SABOC 2014 Sessions: Dashboards and Design Studio: The car you own and the car you dream of owning

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Date/Time: Wednesday, September 24, 11:15am – 12:15pm
Speaker: Rajesh Ponnurangam, InfoSol Inc.
Room Name: Dashboarding and Visualization

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius) has been one of the most popular dashboarding tools for more than a decade. Recently, SAP Design Studio has created a lot of buzz among customers with its advent. Does SAP Design Studio compete with Xcelsius? Who are the target customers for Design Studio? Which tool should you choose for dashboarding in the future? What would happen to all the dashboards created using Xcelsius? This session will address all of the above questions in detail. The attendees will gain an understanding of Design studio’s features and capabilities and how it is different from Xcelsius. The pros and cons of using Xcelsius over Design Studio and vice versa will be analyzed. Presenters will demonstrate a step-by-step guide to recreate an Xcelsius dashboard using design studio.

• What does Design Studio mean to SAP customers who use dashboards on top of non-SAP data sources?
• Understand the differences and similarities between dashboards (Xcelsius) and Design Studio
• Learn how Design Studio’s HTML 5 capabilities can be leveraged for mobile deployment