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Today Oracle Analytic Cloud (OAC) was launched and you can read all about that in the blog hop links at the end of this post, but I wanted to share some details on the many options for accessing BI content on OAC on your mobile device.

Mobile Web

To start with all of the Data Visualization projects you create using OAC support mobile web.  What that means is that they will respond and adapt to the device you are on.  So just open the same project using your Chrome or Safari browser on your phone or tablet and you are all set.  No need to redesign anything!

BI Mobile App

Our BI Mobile apps for iOS and Android will also support OAC for consuming all of your BI content including, Dashboards, Answers Reports, and DV Projects.  Keep in mind this app was build for consuming all your BI content and is backwards compatible with many OBI versions.

Download for iOS:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oracle-business-intelligence-mobile-hd/id534035015?mt=8

Download for Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oracle.obi

Synopsis

Synopsis is the newest app from the Oracle Mobile Analytic Team that lets you quickly open and interact with your spreadsheets and business data in a visual, interactive and intuitive way. Right from email, and all while you are on the go!

Synopsis will scan your spreadsheets and business data and automatically figure how to summarize the information and present it to you in the most meaningful way possible.

Right now Synopsis supports Excel and CSV files, but coming soon, as part of the Oracle Data Visualization product family, Synopsis will allow you to connect to the long list of sources supported in OAC.

Best of all Synopsis is FREE for all to use with Excel and CSV files!

Find out more and download the app for Android and iOS:

https://www.oracle.com/solutions/business-analytics/synopsis.html

OH Yea - One Last Thing

This OAC launch introduces the infrastructure for our newest app (coming soon) called Day by Day.  Day by Day is an app that allows non-technical users to get quick answers to their day to day business questions.

We believe BI is not about charts and graphs, it is about affecting positive change in your organization. We are creating this app because we believe that by better informing your workforce about what matters at the right time then everyone will make better decisions day by day.

Coming Soon!

In summary there are options for any size deployment of OAC.  Covering consumption of pre-defined dashboards and projects, instant analytics on your device, and getting your data pushed to you based on context or just by asking a simple question.

It goes without saying that all our apps support iOS and Android and work on phones and tablets.

If you want to learn more about OAC, check out the blog hop participant posts below! What is a blog hop? A blog hop is a group of bloggers who all get together to blog on a particular topic. We share each others blog posts in an attempt to share a lot of great information in one place.  Enjoy!

Opal Alapat, interRel Consulting - https://womaninepm.com/2017/03/17/oac-series-finally-released

Stewart Bryson, RedPill Analytics - http://redpillanalytics.com/introducing-oracle-analytics-cloud/

Brian Dandeneau, interRel Consulting - http://integrationmadesimple.blogspot.com/2017/03/oac-metadata-management.html

Tim German, Qubix - http://www.cubecoder.com/essbase-cloud-for-the-on-prem-crowd/

Cameron Lackpour, ARC EPM Consulting - http://camerons-blog-for-essbase-hackers.blogspot.com/2017/03/head-in-essbase-cloud-no-1-blessed-event.html

Glenn Schwartzberg, interRel Consulting - http://glennschwartzbergs-essbase-blog.blogspot.com/2017/03/essbase-cloud-service-is-it-here-or.html

Summer Watson, interRel Consulting - https://epmsxsw.com/2017/03/17/you-down-with-oac-yeah-you-know-me

Sarah Zumbrum, Oracle - https://realtrigeek.com/2017/03/17/essbase-as-a-data-source-in-oracle-data-visualization

In the Android version of Oracle Synopsis you can leverage a great ‘newish’ Android feature called App Shortcuts to access your most important projects quickly.

Just long press on the Synopsis app icon for about a second and menu will appear along with a quick vibration.  Release, and simply tap any of the menu options to quickly access a current project or import a new file.

You can also tap and hold on any of the menu ‘handles’ (lines on the right side of the menu item) and drag that specific action anywhere on your launcher.

Notice the Excel looking icon that I am dragging on my launcher in the image above.

Now I can just tap the new icon and open a specific Synopsis project directly!

Did you know that with Oracle Synopsis you can import Google Sheets documents using the Sheets app.

In Android open the Sheets app and open a sheets document with data in a tabular format. 

Tap the overflow menu on the right (3 dots) and select Share and Export.

Tap Save As... and select Excel for the format.

Once complete open Synopsis and Tap the + floating action button to open the file explorer.  

Tap Drive and browse to the Excel version of the file you just saved and select it.

Once complete you will have your first Synopsis project from a Google Sheet!

In iOS open the Sheets app and open a sheets document with data in a tabular format.

Tap the overflow menu on the right (3 dots) and select Share and Export.

Tap Send a Copy and select Excel for the format.

The iOS sharing dialog will appear, on this dialog select Import with Synopsis.

Once complete you will have your first Synopsis project from a Google Sheet!

