This is part 2 of this covering notes from an SAP webcast earlier this month. Part 1 is here SAP BI Roadmap Webcast Notes Part 1
The usual disclaimer applies – any future plans are subject to change.
Figure 1: Source: SAP
Figure 1 shows planned innovations for SAP BusinessObjects Lumira and SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
Lumira is on multiple platforms with the same look and feel
SAP is working on direct connectivity to SAP BW and connect to BEx queries for Lumira.
BusinessObjects Explorer today is a flex/Flash application; this will move to an HTML5 environment and HTML5 to Lumira platform
Figure 2: Source: SAP
Figure 2 shows SAP plans to add broadcasting (scheduling is available today) for SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office
Figure 3: Source: SAP
Figure 3 shows that KXEN integrate into Lumira and Predictive – HTML5 predictive capabilities
Figure 4: Source: SAP
Figure 4 shows Lumira Cloud will acquire information from HANA and cloud data sources
Self-service is planned to be around will be available around cloud and boards (some of this is in SP14)
Figure 5: Source: SAP
Figure 5 shows SAP analytics support for “Big Data”, including streaming data, and data like video/audio feeds
Figure 6: Source: SAP
Figure 6 shows offline support for SAP BusinessObjects Mobile is planned for Design Studio, Web Intelligence and Lumira
Future
The webcast was short on time so as a result I don’t have many notes. Note that typically “Future” means planned past 18 months and definitely is subject to change.
Figure 7: Source: SAP
Figure 7 shows future direction for SAP Analytics solutions
Future direction is past 12-18 months out, after planned innovations.
Figure 8: Source: SAP
Figure 8 is the future direction for enterprise BI.
Figure 9: Source: SAP
Figure 9 is future direction for BI in the cloud. Will be interesting to hear more about Amazon Web Services
Figure 10: Source: SAP
Figure 10 is the general future direction strategy.
Please note you can follow the SAP Product and Solution Road Maps and obtain roadmaps at service.sap.com/roadmap
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