User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS DASHBOARD DESIGN PORTLET 2010-07-27

[. . . ] 2010-07-27 Contents Chapter 1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Chapter 3 Dashboard Design Portlet Generation Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the Portlet Generation Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Configuring the Portlet Generation Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Relevant Dashboard Design Data Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Portal Data Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connection Type: Consumer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connection Type: Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connection Type: None (Parameter). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Web Service Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Dashboard Design Portlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Dashboard Design Portlet Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Dashboard Design Portlet User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Dashboard Design Data in the Dashboard Design Portlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Finding more information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 Chapter 4 4. 1 4. 1. 1 4. 1. 2 4. 1. 3 4. 2 Chapter 5 5. 1 5. 2 5. 3 Chapter 6 Appendix A Index More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 27 3 2010-07-27 Contents 4 2010-07-27 Overview Overview An Dashboard Design Portlet enables the integration of an Dashboard Design model exported to Shockwave Flash Object (SWF) files into a portal server, making default values configurable and enabling one Dashboard Design Portlet to communicate with another. This document describes how to create and configure an Dashboard Design Portlet from any Dashboard Design model. 5 2010-07-27 Overview 6 2010-07-27 Introduction Introduction For each model published on a portal, a new Dashboard Design Portlet is created. The Dashboard Design Portlet discussed in this document is a template used to build each of these specific Dashboard Design portlets. While the Dashboard Design Portlet complies with the JSR 168 standard, and can be deployed on any portal server, inter-portlet communication is currently only supported on IBM WebSphere Portals. [. . . ] Portal Data Type: None (Parameter) and Web Service Connections are independent from consumers and providers. Their numbers are not limited. 4. 1 Portal Data Connections 4. 1. 1 Connection Type: Consumer There are three different kinds of consumer, distinguished by the range they cover: · Cell: consumes data and maps it to a single cell. · Row: consumes data and maps it to a one dimensional group of cells. · Table: consumes data and maps it to a two dimensional group of cells. The image below illustrates how ranges for a Cell Consumer, a Row Consumer, and a Table Consumer may be selected. Note: For Row Consumers, the selected range may be vertical (row) or horizontal (column). 13 2010-07-27 Relevant Dashboard Design Data Connections 4. 1. 2 Connection Type: Provider As with the consumers, there are three different types of providers: · Cell: transmits values of a single cell · · Row: transmits values of a one dimensional group of cells Table: transmits values of a two dimensional group of cells 4. 1. 3 Connection Type: None (Parameter) Parameters enable you to modify values from outside the SWF model. Their values can be modified in the Dashboard Design Portlet's edit mode. To be able to use them in the model, the parameters must be linked to a cell in the spreadsheet. When linked to a cell, the parameter is given a default value. If the cell is empty, the default value will be zero (0) . There are different types of parameters. The type indicates which values are expected. It does not limit you in what you might do with these parameters. 14 2010-07-27 Relevant Dashboard Design Data Connections · · · · · Text parameters allow you to enter any text. Number parameters allow you to enter numbers. Check Box parameters allow you to enter exactly two values: checked, represented by (-1), and unchecked, represented by (null). List Box parameters allow you to specify a number of options among which the user may later choose. For details on how these values can be modified in the portal, see Dashboard Design Portlet User Interface. User Information Text parameters with special names will be translated to information about the portal user using the portlet. This functionality can be used to personalize the model. (For example, using the user's name in a welcome message. ) Parameters whose name starts with USER_INFO will not show up in the Dashboard Design Portlet's edit mode. Be sure not to let your Parameters' names start with USER_INFO if they are not intended to pick up user data. The following table shows supported values for USER_INFO names. Note that not all fields will contain values on every portal. [. . . ] https://boc. sdn. sap. com/ Developer resources https://www. sdn. sap. com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-sdklibrary 25 2010-07-27 More Information Information Resource Location 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. 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