Using SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad 4.0.

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Contents

Chapter 1

About the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile User Guide.............................................................5 What this guide contains?........................................................................................................5 Who Should Read This Guide..................................................................................................5 What is SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad?....................................................................7

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Chapter 2

Chapter 3

What's New?...........................................................................................................................9

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Getting Started......................................................................................................................11 Installing SAP BusinessObjects Mobile on iPad.....................................................................11 Launching the Application and Arriving at the Home Screen...................................................11 Configuring General App Settings..........................................................................................12 Configuring Connections........................................................................................................12 Creating Connections to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence(BI) Platform Server.12 Configuring a BI OnDemand Connection on the iPad.............................................................14 Enabling Mobile Access for Web Intelligence Documents in Your BI OnDemand Account......15 Switching Between Available Connections.............................................................................16 Working on the My Reports Screen......................................................................................17 Browsing Documents.............................................................................................................17 Searching Documents............................................................................................................17 Downloading Documents.......................................................................................................18 Viewing Document Contents.................................................................................................18 Viewing Document Properties................................................................................................18 Deleting Downloaded Documents..........................................................................................19 The "Long Press" Option for Deleting Downloaded Documents ............................................19 Understanding Update Notifications.......................................................................................19 Retrieving the Document Updates from the Server ...............................................................20 Accessing the Latest Instance of a Downloaded Document...................................................22

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Working with the Downloaded Documents..........................................................................27 Viewing Reports within a Document.......................................................................................27 Working with Report Parts.....................................................................................................27 Tables ...................................................................................................................................28 Bar Charts.............................................................................................................................28 Line Charts............................................................................................................................33 Pie Charts..............................................................................................................................34 Scorecards............................................................................................................................35 Using Prompts to Filter the Data of a Document....................................................................37 Accessing the Documents Hyper-Linked to Cells of a Report on the iPad..............................38 Sharing Documents...............................................................................................................39 More Information...................................................................................................................41 43

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About the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile User Guide

About the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile User Guide

1.1 What this guide contains?

This guide contains information about: Installing the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile application on the iPad device. Exploring business intelligence data using the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile application.

1.2 Who Should Read This Guide

This guide is aimed at business professionals who want to use SAP BusinessObjects Mobile and access SAP BusinessObjects Web intelligence documents from the iPad device.

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What is SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad?

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile consists of client-side applications for iPad devices and a Mobile server component that communicates with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform server. Using SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, professionals can access business intelligence information from the iPad device. The application is designed specifically to meet the screen size and interactivity constraints of the iPad device. Business intelligence documents and reports are displayed on iPad devices with native rendering, single-click access, and user interactivity appropriate to the device.

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What's New?

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad 4.0.3 provides the following new features in the software: Extended platform support: The app now supports the industry's latest mobile operating system: iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1 and the latest on iOS 4.3.5 Support for Cloud (BI OnDemand Server): The app supports both the BI OnPremise and BI OnDemand deployments from SAP. The BI OnDemand server is SAP's cloud based BI deployment. By connecting to the BI OnDemand server, you gain remote access to the BI platform content (while being in your premises) and can take advantage of SAP's in-memory database for storing and analyzing your business data on the mobile. For information about how to configure a BI OnDemand connection on your iPad, refer to Configuring a BI OnDemand Connection on the iPad. Enhancements to the "Settings" screen: The "Settings" screen of the app has been revamped to provide all setting options in a better organized manner. For more information, refer to Configuring General App Settings. Capability to switch between connections: While working in online mode, you can directly switch between the available connections without needing to explicitly log out from your current connection. For more information about this feature, refer to Switching Between Available Connections. Capability to view the latest instance of a downloaded document : If a document downloaded on your iPad device, has been scheduled on the BI platform server, you can view the latest instance of the document. For complete information, refer to: Accessing the Latest Instance of a Downloaded Document. Enhancements to charts: Support for negative stack bars: When a dimension on the Y- axis of a line or bar graph has negative values, the lines or bars appear below the origin of the graph, that is on the negative Y-axis. On a negative line chart, there is a clear zero line indication. New improved legend visibility: All the legends of a graph are consistently indicated beneath the graph. If there is insufficient space to display all the legends, they do not appear in the view. In this case, all legends can be seen by double- tapping the graph. The width of lines and bars in graphs are standardized in both orientations (portrait and landscape) of the device. The upper limit of the number of data points in a bar-chart is standardized to ensure proper visibility in all scenarios. For examples of above enhancments and the various types of charts supported by the app, refer to the Working with Report Parts section of this document. Enhancements to Prompts: You can now search for values in a prompt window. Once you have selected prompt values, they are persisted on the iPad. Everytime you refresh the report (in the same or future session), your selections appear by default in the prompt. For more information refer to Using Prompts to Filter the Data of a Document

