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SAP BO Business Intelligence Platform 4.0 BI LaunchPad Overview, User Features and Improved Usability

SAP BO Business Intelligence Platform 4.0 BI LaunchPad Overview, User Features and Improved Usability . Carmelo Riso. Confidential . Lesson Objectives. After completing this lesson, you will be able to: Describe changes to product names

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SAP BO Business Intelligence Platform 4.0 BI LaunchPad Overview, User Features and Improved Usability

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  1. SAP BO Business Intelligence Platform 4.0 BI LaunchPad Overview,User Features and Improved Usability Carmelo Riso Confidential

  2. Lesson Objectives • After completing this lesson, you will be able to: • Describe changes to product names • Describe the new features and capabilities in BI launch pad 4.0 • Updated layout • Repository browsing • Viewing content • New actions in 4.0 • Search • Explain which features are deprecated or no longer supported

  3. AGENDA • Introductionto BI launch pad • What is new in the 4.0 release • Updated Layout • Documents Tab • Viewing Content • New Actions • Search • Deprecated and unsupported features

  4. Product Name Changes Dashboards,Data Exploration Reporting, Analysis Other • BI LAUNCH PAD • Search and browse BI content • Manage and share your documents, dashboards and BI workspaces • Launch your BI tools(Web Intelligence, Analysis) • BI WORKSPACES • Organize (content layout) SAP BusinessObjects Analysis SAP Crystal Reports Web Content SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Agnostic Information spaces BI WORKSPACESFormerly known as Dashboard Builder BI LAUNCH PADFormerly known as InfoView • Points to remember • BI launch pad is the new name for InfoView. • BI workspaces is the new name for Dashboard Builder.

  5. What is new in BI 4.0 : End User Improvements Bringing important information forward Navigation improvements Easier to manage scheduled reports Easier to find information • New welcome page gives users easy access to the most common features. • Quick access to BI applications and search. • Recently viewed reports, alerts notifications, scheduled documents and more. • Tab-based interface allows several documents to be open at the same time. • Pinning feature to keep document open as a permanent tab. • New layout with more screen real estate and modal dialogs. • Home tab shows you the list of documents you have scheduled and run (last run including status). • Auto refresh of History page. • Errors preview. • New enhanced Search. • Search by all document attributes including content search. • Facetted navigation on search results makes it easier to filter and refine results.

  6. What is new in BI 4.0 : Administration Improvements • Role based personalization • General preferences management from the CMC. • Home page customization and assignment per user role. • Application customization • Customization can be done via properties file (these will not be overwritten). • Simplified deployment • One .war file only. • Integration of add-ons and patches. • Improved session management. • Multilingual and auditing.

  7. AGENDA • Introduction to BI launch pad • What is new in the 4.0 release • Updated Layout • Documents Tab • Viewing Content • New Actions • Search • Deprecated and unsupported features

  8. Updated Layout Default Home tab provides relevant information to the user.

  9. Updated Layout My Recently Viewed Documents lists the last 10 documents that you have viewed.

  10. Updated Layout Unread Messages in My Inbox lists the last 10 unread objects in your BI Inbox.

  11. Updated Layout My Recently Run Documents lists the status of your last 10 completed schedule jobs.

  12. Updated Layout Unread Alerts lists the last 10 triggered alerts that you have subscribed to.

  13. Updated Layout My Applicationslists the applications that you have access to from within BI launch pad.

  14. Documents Tab : Browsing the Repository Quickly switch between My Documents, Folders, Categories and Search (results). Quickly switch between My Documents, Folders, Categories and Search (results). Quickly switch between My Documents, Folders, Categories and Search (results). Quickly switch between My Documents, Folders, Categories and Search.

  15. Documents Tab : Filtering on Columns On mouse over of the column header the Filtering icon displays. Enter the criteria to filter the column.

