534

Index

Formulas (Cont.)syntax, 177table, 180

Fotolia, 299Free, 25Functions, 181

AddMonthToDate, 178, 181AddWeekToDate, 181

Funnel charts, 256

G

Gallery, 219, 275chart options, 276

Geo dimensions, 167Geo map, 23, 24

service, 71Geographic charts, 235Geographic information systems

GIS, 239Geographic likeliness, 166Geographical hierarchies, 153, 165, 235

By Longitude/Latitude, 171by names, 166editing names, 170

Global filters, 204, 271Grid view, 153Group by Range, 197

H

Hadoop, 106advanced parameters, 107databases, 80

Heat charts, 243Heat maps, 245HelloWorld, 504Help menu, 65Hierarchical list of values, 131Hierarchies, 27, 161, 272

custom, 173geographic hierarchies, 165level-based, 161time hierarchy, 162

hilo.externalds.folder, 514HiveQL, 106

Home, 60HTML5, 31, 384HTTP, 474

I

IHS, 470Images, 328

size, 329Importing, 402, 452, 453Improved data processing, 527Info, 449Infocharts, 309, 318Infographics, 30, 286, 288, 301

entity actions, 305infocharts, 318layouts, 302moving sections, 308organizing entities, 303page settings, 308preview, 311refresh data, 309resizing and positioning entities, 304

InfoObject, 482datasets, 479stories, 480

InfoProviders, 135Information Design Tool, 122Information space, 373Information spaces

launch indexing, 371In-memory database, 110Input parameter, 117Installation, 35, 41, 465Installation Manager, 48Integration, 463Interactive boards, 28, 287

entity actions, 296layouts, 291page settings, 298resizing, 295sections, 294

Interactive control, 28Interoperability, 32Interval expression, 120iOS, 31iPad, 426

Index

535

J

JAR, 99, 521JavaScript

libraries, 513JDBC, 96

driver properties, 102Join, 208

inner join, 210left outer join, 209types, 208

K

keep, 76Kerberos, 83Keycode, 37, 52

file, 39

L

Launch4j, 521Layout Design tab, 496, 499Legends, 224, 272

custom, 237custom color, 238legend feed, 224

libsapcrypto.so, 467Licenses, 36, 37, 384

Enterprise license, 384Free license, 384personal edition, 37price, 36standard edition, 37

Line charts, 230, 326column charts, 231

Linear regression, 268List of prompts, 133List of values, 131Local filters, 271Locale, 400log_dir, 76log_ext, 76Lumira Story, 480LumiraService, 464

M

Mail, 345Mailing list, 401Main, 517Map charts, 243

heat maps, 245tree maps, 244

Max retrieval time, 126Max rows retrieved, 126Measures, 113, 154, 157, 221, 257

calculations, 262creating, 160sorting, 258

Microsoft Excel, 26, 91, 366, 394, 403, 453datasets, 93

Microsoft PowerPoint, 394Middleware, 26, 98Mobile, 23

access, 452MongoDB, 513Moving average, 265Multicolumn list of values, 131Multiple expressions, 121My Items, 61, 461

N

Navigation, 272Network, 71Network charts, 255New requirements, 527Node, 464Nokia, 27Number formatting, 188Numeri points, 250, 324

formatted, 326Numeric, 157

actions, 196Numerical data, 250

O

Object Picker, 150, 156, 188, 218Objects, 156

actions, 188calculated objects, 174

536

Index

Objects (Cont.)excluded objects, 280measures, 157Privilege, 457semantic objects, 157

OData, 26, 96, 98, 108connection parameters, 109

Offline mode, 26, 80Offline parameter, 85OLAP engine, 110Online help, 72Online mode, 26, 66, 81Online parameter, 85On-premise, 23Opacity, 301

P

Page settings, 298Parallel coordinates charts, 257Parameters, 76

BO_trace.ini, 76connection parameters, 142

Percentage, 267Personal Edition license, 37Pictograms, 323, 331

properties, 331Pie charts, 233

3-D pie chart, 235geo pie charts, 238

Point charts, 249numeri points, 250

Port, 476Predict room, 63Predictive, 23

calculations, 267functions, 268menu, 267

Preferences, 55, 69Prepare room, 63, 150, 191

menu bar, 151Prerequisites, 42, 457Preview, 311Printing, 343println, 519Product Availability Matrix, 39Prompts, 137

