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 / Xavier Hacking, David Lai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hacking, Xavier.

Contributor:

Lai, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

BusinessObjects.

Computer programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 cookbook

SAP Business Objects Dashboards 4.0 cookbook

Business Objects Dashboards 4.0 cookbook

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Enterprise Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; 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; Chapter 2: Data Visualization; Introduction

Adding a line chart to your dashboardUsing 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; 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 methodUsing 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; Introduction; Switching between different charts; Building a pop-up screen

Creating a mouse-over help text pop-upPassword protecting your dashboard; Chapter 5: Using Alerts; Introduction; Adding alerts to a column chart; Using alerts in a gauge; Making alert ranges dynamic; Displaying alerts on a map; Displaying alerts of different thresholds on a map; Using bindable colors to control alert coloring from a central location; Using alerts in a scorecard; Chapter 6: Advanced Components; Introduction; Printing your dashboard; Grouping and organizing components with the canvas container; Using dashboard scenarios; Using the grid component; Creating a slide show

Using the panel set componentUsing the history component; Data insertion with the Source data component; Analyzing trends; Chapter 7: Dashboard Look and Feel; Introduction; Changing the look of a chart; Adding a background to your dashboard; Using color schemes; Sharing a color scheme; Working with themes; Making component colors dynamic; Using the panel container; Using the tab set container; Making tables look pretty; Smart use of quadrants; Chapter 8: Dashboard Connectivity; Introduction; Creating a news ticker with Excel XML Maps; Using Query as a WebService (QaaWS)

Using Live Office connection

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613349538

9781283349536

1283349531

9781849681797

1849681791

OCLC:

797916708