A more streamlined integration in Android allowing Google Sheets to be imported directly from the Synopsis app is coming soon!

We are working on a big iOS release and it is just about ready to launch.  You will have to wait to try it, but I wanted to share some of the key new features.  All I can say about release date is; coming soon...

Full iPhone Redesign 

This update brings our app up to date with iOS standards and is awesome on your phone!  We are sure you will love it and using it will feel natural and in line with iOS standards.

Updated Immersive Mode on the iPhone

Spotlight Search Support for BI Content

Leverage iOS Spotlight Search to quickly find and open BI content in our app.  Once you have opened a report or dashboard one time it will be available in Spotlight Search.

Native iOS Sharing on iPad and iPhone

Now you can share like you do in any other app.  As always select links or images, but not you can share to other apps on your device not just email.  text, photo editing, AirDrop and more.

There are also a ton of bug fixes and stability improvements.  We truly hope you love it when it drops. 

Coming Soon! 

Oh yea one more thing...

If you deploy are apps with MDM or MAM in your organization you know all about out Mobile Security Toolkit, but you may be hitting an issue or 2 if you upgraded to Xcode 7 already.  Here are the details you need to get past these minor issues.  

Updated Deployment Target

First you will need to update your deployment target to iOS 8 or above.  Apple does not mess around with new OS versions and iOS9 is already at passing iOS8 for adoption .  To update this in your Xcode project simply change the deployment target on the general tab of the project settings to anything 8.0 or above.

App Transport Security

In Xcode 7 Apple added a security feature called App Transport Security.  This forces connection API’s like the ones we use to enforce strict security practices.  For us this translates to requiring HTTPs (SSL protected) connections.  Many of our customers OBI servers (especially testing servers) are not SSL enalbed so to be able to connect to our Demo server or any non-SSL server you need to implement the following.

On the info tab of the projects properties add a new Dictionary type called NSAppTransportSecurity and in that new property add NSAllowsArbitraryLoads = True as a Boolean.  Here is a screenshot:

If you only connect to SSL servers then you don't need this at all.  Also if you want to ‘white’ list specific domains you can do this as an alternative.  See the Apple Tech Note for details on how to create exceptions.

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/technotes/App-Transport-Security-Technote/index.html

Disable Split Screen and Multitasking

This is optional but our app is not quite ready for multitasking and split screen so we recommend disabling this for now. To do this on the info tab of the projects properties add a new Boolean type called UIRequiresFullScreen and set it to true.  If you leave this off our app will work just fine but will simply not be optimized for multitasking.  We are working hard to support this new iOS feature so stay tuned.

Did you know our app supports voice searches? In fact you don't even have to open our app for this.  Just say ‘OK Google, Search BI Mobile for Keyword’.  Our app will open with a list of reports that match the keyword you specified.

Watch to see how it works.

At Kscope 2015 I co-presented 2 hands on labs for BI Mobile App Designer.  I thought I would share the labs for anyone who wants to get more familiar with BI Mobile App Designer.  

Before diving into the lab you might want to install the trial edition and get familiar with the product.

Thanks to Carol Krajewski and Wayne Van Sluys from interRel for co-presetning these labs with me.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-foundation/bi-mobile-app-designer-1983915.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-foundation/mad-trial-2019918.html

MAD About Mobile? Learn to Create BI Mobile Apps with BI Mobile App Designer

Link to the lab:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ghczf7vfusd046j/MAD%20About%20Mobile%20-%20Learn%20to%20Create%20BI%20Mobile%20Apps%20with%20BI%20Mobile%20App%20Designer%20-%20Public.pdf?dl=0

These days, being able to access data anywhere on any device is becoming more and more important, and there is a critical need to deliver analytics and BI data to your end users on their mobile devices. If mobile is a critical requirement for your organization, then this lab is for you! You will create a mobile app with no code and no need to call IT. We will work with the latest version of Mobile Application Designer to create an end-to-end mobile app.

This accelerated and fast-paced session will focus on the basics, and we will show you how to connect to a data source, create an application (including subpages, filters, drilling, and more), and deploy and test the application. Just bring your laptop and a mobile device of choice (tablet or phone).

MAD About Mobile? Code until You Are MAD! Custom Plugins and BI Mobile App Designer

Link to the lab:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gn56xh5bj6ps4i1/MAD%20About%20Mobile%20-%20Code%20until%20You%20Are%20MAD%21%20Custom%20Plugins%20and%20BI%20Mobile%20App%20Designer%20-%20Public.pdf?dl=0

Thinking about creating a highly custom mobile experience with your BI data for deployment on mobile devices? Interested in delivering custom visualizations that apply to only your specific data set? If yes, then this is the hands-on training for you.  

This accelerated and fast-paced lab will focus on the use and creation of custom BI Mobile App Designer plugins to be used in a BI Mobile App Designer app. We will demonstrate how to install and integrate existing custom plugins, and we will create a new custom plugins from scratch.