Advanced printing with Xcelsius Dashboard Printer
The standard Print Button component in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards has pretty basic functionality: it prints your dashboard as it is displayed on the screen. It's all or nothing; you can't select a specific part of the dashboard. The only setting you can make is whether the dashboard should be scaled to fit the page or to a certain percentage. When you click the button, the default Windows Print window appears and you can start printing.
The Xcelsius Dashboard Printer add-on by DataSavvyTools has a lot more options. It lets the user select a portion of the dashboard, queue up multiple snapshots before printing, format the output, and add annotations. Instead of printing, it can also send the screenshot to the clipboard or save as a file.
Getting ready
You can find the Xcelsius Dashboard Printer add-on at the DataSavvyTools website, http://www.datasavvytools.com/.
How to do it...
- Open an existing SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards file...
