SAP Lumira, Designer Edition: The Comprehensive Guide

by Dwain Chang, Xavier Hacking, Jeroen van der A

Overview

If building top-of-the-line analytical applications and dashboards is on your to-do list, you’ll find everything you need in this guide to SAP Lumira, designer edition! Explore the IDE, understand the application design process, and take an in-depth look at component properties. Then enhance your applications with CSS, scripting for interactivity, and performance tuning. From installation to working with the SDK, this book is your one-stop shop!

Highlights include:
Installation and configuration
Usage scenarios
Application design
Component properties
Planning applications
Scripting
CSS
SDK
Design principles
Performance tuning
Practical examples

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493216154
Publisher:	Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	05/24/2018
Edition description:	Enlarged
Pages:	755
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

... Foreword ... 19

... Introduction ... 21

... Target Group and Prerequisites ... 21

... Structure of the Book ... 21

... Downloads ... 25

... Acknowledgments ... 27

... Part I: Getting Started ... 29

1 ... Introduction to SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 31

1.1 ... What Is SAP Lumira, Designer Edition? ... 32

1.2 ... SAP Lumira Suite ... 38

1.3 ... SAP Lumira and SAP’s Business Intelligence Portfolio ... 40

1.4 ... Recent Developments ... 46

1.5 ... Summary ... 48

2 ... SAP Lumira, Designer Edition Versus Other SAP Business Intelligence Tools ... 49

2.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards ... 49

2.2 ... SAP BEX Web Application Designer ... 54

2.3 ... SAP Analytics Cloud ... 58

2.4 ... Key Differences ... 61

2.5 ... Summary ... 65

3 ... Usage Scenarios ... 67

3.1 ... Global Sales Dashboard ... 67

3.2 ... OLAP Application ... 74

3.3 ... Generic KPI Dashboard ... 80

3.4 ... Summary ... 83

4 ... Installation and Configuration ... 85

4.1 ... Architecture and Components ... 85

4.2 ... System Requirements ... 87

4.3 ... Downloading SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 88

4.4 ... Installing SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 92

4.5 ... Installing SAP Lumira, Server Edition ... 95

4.6 ... Configuring the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform ... 101

4.7 ... Updating SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 115

4.8 ... Configuring Connections via Universes and Custom Data Sources ... 117

4.9 ... Uninstalling SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 122

4.10 ... Summary ... 124

... Part II: The Basics ... 125

5 ... The Integrated Development Environment ... 127

5.1 ... Menu ... 128

5.2 ... Toolbar ... 154

5.3 ... Layout Editor ... 157

5.4 ... Summary ... 172

6 ... The Application Design Process ... 173

6.1 ... Introduction ... 174

6.2 ... Adding the Data ... 175

6.3 ... Setting Up the Layout ... 178

6.4 ... Setting Up the Charts ... 181

6.5 ... Adding Interactivity ... 189

6.6 ... Summary ... 193

7 ... Components and Properties ... 195

7.1 ... Application Component Properties ... 195

7.2 ... Composite Component ... 205

7.3 ... Data Source Alias Component Properties ... 206

7.4 ... Visual Component Properties ... 209

7.5 ... Technical Component Properties ... 277

7.6 ... Summary ... 287

... Part III: Advanced Concepts ... 289

8 ... Scripting for Interactivity ... 291

8.1 ... BI Action Language ... 292

8.2 ... Creating a Script ... 300

8.3 ... Example: Building Navigation Items ... 310

8.4 ... Example: Manipulating Data Output ... 327

8.5 ... Example: Building a Scorecard ... 345

8.6 ... Summary ... 353

9 ... Planning Applications ... 355

9.1 ... Prerequisites for Planning ... 355

9.2 ... Adding a Planning Connection ... 357

9.3 ... Manual Planning: Crosstab and Spreadsheet Components ... 360

9.4 ... Automated Planning: Planning Functions and Sequences ... 362

9.5 ... Planning Functionality Options ... 365

9.6 ... Building a Planning Application ... 366

9.7 ... Using Keyboard Shortcuts ... 370

9.8 ... Summary ... 371

10 ... Enhancing Applications with CSS ... 373

10.1 ... CSS Themes ... 374

10.2 ... Using CSS Classes and Styles ... 378

10.3 ... Adding Custom CSS Classes ... 384

10.4 ... Making Applications Responsive ... 390

10.5 ... Modifying Standard Components ... 397

10.6 ... Summary ... 406

11 ... Design Principles and Visualization Options ... 407

11.1 ... General Design Principles ... 407

11.2 ... Choosing a Visualization Method ... 414

11.3 ... Building Complex Applications ... 435

11.4 ... Mobile Design ... 443

11.5 ... Summary ... 446

12 ... Performance Tuning ... 447

12.1 ... Usage Scenarios ... 447

12.2 ... Data Sources ... 448

12.3 ... Components ... 455

12.4 ... Scripting ... 456

12.5 ... Browsers ... 457

12.6 ... Mobile ... 458

12.7 ... Measuring Performance ... 459

12.8 ... SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform ... 461

12.9 ... Summary ... 463

... Part IV: The Software Development Kit ... 465

13 ... Using SDK Extensions in SAP Lumira, Designer Edition ... 467

13.1 ... Extensions: What They Are and How They Work ... 467

13.2 ... Installing, Updating, and Removing SDK Extensions ... 469

13.3 ... Testing Changes to an SDK Extension ... 479

13.4 ... Third-Party SDK Extensions ... 480

13.5 ... Summary ... 483

14 ... SDK Installation and Deployment ... 485

14.1 ... Installing Eclipse ... 485

14.2 ... Setting Up XML Standards ... 492

14.3 ... Import a Project ... 495

14.4 ... Setting the Target Platform ... 496

14.5 ... Summary ... 500

15 ... Building Components Using the SDK ... 501

15.1 ... Understanding the SDK Framework ... 501

15.2 ... Languages Used in an SDK ... 503

15.3 ... Building Blocks of an SDK Extension ... 522

15.4 ... Configuring the SDK Extension ... 529

15.5 ... Building Internal Functionality ... 541

15.6 ... Creating Methods ... 554

15.7 ... Using the JavaScript Libraries ... 556

15.8 ... Example: Building a Bullet Graph SDK Extension ... 570

15.9 ... Summary ... 614

... Part V: Examples ... 615

16 ... Building a Sales Dashboard Application ... 617

16.1 ... Application Overview ... 617

16.2 ... Building the Application ... 620

16.3 ... Summary ... 636

17 ... Building an OLAP Application ... 637

17.1 ... Application Overview ... 637

17.2 ... Building the Application ... 639

17.3 ... Summary ... 652

18 ... Building a Generic KPI Application ... 653

18.1 ... Application Overview ... 653

18.2 ... Building the Application ... 654

18.3 ... Summary ... 667

19 ... Outlook ... 669

19.1 ... SAP Analytics and Platform Strategy ... 669

19.2 ... Roadmap ... 673

19.3 ... Summary ... 675

... Appendices ... 679

A ... SAP Lumira, Designer Edition on Mobile ... 679

B ... Interoperability with SAP Lumira, Discovery Edition ... 689

C ... Components and Methods ... 703

D ... The Authors ... 741

... Index ... 743