Post on 09-Jun-2015
Mobilising Business Intelligence with the iPad
Jen Stirrup@jenstirrupJenstirrup.com / copperblueconsulting.com
Agenda
• Demo • Overview– iPad–Mobile Business Intelligence
• PowerPivot– Scalability
Demo Context
• Census Data 2001 showed that the fourth largest reported religion in the UK was…
Self-Service Mobile BI
• The key advantage is that business users have the power of analysing their own data
• And then visualising their data, in accordance with data visualisation best practices
• Mobile BI is a strategy, not just a technology
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Self-Service Mobile Workforce
iPad
Why Mobile Business Intelligence?
• Vendors have shifted in favor of Apple’s iPad tablet computer making it the single top priority for Mobile BI application development. (Dresner, 2011, Mobile Business Intelligence Market Study)
Architecture
Source
•Ordnance Survey•Census data
Mash
Up•PowerPivot
Mobile
•Tableau
iPad
•3G•Wi-Fi
What is PowerPivot?
• Subversive • Two types: –Free Excel add-in–Sharepoint presentation layer
• Strength: Vertipaq column-oriented data store
• Scaleability
PowerPivot Mash Up Data Sources
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What is Tableau?
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How not to do Mobile BI
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Tips for Mobile BI Visualisation
• Set User Expectations• Balance in combining graphs• Filters• Drill downs• Tooltips
Tips for Mobile BI Visualisation
• Maps can take time to load• Zooming can be problematic e.g.
Blackberry Bold • Moire Illusion
Illusory Effects
Question
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