Title: A BI Application Framework for Integrating Mobile
Forms Data
Abstract:
Mobile Forms Apps are very popular and widely used to collect
data. However, traditional web development tools like .Net and
J2EE take a generic approach to such applications that leads to high
code complexity and poor quality assurance. Business Intelligence
(BI) portals and dashboards provide interactive reports that allow
one to flexibly explore, analyze and visualize data. However,
they are usually defined independently of the sources of data, which
requires complex ETL processes to integrate and transform data for
reporting. We have developed an application framework that
flexibly integrates mobile forms apps and BI dashboards. Three case
studies were conducted to evaluate the framework. They
demonstrated how BI applications that integrate mobile forms data
could be developed with less effort, less complexity, more
consistency, and better ease of use. More importantly, the
application framework provides the ability to seamlessly integrate
data collection and reporting in a single mobile app.