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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook

You're reading from   SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook Over 100 simple and incredibly effective recipes to help transform your static business data into exciting dashboards filled with dynamic charts and graphics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784391959
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Staying in Control FREE CHAPTER 2. Data Visualization 3. From a Static to an Interactive Dashboard 4. Dynamic Visibility 5. Using Alerts 6. Advanced Components 7. Dashboard Look and Feel 8. Dashboard Data Connectivity 9. Exporting and Publishing 10. Top Third-party Add-ons 11. Performance Tuning 12. Increasing Productivity A. Real-world Dashboard Case Studies B. Additional Resources – Supported Excel Functions and System/Software Requirements C. The Future of Dashboarding with SAP Design Studio 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.
    How to do it...
  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:
    How to do it...
  3. Log in to BI Launchpad and verify that you can access and run the dashboard.
    How to do it...

How it works...

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

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