Proxyconfiguration, 54HTTP, 71service, 478

Publicaccess, 457data, 222

Publish dataset as, 375, 376Publishing, 368

SAP Lumira Server, 453

R

Radar charts, 217, 253Range

expression, 121Ranking, 128

rank values, 260Rapid acquisition, 26Recurrence

options, 351Refresh, 146, 486Refresh data, 309Register, 51Related visualizations, 278Relational database, 26, 95, 110render.js, 503

parameters, 504Reports, 28, 288, 311

flow layout, 312tables, 314

Requirements, 22Resources

private, 419public, 419sharing, 414, 458, 461

RESTful web service, 377Retrieve data, 24Retrieve duplicate rows, 126Returning data, 518Right

Add objects to the folder, 371, 377Create and edit query on this universe, 123Data access, 123Manage information spaces: Create a new

information space, 371

Index

537

Right (Cont.)Manage information spaces: Launch indexing

right, 371View objects, 123

Right-click, 59Roles, 442Rooms, 63

access, 454tab, 63

Running average, 265empty values excluded, 265

Running count, 264empty values excluded, 265

Running maximum, 264Running minimum, 263Running sum, 263

S

Sample, 62Samples folder, 491SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1, 32, 463

add-on, 464filters, 128importing resources, 479installation, 465publishing, 377Universes, 121

SAP BusinessObjects BW, 26, 134range selection, 140retrieving data, 134variables, 137

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, 426, 445, 452, 464

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, 22SAP Client, 476SAP Crystal Reports, 22, 394SAP Dashboard, 22SAP Design Studio, 394SAP Download Manager, 437SAP Explorer, 22, 33, 374

publishing, 371, 372SAP HANA, 31, 97, 98, 110, 149, 436, 465,

470, 471advantages, 438Application Function Library, 439

SAP HANA (Cont.)communication, 477data, 487database, 479dedicated user, 474deployment, 440offline mode, 111online mode, 116publishing, 368requirements, 439SAP Lumira Server, 438security, 442security repository, 457server, 469system ID, 470users and roles, 443variables and parameters, 117views, 370XS HTTP, 466

SAP HANA Lifecycle Manager, 439, 440SAP HANA One, 36SAP HANA Self-Service Analytics Library, 439SAP HANA Studio, 439, 471SAP HANA XS Administration Tool, 444, 475SAP Java Connector, 98SAP landscape, 528SAP Lumira

documents, 402download page, 466installer, 468registration, 51resources, 479viewer, 481website, 40

SAP Lumira Agent, 48, 351, 402, 411document, 353getting started, 353scheduling, 351, 357

SAP Lumira Cloud, 25, 31, 340, 351, 383account, 52account management, 389actions, 396Compose room, 411free, 25importing, 402login, 389login page, 361

538

Index

SAP HANA (Cont.)logout, 389mobile access, 426My Items, 393publishing, 346registration, 384, 386SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, 428SAP Lumira Desktop, 390saving, 360settings, 399sharing, 414stories, 346, 413user interface, 392Visualize room, 410

SAP Lumira Desktop, 21, 35, 339, 390download, 39file formats, 26predictive calculations, 267SAP Lumira Cloud account, 388search, 395uninstall, 47updating, 54, 57

SAP Lumira Server, 31, 363, 435actions, 449configuration, 474datasets, 453download, 437importing, 452installation, 436, 439lifecycle, 438login page, 364mobile access, 452My Items, 447preferences, 363publishing, 363, 452resource types, 447roles, 443SAP HANA dataset, 454saving, 456security, 442settings, 451shared access, 461sharing, 457, 458stories, 363, 451user interface, 435, 445

