ASUG Mobile BI – What’s New in 6.3 for iOS – ASUG Webcast

This was an ASUG webcast last week.  Contact Reena Sethy with questions. The usual disclaimer applies:

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Figure 2: Source: SAP

You can access SAP BusinessObjects Lumira stories from BI Platform using iOS Mobile devices

Push notifications are available for document updates, broadcast messages

User experiences changes

Figure 2 shows SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence content improvements

Performance improvements are coming for SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and Dashboards

(planned first week of December, I thought I heard)

SAP Lumira Server for BI Platform Support

Figure 3: Source: SAP

If you have BI platform and 1.29 server for BI platform you can use the Mobile 6.3 client, you can now access

First release covers iPad

Figure 4: Source: SAP

Figure 4 shows more Lumira for BIP – including pinch and zoom

Input controls are supported on mobile device (iPad only first release)

ESRI maps can be viewed on Mobile device

Performance server performance with caching

Enhancements to Web Intelligence on Mobile

Figure 5: Source: SAP

Prompts with dynamic values (for example today’s date) and you refresh document, it will refresh

You need BI4.1 SP6 and above

Figure 6: Source: SAP

If you created document with variants, the users can access via the mobile device

You need BI4.1 SP7 and above; changes are introduced in this part of the platform.

Enhancements in Mobile BI Platform

Figure 7: Source: SAP

With BI4.2, Mobile BI has push notification, in 4 different categories shown in Figure 7

These 4 notifications are pushed without an active user session

Figure 8: Source: SAP

Figure 8 shows the steps, starting on the right picture

Port 2195 must be open

You need BI4.2 version, available Q1 2016 (now in ramp-up)

Figure 9: Source: SAP

You need to enable push notification in CMC (by default it is off)

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Figure 10 shows the CMC properties to enable push notifications

Figure 11: Source: SAP

Kerberos SSO is discussed in Figure 11

Performance Enhancements

Figure 12: Source: SAP

Decreased memory consumption for Dashboards and Crystal

Design Studio uses caching to improve performance

Other Enhancements

Figure 13: Source: SAP

Figure 13 shows the improved user experience

Question and Answer

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Upcoming December ASUG webcasts – especially December 2nd:

• Dec. 1: New Features in Predictive Analytics & Interactive Charting with R, Predictive, and SAP HANA
• Dec. 2: BI4.2: Improved Collaboration Capabilities and Mobile Push Notifications
• Dec. 3: BI4.2: Improved Upgrade Process
• Dec. 7: BI4.2: Improved Migration Process
• Dec. 8: Deploying BI in the Cloud
• Dec. 9: BI4.2: Improvements in Managing the BI Platform
• Dec. 15: What’s New in 1.29 and Update on Roadmap for Lumira Server for BI Platform