  16. Documents Tab : Filtering on Columns On mouse over of the column header the Filtering icon displays. After adding the filter the icon is updated to reflect that a filter is applied to the column. The listing is updated to reflect the filter applied. Enter the criteria to filter the column.

  17. Documents Tab : Filtering on Columns On mouse over of the column header the Filtering icon displays. After adding the filter the icon is updated to reflect that a filter is applied to the column. Select the Clear Filter checkbox to remove the column filtering. The listing is updated to reflect the filter applied. Enter the criteria to filter the column.

  18. Viewing Content : Default Action (Double–Click Action) • What is the default (double-click) action? • This is the action that is launched by default when you select and double-click an object from the listing in the Documents tab. • Why was this added? • So users will always see an action displayed. • To avoid confusion.

  19. Viewing Content : Default Action (Double–Click Action) • What is displayed when you use the default action? • Schedulable objects: • Open in a new tab as follows : • View – open the report in View mode • View on demand if user has rights to view on demand • Show saved data if no access to view on demand • Display the report template Documents are opened for viewing in a new tab (by default) Date and timestamp is displayed

  20. Viewing Content : Pinning Content in Tabs Pin tabs so that they remain open during next session

  21. Viewing Content : Open in a new window To provide a bigger viewing area, content in the tab can be opened for viewing in a separate browser window.

  22. AGENDA • Updated Layout • Documents Tab • Viewing Content • New Actions • Search

  23. New Actions in 4.0 : Execute Actions While Viewing While you are viewing a report ,other actions are available such as Open, Send To, Schedule * , History and Create Shortcut in My Favorites

  24. New Actions in 4.0 : Document Link Action The new Document Link action allows you to quickly generate a link for the current document to share with others.

  25. New Actions in 4.0 : Add to Favorites Action Create a shortcut in your Favorites folder for any object

  26. New Actions in 4.0 : Delete All Messages (BI Inbox) Quickly delete all messages in your BI Inbox

  27. New Actions in 4.0 : History Page Enhancements Auto refresh to update the job status Improved tooltips display on the History page Right-click menu is available to you in the History page

  28. AGENDA • Introduction to BI launch pad • What is new in the 4.0 release • Updated Layout • Documents Tab • Viewing Content • New Actions • Search • Deprecated and unsupported features

  29. Search Improvements : Quick Search Start typing text in the search box and the top 6 matches are quickly displayed.

  30. Search Improvements : Refining Results Using Facets Facets and filters related to your search results display in the Search drawer in the left navigation pane.

  31. Search Improvements : Refining Results Using Facets Facets that you have applied appear in the Current Filters list.

  32. Search Improvements : Refining Results Using Facets The number displayed beside a facet indicates the number of matches

  33. Deprecated Feature vs. Unsupported Feature DEFINITION A deprecated feature is a feature that is included in the product but is planned to be retired (removed) in the next major release. An unsupported feature is a feature that was included in previous versions of the product but have been removed from this release and are no longer supported.

  34. List of Deprecated Features DEFINITION A deprecated feature is a feature that is included in the product but is planned to be retired (removed) in the next major release.

  35. List of Unsupported Features DEFINITION An unsupported feature is a feature that was included in previous versions of the product but have been removed from this release and are no longer supported.

  36. List of Unsupported Features

  37. Appendix

  38. BI Launch Pad Logs • How to turn on/off traces for the BI launch pad: • In the CMC, go to Applications > BI LaunchPad> Properties > Trace Logs Settings • You can choose the log level (unspecified, none, …, high) • Log files are generated in the following directory: %HOMEDRIVE%/BOBJWebapp_InfoView_<IP address>_<WebApp port>/

  39. Overview: Lesson Summary • After completing this lesson, you are now able to: • Describe changes to product names • Describe the new features and capabilities in BI launch pad 4.0 • Use the updated layout • Use the repository browsing • Viewing content • New actions in 4.0 • Know the new Search • Explain which features are deprecated or no longer supported

  40. Thank You!

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