SAP Marketplace, 27SAP Predictive Analysis, 63

SAP StreamWork, 25, 33publish dataset, 375, 376publishing, 374

SAP Support, 58, 466SAP Visual Intelligence, 66sap.bi.common, 443SAPCAR, 436SAPCRYPTOLIB, 467saplogontickettruststore, 473Saving, 68, 456Scatter charts, 246

scatter matrix, 248Scatter matrix, 248Scatter plots, 246Scheduling, 359, 486Screenshot, 73

editor, 74SDK, 27, 489, 513, 528

Data Source, 513VizExtensions, 489

Search, 449Section navigation, 28Secure Socket Layer (SSL), 384Security, 465Self-service BI, 22, 24Semantic layer, 486Semantic objects, 149Severity, 76Shapes, 332

settings, 332Share icon, 458Share room, 63, 339, 340Sharing, 339, 457, 461

access, 419invite, 416options, 418Private access, 414Public access, 414

Simplified deployment, 527Single sign-on, 83Single-value expression, 120size, 76Slice, 320Slideshow, 292Sorting, 201, 205Special charts, 250Split, 192

Index

539

Spreadsheets, 92SQL, 26, 95

datasets, 100driver, 71, 513install/uninstall drivers, 98standard drivers, 96supported drivers, 96

Stack charts, 228Stacking, 306Standalone desktop application, 21Stories, 24, 285, 451, 465

anatomy, 287composition, 285creating, 288display, 483icon, 480InfoObjects, 480management, 484saving, 456selector, 291sharing options, 460types, 28

String, 157actions, 192

Supply Chain Management, 208Support, 71

T

Table charts, 248Tables, 314Tag clouds, 252Targeted dimension, 171Task Manager extension, 517, 525Teams, 363, 420

administration, 420, 423e-mail, 424members type, 420team name, 424Team tab, 421user management, 422user types, 420

Templates, 274, 289Testing

locally, 520Text, 327

files, 26, 86

Thumbnail, 345Time hierarchy, 153, 162

dimensions, 163table, 165

Time zone, 400Token, 89Tool bar, 64Tracing, 75Tree charts, 255Tree maps, 244

two measures, 244Trellis, 225, 233

on class, 226Trim values, 406Trimming, 90, 194

U

Uninstall, 47Universe Design Tool, 122Universe only, 484Universes, 26, 121, 486

dataset refresh, 487dataset scheduling, 487multidimensional universe, 122query panel, 126refresh, 147retrieving data, 123support, 122

Unzip, 492Updates, 54

new, 57notification, 59

Uploading, 402URL, 363, 377User interface, 59, 392, 445Users, 442Utilities folder, 491

V

Value actions, 199apply to all cells, 199insert at caret position, 200

Variables, 118Vertical table, 94

540

Index

View, 110menu, 64

Views, 70Visualizations, 24, 315, 344

create, 27create custom, 27gallery, 275map to dataset metadata, 27properties, 317use in story, 28

Visualize room, 63, 217, 278, 409, 410, 454, 455

VizExtensions, 489, 490chart deployment, 502custom charts, 494debugging, 511deployment, 506folder, 502HelloWorld, 504Visualize room, 493

VizPacker, 491, 494, 512data model, 499flow.js, 501layout design, 496page, 495sharing files, 496

W

WACS, 476Waterfall charts, 254Web Application Container Server, 377Welcome page, 60, 388, 390Windows, 468, 514

clipboard, 89Control Panel, 48

Workflow, 25

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Christian Ah-Soon worked for SAP BusinessObjects for 15 years as a program manager on transversal areas like administration, security, internationalization, installation,semantic layers, and SDKs. He is co-author of SAP Business-Objects BI Security (SAP PRESS, 2013) and Universe Design with SAP BusinessObjects BI: The Comprehensive Guide (SAP PRESS, 2014). Christian holds a Ph.D. in computer science and graduated from TELECOM Nancy.

Peter Snowdon has worked for SAP BusinessObjects for many years in different roles starting as a developer and moving into pro-duct management and currently is an engineering manager. Peter has, in a previous life, tried a number of different topics including Building, Architecture, Accident Analysis, and has an MA in English Literature and Economics as well as an M.Sc. in IT.

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