2019 Dreamforce Embedded Analytics
- 1. Empowering Your Users with Embedded Analytics Fair Trade USA Aaron Winters
- 2. Forward-Looking Statement This presentation contains forward-looking statements about the company’s financial and operating results, which may include expected GAAP and non-GAAP financial and other operating and non-operating results, including revenue, net income, diluted earnings per share, operating cash flow growth, operating margin improvement, expected revenue growth, expected current remaining performance obligation growth, expected tax rates, the one-time accounting non-cash charge that was incurred in connection with the Salesforce.org combination; stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of purchased intangibles, shares outstanding, market growth and sustainability goals. The achievement or success of the matters covered by such forward-looking statements involves risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions prove incorrect, the company’s results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. The risks and uncertainties referred to above include -- but are not limited to -- risks associated with the effect of general economic and market conditions; the impact of geopolitical events; the impact of foreign currency exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations on our results; our business strategy and our plan to build our business, including our strategy to be the leading provider of enterprise cloud computing applications and platforms; the pace of change and innovation in enterprise cloud computing services; the seasonal nature of our sales cycles; the competitive nature of the market in which we participate; our international expansion strategy; the demands on our personnel and infrastructure resulting from significant growth in our customer base and operations, including as a result of acquisitions; our service performance and security, including the resources and costs required to avoid unanticipated downtime and prevent, detect and remediate potential security breaches; the expenses associated with new data centers and third-party infrastructure providers; additional data center capacity; real estate and office facilities space; our operating results and cash flows; new services and product features, including any efforts to expand our services beyond the CRM market; our strategy of acquiring or making investments in complementary businesses, joint ventures, services, technologies and intellectual property rights; the performance and fair value of our investments in complementary businesses through our strategic investment portfolio; our ability to realize the benefits from strategic partnerships, joint ventures and investments; the impact of future gains or losses from our strategic investment portfolio, including gains or losses from overall market conditions that may affect the publicly traded companies within the company's strategic investment portfolio; our ability to execute our business plans; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies, including delays related to the integration of Tableau due to regulatory review by the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority; our ability to continue to grow unearned revenue and remaining performance obligation; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; our ability to develop our brands; our reliance on third-party hardware, software and platform providers; our dependency on the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the Internet; the effect of evolving domestic and foreign government regulations, including those related to the provision of services on the Internet, those related to accessing the Internet, and those addressing data privacy, cross-border data transfers and import and export controls; the valuation of our deferred tax assets and the release of related valuation allowances; the potential availability of additional tax assets in the future; the impact of new accounting pronouncements and tax laws; uncertainties affecting our ability to estimate our tax rate; the impact of expensing stock options and other equity awards; the sufficiency of our capital resources; factors related to our outstanding debt, revolving credit facility, term loan and loan associated with 50 Fremont; compliance with our debt covenants and lease obligations; current and potential litigation involving us; and the impact of climate change. Further information on these and other factors that could affect the company’s financial results is included in the reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and in other filings it makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. These documents are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of the company’s website at www.salesforce.com/investor. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
- 3. Why embedded analytics? What are the Fair Trade CertifiedTM ingredients in this product? How much community development funds did this product’s sales generate? Is this partner’s fair trade business growing or shrinking? What steps can we take to grow our relationship with this brand?
