Exploring The New World
A quick post about a feature that many people don’t seem to know about. Do you have a mobile sales force, and you want their iPhones/iPads to recognize where they are, and provide them detailed information about the customer they’re just about to visit? Yes, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Mobile lets you do that, with integrated maps and augmented reality It’s a brave new big-data world out there – and tools like Explorer mobile let you... [Read More...]
First Look at the New SAP BusinessObjects Exploration Views Prototype
SAP have just announced a new Exploration Views prototype, based on the BusinessObjects Explorer platform. It builds on the core strengths of Explorer (easy-to-use interface and fast, in-memory calculations) with more options for business people to customize and share their own views of the data, without requiring help from IT. Exploration views is exactly what its name suggests: instead of having just a single view of the data in Explorer as you... [Read More...]
Some Fun SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, GRC, and EPM Videos
From SAP Asia’s YouTube Channel, here are a series of humorous, well-produced videos on various SAP BusinessObjects solutions – enjoy! Many of these are perfect for sharing with your business teams – don’t hesitate! Governance, Risk and Compliance IT and Finance: “We both work for the same company… so why is there so much tension”? Product information about SAP GRC BusinessObjects Explorer for Finance: “I got the voice message... [Read More...]
SAP BusinessObjects Augmented Explorer Now Available (+Resources to Test It)
The SAP BusinessObjects Augmented Explorer prototype mentioned in previous posts, created by the SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center now available, as a standard part of the BusinessObjects Explorer for iPhone / iPad download from the Apple App Store. You’ll find some pictures below taken from official blog post and you can download the official documentation and samples here. Here’s a video demo I did of a slightly-older version of the prototype,... [Read More...]
New Augmented Corporate Reality BI Prototype
Based on a blog post and proof-of-concept application earlier this year, I have been championing a SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center project to build an “augmented corporate reality” prototype. The idea stemmed from one of the key themes of my BI future directions presentations: that for the first time in centuries, new technology comes from the consumer world, not from governments and businesses, and so we need to adapt and adopt these technologies... [Read More...]
New Augmented Corporate Reality BI Prototype
[Note: this functionality is now production, as part of the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile Explorer product -- a free download from the Apple App Store] Based on a blog post and proof-of-concept application earlier this year, I have been championing a SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center project to build an “augmented corporate reality” prototype. The idea stemmed from one of the key themes of my BI future directions presentations: that for the... [Read More...]
Xcelsius Dashboards on Your Android Mobile Phone
The latest release of Android, v2.2 (“Froyo”) supports the Adobe flash technology used by Xcelsius (now called Dashboard Design) and SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. So now you can access your dashboards, reports, and exploration spaces directly from your mobile device without requiring a separate application (e.g. as you do for the iPhone and iPad). It also means you can reuse all the effort you’ve put into developing Xcelsius dashboards and... [Read More...]
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iPad Demo
Here’s a short demo that shows off the new free SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iPad interface. Use it against our demo server, your own corporate Explorer server (VPN permitting, of course), or sign up for a free account at http://bi.ondemand.com and use Explorer online, or on your iPhone, or your iPad… Share and Enjoy Read More →
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iPhone Now Available on Apple AppStore!
The iPhone version of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer from the SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center was (finally!) released today on the Apple iStore, available as a free download Here’s the description of the application: “Your business at your fingertips” With Explorer for iPhone, insight into your business is never more than a few flicks away. Through simple keyword search, navigation and visualization, Explorer allows you to ask and answer... [Read More...]
Twitter and Text Analysis to Help You Surf Through Traffic
The first official SAP iPhone application is already available on iTunes. Unfortunately, it’s probably not much use to you unless you happen to be reading this in Brisbane, Australia. But the free application, created by the folks in the SAP Research center who brought you the Google Wave / SAP “Gravity” prototype, is a wonderful example of what Web 2.0 technology can do in today’s increasingly wired world. Here’s the blurb from the... [Read More...]
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