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SAP Analytics Mobile Strategy and What’s New in Roambi #ASUG Webcast Recap
Please note that this is post covers SAP Roambi products, and these are no longer available and supported.
This was an ASUG webcast last month
On the agenda was an SAP Analytics Mobile Strategy Update and what was new in SAP Roambi
On average, we look at our phones 48 times per day; we consume content rather than creating things (unless you are Vijay Vijayasankar, who writes blogs on his iPhones). These are highly personal devices. It blurs the lines between our work life and personal life. Users expect a high-quality experience; it is hard for IT to match that requirement due to lack of dollars and manpower
Source: SAP
Apps are focused on a set of activities and switching between apps
It is a focused experience for the user
It is short simple workflows to repeat
Mobile analytics – enable users to make better decisions as they have the data with them.
“Value of Mobile Analytics to Customers
Realize value through enhanced business user awareness, decision making and alignment by extending analytics investments to business users across the organization and beyond.” Source: SAP
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Mobile analytics use cases are shown above – “mobile access” and “mobile first”
Mobile first is providing mobile-specific analytics for users
Source: SAP
Mobile access has been around a lot longer
Able to take desktop reports and show them on a phone – such as PDF reports
This is an extension of business intelligence
Device is expected to online all the time; mostly tablets
It usually requires access to a lot of data; run into issues with this
It tends to be an extension on top of desktop; goes across the network to access data; it means you may have to wait depending on how large data is and how fast the network is
Source: SAP
Mobile first – where using desktop is not practical
Want users to have access to data, not with a large screen, and not have online access
Deliver data on the user’s device; adds confidence
Favors phones over tablets because they have it with them all the time
Not huge amounts of data mining – light access
Source: SAP
Key features of a mobile first solution include creating content specific for mobile, with offline capabilities
Performance is faster as data is on device; not have to wait for network
Expect it to be fast and interactive
Works across multiple types of devices as many organizations have “BYOD” bring your own devices
Based on templates to help users create content
Source: SAP
It is critical to cover both
For mobile access, as BI users will create content on desktop and access
Mobile first – more people coming with these devices and want these analytics
Deploying good analytics on a mobile device has potential to effect how people work in the organization – deliver targets
Becomes “sticky” as users reach into their pocket to access this information
High usage rates – 95% with mobile first
Source: SAP
SAP acquired Roambi; for cloud users, the mobile first use case
SAP BusinessObjects Mobile has been the standard
Source: SAP
Roambi is rebranded, and is cloud solution use cases
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Support for Lumira 2.0 which went GA last month
Mobi – AirWatch SDK, extensions to SSO – making it easier to deploy
Source: SAP
New mobile interface for SAP Analytics Cloud
Source: SAP
Live data access, need to be connected to data source
Has some caching
Collaboration and notification capabilities
Source: SAP
Roambi is mobile first, using templates
SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile for live access
Mobi for on premise for Crystal Webi & Crystal
Source: SAP
For the first time, all 3 mobile analytics is under one team at SAP
They are being managed together
Source: SAP
Over time will see a unified experience across the applications
You can pick a hybrid approach
Your investments are safe
What’s new in Roambi
Source: SAP
Apps are now in SAP App Store; before in a separate organization
Source: SAP
Pale blue is new pink; now have SAP branding
BusinessObjects name dropped
Source: SAP
Change look & feel of comparison charts, how close/far away from target
Pie chart now has a total in the center
Source: SAP
Pulse interface for iOS tablets is changing; up to spec with the rest of the platforms
Source: SAP
Launched a second cloud service in Europe
Source: SAP
Updated samples applied with the app
Based on a single common dataset
Source: SAP
On the cloud service, enhancements are shown above – SSO Cloud identity integration
Now there is new help page now available on help.sap.com – search for Roambi
Source: SAP
Improved connections to BusinessObjects connector – improved bursting
Other enhancements:
RoambiScript 1.0.3 released 7th August
General performance improvement
Data Connectors now available to download directly from the SAP Store
Roambi data connectors documented in new SAP App Center
Updated Roambi Roadmap is published at https://www.sap.com/products/roadmaps.platform-technology.html
Question and Answer
Will we see a converged Mobile BI client?
Not at this time. Apps are built to address specific needs. There will be some standardization and combability but no convergence now.
So, if you purchase Roambi through SAP Store, will you get the maintenance updates? Or for that you go through your SAP Account Executive?
It doesn’t matter how you acquire the Roambi app. Because it is a cloud product, it is freely available in the App Store. Users are paying for keeping the accounts active as Roambi is a subscription service.
Same price as SAP Analytics Cloud? 22 per month?
SAP Roambi is $22 per user per month.
Does SAP have clients who use both Roambi and Mobi?
Yes, there are some customers that have use cases where they are looking for cloud-specific solutions that Roambi delivers in lieu of Mobi. For those customers that are not into cloud, Mobi is the only option, aside from custom development.
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