WebFOCUS 8 Update Chuck Wolff October 30, 2014 1

WebFOCUS 2014 Release Snapshot

WebFOCUS 8.0.07

Maintenance release with new ESRI embedded Maps

Release 8 .0.08

Maintenance release

InfoDiscovery

Release 8.1; Release 8.0.09

WebFOCUS Release 8.2

2/2014 4/2014

WebFOCUS AppStudio Release 8.0.07

5/2014 7/2014

WebFOCUS InfoDiscovery Release 8.1 – Customer Evaluation

Q3/2014 Q4/2014

WebFOCUS Release 8.0.10

Q1/2015 2

WebFOCUS Version 8 There have been major enhancements across WebFOCUS 8 since its initial release in 2012          Improved Reporting Advanced Charting Business Analytics WebFOCUS Mobile Enablement Developing Applications ReportCaster Scheduling and Distributing Information Administering and Securing the Environment Server Enhancements Adapter Enhancements

Fundamental Differences: WebFOCUS 7 vs. WebFOCUS 8  Changes to the architecture  New Security Model  New BI Portal (to replace the BI Dashboard product)  Consistent ribbon user interfaces across all products  HTML5 Charting and Visualizations  Release of Application Studio (to replace WebFOCUS Developer Studio)

InfoAssist Major New features  InfoAssist has added many new features in WebFOCUS 8  Hold Files         HTML 5 Charting engine Multi page Documents and Dashboards Relative positioning between components Active Reports styling Support for Powerpoint 2007 (pptx) Subquery Filters using a HOLD file Lightweight Mapping Drill down filtering and Portal refresh

Refresh BI Portal  Allows one report or chart to filter another report or chart in the BI Portal 21

Active Technologies Sample

HTML5 output Sample

What’s ahead for InfoAssist 8.2

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Dynamic Groups 25

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Dynamic Groups  Create a cluster of dimension values that make higher level categories  Grouping items of an existing field  Useful to re-organize data or to highlight ranges of values  Example: Combine sub-regions into higher level regions 27

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Charting – Lightweight Mapping 29

Interactive Chart Options Select Map Select Type and Location

Interactive Chart Options Add Geo Location

Set Location Type 34

Interactive Chart Options

Charting – Treemap 36

Treemap   Display hierarchical (tree-structured) data as a set of nested rectangles.

Each branch of the tree is given a rectangle, which is then tiled with smaller rectangles representing sub-branches.

 A leaf node's rectangle has an area proportional to a specified dimension on the data.

 Leaf nodes are colored to show a separate dimension -optional 37

Hidden Gems 38

Field Search Field Search 39

Clipboard Options 40

Re-designed Chart Picker 42

Summary and Releases

Feature

Refresh BI Portal Dynamic Groups PowerPoint PPTX output format Lightweight Mapping Treemap Two-part File name Field Search Control User Override preferences Cut/Copy/Paste in Document Mode Extended Functions New chart Picker Animate Once

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ReportCaster

ReportCaster User Interfaces  ReportCaster content is accessible from the BIP tree  New Scheduling tools with ribbon implementation  New Distribution and Access List tools  Each tool has a security privilege

Creating a Scheduled Task  Right-click on a procedure in the BIP tree and select Schedule and then choose the Distribution method

Schedule is placed in a folder in the tree  Schedule right-click options are available from the tree

Library output stored in the WF Repository  Library item is placed in the specified folder  Right-click to View versions, Subscribe, Delete etc

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WebFOCUS Content and Mobile Strategy  Responsive web design (RWD) is a web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices.

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WebFOCUS Content and Mobile Strategy  Auto-sizing Content – Content automatically takes the size of its container. Object are built with relative/proportional size.

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WebFOCUS Content and Mobile Strategy  Auto-Adjusting Content – Content moves and adjusts to the form factor to improve experience. Smaller form factors will work by user swiping through components while larger form factors will see all at once.

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WebFOCUS Application Studio WebFOCUS App Studio is the most robust BI application development platform on the market today.  Expanded Charts and visualizations  Easily create Dashboards that draw data from one source, or multiple disparate systems  Will eventually replace Developers Studio

Upgrading to WebFOCUS 8 The Migration process

 InfoApps  Forms  Reports  Dashboards  Security profiles Release 8 Migration Update Current Migration Workflow  Migration tools move all Release 7 applications and their associated security profiles to Release 8  Change Management tools used to selectively migrate objects from Release 8 staging environment to Release 8 Dev and/or Test environments

WebFOCUS 7 WebFOCUS 8 Staging Environment WebFOCUS 8 Dev, Test

Release 8 Migration Update New Migration Workflow Migration tools will now allow for selective, incremental migration directly from Release 7 environments to Release 8  All: performs a full migration  Domain List: includes content and associated Groups and Users  Group List: Users and Domains

WebFOCUS 7 WebFOCUS 8 Dev, Test

Release 8 Migration Update New Migration Workflow  Migration can be phased in over time based on business priorities  Hardware and administration costs associated with staging environments eliminated  Supported with Release 8.0.02 and later

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Release 8 Migration Update Migration Assessment Tool   Now available via field Technical Account Managers Utilized to provide key data points as a step in determining scope of migration efforts     Scanning of both Reporting Server and Managed Reporting environments Features detected Remediation candidates (forms, reports, etc.) Estimated level of effort and suggested approach  Additional important steps:  Usage Monitoring via Resource Analyzer  Reporting Server activity  Release 8-level Portal and data visualization  Real-time view of entire Reporting Server usage  Migration Assessment and Modernization service via IB Professional Services 68

Release 8 Migration Update Migration Assessment Tool: Sample Output 69

Release 8 Migration Update Migration Assessment Tool: Sample Output 70

Questions ?

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