This was a Visual BI webcast given yesterday by Ingo Hilgefort, SAP Mentor
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Ensures nothing is breaking in your system
50 additional chart types
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Figure 3 covers "Why is this interesting for you?" Extensive mapping capabilities, create a responsive dashboard (not possible today out of the box)
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50+ charts
Overlap with SAP
Comes down to details – how detailed can you control the chart, in terms of properties, style sheets
Data utility – reuse a single data source for multiple charts to help with performance
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As Figure 5 shows, gauges, risk matrix, added functionality to charts are part of the 1.5 features
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Figure 6 shows the linear horizontal gauge and a gauge up to 2 scales on the right and trend indicators
Added conditional formatting
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Extended tree map for drill down capabilities
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Figure 8 shows a calendar heat map – assign values to calendar map
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Figure 9 shows a risk matrix for project management – to show business impact
Based on where X and Y crossing
Third measure is significance to assign money value to risk
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Waffle chart, 10 by 10 matrix – see this in Infographic style charts
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Master-details, shown in Figure 11, limit which part of the chart you want to see
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Differs from SAP Chart Picker – you decide which charts to offer
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Today Design Studio does not provide out of the box maps
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As Figure 14 shows, conditional formatting for maps has been added
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Enhanced filtering with conditional formatting
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Search in hierarchical filter
List box – compounded characteristics
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Figure 17 shows the slider with conditional formatting
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List and combo box come with a search
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Figure 19 covers the utilities; exporting to e-mail and the What-if analyzer are highlighted
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KPI tile with templates, can choose header, footer, alert icon, Spark Line chart, and decide how many elements to have
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With the KPI tile you can create trends
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With the Pictogram component, shown in Figure 22, you can choose how many of visuals you want to show
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Define how dashboard should appear based on screen resolution and device type
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With the BI Explorer, shown in Figure 24, you can have self-service on any device
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Figure 25 shows the roadmap (subject to change, of course, per Figure 1)
Looking at geo fencing
Question and Answer
Q: How do you reverse geo code
A: Address reverse geo code is done from Google API
Q: Is everything available on mobile?
A: Yes, works on Mobile BI or open on mobile browser
Q: Lumira 2.x, new options, ESRI integration
A: Lumira 2.0 is some time away, next year, SAP has announced ESRI integration, Lumira ESRI integration is based on the basemap; you can’t hook up own ESRI server
Q: If use chart with a timeline – is it possible to change format?
A: yes
Q: components work with universe?
A: Yes, supports what Design Studio supports
Also offer data connectivity to Excel and Google Sheets