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Enhancements to Tables: Following are certain enhancements to tables: The app supports larger content (up to 500,000 table cells) for all table types. The app supports all table column actions (Hide, Freeze, Wrap) in page mode (default view) of the Web Intelligence report on the iPad. You dont need to zoom a table for performing these actions. New look and feel of the column re-order functionality. To re-position a column in the table, you can swipe the column header to the desired position. While you perform this action, the column header turns blue.

Activity indicator: When performing an action such as refreshing a report or opening an online Web Intelligence document, the app displays an indicator while waiting for a response from the server. The indicator appears as a "Please wait" message with a Cancel button. If you want to cancel the acitivity, tap Cancel. There is no limit to the size of Web Intelligence documents that can be accessed on the iPad. Several known bugs are fixed in the app.

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Getting Started

4.1 Installing SAP BusinessObjects Mobile on iPad

The SAP BusinessObjects Mobile client is supported on iPad 1 and iPad 2. You can install SAP BusinessObjects Mobile client application on your iPad device in two ways. These are described below: You can download the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile client application from the App Store using the iTunes software. Then synchronize the downloaded application with your iPad device. You can download the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile client application directly from the App store to your device.

4.2 Launching the Application and Arriving at the Home Screen

The SAP BusinessObjects Mobile icon appears on your iPad device. To launch SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, tap the BI Mobile icon. After installing the app and when you launch the app for the first time, you are routed to an "Agreements" page. Once you accept the terms and conditions, you land on the "My Reports" page (Home screen) of the application. The "My Reports" screen displays some sample reports for you to explore. These sample reports are downloaded to your device when you install the app. To access the Web Intelligence documents of the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform server, you must create a Corporate connection. The lower part of the "My Reports" screen displays a message asking you to add a Corporate connection. If you choose the '+' icon that appears in green next to the message text, you are routed to the "Settings" page. This page has the required fields for adding new connections and for making other app settings. For information about how to create connections, see the next section in this document. Note: "My Reports" is the default landing view of the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad application. Whether you are accessing the app in offline mode or in online mode through an available connection to the server, you are taken to the "My Reports" view on launching the app. 1. The "Agreements" page appears on launching the app, only when you install or upgrade the app. Otherwise, you are taken directly to the "My Reports" screen. 2. If you have set one of your active connections as a default connection, on launching the app, you are connected directly to the corresponding server. In this case, the "My Reports" (Home) screen

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displays both your offline documents (downloaded to your local device memory) and the Web Intelligence documents available online on the BI platform server. If none of the connections is set as default, the "My Reports" page displays documents in offline mode.

Related Topics Creating Connections to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence(BI) Platform Server

4.3 Configuring General App Settings

After installing the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad software on your iPad, you can customize certain properties of the app based on your specific requirements. The "Settings" screen of the app displays the following app settings: 1. Connections: To configure connections, see the Configuring Connections section of this document. 2. Network Options: This category provides the following settings: Enable Network Notifications: Toggle this button state to ON if you want to be notified when there is a change in network availability status. Work Offline: Toggle this button state to ON if you have active connections available on the device, yet you want to work in offline mode. 3. Viewing Options: You can select one of the following themes for viewing content on the device: Graphite Ivory 4. Logs: This setting is used by the administrators of the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad software. Logs are used for debugging or tracing purposes.

