{"id":3269,"date":"2018-01-03T21:12:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T20:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingsap.com\/blog\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2018-01-05T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T09:29:28","slug":"5-crazy-sap-bi-predictions-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingsap.com\/blog\/5-crazy-sap-bi-predictions-for-2018","title":{"rendered":"5 crazy SAP BI predictions for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 is over, 2018 is here, so it is time to make some crazy (or maybe not so crazy) predictions for the SAP BI universe this year!<\/p>\n

1. SAPcoin<\/strong><\/h4>\n

SAP will launch its own cryptocurrency based on the blockchain technology<\/a>, to simplify transactions between and within organizations that run SAP software. The coin will probably be called SAPcoin, The Walldorf or The Hasso. At the end of 2018, the market capitalization of SAPcoin will be larger than that of SAP itself.<\/p>\n

2. SAP Lumira Cloud<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In the yearly SAP BI naming shuffle, SAP Analytics Cloud will be renamed once more. After Cloud for Analytics, SAP BusinessObjects Cloud and SAP Analytics Cloud, the new name will now leverage the stronger and more unique Lumira brand. Therefore, the tool will be called SAP Lumira Cloud (at least for the remainder of the year).<\/p>\n

3. SAP Lumira Mobile<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The three (!!!) mobile BI apps that we currently have (SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile and SAP Roambi) will merge into a single app. Obviously, this app will be called the SAP Lumira Mobile app (at least for this year). Navigation in the app will be based on content from the SAP Analytics Hub, and will support all the document types that the current apps support (Lumira applications and stories, Crystal Reports, Webi, Analytics Cloud and even Xcelsius dashboards). Roambi will disappear as a standalone product, and will be integrated into SAP Analytics Cloud as a (mobile) template provider. Instead of spreadsheets, these templates will use the SAP Analytics Cloud models as a data source. The SAP community decides to call them \u201cRoambies\u201d, to keep this lovely tool in remembrance.<\/p>\n

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4. Interoperability!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Infinite interoperability! SAP Analysis Office workbooks can be hosted on SAP Analytics Cloud, to eliminate the need for a SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform. This way, long-time SAP BI customers can completely switch to the cloud solution, without completely alienating their beloved Excel users of the finance department. Furthermore, on-premise Lumira applications and stories can use SAP Analytics Cloud models as a datasource, and it will be possible to import a SAP Analytics Cloud story into Lumira Designer as a composite.<\/p>\n

5. SAP Community<\/strong><\/h4>\n

SAP Community is closed down, and replaced by either a basic, Reddit-like forum with structure, or a third-party starts a completely new SAP community platform that makes sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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