REPORTING WITH SAS® VISUAL ANALYTICS

- THE INSIDE STORY FROM R&D

Falko Schulz

Principal Software Developer, R&D

AGENDA

• Vision

• Solution

• Demo

• R&D

• Q&A

Reporting with

SAS® Visual

Analytics - the

inside story from

R&D

Provide “out of the box,”

usable analytics to anyone

Approachable

Analytics User Oriented

Easy to use with self-service

capabilities, while allowing IT

to manage and govern

Anywhere, Anytime

Deliver content via the web, mobile

devices as well as commonly used

Microsoft applications

Value from Data

Gain insights from data

through the power of

analytics and visualization

STRATEGIC R&D FOCUS

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REPORT

WHAT?

DISCOVER

WHY?

ANALYTICS

EXPLORE

DISCOVER

REPORT

DELIVER

BUSINESS

VISUALIZATION

VISION & DIRECTION

• A SINGLE SOLUTION TO ANSWER THE WHAT & WHY

SAS® VISUAL

ANALYTICS KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Fast Flexible Data

• Access to large amounts of

data for exploration and

reporting

• In Memory technology for

instant data access and visual

rendering

Consumable Analytics

• Key analytical capabilities in

easy to understand format

Data Exploration and Business Visualization

• Auto Charting and many types of visualizations

• Reporting and dashboarding capabilities

• Contextual filtering and highlighting

• Flexible hierarchies and drill-down / drill Across

• Drag-n-Drop capabilities across intuitive interface

Adaptive Presentation

• Visualizations for web and mobile consumption

• Interactive reporting viewing capabilities on iPad

and Android

SAS® VISUAL

ANALYTICS GAME-CHANGING SOLUTION

SAS® VISUAL

ANALYTICS

DELIVERS A SINGLE SOLUTION FOR FASTER, SMARTER DECISIONS

Central Entry Point Integration Role-based Views

MOBILE BI DATA BUILDER EXPLORER DESIGNER

• Native iOS and

Android applications

that delivers

interactive reports

• Join data from

multiple sources

• Create calculated and

derived columns

• Load data

• Perform ad-hoc

analysis and data

discovery

• Apply advanced

analytics

• Create dashboard

style reports for web

or mobile

SAS® LASR™ ANALYTIC SERVER

ADMINISTRATOR

• Monitor SAS® LASR™

Analytic server

• Load/unload data

• Manage security

SAS® VISUAL

ANALYTICS

DELIVERS A SINGLE SOLUTION FOR FASTER, SMARTER DECISIONS

Central Entry Point Integration Role-based Views

MOBILE BI DATA BUILDER EXPLORER DESIGNER

• Native iOS and

Android applications

that delivers

interactive reports

• Join data from

multiple sources

• Create calculated and

derived columns

• Load data

• Perform ad-hoc

analysis and data

discovery

• Apply advanced

analytics

• Create dashboard

style reports for web

or mobile

SAS® LASR™ ANALYTIC SERVER

ADMINISTRATOR

• Monitor SAS® LASR™

Analytic server

• Load/unload data

• Manage security

SAS® VISUAL

ANALYTICS

DESIGNER

Interface for designing reports and dashboards

Leverage existing reports and data to create reports

Use multiple data sources

Large number of visualization options

WYSIWYG designer with integrated report viewer

Precision and tiled layout

Report object interactions and prompts

Comments in the report and object (charts and tables) levels

Dynamic Hierarchies: Drill down, up, and across siblings

Derive new data items

Export data to Excel and CSV/TSV document formats

“Adaptive presentation” - build once, deploy on any channel & device

SAS® VISUAL

ANALYTICS

VIEWER

Visualize reports previously created

Multiple data sources

Interactions and prompts

Hierarchy navigation

Collaboration via commenting

Export data to Excel and CSV/TSV document formats

Leverage existing SAS security

SAS® VISUAL

ANALYTICS

MOBILE

Native apps for iPad and Android tablets

Highly visual and interactive: filtering, highlighting, drill-down, zooming, etc.

Collaboration via commenting

Share via email

Offline capabilities

Leverage existing SAS security

Additional security focused on support for device encryption, remote wipe, blacklisting, SSL connections, mobile tethering, application passcode, etc.

LIVE DEMO

DESIGNER

LIVE DEMO

MOBILE

SAS® VISUAL

ANALYTICS

ENABLES SIMPLY SMARTER BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

• Delivers approachable analytics across the enterprise

• Offers self-service capabilities to gain immediate insights

• Supports IT data management and control

Q&A

Falko Schulz

Principal Software Developer, R&D