With SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Service Pack 5, a big new feature was introduced: mobile dashboards. This feature enables the creation of HTML5-compatible dashboards that can be viewed on mobile devices such as the iPad. Instead of using the mouse pointer to interact with the dashboard, the user can now tap, touch, drag, and pinch to control the dashboard.
In this recipe, we will create a mobile dashboard and have a look at all the requirements and the supported and the unsupported options of this feature.
To work with mobile dashboards, we need to meet the following requirements:
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Service Pack 5 or higher
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.0 Service Pack 5 or higher, with mobile server deployed
SAP BusinessObjects Mobile app for iOS or Android
Note
You can download the latest version of the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile app from the Apple App Store (iOS) or the Google Play Store (Android).
In this recipe, we will use a simple dashboard...