Hands-on Lab: Introduction to Design Studio Dr. Bjarne Berg Comerit Produced by Wellesley Information Services, LLC, publisher of SAPinsider. © 2015 Wellesley Information Services. All rights reserved. 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 1 Meet Today's Assistants • Rob Frye Manager of ComeritLabs • Michael Barker SAP BOBJ Developer • Michael Vavlitis SAP BOBJ Developer 2 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Superior alternative to BEx Web Application Designer Dynamic dashboards that enable power users to superior support for mobile devices and generate purpose-built OLAP analysis and planning HANA data sources applications Customer and SAP-delivered content offering Easily design centrally governable analytic content 3 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio BW Integrated Planning support Personalization and Bookmarking Native HANA deployment Advanced Scripting Extensive charting and table Printing formatting/customization Lumira SDK Integration 4 Computer-Based Training Structure 5 Computer-Based Training Structure 6 Picking the Right BusinessObjects Tool 7 Navigating this Lab Session Use these buttons to access each portion of the training material. 8 Navigating this Lab Session Access the digital form of your instruction manual (PDF format) View the video with full commentary within the browser Open the hands-on simulation inside the webpage or in the recommended full screen mode (Press F11 for full screen mode) 9 Design Studio Training Exercises Basic 1 Exercise Tab strips with multiple tabs and different chart types with titles and labels, crosstabs Basic 2 Exercise Add multiple data sources, set filters using scripts, enable selections on crosstabs to drill down It is recommended to complete each exercise sequentially in order to fully understand the material.10 Design Studio Training Exercises Intermediate 1 Exercise Create complex scripts to load data on startup along with formatting measures with scaling and decimal places Intermediate 2 Exercise Create a link to a WebI document and pass selected information from the application to the report It is recommended to complete each exercise sequentially in order to fully understand the material.11 Tips for Taking the Training • • • • 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 12 7 Key Points to Remember • Design Studio is a powerful tool that enables creation of customizable applications which are consumable on a desktop or mobile device • What-if analysis can be easily performed with Integrated Planning • Follow the sequence to understand the exercises more fully • Take advantage of the full commentary videos • Read all the information bubbles in the simulations • Visit the Bonus Materials section if you want a break from the exercises or finish early • If you get stuck, feel free to ask for assistance This session will be repeated on Thursday, March 12th at 10:00 AM. 13 Today’s Exercises 14 Your Turn! How to contact us: questions@comerit.com Please remember to complete your session evaluation 15 Disclaimer SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company) in Germany and other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. Wellesley Information Services is neither owned nor controlled by SAP SE. 16