Whether you’re a long-time BEx WAD user or a die-hard Xcelsius fan (or both!), there’s a new dashboard design kid on the block. Call it Zen, call it Design Studio—but whatever you call it, you better learn how to use it. How is it different from what you’re used to, and what can it do? This book will answer these questions and more. From connecting data sources to using charts and crosstabs to creating scripts, you’ll find the instructions and examples you need to start building effective, interactive dashboards. What are you waiting for?Topic Highlights - Capabilities and use cases- Positioning in the SAP BI suite- Installation- The Zen interface- Parts of a Zen dashboard- Design guidelines- Building dashboards- Making dashboards interactive- Building planning dashboards- JavaScript functions
Highlights include:
Design Studio vs. Dashboards and BEx WAD
Installation and configuration
Usage scenarios
Data sources
Script Editor
Layout Editor
Content Assistance
Components
Properties
Methods
Chart types
DuPont analysis application
Sales dashboard application
Introduce yourself: installation and configuration, the IDE, usage scenarios
Acquaint yourself: the design process, components and properties, scripting
Advance yourself: design principles, visualization methods, full application examples
Xavier Hacking
Xavier Hacking is an SAP BI consultant at Interdobs B.V. He specializes in SAP NetWeaver BW and the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 toolset, with a focus on dashboard development with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (formerly Xcelsius) and the integration of the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 frontend tools with the BW backend.
Zen Dashboards BEx Web Application Designer Xcelsius Analysis Dashboarding