Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards电子书

Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

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Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

Why do we need dashboards?

What is a dashboard?

Indicators

Traffic light colors

Icons

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

How to define your KPIs

Visual elements used to present KPIs (charts)

Key Risk Indicator (KRI)

Scorecards

Reports

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with SAP BO Dashboards

Introduction to SAP BO Dashboards

SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4.x

SAP BO Dashboards

SAP BO Dashboards design history

Installing SAP BO Dashboards

The dashboards prerequisites

Downloading SAP BO Dashboards

Installing SAP BO Dashboards

Exploring SAP BO Dashboards' capabilities

Accessing and using dashboard samples

Accordion menu dashboard sample

Chart Drill Down dashboard sample

Accessing and using dashboard templates

US Sales Map

Getting to know the SAP BO Dashboards interface

Understanding SAP BO Dashboards panels

The Properties panel

The Components panel

The Object Browser panel

The Query Browser panel

Mobile compatibility

Understanding SAP BO Dashboards toolbars

The Standard toolbar

The Themes toolbar

The Export toolbar

The Format toolbar

The Start Page toolbar

Understanding SAP BO Dashboards quick views

Summary

2. Understanding the Dashboard Creation Process

Phases in the project

The initiation phase

The planning phase

The execution/implementation phase

The control/testing phase

The closing phase

Determining the needs

Gathering business requirements

The sales by state analysis

The sales trend analysis

The sales and quantity per product analysis

Determining the target audience and devices

Sketching our dashboard

Building the prototype

Dashboard creation process

Preparing the dashboard workspace

Summary

3. UI Components

Before we start

Preferences

The Document tab

The Grid tab

The Excel options

Document properties

Adding our first chart component (pie chart)

Linking the chart with data

Configuring the main chart properties

Introducing other chart types

Line, column, bar, and column line charts

Bubble, scatter charts, and tree maps

OHLC and candlestick charts

Bullet charts

Radar charts

Adding a single-value component to our dashboard

Gauge and dial

Progress bar and sliders

Value and spinner

Play

Summary

4. Using Maps and Other Components

Maps

Using maps

Adding built-in map dashboard components

Installing, configuring, and using the CMap plugin

Using other SAP BO Dashboard components

Using a calendar dashboard component

Using the trend icon

Using a trend analyzer

Using the print, reset, and local scenario buttons

Using the history and source data dashboard components

Using other third-party plugins

Using a dash printer

Using Micro charts

Summary

5. Interactive Analysis with Dashboards

Using traditional selectors

Using radio buttons

Orientation

Insert On

Insertion types

Selected item

Using comboboxes and list boxes

Using checkboxes

List builder

Displaying tabular data

List view

Scorecard

The hierarchical table

The spreadsheet table

Grid

Using advanced menus

Label-based menu

Sliding picture fisheye menus

Accordion Menu

Using other selectors

Using the icon

Using Filter

Using push and toggle buttons

Using third-party selectors

Summary

6. Advanced Interactive Analysis with Dashboards

Using the dynamic visibility feature

Grouping components

Using Containers

Using Panel Container

Using Canvas Container

Using a Tab Set

Using Alerts

Using Alerts with Charts

Using Alerts with the single-value component

Using Alerts with maps

Using Alerts with Selectors

Using Alerts with the Combo Box selector

Using Alerts with the Scorecard selector

Using the drill-down (Insertion) feature

Linking a dashboard to a Webi or Crystal report document

Summary

7. Styling Up

Using text dashboard components

Using Input Text Area

Using labels

Using Input Text

Dealing with colors and themes

Using the Appearance tab

Color binding

Using the color scheme

Using Themes

Using art and background components

Using basic art components

Using the image component

Formatting the dashboard components

Summary

8. Exporting, Publishing, and Importing Dashboards

Exporting the dashboards file

Publishing dashboards

Importing dashboards

Summary

9. Retrieving External Data Sources

Using direct query

Using web services

Web service query

Web service connection

Using Live Office

Using XML data

Summary

10. Managing Dashboard Security

Understanding the SAP BusinessObjects security model

Applying object level security

Applying application level security

Applying row level security

Creating a row level security data profile using IDT

Creating row level security access restrictions using UDT

Applying security best practices

Summary

11. Creating Mobile Dashboards

Creating dashboards for smart devices

Developing a mobile SAP BO Dashboard

Using supported mobile components

Using the recommended canvas size for iPads

Using a supported mobile data connection

Publishing mobile dashboards

Previewing our mobile dashboard

Publishing our mobile dashboard

Adding our dashboard to the mobile category

Accessing and using mobile dashboards

Introducing the main features of the SAP BI application

Viewing document information and adding a document to favorites

Using the Annotation feature

E-mailing dashboards

Summary

A. References

Supported excel functions

List of Built-in maps

Supported mobile components and connections

Index