4.4 Configuring Connections

4.4.1 Creating Connections to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence(BI) Platform Server
You can create a connection from the Mobile client to the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform server as required using one of the following methods :

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Using SAP BI URL - You can ask your administrator to provide you with the SAP BI URL. This URL contains the input values for all the required parameters that are set by the administrator. When you click the URL, the "Add Connection" screen appears with the default connection details.The values of all parameters are pre-populated and you do not need to specify any variables. You can save this connection. Manually - You can create a connection and enter values of the input parameters of the new connection based on your specific requirements. You can work with your administrator to make sure that your selected values of the input parameters are valid. To create a connection manually, perform the following steps: 1. From Settings, tap the Connections tab. 2. Choose Add a connection. The "Add Connection" screen appears. 3. In the Name field, enter a name for the connection. Note: You can use alphanumerics, hyphens('-'), underscores('_'), dots('.'), circular brackets ('(', ')'), and spaces(' '); the maximum number of characters allowed is 20. 4. In the Server URL field, enter the details of the mobile server to which you want to connect, in the format <hostname>:<port> or <IP>:<port>. Note: You can use alphanumerics, hyphens, underscores, dots, colons, and forward slashes; the maximum number of characters allowed is 281. If you want to connect to the mobile server in HTTPS mode, use HTTPS in the server URL. For example, https://<hostname>:<port> or https://<IP>:<port>. If you want to connect to the mobile server with reverse proxy, add the proxy context path after the port in the server URL. For example, http://<hostname>:<port>/<context path> or http://<IP>:<port>/<context path>.

5. In the Server Name field, enter the CMS name and port. Note: You can use alphanumerics, hyphens, underscores, dots, and colons; the maximum number of characters allowed is 261. 6. Select the required Authentication type. 7. If you want to set this connection as the default connection to which the application connects as soon as it is launched, turn on the Make Default option. 8. Enter CMS user credentials (User name and Password). Note: The maximum number of characters allowed for the Username is 100. 9. If you want the application to remember the password, turn on the Save Password option. 10. Save the connection. Note: If you want the application to notify you about network unavailability, turn on the Network Notification option.

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SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad enables you to view the current connection status. The following status values are possible for each connection: On (with green indicator to connection name) - you are logged on to the BI platform server On (with gray indicator to connection name) - you are logged on in offline mode No indicator - you are not logged on The application also provides you with standalone mode, which allows you to work on the downloaded documents without connecting to the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform server.

4.4.2 Configuring a BI OnDemand Connection on the iPad

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad software provides you with the option of connecting to the BI OnDemand server ( https://bi.ondemand.com). If you do not have access to the required BusinessObjects Business Intelligence servers in your premise, you can gain remote access to the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform content (Web Intelligence documents) by connecting to the BI OnDemand server which runs on SAP's cloud technology. For gaining access to the BI OnDemand server, you need to configure the available BI OnDemand connection with your specific details on the iPad. To configure the BI OnDemand connection on your iPad device, perform the following steps: 1. Go to the "Connections" section on the "Settings" page. The "Other Connections" sub-section displays a BI OnDemand Connection available by default. Tap the arrow symbol that appears next to the connection. The BI OnDemand connection details appear on the screen. 2. Enter your BI OnDemand account credentials in the User Name and Password fields. Note: If you do not hold a BI OnDemand account, you can sign up for one by tapping the URL that appears at the bottom of the "Connections" screen. After signing up, you can perform this step. 3. Choose Save. The BI OnDemand connection is saved with your specific details and you can access this connection from the "Connections" page of the Mobile for iPad application. Note: You can also perform the following optional settings before performing the step 3 mentioned above: If you do not want to be prompted for a password, every time you access your BI OnDemand connection on the "Connections" page, set the Save Password button state to ON. If you want to make the BI OnDemand connection your default connection, set the Default button state to ON. The BI OnDemand credentials that you enter while configuring the connection (step 2) must be valid. If you specify invalid credentials, you get an error message when you access the BI OnDemand connection on the "Connections" page of the app.

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For viewing the Web Intelligence documents available in the BI OnDemand connection on your iPad, you need to make a setting in your account on the BI OnDemand Website. For more information, refer to: Enabling Mobile Access for Web Intelligence Documents in Your BI OnDemand Account

4.5 Enabling Mobile Access for Web Intelligence Documents in Your BI OnDemand Account
The latest (September, 2011) release of SAP's BI OnDemand supports the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad application. If you are a BI OnDemand personal or essential user, you can upload a Web Intelligence document (.wid) and then view it in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile. Additionally, if you are a BI OnDemand Advanced user, you are also able to create new Web Intelligence documents. To enable a Web Intelligence document for mobile access, login to the BIOD Website (https://bi.onde mand.com ) and right-click on the required document in the "Reports" section of your account. Select Enable Mobile Access. If you enable mobile access for Web intelligence documents in the "My Stuff" category on the BIOD site, only you can access the documents on the iPad device. If you enable this option for the Web Intelligence documents in the"Shared With Me" category on the BIOD site, the documents can be viewed on the iPad by you and the BIOD users who have shared the document with you.

