SAP Lumira, Designer Edition: The Comprehensive Guide

... Foreword ... 19

... Introduction ... 21

... Target Group and Prerequisites ... 21

... Structure of the Book ... 21

... Downloads ... 25

... Acknowledgments ... 27

... Part I: Getting Started ... 29

1 ... Introduction to SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 31

1.1 ... What Is SAP Lumira, Designer Edition? ... 32

1.2 ... SAP Lumira Suite ... 38

1.3 ... SAP Lumira and SAP's Business Intelligence Portfolio ... 40

1.4 ... Recent Developments ... 46

1.5 ... Summary ... 48

2 ... SAP Lumira, Designer Edition Versus Other SAP Business Intelligence Tools ... 49

2.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards ... 49

2.2 ... SAP BEX Web Application Designer ... 54

2.3 ... SAP Analytics Cloud ... 58

2.4 ... Key Differences ... 61

2.5 ... Summary ... 65

3 ... Usage Scenarios ... 67

3.1 ... Global Sales Dashboard ... 67

3.2 ... OLAP Application ... 74

3.3 ... Generic KPI Dashboard ... 80

3.4 ... Summary ... 83

4 ... Installation and Configuration ... 85

4.1 ... Architecture and Components ... 85

4.2 ... System Requirements ... 87

4.3 ... Downloading SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 88

4.4 ... Installing SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 92

4.5 ... Installing SAP Lumira, Server Edition ... 95

4.6 ... Configuring the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform ... 101

4.7 ... Updating SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 115

4.8 ... Configuring Connections via Universes and Custom Data Sources ... 117

4.9 ... Uninstalling SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 122

4.10 ... Summary ... 124

... Part II: The Basics ... 125

5 ... The Integrated Development Environment ... 127

5.1 ... Menu ... 128

5.2 ... Toolbar ... 154

5.3 ... Layout Editor ... 157

5.4 ... Summary ... 172

6 ... The Application Design Process ... 173

6.1 ... Introduction ... 174

6.2 ... Adding the Data ... 175

6.3 ... Setting Up the Layout ... 178

6.4 ... Setting Up the Charts ... 181

6.5 ... Adding Interactivity ... 189

6.6 ... Summary ... 193

7 ... Components and Properties ... 195

7.1 ... Application Component Properties ... 195

7.2 ... Composite Component ... 205

7.3 ... Data Source Alias Component Properties ... 206

7.4 ... Visual Component Properties ... 209

7.5 ... Technical Component Properties ... 277

7.6 ... Summary ... 287

... Part III: Advanced Concepts ... 289

8 ... Scripting for Interactivity ... 291

8.1 ... BI Action Language ... 292

8.2 ... Creating a Script ... 300

8.3 ... Example: Building Navigation Items ... 310

8.4 ... Example: Manipulating Data Output ... 327

8.5 ... Example: Building a Scorecard ... 345

8.6 ... Summary ... 353

9 ... Planning Applications ... 355

9.1 ... Prerequisites for Planning ... 355

9.2 ... Adding a Planning Connection ... 357

9.3 ... Manual Planning: Crosstab and Spreadsheet Components ... 360

9.4 ... Automated Planning: Planning Functions and Sequences ... 362

9.5 ... Planning Functionality Options ... 365

9.6 ... Building a Planning Application ... 366

9.7 ... Using Keyboard Shortcuts ... 370

9.8 ... Summary ... 371

10 ... Enhancing Applications with CSS ... 373

10.1 ... CSS Themes ... 374

10.2 ... Using CSS Classes and Styles ... 378

10.3 ... Adding Custom CSS Classes ... 384

10.4 ... Making Applications Responsive ... 390

10.5 ... Modifying Standard Components ... 397

10.6 ... Summary ... 406

11 ... Design Principles and Visualization Options ... 407

11.1 ... General Design Principles ... 407

11.2 ... Choosing a Visualization Method ... 414

11.3 ... Building Complex Applications ... 435

11.4 ... Mobile Design ... 443

11.5 ... Summary ... 446

12 ... Performance Tuning ... 447

12.1 ... Usage Scenarios ... 447

12.2 ... Data Sources ... 448

12.3 ... Components ... 455

12.4 ... Scripting ... 456

12.5 ... Browsers ... 457

12.6 ... Mobile ... 458

12.7 ... Measuring Performance ... 459

12.8 ... SA