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Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

By : Taha Mahmoud
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Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

By: Taha Mahmoud

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding our first chart component (pie chart)


Now, we are ready to build the model phase, as we have already imported the data and prepared our canvas. We will start by adding a pie chart to show the sales revenue per product line. We will learn how to add the pie chart component to our dashboard. Then, we will learn how to link it with the data in Excel model and how to change the pie chart properties. Finally, we will learn how to handle the missing data in our data ranges while displaying our chart. We can see the steps in the following screenshot:

Pie charts can be used to show a relation between one dimension and one measure. The chart will show the measure distribution across dimension values. The arc size will normally be determined based on the metric quantity percentage.

We need to adhere to the following best practices while working with a pie chart:

  • The total number of distinct values for your dimensions is less than or equal to five. The more distinct values you have for your dimension...