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Ask the ExpertSAS Visual Analytics: What’s New in 7.3

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Ask the ExpertSAS Visual Analytics: What’s New in 7.3

Presenter: Cynthia JohnsonSenior Systems EngineerSAS Customer Loyalty Team

Q&A: Shannon MooreSenior Systems EngineerSAS Customer Loyalty Team

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3Key Enhancements

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Administration

Faster performance when starting up VA

More administrative capabilities in Environment Manager: Manage Users, Libraries, Servers. No need to install SAS Management Console for these tasks.

Auditing enhancement: data is wiped clean after 30 days (default time frame) both in the midtier and LASR

Two additional usage reports:

Relationship report

Midtier performance report

Reporting

HTML5 Viewer – also supported on Safari on Mac OS X, Chrome, Firefox, and IE11

Auto-refresh for HTML5 Viewer

Printing

Expansion of larger report content (list tables / crosstabs) with links

Expansion of content in container objects with links

Ability to print the info window

Data Management

MapR Parallel (NFS) and Pivotal HAWQ support

SAS Home

HTML5 (modern and classic appearances) – Flash based viewer available for IE9 and IE10

New sample reports

SAS Mobile BI 7.3

Accessibility support in iOS

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3Administration Enhancements

• VA can benefit from SAS 9.4M3: New Version of Spring Framework accelerates startup of web apps

• VA comes now with a couple of sample reports

• Auditing Changes: Wiping data after 30 days per default (both in midtier and in LASR)

• More capabilities for Environment Manager : Manage Users, Libraries, Servers- No need to install SAS Management Console for these tasks

• 2 additional Usage Reports:- Relationship Report

- Midtier Performance Report

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Environment Manager

SAS® Visual Analytics7.3

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Relationship Report

SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3Data Management Enhancements

- MapR Parallel (NFS) support

- Pivotal HAWQ support

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3Improved Performance on Custom Formats

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3Reporting Enhancements

• Production Version of HTML5 Viewer

• Report Auto-Refresh for HTML5 Viewer

• Printing Enhancements

Expansion of larger report content (list tables/crosstabs) with links

Expansion of content in container objects with links

Print Info Window

• New Version of SAS Mobile BI (7.3) already available, necessary to connect to VA 7.3

• Browser Support: HTML5 Viewer also supports Safari on MacOS X

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3HTML 5 VIEWER Considered Production

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3Industry Sample Reports

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3HTML 5 VIEWER – Auto Refresh

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SAS Visual Analytics 7.3Printing Enhancements

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3Mobile Accessibility Support (iOS)

• Custom Rotor Actions (e.g. Voice Over)

• Portfolio Actions

• Report Object Actions

• Data Element Actions

• Filter Control Actions

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SAS® Visual Analytics 7.3Upgrade “IN PLACE”

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SAS Visual AnalyticsKey Enhancements in VA 7.2

Administration

Encryption on disk

Better scaling for large number of users accessing small files

Enhanced auto loading

Reporting

Pass parameter to report via URL

Attach PDF to email

Geo support for calculated items and custom categories

New report theme (SAS Snow)

HTML5 Viewer preproduction

Printing

New printing options for cover page, hide empty rows and columns, show comments

Link between report objects and appendix

Ability to print Info Windows

Performance improvements

Data Management

Access to Google Analytics (out of box measure/dimension groupings)

Access to Facebook (public page text)

Zipped .csv import

SAS Home

HTML5

Collections for auto subscription of reports

Exploration

Visual Statistics Integration

SAS Mobile BI 7.2

Support for smartphones

Publish report to users

Server side expiration date for reports

Office Analytics

Full screen Interactivity Window

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SAS Visual Analytics 7.2Administration

• Enable encryption when writing to disk

• Control how long cached data is available in SAS Mobile BI

• Improvements to LASR Tables Window

• New columns : Mapped Memory, Unmapped Memory (only in distributed environments)

