Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Taha M. Mahmoud

• Verlag: Packt Publishing
• Jahr: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781785282812
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Betriebswirtschaft
• Thema: Business Intelligence

About This Book

• Explore the new features and capabilities of PowerShell 5 and its integration with Exchange Server 2013
• Learn how to write scripts and functions, schedule scripts to run automatically, and generate complex reports with PowerShell
• Manage and automate every element of Exchange Server 2013 with PowerShell such as Mailboxes, distribution groups, and Address lists

Who This Book Is For

This book is for messaging professionals who want to build real-world scripts with Windows PowerShell 5 and the Exchange Management Shell. If you are a network or systems administrator responsible for managing and maintaining Exchange Server 2013, you will find this highly useful.

What You Will Learn

• New features and capabilities of PowerShell 5 and Exchange Server 2013 SP1
• Get to grips with the core PowerShell concepts required to master the Exchange Management Shell, such as pipelining, working with objects, formatting output, and writing scripts
• Use simple PowerShell scripts and commands to get powerful effects
• Generate detailed reports, send the output of commands in e-mail messages, and schedule scripts to run automatically
• Import, export, move mailboxes, and delete messages from mailboxes using the command line
• Configure transport server settings such as mail relay, tracking logs, transport rules, delivery reports, and more
• Manage mailbox and public folder databases

In Detail

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 is a complex messaging system. Windows PowerShell 5 can be used in conjunction with Exchange Server 2013 to automate and manage routine and complex tasks to save time and money and eliminate errors.

Starting by going through key PowerShell concepts and the Exchange Management Shell, this book will get you automating tasks that used to take hours in no time. Diving deeper, you will then manage your mailbox database, client access, and your transport servers with simple but effective scripts.

This book finishes with advanced recipes on Exchange Server problems, such as managing distribution groups and maintaining high availability and security.

Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

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Table of Contents

Learning SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

Why do we need dashboards?

What is a dashboard?

Indicators

Traffic light colors

Icons

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

How to define your KPIs

Visual elements used to present KPIs (charts)

Key Risk Indicator (KRI)

Scorecards

Reports

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with SAP BO Dashboards

Introduction to SAP BO Dashboards

SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 4.x

SAP BO Dashboards

SAP BO Dashboards design history

Installing SAP BO Dashboards

The dashboards prerequisites

Downloading SAP BO Dashboards

Installing SAP BO Dashboards

Exploring SAP BO Dashboards' capabilities

Accessing and using dashboard samples

Accordion menu dashboard sample

Chart Drill Down dashboard sample

Accessing and using dashboard templates

US Sales Map

Getting to know the SAP BO Dashboards interface

Understanding SAP BO Dashboards panels

The Properties panel

The Components panel

The Object Browser panel

The Query Browser panel

Mobile compatibility

Understanding SAP BO Dashboards toolbars

The Standard toolbar

The Themes toolbar

The Export toolbar

The Format toolbar

The Start Page toolbar

Understanding SAP BO Dashboards quick views

Summary

2. Understanding the Dashboard Creation Process

Phases in the project

The initiation phase

The planning phase

The execution/implementation phase

The control/testing phase

The closing phase

Determining the needs

Gathering business requirements

The sales by state analysis

The sales trend analysis

The sales and quantity per product analysis

Determining the target audience and devices

Sketching our dashboard

Building the prototype

Dashboard creation process

Preparing the dashboard workspace

Summary

3. UI Components

Before we start

Preferences

The Document tab

The Grid tab

The Excel options

Document properties

Adding our first chart component (pie chart)

Linking the chart with data

Configuring the main chart properties

Introducing other chart types

Line, column, bar, and column line charts

Bubble, scatter charts, and tree maps

OHLC and candlestick charts

Bullet charts

Radar charts

Adding a single-value component to our dashboard

Gauge and dial

Progress bar and sliders

Value and spinner

Play

Summary

4. Using Maps and Other Components

Maps

Using maps

Adding built-in map dashboard components

Installing, configuring, and using the CMap plugin

Using other SAP BO Dashboard components

Using a calendar dashboard component

Using the trend icon

Using a trend analyzer

Using the print, reset, and local scenario buttons

Using the history and source data dashboard components

Using other third-party plugins

Using a dash printer

Using Micro charts

Summary

5. Interactive Analysis with Dashboards

Using traditional selectors

Using radio buttons

Orientation

Insert On

Insertion types

Selected item

Using comboboxes and list boxes

Using checkboxes

List builder

Displaying tabular data

List view

Scorecard

The hierarchical table

The spreadsheet table

Grid

Using advanced menus

Label-based menu

Sliding picture fisheye menus

Accordion Menu

Using other selectors

Using the icon

Using Filter

Using push and toggle buttons

Using third-party selectors

Summary

6. Advanced Interactive Analysis with Dashboards

Using the dynamic visibility feature

Grouping components

Using Containers

Using Panel Container

Using Canvas Container

Using a Tab Set

Using Alerts

Using Alerts with Charts

Using Alerts with the single-value compo...