Hands-on Lab: Introduction to Design Studio
Dr. Bjarne Berg
Comerit
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In This Session
This hands-on session is targeted for developers who want to build
extensive and customized dashboards for desktop and mobile
consumption. Throughout the exercises, the user will:
• Create interactive BI applications
• Build extensive customized dashboards for desktop and mobile devices
• Learn tips for using complex scripts to access data from multiple sources
• Explore advanced layout design using custom stylesheets and CSS code
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Meet Today's Assistants
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Rob Frye
 Manager of ComeritLabs
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Michael Barker
 SAP BOBJ Developer
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Michael Vavlitis
 SAP BOBJ Developer
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SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
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Superior alternative to BEx Web Application Designer
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Dynamic dashboards that enable power users to
superior support for mobile devices and
generate purpose-built OLAP analysis and planning
HANA data sources
applications
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Customer and SAP-delivered content offering
Easily design centrally governable
analytic content
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SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
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BW Integrated Planning support
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Personalization and Bookmarking
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Native HANA deployment
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Advanced Scripting
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Extensive charting and table
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Printing
formatting/customization
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Lumira SDK Integration
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Computer-Based Training Structure
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Computer-Based Training Structure
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Picking the Right BusinessObjects Tool
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Navigating this Lab Session
Use these buttons to access each portion of the training material.
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Navigating this Lab Session
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Access the digital form of your instruction manual (PDF format)
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View the video with full commentary within the browser
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Open the hands-on simulation inside the webpage or in the
recommended full screen mode (Press F11 for full screen mode)
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Design Studio Training Exercises
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Basic 1 Exercise
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Tab strips with multiple
tabs and different chart
types with titles and
labels, crosstabs
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Basic 2 Exercise
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Add multiple data sources,
set filters using scripts,
enable selections on
crosstabs to drill down
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Design Studio Training Exercises
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Intermediate 1 Exercise
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Create complex scripts
to load data on startup
along with formatting
measures with scaling
and decimal places
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Intermediate 2 Exercise
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Create a link to a WebI
document and pass
selected information from
the application to the report
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Tips for Taking the Training
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Standard courtesy: Use provided headphones for videos
Watch the videos in full screen mode (Press F11 upon launch)
Complete the exercises in sequence
Use the instruction manual as a guide to the hands-on simulations
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7 Key Points to Remember
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Design Studio is a powerful tool that enables creation of customizable
applications which are consumable on a desktop or mobile device
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What-if analysis can be easily performed with Integrated Planning
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Follow the sequence to understand the exercises more fully
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Take advantage of the full commentary videos
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Read all the information bubbles in the simulations
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Visit the Bonus Materials section if you want a break from the exercises
or finish early
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If you get stuck, feel free to ask for assistance
This session will be repeated on Thursday, March 12th at 10:00 AM.
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Today’s Exercises
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Your Turn!
How to contact us:
questions@comerit.com
Please remember to complete your session evaluation
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