Best Practices for Mobile Business Intelligence. Agenda Mobile Business Intelligence Considerations...

Best Practices for Mobile Business Intelligence

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Mobile Business Intelligence ConsiderationsDifferent Information Access OptionsBrief DemonstrationInformation Builders Mobile StrategyWhat type of applications should I target?Case StudiesDesign Best Practices

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Business Discovery


allow the right person to ask and answer the necessary questions

at the appropriate time.


mobile delivery of BI is all about practical, tactical

information needed to make immediate decisions

So you’re thinking about going Mobile….

Who am I’m going to be providing the information too? What device do they have? What device WILL they have? What level of

connectivity will they have?

What information would provide value if it was available via a mobile device? Improve Productivity, Agility, Transparency and Collaboration

What additional questions would need to be asked of that information now that it is available? (what level of interactivity is required)

How am I going to expose the information?

What are the security considerations? What content can I see, what data do I have rights to?

How can I leverage my existing assets? Hardware, software, skills, etc.


Target Mobile BI User

Not typically an Information Producer

Information Consumer Big picture at a glance on the go

Executive Level Management Level

Information Collaborator – Maximum ROI Use information to support and drive a

conversation Project/Team Lead Field Personnel


Target Mobile BI Data

Information in the context of applications — not in pushing lots of data to somebody's phone or tablet.

Focused on the near-term data rather than long term data.

Timely and Available


Information Accessibility - Push, Pull, (in)Put, and Search

Push Information on a schedule or alert driven basis

Pull information on demand Data Collection/Entry Applications Bring “Google” Like Experience to

Mobile


Demonstration



WebFOCUS Mobile Strategy:

Device independent BI solutions Develop once, run from anywhere Highly interactive, device exploitive Web Apps

with built in analytic capabilities Embed BI Web Apps in custom applications Common BI security framework Read and write access No additional hardware, software required

WebFOCUS Mobile Components:

Mobile Favorites (portal) Mobile Faves (os app) Active Technologies WebFOCUS Maintain …and more (e.g.: Self-Service access)

Any Device, Any Form Factor, Any Platform


Native Apps: Developed using OS SDK; Installed to run natively on the device; Leverage OS functionality.

Web Apps: Web pages conforming to OS UI and behavior.

Optimized Web Pages: Content scales appropriately to device size.

Compatible Web Pages: Display content as is without Optimizing for form factor.

Hybrid Approach: Combine native UI with web content via content viewing area.

Mobile Deployment Strategies


Mobile Faves for iPad and iPhone

Native Apple App for consumption of WF BI (and other content) (just like email client – no training required)

Provides controlled access to WebFOCUS content through: Mobile Faves portal (normal “pull”) Email attachments (“Open in Mobile Faves”) Watch-list Feeds (automatic “push”)

Online viewing of any WF content Allows saving, emailing, search and cataloging of stand-alone content

Active Technologies or PDF documents Identical app on iPad and iPhone Provides Guides, Videos and Help


What type of applications should I target?


Resource Utilization/Allocation

Streamline Processes

Enable Collaboration

Outward Facing - Transparency


EnableCollaboration

Fact based conversations

Streamline Process

Supply inventory information to truck

drivers

Easy, Relevant Timely Information Drives Execution

Information Builders and Mobile Computing Mobile Customers

NASA Launch Vehicle Processing Directorate used WebFOCUS Active Technology to create reports for an emergency notification system

Dealer Services Corporation (DSC), Large finance provider for used automobiles. Mobile app serves field staff with financial metrics via WebFOCUS Active Reports/Dashboards (support all devices)

City of Richardson TX - PD, Use WebFOCUS to create a mobile reporting environment that delivers crime data to police using their Blackberry devices officers can track active 911 calls

AJ Logistics, a premier provider of custom warehousing and logistics services, WebFOCUS application lets clients track multiple projects, obtain status updates & issue commands via any mobile devices


Mobile BI Best Practices

Avoid Dashboard Proliferation and Rework Build Once, Deploy Anywhere

Design for the smaller form factor Put most important content in the upper left Legends use valuable real estate Leverage micro charts, stop lighting

Design for on the go use Intuitive Drill Paths Don’t over prompt

Here and Now Metrics Leave Back Office Analytics back in the office


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