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Learning SAP Business Objects Dashboards

Learning SAP Business Objects Dashboards

By : Taha Mahmoud
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Learning SAP Business Objects Dashboards

Learning SAP Business Objects Dashboards

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By: Taha Mahmoud
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Overview of this book

This book will help beginners to create stylish and professional looking dashboards in no time. It is also intended for BI developers who want to use SAP BO to facilitate BI in their organizations. No prior knowledge is required, however, you must have a basic knowledge of MS Excel and some analytical skills to build expressive business charts.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Why do we need dashboards?
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What is a dashboard?
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Getting Started with SAP BO Dashboards
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1. Getting Started with SAP BO Dashboards
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Introduction to SAP BO Dashboards
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Installing SAP BO Dashboards
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Exploring SAP BO Dashboards' capabilities
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Getting to know the SAP BO Dashboards interface
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Summary
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2. Understanding the Dashboard Creation Process
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2. Understanding the Dashboard Creation Process
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Phases in the project
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Determining the needs
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Dashboard creation process
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Preparing the dashboard workspace
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Summary
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3. UI Components
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3. UI Components
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Before we start
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Adding our first chart component (pie chart)
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Introducing other chart types
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Adding a single-value component to our dashboard
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Summary
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4. Using Maps and Other Components
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4. Using Maps and Other Components
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Maps
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Using maps
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Using other SAP BO Dashboard components
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Using other third-party plugins
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Summary
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5. Interactive Analysis with Dashboards
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5. Interactive Analysis with Dashboards
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Using traditional selectors
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Displaying tabular data
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Using advanced menus
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Using other selectors
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Using third-party selectors
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Summary
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6. Advanced Interactive Analysis with Dashboards
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6. Advanced Interactive Analysis with Dashboards
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Using the dynamic visibility feature
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Grouping components
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Using Containers
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Using Alerts
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Using the drill-down (Insertion) feature
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Linking a dashboard to a Webi or Crystal report document
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Summary
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7. Styling Up
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7. Styling Up
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Using text dashboard components
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Dealing with colors and themes
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Using art and background components
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Formatting the dashboard components
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Summary
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8. Exporting, Publishing, and Importing Dashboards
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8. Exporting, Publishing, and Importing Dashboards
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Exporting the dashboards file
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Publishing dashboards
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Importing dashboards
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Summary
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9. Retrieving External Data Sources
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9. Retrieving External Data Sources
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Using direct query
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Using web services
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Using Live Office
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Using XML data
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Summary
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10. Managing Dashboard Security
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10. Managing Dashboard Security
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Understanding the SAP BusinessObjects security model
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Applying object level security
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Applying application level security
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Applying row level security
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Applying security best practices
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Summary
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11. Creating Mobile Dashboards
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11. Creating Mobile Dashboards
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Creating dashboards for smart devices
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Developing a mobile SAP BO Dashboard
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Publishing mobile dashboards
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Accessing and using mobile dashboards
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Introducing the main features of the SAP BI application
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Summary
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A. References
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Supported excel functions
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List of Built-in maps
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Supported mobile components and connections
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Index
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Index

Using direct query

Direct query is a new feature introduced in the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0. This feature can be used to create a query based on a Universe and then use the query output in our dashboard. We can link it directly with a dashboard component, so we don't need Excel as an intermediate layer. We can also load it into Excel, and from there, we can deal with it in the same way as we did in the previous chapters. In this section, you will first learn how to create a query, and then you will learn how to link it with your dashboard components and current Excel model.

Tip

Direct query can use only the .UNX Universe, which was developed by the SAP BO Information Design Tool. You can refer to my first book, Creating Universes with SAP BusinessObjects, for more information about creating Universes.

Before we start using direct query, let's prepare the dashboard file for this chapter:

  1. Navigate to the Code sample folder from your PC.

  2. Open the Chapter8.xlf file dashboard...

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