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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook
Over 90 simple and incredibly effective recipes for transforming your business data into exciting dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Xcelsius with this book and eBook
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- Cover
- Copyright
- Credits
- Foreword
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Table of Contents
- Preface
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Chapter 1: Staying in Control
- Introduction
- Making the spreadsheet more readable with colors
- Making the spreadsheet more readable with comments
- Making the spreadsheet more readable using borders
- Using named ranges
- Selecting all worksheet cells with one click
- Copying the formatting of one cell to another cell or range
- Debugging your spreadsheets
- Navigation between worksheets
- Grouping the canvas components
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Chapter 2: Data Visualization
- Introduction
- Adding a line chart to your dashboard
- Using the bullet chart
- Using sparklines
- Using the combination chart
- Using the pie chart
- Using the XY chart
- Using the bubble chart
- Using the radar chart
- Using the OHLC chart and candlestick chart
- Sorting series
- Zooming in on charts
- Scaling the y-axis
- Using the tree map
- Showing a trend without a chart
- Displaying raw data
- Illustrating single values
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Chapter 3: From a Static to an Interactive Dashboard
- Introduction
- Drilling down from a chart
- Selecting your data from a list
- Using the Filter Selector component for hierarchies
- Alternative hierarchy selection method
- Using Filtered Rows
- Using maps to select data of an area or country
- Adding a MacOSX loading dock to your dashboard
- Resetting your data (reset button)
- Making selections from a custom image (push button and image component)
- Inputting data values
- Using Play Selector/Play Control
- Opening up a Web Intelligence report using dashboard parameters
- Selecting calendar dates
- Using sliders to create a what-if scenario
- + Chapter 4: Dynamic Visibility
- + Chapter 5: Using Alerts
- + Chapter 6: Advanced Components
- + Chapter 7: Dashboard Look and Feel
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Chapter 8: Dashboard Connectivity
- Introduction
- Creating a news ticker with Excel XML Maps
- Using Query as a WebService (QaaWS)
- Using Live Office connection
- Connecting to SAP BW
- Using Universe queries
- Passing values from dashboard to dashboard with Flash Variables
- Accessing dashboards with live data outside of Infoview using CELogonToken
- + Chapter 9: Exporting and Publishing
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Chapter 10: Top Third-Party Add-ons
- Introduction
- Managing add-ons in Dashboard Design
- Connecting to CSV-files with the CSV-connector
- Integrating Google Maps with the GMaps plugin
- Connecting to Salesforce.com with DashConn
- Transferring data between dashboards with Data Sharer
- Presenting micro charts in a tree grid
- Integrating Web Intelligence with Antivia XWIS
- + Appendix A: Real World Dashboard Case Studies
- + Appendix B: Additional Resources —Supported Excel Functions and System/Software Requirements
- Index
This guide to SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 (formerly Xcelsius )is a cookbook packed full of practical recipes written in a clear, concise manner with annotated examples to empower readers to quickly accomplish specific dashboard tasks. If you are a developer with a good command and knowledge of creating dashboards, but are not yet an advanced Dashboard Design user, then this is the perfect book for you. You should have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel as well as knowledge of basic dashboard practices, though experience of Dashboard Design as a specific dashboard tool is not essential.
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Publication year : 2011
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