LiveGrid is a Connections Pink component in development that will empower anyone in your organization to build applications. Not a programmer? No problem! With LiveGrid, application building can be done with no code at all! Build an application for yourself, or share it with your colleagues. Love to code? LiveGrid gives you brand new ways to define data, add logic, and UI. Plus, each application generates a series of APIs to extend your application further. Join this session to learn how LiveGrid brings the power of Pink to situational applications!

1. Vienna, October 16-17 2017
Pink Apps for Everyone!
Introducing: “LiveGrid”
Sam Bobo - Offering Manager, LiveGrid
Maureen Leland – Chief Architect, Application Development and LiveGrid

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What is “LiveGrid”?
fully enabled with APIs for extensibility, integration, and a seamless handoff to
development to transform into robust, production-ready applications.
An application builder providing an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop, low-no code framework
for enterprise employees with or without coding knowledge
to rapidly build flexible and interactive applications from simple lists to complex
applications or anything in between

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Pink Applications Can Be Built by Anyone
Including extensions and integrations
Bill Renney
End User
Heather Reed
Citizen Developer
Jasmine Haj
Developer
Position: Software Engineer
Coding
Experience:
Full stack development
Use case:
Creating applications that
add value to Connections
and contributing to the
LiveGrid ecosystem
Position:
Business Expert in the Line of
Business
Coding
Experience:
None
Use case:
Creating light-weight
applications to overcome
business challenges
Position: Part Time Developer
Coding
Experience:
Knowledge of scripting and
web development languages
Use case:
Rapid prototyping and
creating applications
internally for an organization

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Transform and Expand the Capabilities of Communities
create a tailored environments complete with custom-built, agile, light-weight applications
Current
Applications
Current
Applications
ToDo List
Project
Management
Ticket Tracking
Customer List
… and more!

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Vienna, October 16-17 2017
Demo 1:
The Great Puppy Shelter

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Learn About the App Builder
… and how to rapidly create applications
Add form controls pages, charts,
grids and set corresponding
properties
Components
Styles
Add personality to an application
by modifying color and font styles
Define Data
Define data from a spreadsheet,
template, scratch, connector or API
Share
Share with an individual or group
Themes
Chose between pre-
defined themes to bring
life to your applications
Pre-defined configurations
of components
Layouts
Communities
Embed into a community
on Connections
Template
Quickly start at application
with a template

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Vienna, October 16-17 2017
Demo 2:
Great Puppy Shelter (Cont.)

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Compute Values, Write Logic and More!
@ Formula Language
Developers can write and contribute user defined @formulas to their company and catalog!
Math
@Sum, @ Product
@Max, @Min
@Count
@Random
@Pi
...
Text
@Concatenate
@Contains
@length
@Left, @Right
@Trim
...
Logic
@If
@Do
@While
@For
@Select
...
Time-Date
@Now
@Zone
@Date
@Day, @Month
@Hour, @Minute
...
Connections
@Username
@File
@BizCard
@MailSend
@Community
...
FutureAvailable Investigating

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Benefits to Developers
API Generation
• Created Data models are
accompanied by a series of
APIs
• Integrate into an application
leverage data in a LIveGrid
app to another application
Build from REST Write Script
• Write custom JavaScript to
add additional features in a
secure environment
• Leverage @formula
language
• Connect to any data source
that leverages REST APIs
• Automatically build identical
models from the data source
• Security and Authentication

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Vienna, October 16-17 2017
Demo 3:
Travel Approval

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Extensibility At Our Core
Join and contribute to the LiveGrid Ecosystem
• Ships with 3-5
predefined apps
• Ability to save apps as
templates to orgs app
registry
• Purchase partner grids
compatible with ISV
integrations
• Ships with 3-5
themes based on
IBM Design
principals
• Ability to save
themes to a registry
(including org-
branded designs)
• Ships with a library
of @functions based
on user research
• Documentation for
building and
contributing to the
library
• Ships with basic set of
visualization tools,
form controls, and
grid
• Ability to extend
component list with
custom objects
Components Templates Themes
@
functions

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Summary
• IBM is re-investing in no-low code application development and
continuing its leadership in the market- utilizing best practices and lessons
learned
• Customers and Partners can maintain and extend existing investment in
databases and other data sources to build new applications with LiveGrid
• Connections users can transform and expand the capabilities of communities
to create a tailored environment complete with custom-built applications
• Advanced users can take advantage of additional capabilities
• LiveGrid has built-in extensibility to foster a growing ecosystem for
partners and customers

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Shape the Future of LiveGrid
Join our Design Workshop, Visit our Booth, Speak with Team Members
Where: IBM Vienna
When: 18 October
2017 from 09:00 –
12:00
Why: Shape the future
of LiveGrid by
participating in design
exercises
Design Workshop Booth
When: 17 October 2018
from 08:30-09:30
What: “Office Hours” and
demonstrations

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