SAP offers the opportunity influence innovations for next releases through the influence program Customer Engagement Initiative (CEI). This is the first CEI cycle in 2015.
What innovations are there?
There are several projects for which you can register. The following projects are relevant for the SAP Design Studio Community Members:
Source: SAP
Source: SAP
These projects can be found here under the “Analytics” heading. If you find a project that may be of interest to a co-worker, SAP asks that you to forward the project using the “Send an Email” link on the project page.
Other interesting projects:
Fiori Based Mobile BI Monitoring
KPI and Report Gallery for End Users
SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (MOBI)
How can I sign up?
Go to the SAP website to register.
Complete list of projects is here
Follow-up after registration
When you register, you will be sent a confirmation from. When you register for a project, you will be invited to an introductory call SAP; at this point further participation is optional. Typically signing a Feedback Agreement with SAP will be part of the procedure.
The deadline for this first cycle is on Friday, April 15th (tax day here in the US)
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How do I register on the Customer Influence website?
The process of registration is here online.
SAP Improvement Finder
You can download the latest improvements developed from the various influencing programs http://www.sapimprovementfinder.com
About the Customer Engagement Initiative
SAP wants customer’s early involvement in the development process. Many topics will be opened only for SAP customers, but there are also topics for which the contribution of partners is requested.
Note: The above information was pulled together from various sources: SAP, ASUG and VNSG with some edits by me
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