THE FINDINGS

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The reports are clear: Interactive BI allows for agility in the face of decreasing business response time. Forty-four percent of the organizations that use just interactive BI tools are always able to provide business managers with the information they need, in the timeframe required. This holds true for just 17 percent of the organizations that rely solely on traditional BI.

Companies that have complemented their traditional BI solutions with the interactive approach are almost 50 percent more likely to consistently meet the needs of business managers than those that rely solely on traditional BI solutions. A highly visual approach to BI can liberate business managers and transform their decision-making by ensuring they have access to the right information at the right time.

Best-in-Class LaggardTAILOR DASHBOARDS

65% 22% Best-in-Class LaggardALLOW DATA MASH-UP

Percentage of self-service users

Percentage of power users

60% 28%

CRACKINGTHE CODEBEHIND FAST BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEAs information demand and data volume continue to grow, organizations are faced with the challenge of analyzing and disseminating that information in a timely manner. That’s why Best-in-Class companies already are adopting visual discovery over traditional Business Intelligence (BI), resulting in responsive, self-service analytics.

AS THE DECISION-MAKING WINDOW SHRINKS, AGILITY IS THE KEY

It comes down to getting the right information to the right people at the right time. We surveyed hundreds of organizations to identify Best-in-Class, industry average and laggards in information agility. This is based on their ability to find information needed in the time required, the average elapsed time to add a column to an existing report, and time to create a new dashboard.

Need agility because of information demand

Days to build a new dashboard

Days to addcolumn to report

52%

EXPOSING THE TRADITIONAL BI TIMELINE

Time (Days), n=237

INVESTIGATING THE BENEFITS OF INTERACTIVE BIInteractivity allows for 65% more BI users

for every IT memberThis copy is hidden underneath black bar Best-in-Class companies are twice as

likely to turn data into detailed informationThis is more copy hidden under black bar

Twice as many Best-in-Class companies have interactive dashboards

than Laggards

Traditional BI It’s primarily controlled, driven

and delivered by corporate IT.

Often, only static views of

data are available, and any

changes or enhancements

must be made by IT.

Visual Discovery

(Interactive BI)

Business users receive a

rich, highly interactive and

visual interface, allowing

them to manipulate and

explore information directly.

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

44

Visual/Interactive BI

HOW COMPANIES ARE ANALYZING THEIR DATA

Both Traditional and Visual/Interactive BITraditional BI

2417

BUSINESS USERS WHO CAN TAILOR

BI ARE MORE LIKEY TO WORK

FOR A BEST-IN-CLASS COMPANY

BI users with managed reporting

55% 49%

Best-in-Class

All Others

BI users with interactive dashboards

60% 34% BI users with

visual data discovery

37% 20%

Time (Days), n=237

308

41 47

33

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A CLOSER LOOK ATTHE BEST IN CLASSBest-in-Class companies, already using the most agile and responsive analytic solutions, are more likely to use dashboards, in-memory analytics and visual data discovery tools.

Dashboards0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

0% 50%10% 20% 30% 40%

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75

In-memory analytics Visual data discovery tools

53

55

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n=199

n=233

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Best-in-Class

Industry Average

Laggards

EMPOWERING THE INDIVIDUAL THROUGH INTERACTIVITY

47%

35%

31%

30%

23%

16%

Visual/Interactive BI

Traditional BI

Both Traditional and Visual/Interactive BI

Need agility because of data volume

38%

GETTING THE RIGHT

TOOLS INTO THE

RIGHT HANDSBest-in-Class organizations aren’t

just more likely to use interactive

tools, they’re also more likely to

distribute them. Roughly 50%

of BI users across the board have

access to static, traditional BI,

reporting. However, almost twice

as many BI users have access

to interactive dashboards or

visual data discovery tools at

Best-in-Class companies.

For more information on BI,

visit SAP at

sap.com/datavisualization.