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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:39PM
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i thought SAP Business Object Mobile App is just available on IPad?! or did you use anonther app?
The app is only for iPad, the other was through the BI 4.0 Lauchpad. Dr. Berg
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:40PM
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i thought SAP Business Object Mobile App is just available on IPad?! or did you use anonther app?
Hi Markus, Almost forgot, the 'meat'. You can obtain SAP BusinessObjects mobile app from the Apple app store for free. This connects to your BI platform through the web server. The admin and installation guide for the BI platform guide to setup the backend can be found at help.sap.com . Minimum requirements are iPad, BI 4.0 or XI 3.1 SP 4 platform with Mobile option installed, app server (at the labs we use TOMCAT), and a webserver. You will have to open up a network port to expose the BI Platform port so that the iPad can connect to the CMC via internet. You will also need the mobile installation installed for the MobileBIService.war file. Our lab MobileBIService.war file is placed in the webapps folder to make our mobile solution work.
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:41PM
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Hi Dr. Berg, Did you or your team look at the MoBI iPad App? If yes, how do you feel it compares to using WebI on the iPad (guessing your review was WebI through a browser). Thanks,
~Matt
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:42PM
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Dr Berg, what type or categories of KPIs did you evaluate each of the BO tools against? and how did you measure them? Was there a certain Volume and Stress Testing done? What content did use to push to BO Mobile app other than WebI docs? Thanks Elena
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:43PM
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Hi Dr. Berg,
Did you or your team look at the MoBI iPad App? If yes, how do you feel it compares to using WebI on the iPad (guessing your review was WebI through a browser).
Thanks,
~Matt
Hi Matt, Yes we used WebI through the app for the iPad and through the BI launchpad in 4.0 for the Android device. The findings were: WebI - Pros - iPad – Our lab users rated that the iPad was more responsive when interacting with the WebI tool bars and that the display on the canvas looked a lot better than the Android one. Android – Our lab users liked the fact that the android device allowed them to scroll horizontally and vertically on the report and on the interface. Cons - iPad – The iPad did not allow the users to scroll horizontally and vertically. This was a big limitation because some reports were cut off of the screen. Also, users could not use the features read and design mode from WebI because it was not displayed on the screen. Android – many of the testers felt that the Android device came unresponsive at times when selecting options in the tool bar. Users would make a selection and wait for minutes for the tablet to respond back even when on really fast networks and with the high-end server in the same room (they were the only users). Users would also experience older selections that they thought timed out, come back and respond minutes later. The limitation here is that the device only has 1 gig of ram and this may be helped by going 2-4GB devices (don’t be cheap when buying Android tablets). Dr. Berg
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:45PM
#16
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Dr Berg,
what type or categories of KPIs did you evaluate each of the BO tools against? and how did you measure them?
Was there a certain Volume and Stress Testing done?
What content did use to push to BO Mobile app other than WebI docs?
Thanks
Elena
Hi Elena, We compared only the functionality, no performance benchmarks. You can see the summary of our findings at: www.insiderlearningnetwork.com/dr_berg/b... Dr. Berg
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:45PM
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Dr. Berg, Are there any good options available for delivering Xcelsius Dashboards to the iPad? Thanks, Pam
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:48PM
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Dr Berg,
what type or categories of KPIs did you evaluate each of the BO tools against? and how did you measure them?
Was there a certain Volume and Stress Testing done?
What content did use to push to BO Mobile app other than WebI docs?
Thanks
Elena
Almost forgot, there are some performance changes in the new Android 4.0. So while the most popular non-Apple devices today runs on the Android 3.x “honycomb” system, I have to say that I really like the new Android 4.0 (also known as “Ice Cream Sandwich”). It blends the operating system functions from phone, tablets and other devices into a unified platform. One great feature is the ability to interact and share information into rich media such as social networks, digital photo books, movies and more. The media also looks much richer like iPads with better animations and select buttons and deep vector graphics. The increased memory of the devices are also being taken advantage of by improved multi-tasking capabilities and there is alss0support for managing network usage (can be an issue as many will use their devices for streaming movies instead of your dashboards and BusinessObjects reports). Finally Android 4 is also much faster when interacting with web sites. For example, the Javascript compilers are much quicker (a much touted V8 benchmark places it upto 550% faster), and that is not counting 4G network speeds (depends on the providers). Dr. Berg
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:50PM
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Given the “Infancy of Tablets” as you mentioned above, and the clearly suboptimal feedback both the Android and iOS experiences received from your testers; what is the viable argument at this stage for pursuing a mobile solution with BusinessObjects?
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1 year ago ::
Mar 20, 2012 - 12:51PM
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Dr. Berg,
Are there any good options available for delivering Xcelsius Dashboards to the iPad?
Thanks,
Pam
Hi Pam, As note earlier, vendors like Exxova and Antivia provides some options. Exxova’s product is called MyBI and Antivia’s is called XWIS Anywhere. These vendors “stream” the dashboards to your tablet through their servers. Therefore, their servers do all the heavy lifting that the iPad cannot do to display the dashboards. This is all done through a secure connection without having to change the dashboards. If your organization is heavily focused on using the iPad than this is more than likely the route you will encounter with using a different vendor to display the dashboards. Dr. Berg
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