Best Practices for Mobile Business Intelligence

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. Copyright 2007, Information Builders. Slide 2

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 Value  Use information to support and drive a conversation  Project/Team Lead  Field Personnel Copyright 2007, Information Builders. Slide 3

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 Copyright 2007, Information Builders. Slide 4

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 Copyright 2007, Information Builders. Slide 5

Copyright 2007, Information Builders. Slide 6 Enable Collaboration Fact based conversations Streamline Process Supply inventory information to truck drivers Easy, Relevant Timely Information Drives Execution

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 Copyright 2007, Information Builders. Slide 7

Copyright 2011, Information Builders. Slide 8  WebFOCUS Mobile Offering:  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 Any Device, Any Form Factor, Any Platform