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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

Publishing to SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform


Dashboards can be saved to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform. The platform hosts the dashboards so that users can easily access them through the BI Launchpad (formerly known as InfoView) or via the SAP BusinessObjects BI Mobile app for mobile dashboards (see the recipe Going mobile later in this chapter). Also, administrators can control the dashboard's security on the platform.

Getting ready

Make sure your dashboard is complete and ready for sharing.

How to do it...

  1. From the menu toolbar, go to File | Save To Platform | Desktop Only.

  2. Enter your SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform login credentials and then select the location in the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform system where you want to store the SWF file, as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Log in to BI Launchpad and verify that you can access and run the dashboard.

How it works...

When we export a dashboard to the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, we store it in the repository. From there, we can...