- 4. Relies on underlying data • Data volume • Data sources • Data model • Data security Characteristics of Embedded Analytics Complicates app lifecycle management • Developer skills • Deployment process Mashes up multiple front-end technologies • Consistent look and feel • Authentication Provides actionable insights • Data refresh interval • Complexity of visualization • Data science capabilities
- 5. Approach Reports and Dashboards Step 1 Step 2 Create Report Embed Add standard component to App or Community Builder page
- 6. Reports and Dashboards Strengths • Respects data security and sharing • No additional authentication required • No specialized skills required to create or embed visualizations • Visualization metadata can be managed in source alongside other app assets • Report chart refreshed with each page load (dashboards require manual or scheduled refresh) Limitations • Only 8 chart types supported • Limits on data volume • Source data must be in Salesforce • Limited ability to enhance or restructure source data to support creation of the visualization Summary
- 7. JavaScript Libraries Step 4 Embed Add component to App or Community page Approach Step 1 Create Apex Controller Prepare the data Step 2 Upload JS Library Add JavaScript library as a Static Resource Step 3 Create LWC Custom component to generate visualization
- 8. JavaScript Libraries Strengths • All of the strengths of Reports and Dashboards • Wide range of visualizations possible • Supports multiple data sources • Ability to enhance and restructure source data as needed Limitations • Limits on data volume • JavaScript and Apex skills required Summary
- 9. Einstein Analytics Step 1 Create Dataset Prepare the data Approach Step 2 Create Dashboard Create 1 or more lens and add to dashboard Step 3 Embed Add standard component to App or Community page
- 10. Einstein Analytics Strengths • All of the strengths of Reports and Dashboards • More options for visualizations • Ability to enhance and restructure source data as needed • Handles large data volumes • Supports multiple data sources • Data science features built in Limitations • Adds new system to landscape • Refresh interval is not real-time Summary
- 11. Tableau Step 1 Create Dashboard Tableau Desktop Approach Step 2 Publish Dashboard Tableau Online/Server Install Sparkler App Linux, Tomcat, Java Step 3 Step 4 Integrate Salesforce, Sparkler and Tableau Online/Server Step 5 Embed Visualforce with canvas markup
- 12. Tableau Strengths • Similar to Einstein Analytics • Leverage existing analytics capabilities • More control over analytics infrastructure Limitations • Refresh interval is not real-time • Row level security cannot be inherited from Salesforce • Requires custom authentication solution • Visualizations are developed and deployed separately from app • More effort required to achieve consistent look and feel with Salesforce UI Summary
- 13. Tableau iframe • Works with Visualforce and Aura markup • No JavaScript or Apex required JavaScript API • Similar to JavaScript libraries approach • Upload Tableau JavaScript API as static resource • Create UI component to load static resource and render visualization Alternative Approaches
- 14. Strengths Comparison Report Charts JavaScript Libraries Einstein Analytics Tableau Data Volume Low Low Medium High Data Sources Low Medium High High Data Model Low High High High Data Security High High Medium Low Consistent Look & Feel High Low High Low Authentication High High High Low Developer Skills High Low Medium Medium Deployment Process High High High Low Data Refresh Interval High High Medium Medium Visualization Capabilities Low High Medium Medium Data Science Low Low High High High = Key Advantage; Low = Key Disadvantage
- 15. More Resources JavaScript Libraries • LWC documentation: Use Third-party JavaScript Libraries http://bit.ly/lwc-js-libraries • LWC code samples: http://bit.ly/lwc-recipes-repo Einstein Analytics • Trailhead Project: Embed an Einstein Analytics Dashboard in Lightning Experience http://bit.ly/ea-embed Tableau • Tableau Developer Program https://www.tableau.com/developer • Tutorial: Embed Tableau using ”Sparkler” Salesforce adapter http://bit.ly/embed-tableau-sparkler • Tutorial: Embed Tableau using an iframe http://bit.ly/embed-tableau-iframe • Tutorial: Embed Tableau using JavaScript API: http://bit.ly/embed-tableau-js-api Trailhead, documentation and more
Editor's Notes
- #6: Current standard components: App Builder Report Chart on Record page & App page & Home page Record page: Filter by record Id or other field Updates with each page load/refresh Dashboard on App page and Home page Can schedule refresh for a limited number and up to daily refresh Community Builder Report Chart & Dashboard available; same dashboard limitations
- #7: Limits on data volume – check on whether Big Objects can be used
- #9: Limits on data volume and source data – check on whether Big Objects can be used External objects – can access data via SOQL, but with limitations https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=platform_connect_considerations_soql.htm&type=5
- #11: Another pro for Einstein Analytics is the embedded AI capabilities that can provide people with recommended actions to take based on the results being displayed Sharing inheritance: https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=bi_security_datasets_sharing_about.htm&type=5