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What does SAS

Mobile BI do?As a crucial component of SAS Visual

Analytics, SAS Mobile BI delivers analyti-

cal results and reports to mobile devices,

providing on-the-go business users with

a quick and easy way to interact with

important information from anywhere,

anytime. Users are able to use their

iPads and Android tablets to derive

insights based on information that is

always current and relevant, resulting

in the most informed decisions possible

and the ability to make those decisions

faster and more frequently.

Why is SASMobile BIimportant?

Mobile devices provide self-service capa-

bilities that are vital to decision makers.

The ability to easily access, download

and explore reports is important to

business users who can see and explore

information themselves, regardless of

where they are or if Internet connectivity

is available. In addition, IT can ensure

that information remains synchronized

and up-to-date.

For whom is SASMobile BIdesigned?

SAS Visual Analytics is an enterprise solu-

tion designed for use by IT, data managers,

data scientists, analysts and modelers as

well as business users. The mobile apps

of SAS Mobile BI are designed for use by

any business user who needs access to

information from anywhere.

SASMobile BI

Providing insights gleaned from SASAnalytics to mobile devices

The widespread adoption of tablets

and smartphones has created demandfor organizations to adopt and sup-

port mobile devices. The popularity of

mobile technology has also increased

pressure on IT to supply business

users and executives with current and

relevant information delivered to their

mobile devices.

SASMobile BI is a critical component

of the powerful SAS Visual Analytics

solution. SAS Visual Analytics uses

in-memory capabilities to quickly

examine data to find patterns and

analytically determine if and how the

data is related in just minutes or

seconds, no matter what size data

you have. But, in addition to identify-

ing new insights, SAS Visual Analytics

provides an easy way to show and

share information gleaned from data

discovery with all information consum-

ers from executives on the go to the

most accomplished statistician.

In particular, SAS Mobile BI enables IT

to provide synchronized, up-to-date

information as a basis for analysis and

reporting. It enables analysts and report

designers to create and deliver reports

and information to mobile devices. And,

it lets executives and other decision

makers access and explore insights

from an AppleiPador Android tablet.

SAS Mobile BI:

Is interactive, engaging and easy to use.

Promotes faster decision cycles

by providing immediate access to

information and removing the depen-

dency on others to constantly deliver

updated reports.

Supports decision making on the

go by allowing business users and

executives to easily carry and update

information wherever they are.

Provides uninterrupted workflow

because up-to-date information is

always available.

Key Benefits

Delivers approachable analytics

anywhere. SAS Mobile BI is designed

to be used by anyone and does not

require technical skills only an Apple

iPad or Android tablet. The reports

and information published to mobile

devices are based on insights derived

from the analysis of data using SAS

Visual Analytics.

Provides a centralized view of criti-

cal data. Using SAS Visual Analytics

and SAS Mobile BI, users can easily

design, create and share information.

With the mobile reporting capabilities,

organizations can create a centralized

view of critical information that is

always current and available.

Enables fact-based decision

making based on real analytics.

Business users love their mobile

devices. With insights produced by

SAS Analytics, mobile devices can

provide information to users on the go

when they need it rather than having

to wait until they return to their offices.

Being able to view reports with the

most current and relevant factsempowers users and accelerates

decision-making processes.

Improves employee productivity.

SAS Mobile BI improves the productiv-

ity of employees by providing informa-

tion without delay and allows users to

have the information they need with

them all of the time. Employees can

make fact-based decisions regardless

of their location or time of day.

FACT SHEET


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show revenue by areas that make up

that particular geographical territory (in

essence, the details for that territory).

Support for custom themes

With support for custom themes, report

designers can create reports and report

styles that adhere to their organiza-

tional brand standards by creating and

using custom colors. Report designers

can also take advantage of important

design capabilities, including condi-

tional highlighting to associate colors

with data variables and various layout

options. Flexible and precision layouts

allow report designers to stack, overlay

or place report objects anywhere within

a report.

Collaboration capabilities

SAS Mobile BI provides a unique set of

collaboration capabilities that promote

intelligence that can be acted upon im-

mediately. It enables idea sharing and

saves valuable time. Users are able to

easily comment on reports and share

their comments with others. When

viewing a report, users can quickly

and easily annotate screen captures ofreports and email them to others. The

annotations provide a fast and easy

way to share thoughts, ideas and ques-

tions. You can even capture comments

using video and audio if you prefer.

Mobile tethering and offline connectivity

SAS Mobile BI provides expansive offline

capabilities so that users on the go

have the ability to explore and interact

with their reports even when there is

no Internet access available giving

them the ability to derive insights from

their most important data anytime,

anywhere. As an IT-managed option,

mobile tethering provides control and

flexibility, allowing the organization to

dictate which users or user groups can

access information while offline.

Key Features

Interactive experience

Interactive reports that use native mobile device interactions, including pinching, zooming,

swiping, etc.

Swipe containers with filtering and context passing.

Easy navigation with drill-anywhere capabilities.

Rich reports and dashboards with KPIs

Multiple chart types, including bar, targeted bar, waterfall, line, pie, time series, bubble, tree

map, dual axis-bar line, dual axis bar-bar and box plots.

Geo maps with the ability to overlay bubbles, polygons and other data visualizations on maps.

Support for tables, including lists and cross tabs.

Ability to drill and/or expand and collapse cross tabs.

Ability to display the output of SAS Stored Processes on mobile devices without having access

to SAS applications.

Ability to navigate, drill, filter and interact with report objects

Report creators can provide various levels of detail by using filtering, data brushing or section

linking:

Link one report object to another.

Use KPIs as a source for filtering.

Use tables as a source for filtering.

Support for hierarchies and synchronization of hierarchies when drilling into reports.

Support for custom themes

Enables report designers to create reports and report styles that adhere to their own corporate

brand standards using custom colors, etc., and then publish the reports to mobile users.

Conditional highlighting for associating colors with data variables.

Flexible layout options, including stacking, overlaying or placing report objects anywhere within

a report.

Use concepts such as send to the back or bring to the front grouping capabilities.

Collaboration Ability to read, write and share comments on reports.

Create screen captures of reports.

Capture finger-driven annotations.

Record video and audio comments to share with others.

Mobile tethering and offline connectivity

Ability to access reports anytime, anywhere, even when no network connectivity is available.

As an IT-managed option, mobile tethering provides the control and flexibility to determine

which users or user groups can access information when disconnected from the enterprise.

Support for enterprise security, including VPN, SLL, HTTPS, black listing and remote wipe

capabilities.

Provides application passcodes.

Easy availability SAS Mobile BI is available as a native app for the Apple iPad and is available free from the

Apple App Store.

SAS Mobile BI is available as a native app for the Android tablet and is available free from

GooglePlay.


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SASMobile BI SystemRequirements

To learn more about SAS Mobile BI,

view screenshots and see other

related material, please visitsas.com/mobilebi.

(Above) Get different views of

data on your iPad or Android

tablet using filters. Your data

visualizations change based on

the selected filters. (Shown here

on the iPad.)

(Left) Rotate your images

for flexible viewing. With

SAS Mobile BI, you can

easily scan your executive

dashboards for the mostcurrent financial information

anywhere, anytime. (Shown

here on an Android tablet.)

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