2770 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Xcelsuis Versus SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Comparison and Features
2770 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Xcelsuis Versus SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Comparison and Features
2770 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Xcelsuis Versus SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Comparison and Features
Session # 2770
OVERVIEW
Overview:
Who we are at Houston Independent School District (HISD) & What we do.
Key Learning's
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
A very common question from our USERS is about which dashboarding tool is
better SAP Dashboards (formerly Xcelsius) or SAP Design Studio.
OVERVIEW
CONS
No Export Options
No Programming Required
Use cases
Create dashboards and sophisticated BI applications for any device, without low-level
programming skills and the ability to customize components with JavaScript and
CSS.
CONS
Design Studio
Bookmarks
Performance
Not Compatible
Platforms
Limited
Scripting
Options
Excel spreadsheet
Mobile
BEx Support
3. Mobility
4. Integration : Different Sources of Data
5. Performance Limitations and Expedite Delivery
6. SAP Future Road Map
Flash
Design Studio:
With New Templates in 1.5, still lacks luster and appeal effect , but has
upper hand over customizations and scripting
Creating Mockups :
Dashboard Design : Ability to quickly produce a functional mock-up with MOCK UP , Excel can be used in
creating mock up data and then Binding the data.
Quick Mock
Up using Excel
Creating Mockups :
With Design Studio, you need to have a data source set up before you can produce a prototype/mock-up.
Themes
Colors
Flash
Excel
HISD has decided going forward all Big Projects , IT will govern all delivered Dashboards,
with Design Studios new Functionality delivered via Templates ,
So definitely the tool of choice will be Design Studio
HISD also classified users into casual/end Users and Power Users, so where quick mock
up, less scripting, easy interface is required those Power USERS are given the option to use
Dashboard Design for Adhoc Dashboards with an Ad Hoc A* Naming Convention.
Dashboard Design been out there for long time, therefore some power users are already
familiar with the interface and excel functionality, hence Ad Hoc Development of
dashboards was done using Dashboard Design.
This Could change as SAP Road Map IS SHIFTING TOWARDS Design Studio
With Design Studio more skill Resources are needed, as Design Studio App can be
customized by using CSS/HAVA SCRIPTS
Conclusion
While SAP Dashboards and Design Studio are both awesome tools , but they require
different skillsets.
SAP Dashboards (Excel and flash development)
Design Studio (Programming, CSS, JavaScript
The skill sets available to you will be key to which tool you choose, so here in HISD we
looked at what skill sets are we had ..
If you have a lot of experience with CSS and JavaScript then Design
Studio is the Choice of Tool
With this Skillsets you will be available to customize most the design Studio
Application
HISD has decided going forward all mobile deployments/Developments for Dashboards ,
will be done by using Design Studio
HISD tool of choice will be Design Studio FOR ALL Mobile Deployments
Export to Lumira
End-user / analyst can export
Crosstab data as a Lumira file
(.lums)
Lumira file can be opened in
SAP Lumira desktop for further
data manipulation, exploration
and visualization
What is HISD integration strategy with what source of Data , is it SAP BW,
SAP HANA or BI Platform
SAP Dashboard Design
SAP BW (BICS) or BW queries is supported
SAP Dashboards have the ability to consume SAP BusinessObjects enterprise data
Query as a Web Service (QaaWS)/LiveOffice (staged WebI data)
This was critical as SAP HANA is the Future and SAP Fiori , therefore long
term strategy and going forward District strategy is going to be SAP
Design Studio.
This gives SAP Design Studio an upper hand when dealing with
large data sets and Better in Performance.
KEY LEARNINGS
Design Studio supports all 3 platforms: BI Platform, SAP
NetWeaver, HANA
Design Studio supports UNX Universes, as well as BEx Queries,
BW Cubes, and HANA data
Analysis Office and Analysis OLAP can automatically create
Design Studio applications
Design Studio integrates with partner charting extensions
KEY LEARNINGS
Design Studio for Mobile apps
Design Studio can handle much larger data sets
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SESSION CODE
2770