Design Studio Roadmap September EMEA Webcast
This was an EMEA webcast I attended this morning. Please note, the title of the webcast was roadmap, but the roadmap wasn’t covered until the last few minutes. I will highlight some new things I learned.
Of course SAP’s legal disclaimer applies that things in the future are subject to change.
The SAP speaker said that in 1.6, designer mode will include a CSV file will allow you develop offline, not connected to an online data source.
Personas
This was one of the first times I remember SAP referencing personas in relation to Design Studio.
Figure 1: Source: SAP
Data Analyst is a key business user, awareness of data, Excel/Access skills, and SQL knowledge
They understand the types of data, visualizations that organization needs
Figure 2: Source: SAP
The information consumer is a decision maker, awareness of data, knowledge of analytics
They are the end users for dashboard
Figure 3: Source: SAP
Application designer has simple scripting knowledge, data modeling, knows XCelsius / Web Application Designer, and web design. The application designer is between business & IT departments
Figure 4: Source: SAP
The developer has hard development skills, know Web 2.0 technologies, HTLM5, analytics, problem-solving
The administrator is one who ensures environment is up and running, authorization governance is in place
Lumira is more for the end user
Design Studio is for enterprise dashboards and is scalable and robust
Figure 5: Source: SAP
Figure 5 shows limitations on NetWeaver
The speaker said mobile for NetWeaver is only for the portal and only has iOS support
Figure 6: Source: SAP
Platform for HANA is “coming together” and currently has limited support, check PAM’s and what’s new guides
Other
Edit > Initial View is only for small tweaks; major changes should happen in BEx query
Design Studio will be supported BI4.2
Figure 7: Source: SAP
The plan is to remove restrictions on universe 1.6
Customers are seeing 1.5 as a launch point to go live
Version 1.6 is a “consolidation release” – improve geo maps, charts, export to PDF enhancements
Enhanced universe connectivity, enhanced cross tab features, visualization components, new table, new score cards
Future (after 1.6 release) includes scheduling & broadcasting next year – export to documents or creation/distribution and bookmarks
Annotations and comments are in the coming year
Offline is a journey; it started, continue to invest next year
Scorecard is in 1.6 release
Continue to invest in Mobile; in 1.6 ensure components are mobile-ready
New components will be built for mobile first capacity
More advanced mobile support including intro of responsive design
Design time tool to more development views – iOS, Android, tablet, phone
Extend admin capabilities, improve RTL, accessibility
Local calculations and projections are planned for the new year
Related
ASUG Webcast for Design Studio 1.6 – register at https://www.asug.com/events/detail/World-Premiere-of-SAP-BusinessObjects-Design-Studio-1.6
Your chance to learn more about SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Thanks for the information. Very informative. Glad to see them start to implement a responsive design so you nut need multiple templates for multiple platforms.