Mobile business intelligence (BI) is emerging as a trend where dashboards and reports are deployed onto mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Traditional BI involved desktop access, but mobile BI allows for handheld and location-aware access on mobile devices. It is targeted for use cases like paperless reporting and store managers accessing dynamic data and dashboards via built-in GPS on mobile devices.

1. Understanding the new view of traditional BI

2. Dashboards and
charts on desktop.
Senior executives
should have a desktop
in front of them for
analysis or they used
to carry prints.

3. Mobile BI is deploying
onto mobile devices such
as smartphones and tablet
computers.
Dashboards n charts n all will be
deployed onto mobile devices
like smart phones, iPads, etc.

4. Traditional BI Mobile BI
• In usage since long time • Emerging Trend in BI
• Renders on Browsers(mostly) • Renders on Browsers optimized
for Mobile devices as well as
rendered as inbuilt apps(Native
apps)
• Portable if laptop is provided but
not handy. • Handy and Easy to use
• Targeted for Analysts who sit at • Targeted Use cases:
one place and analyse the trends. • Going green – Paper free
• Store level manager managing diff
• Also for Senior management to
stores using inbuilt GPS.
make some critical decisions.
• Dynamic data writing to database
will allow you to access dynamic
real time dashboard.

5. Mobility of executives
Client Requirements
Gadgets
Technology

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7.  Browser based apps
 Native Apps
◦ Proprietary Apps
◦ Client Apps

8.  Browser based apps
◦ No need of rework for each platform.
◦ HTML5+Sharepoint
 Native apps
 Rich UX
 Faster Performance via device-based caching.
 Location Awareness (inbuilt GPS)
 Client apps
 Personalized for clients.
 Eg: App for Unilever which might support all connect projects.

9. Mobile BI Application vs. Mobile BI Reporting
Mobile BI Application Mobile BI Reporting
• BI designed to meet a mobile • Existing BI ported to a mobile device
reporting need
• Aggregated data • Detail level data
• Small data sets • Large data sets
• Reports designed for a specific • Mobile device not considered (tablet
enterprise standard device vs. phone)
• Reporting solution designed for • End user Mobile OS not considered
enterprise standard OS
• Real or near real time information • Daily, Weekly, Monthly reports

11.  Ease of Use and User Experience
 Market Share of Apple iPad and iPhone
 Usage by Executives
 Client Affordability

12.  Explore the Apps which support Sharepoint
 Ex: PushBI
 Explore the ways of integrating and porting
Sharepoint report onto iPad
 Using Sharepoint with HTML5 to find any
better solutions of UI.

13.  Explore more about Device-based caching.
 See for the optimization techniques available
based on memory management that Apple
architecture uses.
 See how the current practices can be ported
to the mobile devices to speed up the
process.

14.  Explore the mobile versions of corresponding
software available
 Find the differences in implementation and
share the knowledge among each other to
build our skills in Mobile BI

15.  Since Qlikview is taking a browser based
approach, we need to explore the ways of
developing dashboards for mobiles.
 It would be an additional skill to see how the
rendering is being managed across different
screens, platforms and devices

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