- SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook
- Table of Contents
- SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1 Cookbook
- Credits
- Foreword
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Staying in Control
- Introduction
- Using the Object Browser
- Searching for components
- Grouping the canvas components
- Making the spreadsheet more readable with colors
- Making the spreadsheet more readable with comments
- Making the spreadsheet more readable with borders
- Using named ranges
- Copying the format of one cell to another cell or range
- Debugging the spreadsheets
- Navigating between worksheets
- 2. Data Visualization
- Introduction
- Adding a line chart to your dashboard
- Using a bullet chart
- Using sparklines
- Using a combination chart
- Using a waterfall chart
- Using a pie chart
- Using a scatter plot chart
- Using a bubble plot chart
- Using a radar chart
- Using an OHLC chart and a candlestick chart
- Sorting series
- Zooming in on charts
- Scaling the y-axis
- Using a tree map
- Showing a trend without a chart
- Displaying raw data
- Illustrating single values
- 3. From a Static to an Interactive Dashboard
- Introduction
- Selecting your data from a list
- Drilling down from a chart
- Using the Filter selector component for hierarchies
- An alternative hierarchy selection method
- Using the Hierarchical Table
- Using Filtered Rows
- Using maps to select data of an area or country
- Adding a Mac OS X-looking dock to your dashboard
- Resetting your data (the reset button)
- Making selections from a custom image (the push button and image component)
- Inputting data values
- Using the Play Selector / Play Control component
- Opening up a Web Intelligence report using dashboard parameters
- Selecting calendar dates
- Using sliders to create a what-if scenario
- 4. Dynamic Visibility
- 5. Using Alerts
- 6. Advanced Components
- 7. Dashboard Look and Feel
- Introduction
- Changing the look of a chart
- Adding a background to your dashboard
- Using color schemes
- Sharing a color scheme
- Working with themes
- Making component colors dynamic
- Dynamic XY positioning and sizing of components
- Using the Panel Container
- Using the Tab Set container
- Making tables look pretty
- Using quadrants smartly
- Creating/using a dashboard template
- 8. Dashboard Data Connectivity
- 9. Exporting and Publishing
- 10. Top Third-party Add-ons
- Introduction
- Managing add-ons in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
- Connecting to CSV files with the CSV Connector
- Integrating Google Maps with the CMaps plugin
- Connecting to Salesforce.com with DashConn
- Presenting micro charts in a Tree Grid
- Integrating Web Intelligence with Antivia XWIS Advantage Express
- Advanced printing with Xcelsius Dashboard Printer
- SUCCESS with graphomate charts
- 11. Performance Tuning
- 12. Increasing Productivity
- Introduction
- Using the Spreadsheet Table component to debug
- Time-saving tips during dashboard development
- How to do it…
- Global Fonts
- Grouping from the Object Browser versus grouping with a Canvas Container
- Editing multiple components at once
- Using the alignment, sizing, and spacing buttons
- Using the arrow keys for precise placement of components
- Using the Grid to help with relative positioning
- Copying objects from another dashboard
- How to do it…
- Fixing corrupt XLF files
- A. Real-world Dashboard Case Studies
- B. Additional Resources – Supported Excel Functions and System/Software Requirements
- C. The Future of Dashboarding with SAP Design Studio
- Index
The radar chart is able to represent more than two variables in a single chart. In this chart, the multiple axes all start at the same point. The radar chart can be used to make comparisons between series based on their score on a set of variables. In this way outliers can be quickly discovered and analyzed. The following screenshot represents a radar chart:
Open a new file in SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and enter the data, as shown in the following screenshot, into the spreadsheet:
- Drag a Radar Chart component to the canvas.
- Enter a name and subtitle for the chart.
- Bind the cell range A4 to F6 to the By Range field.
Our dataset has two series and five categories. The chart has an axis for each category, and on these axes, the accompanying values are plotted for each series. The values of a series are connected with a line.
The filled radar chart component does the same job as the radar chart component and has the same configuration options. The only difference in the filled radar chart component is that the area between the connected value points is filled with a color. As the following figure shows, the overlap area stands out as it is darker:
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