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What's New in SAS® Mobile BI

SAS Mobile BI 8.1 for Android

Enhanced ease of use with improved user interface.

The user interface has changed in the following ways:

  • The portfolio has been replaced with separate views for subscribed reports, recently viewed reports, favorite reports, and collections. To access these views, open the navigation drawer.

    Views in the navigation drawer

  • The library has been replaced by the Add Reports window. In this window you can add reports to your Subscriptions view, as well as establish and maintain your server connections.

    To open the Add Reports window, you must be in the Subscription view. Tap Add Reports in the welcome card or the Add button button.

    Locations of the Add buttons

This updated design incorporates the look and feel of the latest Android release.

You can share your screen with others.

Example of the Present Screen feature

You can now share your device screen with others while you use the SAS Mobile BI app. Invited participants can view your screen in a web browser presentation on their desktop computer or mobile device. Participants are not required to have the SAS Mobile BI app. However, all participants must be on the same network as the presenter.

For more information about Present Screen, see the Help.

Support for TalkBack accessibility.

You can now use the Android-provided screen-reading software TalkBack to access the user interface of the app.

The app provides custom actions that enhance accessibility features that are associated with the following items:

  • Collections
  • Report charts and graphs, and their data elements
  • Report filter controls (including buttons, check boxes, lists, sliders, and text fields)

For detailed information about accessibility support, see the accessibility document for SAS Mobile BI for Android.

Support for the latest versions of SAS Visual Analytics.

The application provides seamless support for SAS Visual Analytics 7.3 and 7.2 servers.

Help is available in the new SAS Help Center.

Android Help in the SAS Help Center

Help for SAS Mobile BI is now available in the SAS Help Center, the new single point of access for user and administrator documentation for SAS products and solutions. SAS Help Center provides a responsively designed interface that is mobile friendly, fully internationalized and localizable, and compliant with accessibility standards.

Because SAS Help Center is the single point of access, the information is never out of synch with the product or solution. In addition to online Help, alternative PDF and ePub formats are available for most titles.

In SAS Mobile BI, tap Help. The SAS Help Center opens in the web browser on your device.

Many enhancements and fixes.

SAS Mobile BI 7.33 for Android

Improved device notifications for updated or new reports.
SAS Mobile BI notifications are now easier to use. The app generates notifications when you subscribe to a new report and when a report to which you subscribe is updated.
Notification about a new report subscription in the Notification Center
You can respond to notifications in the following ways:
  • View the progress of the report download.
    A download progress indicator in a notification
  • After the download is complete, you can tap the notification about a single report to open that report in SAS Mobile BI.
    If the notification is for multiple reports, tap the notification to open the portfolio in SAS Mobile BI.
  • Spread your fingers on the notification to view detailed information. For single reports, the report description is shown, if available.
    An expanded notification
    For multiple reports, all affected report titles and descriptions, if available, are shown.
  • Share the report. Tap Share button.
Edit server connections while in the library.
You can now edit and remove server connections while you are in the library. Instead of going to the settings view, now you can manage your server connections in the same location where you navigate and work with your server connections.
The Add Connection and Edit Connection buttons in the library
The Add Connection and Edit Connection buttons are located in the All Connections list.
Tip
The All Connections list is the left-most list in the library. If the list is not on the screen, tap All Connections in the navigation path. If the navigation path is too long to fit on the screen, drag right to scroll the path.
  • To add a server connection, tap the Add Connection button. The Add Connection window appears and you enter the server information.
  • You can edit the password and the description of an existing connection. Tap the Edit Connection button to modify these values.
  • You can also remove a connection. Tap the Edit Connection button, scroll to the bottom of the window, tap Remove Connection, and then tap Remove.
Easier to tap selection buttons when using Selection mode in the library.
When you want to select more than one report at a time, you can use Selection mode in the library. The selection buttons are now easier to tap.
Easier to tap selection buttons
Many enhancements and fixes.

SAS Mobile BI 7.32 for Android

New app iconNew app icon.
Look for it when you install the app.
Library navigation that is easier to see and use.
The improved breadcrumb path enables you to quickly navigate among folders in the library. Tap any part of the path to view that folder. When the full breadcrumb path is wider than the screen, drag your finger on the path to scroll it right or left.
To view your available server connections, tap All Connections at the beginning of the path.
Close up view of the breadcrumb path in the library
New navigation in the Help.
The new breadcrumb path enables you to quickly navigate information in the Help. Tap any part of the path to view a topic or topic collection. When the full breadcrumb path is wider than the screen, drag your finger on the path to scroll it right or left.
To view the table of contents, tap All Topics at the beginning of the path.
Close up view of the breadcrumb path in the help
Full-screen Help.
Help content is displayed using the full screen.
Full screen view of the help on a tablet
Updated themes and styles.
Updated theme as seen in the navigation drawer and in the library
Many other enhancements and fixes.

SAS Mobile BI 7.31 for Android

This release of the app provides many enhancements and fixes.