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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook

By : David Lai
Book Image

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook

By: David Lai

Overview of this book

If you are a developer with a good command and knowledge of creating dashboards, but are not yet an advanced user of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, then this is the perfect book for you. Prerequisites include a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel as well as knowledge of basic dashboard practices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Using a scatter plot chart


A scatter plot chart can display values that consist of two variables. The chart shows a set of points, each of which refer to a combination of a value on the x-axis and a value on the y-axis.

Note

In previous versions of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (before 4.1) the scatter plot chart component was called XY-chart component.

Getting ready

Open a new file in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and enter the data, as shown in the following screenshot, into the spreadsheet:

How to do it...

  1. Drag a Scatter Plot chart component into the canvas.

  2. Bind the data By Range to spreadsheet cells B5 until C9.

  3. Bind the Chart field to cell A1 and delete the subtitle.

  4. Bind the Value (X) Axis field to cell B4 and the Value (Y) Axis field to cell C4. Now it is clear what the implication of each axis is.

  5. Go to the Behavior tab and select the Scale sub-tab. Now select Fixed Label Size.

  6. Click on the Preview button to try the dashboard.

How it works...

In this example, we created a dashboard that compares...