When viewed on the iPad, the Web Intelligence documents are formatted specifically to fit the iPad screen and interactivity features. If needed, you can disable mobile access by right-clicking the report and selecting Disable Mobile Access.

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For more information on enabling Web Intelligence documents for mobile access and on how to get started with a free OnDemand account, visit the following page of the BI OnDemand Website: http://www.ondemand.com/mobilebi

4.6 Switching Between Available Connections

While working in online mode, you can switch from one active connection to the other. The "My Reports" screen displays your current connection on the top right of the "Available" documents. Your current connection appears as an icon with the connection name and a green status indicator.

When you tap the connection icon, a screen appears displaying all the available active connections. You can choose any connection for switching to another server. When you tap a connection in this screen, a dialogue box appears asking you if you want to log out of your current connection and connect to the chosen connection server. Once you tap Done, you are connected to the selected connection server. This feature eliminates the need to logout of your current connection and login to another connection from the "Connections" page of the app.

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Working on the My Reports Screen

Once you launch the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile application on your iPad device, you can view the My Reports screen with Downloaded documents (saved on the device) and Available documents (from the configured categories on the Mobile server). You can perform the following operations from the My Reports screen: Browse documents Search documents Download documents View document contents View document properties Delete downloaded documents View alerts Refresh and update documents

5.1 Browsing Documents

You can browse through the list of available and downloaded documents as follows: To browse through the list of available documents, scroll vertically in the Available section. To browse through the list of downloaded documents, scroll horizontally in the Downloaded section.

5.2 Searching Documents

You can search for a specific document from the list of available and downloaded documents. SAP BusinessObjects Mobile searches and retrieves the list of documents that match the specified search string for the document title. To search for a specific BI document, enter a search text in the Search field.

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5.3 Downloading Documents

You download a document to view its contents. To download a document, perform the following steps: 1. In the Available section, navigate to the required document. 2. Tap Download. A copy of this document is saved locally on your iPad device and it appears in the Downloaded section.

5.4 Viewing Document Contents

You can open a downloaded document and view its contents. To open a document, tap the required document from the "Downloaded" section of the "My Reports" screen of the application. Alternatively, you can also view a document by taking the following approach: 1. Double tap the document that you want to view. The "Report Information" screen appears. 2. Tap the View button that appears on the "Report Information" screen. The document is opened for viewing. Note: If you want to view the contents of a document from the Available section, you must download it. For information on downloading documents, see the Downloading Documents section.

5.5 Viewing Document Properties

You can view the properties of an available or downloaded document. To view properties of a document in the Available section, tap Info. To view properties of a document in the Downloaded section, double tap the document.

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5.6 Deleting Downloaded Documents

You can delete a document from the downloaded list, by performing the following steps: 1. In the Downloaded list, locate the required document. 2. Double tap the document. 3. Tap Remove.

5.6.1 The "Long Press" Option for Deleting Downloaded Documents

You can also delete unwanted documents using this procedure: 1. Press a document in the My Reports screen for a short time. A red colored collapse icon appears next to the document. 2. Whenever you want to delete this particular document, tap the collapse icon and the document is removed from the local memory of the device.

5.7 Understanding Update Notifications

By refreshing the My Reports screen on your iPad device, you get the latest updates from the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform server. When a document in your "Downloaded" list has recently been updated (for its content, structure or properties) on the BI platform server, the application displays an update notification. Note: The updates to the document could have been made on the server before your logged into the application or they can be made during your current session. The notifications appear at the bottom of the "My Reports" screen as a badge on the My Reports icon. The badge denotes the number of documents for which updates are available:

In the "Downloaded" section of the screen, the documents that have an update available on the server display an Update Available notification over them.