• New Icons for compressed tables and tiny tables

• Scaling for large number of users with smaller data on distributed environments

• Improved auto loading of text files

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VA 7.2Administration Interface (Distributed LASR)

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VA 7.2 AdministrationScaling for Large Number of Users with Smaller Data (DISTRIBUTED LASR)

T1

T1

Node 1 Node 2 Node 3 Node 4

MPP environment with 4 nodes

Copy 2Copy 1

T1.1 T1.2 T1.3 T1.4

T1

Library Extended Attribute VA.TableFullCopies=2

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VA 7.2 AdministrationNew Icons for Detailed Status of Tables

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VA 7.2 AdministrationNew extended library attributes

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SAS Visual Analytics 7.2Visual Data Builder (VDB)

• Access to Google Analytics (out of the box measure/dimension groupings)

• Access to Facebook (public page text)

• Zipped .csv import

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VA 7.2 Data BuilderImport Facebook & Google Analytics

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VA 7.2 Data BuilderGoogle Analytics Import

1. Obtain Access Code 2. Login to Google 3. Copy Code

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Visual Analytics 7.2VDB (import multiple DBMS tables at same time)

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SAS Visual Analytics 7.2Data Explorer

• Visual Statistics integrated entirely within Explorer

• Icicle plots on decision trees

• Added new decision tree settings for Rapid Growth/ Non-Rapid growth.

• Scored values like Cluster Ids can be used in base exploration for a user with or without the role or license of Visual Statistics.

• Scored values such as scored parameters can be used in an exploration.

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SAS Visual Statistics 7.2Decision Tree Default look

• With VS license and modeling role • With VA license only

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VA 7.2 ExplorerIcicle Plot with Decision Tree

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VA 7.2 ExplorerCluster ID Variable Retained in Exploration

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SAS Visual Analytics 7.2SAS Home

• New HTML5 interface

• All Flash end user features have been added

• Default interface for SAS Home

• Flash interface still available for browser compatibility

• Welcome message

• Tiles to organize content

• Notifications icon

• Responsive Design (adaptive web experience)

• Collections can be published and shared with all users

• SAS Home is not exclusive to VA

• Integration with Solutions – custom Tiles

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VA 7.2 SAS HomeHTML5 Interface

Welcome Message

HTML5 Hub supported on desktop browsers only: navigate to “Help About Browsers and Devices” for detailsThe application will automatically switch to Flash if the browser does not support HTML5

SearchNotificationHelpSettings

Side Menu

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VA 7.2 SAS HomeHTML5 Interface

Responsive Design adapts the layout according to browser window size

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VA 7.2 SAS HomeHTML5 Interface

Modern is HTML5Classic is Flash

The type of interface can also be set as a parameter in the URL:http://<host>/SASVisualAnalyticsHub/?hubMode=modernhttp://<host>/SASVisualAnalyticsHub/?hubMode=classic

Settings can be used to manage many different options, including the default appearance (HTML5 or Flash)

Except for default appearance, all settings are performed on an individual basis. Administrators cannot set them for a group of users for example.

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VA 7.2 SAS HomeHTML5 Interface

Side Menu

Side Menu provides access to Visual Analytics components.

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VA 7.2 SAS HomeShortcuts

Shortcut allows buttons to Visual Analytics components to be added at the top of the page

Order that shortcuts appear can be changed in the Settings under Application Shortcuts

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VA 7.2 SAS HomeCollections

Add Existing Collection Create New Collection

Collections can also be created and managed in SMC and Flash based Hub

Note: renaming a collection can only be done via SMC or Flash based Hub

Collections are not new in 7.2, but they can now be published to be shared (see next slide)

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VA 7.2 SAS HomeCollections

Administration Options

Administration Options vary according to the collection. Those options are also available to any tile or shortcut button.

