Using Search to Insight on the Mobile App

Access quick insights about your data by querying the Search to Insight tool on the iOS mobile app.

Context

While working with SAP Analytics Cloud models, you can query the Search to Insight tool to get quick answers to questions and share these insights with other users. You launch Search to Insight by selecting the corresponding icon from the Home screen.

For information on Search to Insight in the SAP Analytics Cloud web application see Using Search to Insight.

Note
Search to Insight on the mobile app does not support the following:
  • Search to Insight only supports search questions in English.
Note
Results for mobile app users accessing a system containing both live and local acquired models may not be identical to Search to Insight using SAP Analytics Cloud.

Procedure

  1. From the Home screen launch Search to Insight.

    The Search to Insight screen is displayed.

  2. Query your data by using any of the following:
    • Select any of the search recommendations displayed under Recommendations to Start your Search.
      Note
      When you select a search recommendation, a search is automatically launched. The search scope will be the model on which the recommendation is based.
    • If you know what you want to query, you can either type the question directly in the Ask a question search field, or tap the microphone icon to activate voice recognition to enter text. When using voice recognition, tap the Search icon when you are ready to run the search. To end voice recognition tap the X displayed under the search field.
      Note
      When you activate voice recognition for the first time, select OK when prompted for permission to allow e ap to access Apple's voice recognition service and your device's microphone. By default, the app will wait for five seconds before requesting that you tap the microphone icon to restart voice recognition search.

      As you type or use voice recognition, auto-complete suggestions will display above the search field.

      When populating a search query using voice recognition, you can tap the buttons displayed under the search field in the image above to manually Edit the query, or to Reset the search field.

      Select the most appropriate suggestion. The search scope is set to the model associated with the selected suggestion.
      Note
      For a summary of how and what you can format as a Search to Insight question, see Search to Insight. You cannot query Describe <model> metadata when using the mobile app.
    You can use synonyms for measure and dimension names if they are defined in your system. The synonyms will be suggested in the search field auto complete, and will be part of consequent results and visualizations if used in a query.
    Note

    You cannot define or add synonyms via the mobile app. For more information, seeDefining and Working with Synonyms.

    The search result is displayed above the search field.

    Select Start of the navigation path Next navigation step ShareEnd of the navigation path to share the results with other users.