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To understand how to retrieve the document updates when receiving an update notification from the server, refer to the following section: Retrieving the Document Updates from the Server

5.7.1 Retrieving the Document Updates from the Server

Once you receive an update notification for a downloaded document on the "My Reports" screen of your iPad device, you can retrieve the document updates from the server by performing the following steps: 1. In the "Downloaded" section of the "My Reports" screen, double tap the document that indicates the Update Available notification. The "Report Information" screen appears as shown below:

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2. Tap the Update button on the "Report Information" screen. The update is retrieved and you return to the "My Reports" screen. When you click the document now, it shows the latest data that is in sync with the data on the server. Note: This action does not update the structure of the document; it only updates the data. You must log off and login again to get the latest update of the document (including data and structure). Related Topics Understanding Update Notifications

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5.8 Accessing the Latest Instance of a Downloaded Document

If a document in your "Downloaded" list has been scheduled and run on the BI platform server, you can access its latest instance by performing the following steps: 1. In the "Downloaded" section of the "My Reports" screen, double tap the document that displays the Update Available notification. The "Report Information" screen appears as shown below:

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Note: If the latest instance of the document was already viewed or updated earlier, then this screen also displays an Instance button next to the Update button. By tapping the Instance button here, you can view the old instance of the document (that you viewed earlier during the same or a prior login session). 2. Tap the Update button that appears on the "Report Information" screen (as shown above). The document update is retrieved from the server and you return to the "My Reports" screen. If there is a new instance available for your document, the document continues to display the Update Available notification in the "Downloaded" section. Note: If there is no new instance available for the document, then no notification appears on the document. This means that the document has undergone a data update on the server that was retrieved from the server when you performed this step. 3. In the "Downloaded" section of "My Reports", double tap the same document again. The "Report Information" screen appears:

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4. Tap the Instance button that appears in the "Report Information" screen (as depicted in the above figure). The latest instance of the document appears on the screen. Note: 1. When viewing a document's content, whenever you tap the document in the "Downloaded" section of your "My Reports" screen of your iPad (or tap View on the "Report Information" screen), the mobile for iPad software compares instants in time when: The last server update to the document was retrieved by you. The latest document instance that you accessed was run on the server.

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Based on the greater of the above two time values, the software returns the corresponding version of the document to you. This means that when you view a document, you get access to the most updated version of the document available on the client side of the mobile for iPad application 2. The Remove and View buttons for removing and viewing the document respectively appear as always on the "Report Information" screen and do not depend on the update status of the document. Related Topics Understanding Update Notifications

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Working with the Downloaded Documents

You can open the required report within a document. Each report can contain multiple report parts. SAP BusinessObjects Mobile enables you to work on the following types of report parts within the Document Reports: Tables Bar Charts Vertical Bar (Column) Charts Grouped Bar Charts Stacked Bar Charts Line Charts Pie Charts Scorecards

You can open and view each report part on a separate screen.

6.1 Viewing Reports within a Document

Once you open a document, you can view the different reports available within the document. You can browse through and open a specific report by performing the following steps: 1. Tap Reports on the top right corner of the document. 2. Choose the required report from the list that appears.

6.2 Working with Report Parts

A report can contain multiple report parts. You can open and view a report part in a separate screen on the device. SAP BusinessObjects Mobile provides you with a paging option if there are multiple report parts that cannot be displayed on a single screen. The dots at the end of the report denote the number of pages available within the report. To open a report part in a report, perform the following steps: 1. Swipe the dots to navigate between pages and locate the required report part. 2. Tap the report part.

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6.2.1 Tables
You can work with tables of a Web Intelligence report on your iPad as described below. To Freeze, Unfreeze, Hide, or Unhide a column (in a vertical table) or row (in a horizontal table): 1. Double tap the column or row header. 2. Select the appropriate option as required. To wrap texts to fit to the cell: 1. Double tap the required table cell. 2. Select Wrap. To re-order a table column, select the respective column header and drag it to the required position in the table, by swiping your finger. While you do so, the column header turns blue as shown in the figure below:

Note: You can perform the above actions in both the default (page) view of the report and in the zoomed in view of the table (that appears when you double tap the table in page view). For understanding the vertical, horizontal and cross-tables of a Web Intelligence (Interactive Analysis) document, refer to the "Table Types in Interactive Analysis" section of Interactive Analysis 1.0 Building Reports with Interactive Analysis guide that is available on http://help.sap.com/businessob ject/product_guides/IA10SP1/en/ia_user_guide_en.pdf

6.2.2 Bar Charts

This section describes how to work with various chart types in Web Intelligence reports on the iPad.

