advanced dashboards using design studio extensions

Advanced Dashboards using Design Studio Extensions

Ingo Hilgefort, VP Product Management & SAP Mentor

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Agenda

• Who is Visual BI Solutions ?• About Design Studio Extensions

• Why should you consider our extensions ?• Design Studio Extensions - Overview• Design Studio Extensions - Highlights of Release 2

• Design Studio Extensions - Demonstration• Final Thoughts

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Global R&D associates supporting Extensions for SAP

Design Studio20+Consultants for SAP Design

Studio & SAP BI50+

• Deployments in • Healthcare• Manufacturing• Oil & Gas• Pharmaceuticals

… and more• SAP Dashboards / SAP Design Studio Migration• Server / Hardware sizing• Performance Optimization• Deployment with SAP BW and SAP HANA• Best Practices• Mobile BI Deployment

SERVICES Design Studio Extensions• 60+ custom add-on components • Native SDK and Highcharts based visualizations• Types include:

• Patented Selectors• Charts• Maps• Utilities


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio – Customer Pain Points

• Limited data visualization options• Limited control over properties

• 40+ additional charts with advanced properties• Additional interactivity such as drill down• Print and Export functionality • Data Utility allowing for re-use of data sources

• Only basic mapping integration with geographic data out of the box

• Regional Maps and street level detailed maps• Integration with your existing BI assets for closed

loop scenario• Quickly compare regional measures using additional

dimensions

• Limited time series filtering• Limited alerting for filter components

• No developer focused components

• Leverage patented period selectors• Provide quick filtering for time series• Add alerting capabilities to your filters

• Leverage HTML and JavaScript for rapid prototyping• Add real time data using timer components• Add important features such as search, tooltips, and

menus to your dashboards

“SAP Design Studio Extensions provide an easy and cost efficient way to add advanced visualizations to SAP Design Studio.”


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX)

How our extensions help you:• Use additional data visualization capabilities with full control on format and layout• Combine your information with geographic maps on various level of detail• Add advanced intuitive filtering capabilities to all your dashboards• Use simple tools for quicker prototypes allowing for agile design process• Leverage components that are based on real customer projects and customer feedback

“We help our customers to reduce costs and increase user adoption by leveraging our experience in the SAP field and our expertise in data visualizations.”

SAP Design Studio Extensions (DSX)

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Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) - Charts

• 40+ additional charts for Design Studio• Detailed control over chart formatting (400+ advanced properties)• Additional features, such as drill down, print, and export provided out of the box• Data Utility tool allows to re-use a single data source for multiple charts


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) – Charts Examples

Plot Band


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) - Mapping

• Leverage regional maps or detailed maps up to street level• Integrate maps with your existing BI assets for closed loop scenarios• Use maps as a filter option to quickly compare measures along additional dimensions


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) – Mapping Examples


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) - Selectors

• Leverage patented period selectors• Provide time based filtering with just a few clicks• Provide visual indicators by combing filtering and alerting capabilities


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) - Selectors

Period Selector

Grid Box Selector with Alerts


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) - Utilities

• Leverage HTML and JavaScript for rapid prototyping• Ready to deploy components for standard features such as search, and tooltips• Add structure to your dashboard by using our menu component

SAP Design Studio Extensions (DSX)Release 2 – New Features and New Components

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Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) – Release 2 Charts

• Additional Chart Types:• Waterfall • Bullet Chart• Drill Down Charts (Pie, Column)• Heat Map• Scatter Plot• Dual Axis • Multi-Axis• Super Combination• Fixed Placed Columns• Sparkline Charts

• New Features for all charts• Conditional formatting of values• Defining multiple charts with an identical scale



• Conditional Formatting• Allows to define formatting rules based on any measure from the data source• Rules can be defined based on measures or dimension members

• Example : Revenue values larger than 100K USD will be shown in green• Example: Member “Ferrari” from the Product Group will be shown in Red

