Official Product Tutorials – SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.x
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Key Concepts
- NEW for 4.2 SP3 What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.2 SP3 (3:36) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.1 SP6 (5:49) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.1 SP5 (1:40) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.1 SP4 (1:10) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.1 SP3 (1:37) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.1 SP2 (3:02) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.1 (5:27) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.0 SP5 (2:04) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.0 Feature Pack 3 (4:20) video
- What’s new in Web Intelligence 4.0 (6:25) video
- Navigate the interface (6:24) video
- Concept: Describe how the semantic layer works (1:35) video
Getting Started
- NEW for 4.1 SP5 Scenario: Creating reports with tables, charts and images* (9:35) video
- Create a query (1:24) video
- Run and save a query (1:30) video
- Edit a query (0:59) video
- View or change the properties for a query (1:06) video
- View the SQL or MDX script for a query (1:00) video
- Set up preferences for the Web Intelligence Rich Client interface (1:01) video
- View the properties of a document (1:20) video
- Drag and drop objects to create a report (1:33) video
- Duplicate a report object (1:19) video
- Add a report to a document (0:40) video
- Add a row or column in a table (0:56) video
- View the metadata for objects (0:32) video
- Publish a document to the repository (1:22) video
- Save a document as other formats (1:51) video
- Copy and paste content in Web Intelligence and other documents (2:01) video
Connecting to Data Sources
- Add another query to a document (1:22) video
- Change the data source on which a query is based (1:27) video
- Create a query based on an Excel file (0:58) video
- Combine multiple queries (2:20) video
- Create a query within a query (1:48) video
- Merge dimensions from different universes (1:47) video
- Connect to a web service (2:15) video
- Create a query based on an OLAP universe (1:45) video
- Connect to a BEx query with hierarchical data (1:32) video
- Connect to an Analysis view (1:11) video
- 4.0 FP3 Work with scaled values in BEx queries (1:59) video
- 4.0 FP3 Perform level or prompt member selection on hierarchical data (2:30) video
- 4.1 Work with hierarchy and hierarchy node variables in BEx queries (3:11) video
- 4.1 Set up query stripping for an SAP HANA data source (2:40) video
Working with Tables and Crosstabs
- Create a table (2:07) video
- Change the layout of a table (1:24) video
- Delete columns and rows from a table (1:05) video
Working with Charts
- Create a chart (1:51) video
- Turn a table into a chart (1:12) video
- Create a chart for hierarchical data (1:22) video
- 4.0 FP3 Create charts with hierarchical dimensions (1:31) video
- 4.1 Set default chart series colors (1:34) video
- 4.1 SP2 Format a data series in a chart (1:03) video
Setting up Interactive Elements
- Add a hyperlink to a document (1:03) video
- Create a link between documents (DHTML client) (1:33) video
- Drill down into a table (2:48) video
- Drill down into a chart (2:11) video
- Fold and unfold sections in a document (1:09) video
- Create an input control for a document (1:46) video
- 4.0 FP3 Create an input control on a hierarchy (1:58) video
Selecting, Sorting, Grouping, and Summarizing Data
- Select a subset of data based on a predefined filter (1:00) video
- Select a subset of data based on a custom filter (1:16) video
- Remove a filter from a document (0:45) video
- Create a prompt to select a subset of data (1:31) video
- Select a subset of data based on multiple filters (2:17) video
- Define the order in which multiple filters are applied (2:07) video
- Create breaks between groups of data (0:55) video
- Calculate totals and subtotals for data (1:10) video
- Sort the data in a document (2:05) video
- Change the order and format of breaks between groups of data (1:53) video
- Select a subset of data in a report (0:59) video
- Add a ranking to data (1:01) video
- Divide a report into sections (1:22) video
- Calculate totals and subtotals for sections in a report (1:08) video
- Navigate a document using the Report Map pane (0:51) video
- Set a filter on a section or a block in a document (1:53) video
- Sort the sections in a document (0:56) video
- Create a prompt for hierarchical data (1:24) video
- Divide a report with hierarchical data into sections (1:01) video
- 4.0 FP3 Apply simple and complex sorting (1:44) video
- 4.1 SP2 Group the values of a dimension (1:43) video
Working with Formulas
- Create a formula to display a filter selection (1:48) video
- Create a formula to calculate a value (1:22) video
- Create a variable based on a formula (0:59) video
Applying Formatting
- Add text to a document (0:59) video
- Change the format of text or numbers in a document (0:54) video
- Track changes to data (1:28) video
- Conditionally format data based on defined thresholds (1:37) video
- Add a background to a document (1:22) video
- Add page numbers to a document (0:50) video
- Change the formatting for a table (1:50) video
- Change the formatting for a cell (2:21) video
- Change the formatting for sections (1:59) video
- Change the formatting for a chart (5:04) video
- 4.0 FP3 Modify the default style sheet (2:30) video
- 4.0 FP3 Format charts (2:11) video
- 4.1 Freeze header rows or columns (0:56) video
- 4.1 Create a custom color palette (1:27) video
- 4.1 Change the locale settings for right-to-left document or interface layout (2:25) video
Creating Documents for SAP BusinessObjects Mobile
- Save documents for access in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (2:09) video
- Format sparkline charts to display in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (2:05) video
- Format trend or status icons to display in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (3:48) video
- Format blank cells and images for SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (3:50) video
- 4.0 SP4 Select charts for display in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (3:09) video
- 4.0 SP4 Link report elements using input controls (1:58) video
- 4.0 SP4 Format microcharts to display in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (2:23) video
- 4.0 SP4 Format bullet charts to display in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (3:05) video
- 4.0 SP4 Format geomaps to display in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (3:15) video
- 4.1 SP3 Format geomap documents to display measure colors or conditional formatting in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (2:43) video
- 4.1 SP3 Set a default view for a geomap document in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile (1:41) video
* This tutorial follows the scenarios available in the “Getting Started with Web Intelligence” guide, available on the SAP Help Portal at help.sap.com/bowebi41/
To view the full Web Intelligence 4.0 playlist on Youtube, click here.
Please note the Vidoe link will work. The interactive link will be deleted soon.
Could you tell me wht they will be deleted? Also are they removed somewhere?
All interactive tutorials are missing. Please fix !!
Denis - looks like they are being rebuilt in this wiki - although not yet complete: https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=449905204
Wiki points back to SCN and the actual workflows are still missing, same as here.
Same with Lumira etc...
This needs to be fixed !!
Hi All,
The interactive broken links were deleted.
The workflow items from the Wiki is something we aware of and try to fix soonest.
Dedi
I need these process flows ASAP as well! Please fix!
The correct link for "What's new in WebI 4.2 SP03" is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pJ93yOud1M
Where can I find the link related WebI process flow on BI Platform ?
Ajay
Hi,
I think this issue still persists. Could anyone please confirm if these links are expected to be fixed in the future or whether these are going to be removed permanently? If I click on the 'interactive diagram' links, a zip is downloaded in each case but none of them actually display any workflow.
Hope these are indeed fixed since these are a good way to understand the working of the product.
Regards,
Tejaswini
What Security Features do we have in Web Intelligence?
Are there updates to these videos for BI4.3?
Hi,
Please check out the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 youtube channel.
You may also find other interesting materials in the Learnings section of the SAP BusinessObjects BI community page.
Regards,
Loic
I've looked at most of those resources already. They are either very brief "what's new" videos that quickly go over new functionality or they all feature the legacy launchpad.
There doesn't seem to be any tutorials on working with Business Objects using the new Fiori launchpad. That is specifically what I am looking for.