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- Prerequisites Abstract This presentation provides a step by step description how to create an Xcelsius dashboard based on a BI Query (using the SAP NetWeaver BW connection). Prerequisites SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise 2008 SP2 SAP GUI 7.10 including BI AddOn 7.X patchlevel 901 or higher Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 For Consuming Dashboards Flash Player 9 or higher Server side NetWeaver Platform SAP EHP1 for SAP NetWeaver BW 7.01 SP5 Java and ABAP 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 2
You want to create an Xcelcius Dashboard based on a BEx Query 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 3
Start the Xcelsius Designer 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 4
In a worksheet mark a range of cells corresponding to the query output. Add some comments for explanation. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 5
Open the Data Manager to add a query connection 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 6
Press Add and choose the connection type SAP NetWeaver BW Connection 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 7
Within the Definition Tab you can name your connection and ask for the BEx Open Dialog to select a query 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 8
Select the BW server and logon to this system 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 9
Now you can select the query from the open dialog 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 10
The query is taken over by Xcelsius providing all input and output values that can be used for the dashboard design Input Values comprise filters and variable values of the query Output Values comprise all information that can be retrieved from the query. Select Cross-Tab Data which refers to the query result and click the Insert Button to assign a corresponding range of worksheet cells 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 11
Assign your previously marked range to the query result. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 12
You can see now that the Cross-Tab Data is linked to your marked worksheet area. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 13
On the Usage Tab set the Refresh option. If you want the connection to be refreshed on Load check Refresh Before Components Are Loaded. Note that an initially refreshed connection could have assigned input values to be used for further refreshes (or even the initial refresh!). To make sure that such mappings do not overwrite query input values provided by BEx Web for the first refresh, set the flag Use Default Query Data. Of course there are other refresh options like Refresh on Trigger. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 14
Before adding UI components you should select a theme. By doing so UI styles and properties of a dashboard can be controlled in an easy way. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 15
Select e.g. the Phase Theme. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 16
Start your UI design by dragging a UI component from the Components Folder to the Canvas. In our example we start with a Column Chart object. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 17
In the property box of the UI component you can set the title. Note, always use a link to a worksheet cell instead of direct text input. Using a link enables to principally provide multi language support. The multi language property from the BI query is automatically inherited, if the link already points to query result cells. Pointing to text cells not mapped to query data will require additional work. How to enable texts for translation will be described a few steps later. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 18
Actual and Plan Data shall be interpreted as two separate series to be shown in a common chart. Therefore please select By Series. Press the + Button to add the series for the Actuals and Plan Data. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 19
Specify the appropriate links for the series name, the values and labels. Link e.g. the series name to the Actuals cell to leverage the multi language enabled query text field Actual Costs (coming from the query later on). 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 20
Now we want to add Translation Settings for the dashboard specific texts In the SAP menu choose Translation Settings 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 21
In the upcoming dialog enable the support for translation and press the Add Button to add cell ranges which shall be translatable. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 22
1. Specify a name for the range 2. create a link to the original text cell. This Text will be translated via standard translation transaction SE63. 3. You may provide the maximum number of characters either directly in the sheet 4. or within in the separate dialog (see next slide). 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 23
In the Number of Characters Settings dialog, specify the Max Number Of Characters for a text string without using extra cells in the worksheet. You can provide this maximum number of characters in order to indicate to the translator the maximum space available for translation without disturbing the layout of the dashboard. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 24
Once you have finalized your dashboard design or want to save your intermediate result, save the dashbaord to the BW server by choosing Publish from the SAP menu. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 25
In the Save Dialog 1. specify a Technical Name and a Description and 2. Press Save to save the dashboard to the BW server. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 26
The system now generates a SWF file and saves it together with the XLF file as BI content to the BW server. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 27
Within the Xcelsius Designer you can run the dashboard from the SAP menu by pressing the Launch menu item. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 28
Logon to the portal... 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 29
and you see your Xcelsius dashboard. Of course this is a very simple dashboard but these slides should give you only a first impression of how to create a dashboard based on the SAP NetWeaver BW Connection and not some sort of Xcelsius training. 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. / Page 30
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