• Multiple rules can be applied to a single chart

• Identical Scale• Multiple charts can be assigned to a single common Axis scale to allow for easy

comparison• Common scale will be based on the combined data set• Common scale will automatically adjust at runtime during user interaction, such as

filtering



• Additional properties• Display of subtotals and grand totals in the chart• Being able to select the Key or Text of the dimension for display purposes• Being able to rotate data labels, X-Axis labels, Y-Axis labels• Being able to select multiple values in the chart for filtering



• Theming Support for Charts• All charts can be customized using a Theme• No coding required ! An online tool allows for quick theme definition


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) – Release 2 Maps

• Location Analyzer• Create a closed-loop scenario with your maps as starting point• Integrate your existing SAP BusinessObjects BI assets with your maps in your dashboards


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) – Release 2 Selectors

• Period Selectors• Ability to define custom return format• Option to offset the calendar to adjust for a Fiscal Year


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) – Release 2 Utilities

• Advanced Table• Integrated Search• Column independent search• Configurable paging• Alerting• Custom Calculations• Easy formatting options



• New component “KPI Tile”• Quickly create a “KPI dashboard” for your corporate data• Integrate micro-charts and alerting



• Use spreadsheets as data source• Allows for quick prototyping, independent of SAP BW and SAP HANA• Support for local spreadsheets and Google Spreadsheets• Supported for all DSX components



• PDF Export• PDF Export for the complete dashboard or a subset of components• Extensive settings: Orientation, format, Header, Footer, • Ability to select components for the export by the user (for example, remove buttons from the PDF)• Ability to add comments before export



• Hierarchical Filter• Ability to use a hierarchy from the data sources as a filter component • Supports true hierarchical navigation and selection

• Hierarchical Drill Down• Define a drill down based on your hierarchies from SAP BW or SAP HANA• Supporting chart types: Pie, Column, Bar, Funnel, Pyramid



• What If Scenario• Allows for a simple (single measure) or advanced (calculation) based scenario• Updates the actual data on the fly based on percentage increase or absolute increase

DEMO

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Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) – Pricing and Licensing

• One-time licensing fee• Unlimited viewing and unlimited developers• No additional license for development &

testing landscapes• Annual maintenance and support fee includes

future enhancements• "Buy what you need"

• Maps• Selectors• Charts• Utilities…or the complete DSX Suite

• Global worldwide support• Experts located around the globe• Expertise in

– SAP BW– SAP HANA– SAP Design Studio– SAP Lumira– SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office….and SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform


SAP Design Studio Extensions (DSX)30 Day Trial

Download your 30 Day Trial from:

www.visualbi.com/DSXtrial

You will receive all components (charts, maps, selectors, utilities)No functional limitation

http://www.visualbi.com/DSXTrial


Visual BI SolutionsSAP Design Studio EXtensions (DSX) - Roadmap

Charts• 30+ Additional Charts• Full control over chart

formatting• Drill down supported• Print / Export supported

Maps• Regional / Street Level maps• Based on OpenSource mapping• Compare data using Z-Axis

Selectors & Filters• Patented time based selectors• Define custom formats• Combine filtering with alerts

Utilities• HTML / JavaScript • Add menu components • Search capabilities

Charts• 10+ Additional Charts• Conditional formatting• Indentical Scale• Multi-Select option• Theming support

Maps• Additional detailed maps• Integration with SAP

BusinessObjects BI

Selectors & Filters• Dynamic alerting capabilities• Support for Fiscal Year Calendar• Hierarchical Filter

Utilities• Advanced Table component• KPI Tile• What If Analyzer• PDF export• Spreadsheet as data source

Charts• Additional chart type• Trendline support• Full hierarchy support• Chart Selector support• Member based color

assignment

Maps• GeoJSON / TopoJSON support• “Lasso” style selection of

values

Selectors & Filters• Multi-Select Listbox with Alerts• Combobox with Alerts• Time Series / Date Slider• Facet Filter

Utilities• Export to PPT / Outlook• Responsive Container

DSX 1.0 DSX 1.1 (May 2015) DSX 1.2 (September 2015)

Ingo HilgefortVP Product [email protected] : @ihilgefort

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