Published Collection (locker on top left)

Unpublished Collection

Published collections(1) are made available to *all* users in both the SAS Home and Mobile BI, and users have the option to auto subscribe to all reports(2) in the collection from Mobile BI

Notes: (1) Collections can only be published from the HTML5 interface(2) Reports need to be placed directly into the root of the Collection to be eligible for auto subscription in Mobile BI

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VA 7.2 SAS HomeCollections – As It Applies to Mobile

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VA 7.2

Compare/Contrast vs. HUB – Classic (This applies to both Viewer and 7.3)

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SAS Visual Analytics 7.2Designer

• Pass parameter value to a report via URL

• Attach PDF to email

• Export to image for a single visual object (already in VAE 7.1)

• Geo support for calculated items and custom categories (already in VAE 7.1)

• New report theme (SAS Snow)

• Additional options in the Print dialog (see Printing section)

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VA 7.2 DesignerPass Parameter To a Report Via URL

Report opened with URL:http://<host>/SASVisualAnalyticsViewer/VisualAnalyticsViewer_guest.jsp?reportName=VAD+7.2+-+Report+1&reportPath=/Shared+Data/Explorations+and+Reports/Tech+Exchange+7.2&Param%20Region=North

The Dropdown control hat the top right as a parameter called Param Region assigned to it

Report opened with parameterized URL for specific RegionReport saved without selecting any particular Region

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VA 7.2 DesignerAttach PDF to Email

Emails contain a screenshot of the report as well as a URL to the live report. Optionally a PDF version of the same report can be added to the email.

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VA 7.2 DesignerExport Image for a Single Visual Object

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VA 7.2 DesignerGeo Support for

Calculated Items and Custom Categories

Calculated Items and Custom Categories can be assigned to a Geography role and used in Geo Maps

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VA 7.2 DesignerNew Report Theme “SAS SNOW”

SAS Light theme, popular in 7.1, in contrast with SAS Snow for a cleaner look & feel

SAS Light

SAS Snow

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SAS Visual Analytics 7.2Printing

• New printing options

• Include a cover page

• Show or hide empty rows and columns

• Show report comments

• Link between report objects and appendix

• Ability to print Info Window

• Performance improvement: only query data for the section or object being printed

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VA 7.2 PrintingNew Printing Options

Printing options in VA 7.2 Printing options in VA 7.1

New options allow for more flexibility and better printing experience

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VA 7.2 PrintingOption to Include Cover Page

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VA 7.2 PrintingOption to Show or Hide Empty Rows and Columns

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VA 7.2 PrintingOption To Show Report Comments

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VA 7.2 PrintingLink Between Report Objects and Appendix

Appendix references are links that allow easy navigation back and forth between report objects and corresponding appendix section

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VA 7.2 PrintingAbility to Print Info Windows

Printing Info Windows offers the same experience as printing reports

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VA 7.2 PrintingPerformance Improvement

Data is only queried for sections or report objects that were selected to be printed

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VA 7.2 ViewerHTML5 Viewer – Was Pre-production (until 7.3)

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VA 7.2 ViewerHTML5 Viewer – Switch Appearances

Switching back and forth between Flash and HTML5 Viewers Sign Out & Sign In

Sign Out & Sign In

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SAS Mobile BI

• SAS Mobile BI now supports iOS and Android smartphones

• IPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5S, 6, 6 Plus (iOS 7 or later)

• Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, Galaxy Note 4, Note 5, Note Edge, Google Nexus 5, 6 (Android 4.1 or later)

• SAS Mobile BI is supported to connect to SAS Visual Analytics 7.1 and 7.2

• SAS Mobile BI is available in Apple AppStore and GooglePlay

as a single application for both smartphones and tablets

Overview

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SAS Mobile BINew Capabilities When Connecting to Visual

Analytics 7.2

• Publish report to mobile user• Mobile user will automatically get reports subscribed from collections

• Server set time out • Reports will expire on the device once the server set time out is exceeded

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SAS Mobile BIServer Side Expiration Time Limit

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SAS Visual Analytics 7.2 SAS Mobile BI for Smartphones

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