

discussed to be able to be taken to mobile

devices

» HTML5 rendering and opened through the

SAP BI Mobile application

» Offline Data Storage

» Pre-Run queries can be saved for offline

review

MOBILITY WITH DASHBOARDSDemonstration

» Quick demo showing how quickly a

dashboard can be built with the desktop

tool, published and consumed on an iPad.

RECAP: TARGET AUDIENCESNot all users want the same thing

» Executive / Summary Information: SAP

Dashboards and Design Studio

» Finance or Analysts that love

Spreadsheets: Lumira, Analysis for MS

Office

» Sales Teams and Business Analysts:

Explorer, Design Studio

» BI Casual User that needs some

interaction: Analysis for OLAP, WEBI,

Explorer

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