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6.2.2.1 Vertical Bar (Column) Charts

The below figure displays a column chart (also called as vertical bar chart) as seen in a report on the iPad:

You can work with column charts as described below. To view the value of a specific bar, tap the bar.

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To view the chart for a specific range (horizontal axis), select and drag the edges of the range selector.

6.2.2.2 Stacked Bar Chart

Stacked bar chart displays the values of measures (identified by legends) through stacked bars. The bars overlap each other. When the value of a measure is negative, the corresponding bar appears in the stack below the zero level. The below figure displays a stacked bar-chart as seen in a report on the iPad:

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You can work with stacked bar charts in the following manner: To view the value of a specific bar, tap the bar. To view the chart for a specific range (horizontal axis), select and drag the edges of the range selector.

6.2.2.3 Grouped Bar Chart

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Grouped bar charts display the data of multiple measures as distinct bars grouped together. The below figure displays a grouped bar-chart as seen in a report on the iPad:

You can work with grouped bar charts in the following manner: To view the value of a specific bar, tap the bar. To view the chart for a specific range (horizontal axis), select and drag the edges of the range selector.

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6.2.3 Line Charts

Line charts represent values of a measure via lines in a graph. The below figure displays a line chart as seen in a report on the iPad:

The line-chart in the figure above displays multiple measures. Each linear curve represents the values of a measure corresponding to the values of dimension {'Store name'}. Measures are distinguised with the help of legends depicted at the bottom of the chart {'Margin', 'Revenues_negative', 'Sales revenue'}.

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You can work with the line charts as described below. To view the value at any particular point on the line chart, tap the required point. To view the chart for a specific range, select and drag the slider. Note: There is clear indication of the "zero line" in line graphs that have negative values of the measure.

6.2.4 Pie Charts

Pie charts display data as segments of a whole. Pie charts are useful if you want to show how each part of your report data contributes to the total. Pie charts have a single axis displayed on the body of the pie. This is the Y-Axis. Each segment of the pie chart displays a value for the measure on the Y-Axis. The pie chart legend indicates the dimension on the X-Axis. The following figure depicts a pie-chart as seen in a report on the iPad:

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To view the value of a specific sector of a pie chart, perform one of the following: Move the pointer to the required sector. Tap the corresponding legend at the bottom of the chart. Use the arrows in the information bar.

6.2.5 Scorecards

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Scorecards represent the data of report tables through microcharts (sparklines and gradient fills), trend status icons, trend buttons and arrows. The purpose of scorecards is to simplify the visual interpretation of table data. Following is an example of a scorecard:

In the above example: The scorecard displays data of a cross-table on the iPad. The data of the fourth column appears as a button icon that is gradient filled to indicate percentage values. The scorecard displays the data from columns five to sixteen of the cross-table as microcharts within a single column titled as Sales. Each microchart consists of a sparkline that is gradient filled and depicts the revenue trend of respective cities across twelve months of the year.

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To view scorecards, it is essential that your administrator configures the vertical and cross tables of Web Intelligence reports to display them as scorecards on the iPad. This configuration is done while designing the report using Web intelligence client tools on the BI platform. For a complete understanding of scorecards and the related concepts, refer to the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad Administrator guide available at http://help.sap.com/businessobject/prod uct_guides/boexir4/en/403_mobiPad_admin_en.pdf

6.3 Using Prompts to Filter the Data of a Document

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad supports prompts defined in the Web intelligence document. If the administrator has enabled prompts in a Web Intelligence document, when the document is refreshed on the iPad, a "Values" window appears as a prompt on the screen. This window displays the available list of values (LOV) for a primary dimension of the report parts such as table, chart or graph. An example of such a dimension could be Year or State. To filter the records (displayed in a table) or data points (displayed in the chart or graph) based on specific values of the dimension, choose the values in the "Values" window. When the available list of values is large, you can also search for a specific value through the "Search" text-box in the window. Once you have chosen the required values for the dimension, tap Done. The data displayed in various report parts of the document are filtered based on your selections (of the dimension) in the prompt window. The values that you select in the prompt window will persist until the next refresh of the document. For example, in a document on the iPad, you have selected California as the State in the prompt. On a subsequent refresh of the same report, you see California selected in the prompt window by default:

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If you want to continue with the same selection, you can proceed by tapping Done. Else, you can make the required selections and they will be persisted when you refresh the document in future. This is particularly useful when you want many values to be consistently selected in the prompt, everytime the document is refreshed. Note: When refreshing a document and accessing the enabled prompts, you must be connected to the BI platform server via an active Corporate connection. If you attempt to refresh a Web Intelligence document in your "Downloaded" list in offline mode, you get an error message.

