SAP Lumira, Designer Edition

Dwain Chang is an SAP BI consultant, originally from Surinam, who currently lives in the Netherlands. He has a master's degree in informatics and economics as well as in marketing from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Dwain started his professional career in 2011 and participated in various SAP backend and frontend development projects. Dwain has done a number of SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio implementations at a wide range of clients in the fields of Logistics, Finance, PM, and HR, to name a few. Xavier Hacking is an SAP BI specialist from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and works as a consultant for Interdobs. He has a master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Manage-ment Science from the Eindhoven University of Technology. He has worked with a wide range of products from the current SAP BW and SAP BusinessObjects BI toolsets, with a focus on dashboard development within SAP environments. Jeroen van der A is a SAP BI consultant from the Netherlands working for Interdobs. He has more than 15 years of experience with business intelligence and started using SAP products in 2005. Jeroen is focused on finding innovative ways to use BI products to create added value, and uses a broad range of products to achieve this goal.

Foreword
Introduction
Target Group and Prerequisites
Structure of the Book
Downloads
Acknowledgments
Part I: Getting Started
Introduction to SAP Lumira, Designer Edition
What Is SAP Lumira, Designer Edition?
SAP Lumira Suite
SAP Lumira and SAP’s Business Intelligence Portfolio
Recent Developments
Summary
SAP Lumira, Designer Edition Versus Other SAP Business Intelligence Tools
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
SAP BEX Web Application Designer
SAP Analytics Cloud
Key Differences
Summary
Usage Scenarios
Global Sales Dashboard
OLAP Application
Generic KPI Dashboard
Summary
Installation and Configuration
Architecture and Components
System Requirements
Downloading SAP Lumira, Designer Edition
Installing SAP Lumira, Designer Edition
Installing SAP Lumira, Server Edition
Configuring the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Updating SAP Lumira, Designer Edition
Configuring Connections via Universes and Custom Data Sources
Uninstalling SAP Lumira, Designer Edition
Summary
Part II: The Basics
The Integrated Development Environment
Menu
Toolbar
Layout Editor
Summary
The Application Design Process
Introduction
Adding the Data
Setting Up the Layout
Setting Up the Charts
Adding Interactivity
Summary
Components and Properties
Application Component Properties
Composite Component
Data Source Alias Component Properties
Visual Component Properties
Technical Component Properties
Summary
Part III: Advanced Concepts
Scripting for Interactivity
BI Action Language
Creating a Script
Example: Building Navigation Items
Example: Manipulating Data Output
Example: Building a Scorecard
Summary
Planning Applications
Prerequisites for Planning
Adding a Planning Connection
Manual Planning: Crosstab and Spreadsheet Components
Automated Planning: Planning Functions and Sequences
Planning Functionality Options
Building a Planning Application
Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Summary
Enhancing Applications with CSS
CSS Themes
Using CSS Classes and Styles
Adding Custom CSS Classes
Making Applications Responsive
Modifying Standard Components
Summary
Design Principles and Visualization Options
General Design Principles
Choosing a Visualization Method
Building Complex Applications
Mobile Design
Summary
Performance Tuning
Usage Scenarios
Data Sources
Components
Scripting
Browsers
Mobile
Measuring Performance
SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform
Summary
Part IV: The Software Development Kit
Using SDK Extensions in SAP Lumira, Designer Edition
Extensions: What They Are and How They Work
Installing, Updating, and Removing SDK Extensions
Testing Changes to an SDK Extension
Third-Party SDK Extensions
Summary
SDK Installation and Deployment
Installing Eclipse
Setting Up XML Standards
Import a Project
Setting the Target Platform
Summary
Building Components Using the SDK
Understanding the SDK Framework
Languages Used in an SDK
Building Blocks of an SDK Extension
Configuring the SDK Extension
Building Internal Functionality
Creating Methods
Using the JavaScript Libraries
Example: Building a Bullet Graph SDK Extension
Summary
Part V: Examples
Building a Sales Dashboard Application
Application Overview
Building the Application
Summary
Building an OLAP Application
Application Overview
Building the Application
Summary
Building a Generic KPI Application
Application Overview
Building the Application
Summary
Outlook
SAP Analytics and Platform Strategy
Roadmap
Summary
Appendices
SAP Lumira, Designer Edition on Mobile
Interoperability with SAP Lumira, Discovery Edition
Components and Methods
The Authors
Index