I gave this presentation at SQLPass Portugal in march 2013

1. Mobile Business Intelligence
Apprentice Style!

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April 10-12 | Chicago, IL

11. Agenda

12. You‟re Hired!
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13. You‟re Hired!
You‟re the Apprentice! Here is your task?
You need to implement mobile business intelligence
On a budget
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14. You‟re Hired!
You‟re the Apprentice! Here is your task?
You need to implement mobile business intelligence
On a budget
It needs to be ready yesterday
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15. Hype is..
 Hype is the awkward and desperate
attempt to convince journalists that what
you've made is worth the misery of having
to review it. (Federico Fellini, Italian Film
Maker)
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16. Mobile Business Intelligence
Data. Your Way. How You Like it.
Wherever you are.
[Session Code]

17. What % of organizations considers 25% of
their user base to use BI exclusively via
mobile devices, within 2 years?
a) 70%
B) 50%
C) 25%
D) 15%

18. What % of organizations considers 25% of
their user base to use BI exclusively via
mobile devices, within 2 years?
a) 70%
B) 50%
C) 25%
D) 15%
 Source: H Dresner, Updated Mobile BI Market
Study, 2011
 www.howarddresner.com

19. Hype or Reality?
Show me the numbers…
Fewer than 10% of people within an organisation have access
20% of small organisations report over 80% penetration of
mobile Business Intelligence
Prediction
Half of organisations will have 20% penetration by 2015
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20. Where do you start?
Divide and Conquer
Which employees will benefit most from mobile BI?
Which BI tasks make the most sense in a mobile environment?
Is your mobile BI provider capable of supporting these BI tasks?
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21. Who will benefit most from mobile BI?
Type of
Mobility Data Heading Priority
User
Executive Travel to Clients Dashboards, Summary High
Reports
Mid-Level Travel around KPI, Project Summary, Medium
Management company Reports History, Detail
Line Manager Interaction with Dashboards, Summary, High
Teams Reports, Actions History, Detail,
Real Time
Sales Travel to Clients Body text Body text High
Field Travel to Sites Reports, Actions Summary, Moderate
Technicians History, Detail,
Real Time
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22. Native or Browser Based?
 Native  Browser
• Data stored on Device – works offline • Build once, deploy everywhere
• Specific to the Device • Eliminate silos since no data is downloaded
• Specific to the vendor • Security – nothing is downloaded
• Across devices
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23. Native or Browser Based?
 Native  Browser
• Data stored on Device – works offline • Build once, deploy everywhere
• Specific to the Device • Eliminate silos since no data is downloaded
• Specific to the vendor • Security – nothing is downloaded
• Across devices
The future of Mobile Business Intelligence is heterogeneous and personal!
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24. Which device?
You‟re the Apprentice! Here is your task?
Blackberry are fading for both personal and business handset.
Microsoft and entering the mobile market with an alliance with
Nokia.
Apple have a third of market share
Google Android have 40% of market share, cheap OS
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25. Back in the Boardroom
Mobile Business Intelligence has a number of challenges
Fast-changing, heterogenous mobile device market is
challenging
Multiple mobile Operating Systems
Your Business Intelligence application will run on employee-
owned devices
Security?
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26. Why Visualise on a mobile?

27. Data Visualisation is about People
Preattentive Visual Cognitive
Processing Integration Integration

28. SharePoint BI December 2011 CU
for iPad/iPhone Mobile BI
BI Items
Business Intelligence Center sites
Dashboards that contain filters and linked items
Excel Services Reports (include PivotChart, PivotTable reports, named items, and workbooks displayed in
PerformancePoint Web Parts or in Excel Web Access Web Parts)
PerformancePoint Scorecards
PerformancePoint KPI Details Reports
PerformancePoint Analytic Charts and Grids
Web Page Reports

29. Excel and Excel Services
- Access via SharePoint Server
- Try SharePoint Online
- Try SkyDrive!

30. PowerPivot
- Access via SharePoint Server
- Try SharePoint Online
- Third Party tools - PivotStream

31. Why PowerPivot?
 Mashups
 Far better than VLOOKUP
 High Performance
 Sophisticated Time Intelligence

32. PerformancePoint
 KPIS and „Executive‟ Information – at a glance
 Norton and Kaplan „Balanced Scorecard‟
methodology
 This is only accessible via SharePoint

33. What did we learn from the demo?

34. Native, Integrated or Azure SSRS on
Surface/iPad
 Test for yourself?
 What is Azure?
SSRS Native Mode

35. The Microsoft Cloud
Application Services
Software Services
Platform Services
Infrastructure Services
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36. SQL Azure is…
Simple storage
and hosted
RDBMS

37. SQL Azure is…

38. SQL Azure is…

39. SQL Azure is…

40. Questions

41. What did we learn from the demo?

42. Tips for Mobile BI Visualisation
 Set User Expectations
 Balance in combining graphs
 Filters
 Drill downs
 Tooltips

43. Tips for Mobile BI Visualisation
 Maps can take time to load
 Zooming can be problematic e.g. Blackberry
Bold
 Moire Illusion

44. Illusory Effects

45. Illusory Effects

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47. Back in the Boardroom
Mission Accomplished
Microsoft can help you to deliver Business Intelligence in a cost
effective way
Azure is worth a try!
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48. Thank you!
Diamond Sponsor
April 10-12 | Chicago, IL

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54. Obrigado!