Today ASUG had a BEx Quo Vadis webcast, with 57 questions in the question and answer. Interest was quite high.
Part 1 is BEx Quo Vadis? BI Client Recommendations for BEx Customers ASUG Webcast Part 1
Future items are subject to change and any forward looking statements are subject to the disclaimer (no commitment).
Figure 1: Source: SAP
We are in the middle stage here as shown in Figure 1
SAP has enabled the SDK in Design Studio 1.2
For the agnostic space they have added.UNX support
Look to the future – 1.3 planned to ship in Q2 next year
SAP plans to offer a Lumira SDK for Design Studio to build components for both
Figure 2: Source: SAP
Analysis Edition for Office/OLAP and Design Studio are recommended
Reporting use case – Crystal and Web Intelligence
Figure 3: Source: SAP
Figure 3 was not directly covered in the webcast, but was included in the slides. Future plans are subject to change. Questions during the webcast include bookmarking and BW-IP.
Figure 4: Source: SAP
Figure 4 was not discussed in the webcast but was included in the slides. This deployment option has been discussed before during other conferences.
Figure 5: Source: SAP
During the webcast SAP demonstrated an integration with Google Maps. Figure 5 shows an SDK option by SAP Partner CubeServ
Subset of Question & Answer
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Q: Can we consider the Design Studio as revised version of WAD tool?
A: officially, it is a premium "alternative" of it - we target to cover all essential WAD scenarios with Design Studio.
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Q: Is there any limitation on max no of output results(cells) in design studio 1.2 ?
A: No limitation on the data output itself.
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Q: If I were to use SAP Lumira with Bex query(as data source) along with Non SAP systems, it it possible ?
A: Lumira does not support BEx Queries at this time - only BW BI4 universes
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Q: How long MDX statements are supported ?
A: we don't do MDX in Analysis Office or Design Studio. use queries or HANA models instead
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Q: Any plans for drag-and-drop functionality with the Analysis grid item similar to what is in BEx 7.x?
A: drag and drop is possible in Analysis grid, e.g. adding/removing new dimensions/measures, sorting, filtering etc.
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Q: If we use Bex queries, we can simulate using RSRT for any specific calculations to be verified/checked. How Can I simulate Design Studio using Bex as data source assuming that built-in custom code within Design studio?
A: you can use ALL Bex queries in Design Studio ...
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Q: Is Design Studio a replacement BeX Query Designer?
A: No it is not - there is no replacement for BEx Query Designer
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Q: Which mobile devices(Apple/Adroid/windows) versions are supported for Design Studio ?
A: iOS devices
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Q: What is 'Idea Place'?
A: Go to ideas.sap.com - a place to recommend enhancement requests
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Q: Are future enhancements planned for BEx Query Designer?
A: An eclipse version is coming with 7.40
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Q: Does that mean Bex Query Designer is not going away?
A: It is not going away
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Q: is it possible to save a design studio dashboard display to PDF format?
A: not a native PDF generator yet, we have printing on the roadmap.
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