- 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
A chart does not always look like what you had in mind. In some cases, you may want to see data sorted from high to low values, while in other situations, you want to see the categories displayed in a more logical order. For example, in the following bar chart, the quarters are sorted from last (Q4) to first (Q1). To change this, you can of course adjust the data model in the spreadsheet, like we did in the Using an OHLC chart and a candlestick chart recipe. An easier and better way is to use the sorting settings for the bar chart component.
You can reuse any of the dashboards you created earlier, as long as they contain one of the previously mentioned components.
- Select the component, go to the Behavior tab, and select the Common sub-tab.
- Select Enable Sorting.
- Select By Category Labels.
- Select Reverse Order.
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