6.4 Accessing the Documents Hyper-Linked to Cells of a Report on the iPad

The Mobile for iPad software administrator can link a report part of a document to other Web Intelligence documents using an OpenDoc URL. To download the linked document, click the hyperlinks that appear in the report part. For example, you might be viewing a document "Resort_Revenues" that displays a table as shown in the below figure:

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The values of the Country {'US', 'France'} appear as hyperlinks (in blue). When you click on either of these values, the Web Intelligence document with useful information corresponding to these countries opens on the iPad. In this particular example, when you click on 'France', a Web Intelligence document appears displaying the aggregate revenue of all resorts across all services in France. Note: You must be in online mode of the device and connected to the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile server for accessing the OpenDoc feature of the app. For the document linking property to work in a Web Intelligence document, the document needs to be configured using the Web Intelligence application of the BOE (BI platform) by the administrator or report-designer. For more information, refer to the Installation, Configuration and Deployment guide of the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iPad that is available on : http://help.sap.com

6.5 Sharing Documents

You can share the contents of a document displayed on a page with other users by using the e-mail icon displayed at the bottom of the screen. When you use this option, a snapshot of the current view on your iPad device is sent to the recipient by e-mail.

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SAP BusinessObjects product information

http://www.sap.com Navigate to http://help.sap.com/businessobjects and on the "SAP BusinessObjects Overview" side panel click All Products. You can access the most up-to-date documentation covering all SAP BusinessObjects products and their deployment at the SAP Help Portal. You can download PDF versions or installable HTML libraries. Certain guides are stored on the SAP Service Marketplace and are not available from the SAP Help Portal. These guides are listed on the Help Portal accompanied by a link to the SAP Service Marketplace. Customers with a maintenance agreement have an authorized user ID to access this site. To obtain an ID, contact your customer support representative. http://service.sap.com/bosap-support > Documentation Installation guides: https://service.sap.com/bosap-instguides Release notes: http://service.sap.com/releasenotes

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SAP Service Marketplace

The SAP Service Marketplace stores certain installation guides, upgrade and migration guides, deployment guides, release notes and Supported Platforms documents. Customers with a maintenance agreement have an authorized user ID to access this site. Contact your customer support representative to obtain an ID. If you are redirected to the SAP Service Marketplace from the SAP Help Portal, use the menu in the navigation pane on the left to locate the category containing the documentation you want to access. https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/community/docupedia

Docupedia

Docupedia provides additional documentation resources, a collaborative authoring environment, and an interactive feedback channel. https://boc.sdn.sap.com/

Developer resources https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-sdklibrary

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SAP BusinessObjects articles on the SAP Community Network

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/businessobjects-articles These articles were formerly known as technical papers. https://service.sap.com/notes

Notes These notes were formerly known as Knowledge Base articles. Forums on the SAP Community Network https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/forums http://www.sap.com/services/education Training From traditional classroom learning to targeted e-learning seminars, we can offer a training package to suit your learning needs and preferred learning style. http://service.sap.com/bosap-support Online customer support The SAP Support Portal contains information about Customer Support programs and services. It also has links to a wide range of technical information and downloads. Customers with a maintenance agreement have an authorized user ID to access this site. To obtain an ID, contact your customer support representative. http://www.sap.com/services/bysubject/businessobjectsconsulting Consulting Consultants can accompany you from the initial analysis stage to the delivery of your deployment project. Expertise is available in topics such as relational and multidimensional databases, connectivity, database design tools, and customized embedding technology.

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Activity Indicator 9

L
Latest instance 9 Latest Instance 22

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SAP BI URL 12

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BI OnDemand 9 BI OnDemand server 9

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Negative Stack bars 9

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Update Notification 19

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