Effective Data Visualization with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Webcast
This was a Visual BI webcast this week. You can watch the replay here
How go beyond basic items that SAP delivers; what options you have using extensions.
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Why use extensions? Additional alerting capabilities, supports Excel as a data source to be used for prototyping
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Don’t have to worry about scripting with features, including a feature of responsive UI – device sizes, orientation
Bar Charts
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Box plots, donut charts, permanent color assignment
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Lasso feature, reverse lasso, waffle charts
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Trend indication, where end up, conditional formatting
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Tree map feature
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Calendar heat map
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Risk matrix for project management – which tasks of project are at risk
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Waffle chart, custom logos, access to standard logos
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Master-detail chart
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Conditional formatting with maps – dynamic, based on cell selections
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Search against hierarchical filters
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KPI tiles, spark lines, set up conditional formatting
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Pictogram chart
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alert column, advanced table, freezing headers
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Pre-built “BusinessObjects Explorer” like functionality
What’s next?
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Full style sheet for charts, custom tooltips, adding geofencing capabilities are planned
Question and Answer
Q: Can we use Design Studio with Web Intelligence as a data source?
A: no out of the box solution from SAP
Technically it is possible
Q: Are charts mobile compatible?
A: Yes, charts work on Mobile BI app
Q: Can you go to an ECC screen with drill down capability?
A: does not come “out of the box”
Design Studio does support RRI; need to configure in backend
Q: Which basemaps are supported?
A: Maps integrate with Leaflet
Several base maps are supported
Q: How to examples
A: on the website
Q: ESRI?
A: ESRI does integrate with Leaflet; is there interest? Not a simple topic
Q: Can you pass data from one chart to another?
A: Yes
Q: Are the components supported in UI5 mode?
A: yes
Q: Charts / tables support running sum feature?
A: Recommend do in underlying data source
Q: Lumira merging?
A: One product with 2 clients; read SAP’s roadmap; one product means brand
Lumira Discovery – desktop, Lumira Studio, which is Design Studio
Q: Can use stored proc universes?
A: See SAP’s universal note on universes