Expert reference series of white papers for success with. Involved in creating conditions, operators, formulas, filters, ranking, sorting, subqueries, combined queries, prompt, section, and scope of analysis input controls in web intelligence. Prompts can be used to drive how the webi interface looks well use prompts to allow report users sort their data. Prompts can be used to drive how the webi interface looks well use prompts to allow report users sort their data swap report breaks reveal layers of visualization change from tables to charts dynamically. Jan 22, 2011 input controls provide your webi reports with the interactivity you need for the proper selection of information, but this functionality comes at a price. Bobj sp6p5 new features and known issues 2016 page 2 of 6 known issues webi 1. Boost refresh performance of your webi documents parallel queries fetch execution.
Currently, webi requires the user to click the input controls button along the bottom of the pane in order to view them. Like we have the values of certain dimensions as input control, instead i succeeded in getting number of dimensions as input control. Advanced opendocument parameters altek solutions blog. How to find basic report formatting tools last revised. Documentation download the webi user guides from sap. Mar 19, 2019 the following tutorials have been developed to help you get started using the business intelligence suite products. Try entering some text into the text field, and then pressing the reset button.
Sap business objects web intelligence product tutorials. By default, webi reports are in quick display mode. Web intelligence rich client opens and the home page is displayed. Input controls provide a convenient, easilyaccessible method for filtering and analyzing report data. Find out if you need to upgrade bobj and watch the video to see how to use input controls in webi in sap businessobjects 4. Given that a s label text is inserted between the opening and closing tags, you can include html in the label, even images. Aug 28, 2014 input controls in web intelligence prt 8 one of the features in web intelligence 3. When you select values in the input control, you filter the values in the associated report. To remove an input control filter from the filter path. Go to the input control dependencies add the header table as well. How can i benefit from new functionality such as shared elements, global input controls, and custom visualizations.
Disconnected from web intelligence web intelligence rich client will stay running even after you close the program. Business objects reports in bi launchpad quick reference sheet. Input controls work like filters, the biggest difference is they allow you to select more than one value. This tutorial helps users who wish to learn the basics of sap web intelligence and implement it to analyse data with the help of bi launchpad and webi. There are two methods for creating a new input control. The input controls pane allows you to add and edit input controls applied to the document. Filtering data in web intelligence reports three levels of filtering data with webi.
Click the open button to display the document in adobe acrobat reader. Input controls allow you to add interactive filters. It also happens when applying report filters like input controls or using simple report filters dropdowns in the filter bar. Explain and give examples of behavior, output and input controls. Filters and input controls in web intelligence reports on. We use cookies and similar technologies to give you a better experience, improve performance, analyze traffic, and to personalize content. You can filter reports to limit the displayed results. You can use input controls to analyze different scenarios by changing the value of variables. Use dimension input controls or use measure input controls. Select a characteristic dimension or a measure on which the filtering will be done and choose next. How to use webintelligence input controls efficiently.
Get an answer for explain and give examples of behavior, output and input controls. Typically it happens after changing the current navigation state, e. Create a new variable as dimension and hard code with some value. Input controls allow you to filter your data interactively using many types of controls, such as radio buttons, dropdown lists, checkboxes, and slider bars. Hi, i am having some doubts about input controls in business objects. Sap businessobjects restful web service sdk user guide for. Manual entry support for multivalued prompts on olap mdx universes. Can we use input controls on geography and time hierarchy. Tutorials sap web intelligence business intelligence. This means you can change or remove report filters in order to view the.
You can use them to filter your report data, but also to change the layout or change. Utilized merged dimensions feature to allow linking of two or more data provider queries. While elements of type button are still perfectly valid html, the newer element is now the favored way to create buttons. It is clear from a table which company every employee is working in.
Report input controls only change the tab selected displayed in the main launch pad window. Input controls in web intelligence prt 8 altek solutions blog. Dec 03, 2015 what i wanted was to have those dimensions as input control in the report. Using input controls to create a dynamic report depending on the users selection in order to enhance the report presentation and usability. To use the input controls, click on the input controls icon on the left side of the screen. If i choose bert, id like to see just his 2 employees. Now, go to input controls and click on new to create an input control. Dimensions as input control dynamic control sap blogs. Input controls overriding hidden table formula sap businessintelligence businessobjects. Jan 24, 2018 28 videos play all sap webi tutorials point india ltd.
Input controls have become popular in webi documents for providing an easy way to interact with a document that has been options and variables. When you select values in the input control, you filter the values in the associated report elements by the values you selected. This is helpful where there are multiple reports that need to be filtered in a single document. Issues with webis pdf view such as missing navigational elements, spinning wheel, and pdf errors. Export to pdf, then use find 2 prompts which require a hit to the database and end user time 3 filter pane which require a bit of trainingdocumentation to explain. Reading mode view and perform some analysis and access to main toolbar. Only the document summary, the report map and the input controls pane appear in the left panel, but the report user cannot modify information in the panes. Alternatively, choose new from input controls side panel. New content is added as soon as it becomes available, so check back on a regular basis. Can we make input control to be seen in our reports all the time when a user opens the report. Converted deski reports to webi using report conversion tools. Select the newly created variable as the report object assigned to the input control. Input controls are sorts of cascading filters within a group.
Please keep that in mind no report query or universe solutions please. I have a report im working on, where i have a series of. Agenda documentation query filters prompts simple report filters filter query based on results from another query standard report filters input controls subqueries. In this session, lets look into the available input controls and how they operate. Webi search pattern matches for input control working on a pattern matches search work around since webi doesnt provide at the report level. Web intelligence input control new feature in bi 4. Input controls input controls provide a convenient, easilyaccessible method for filtering and analyzing report data. Business objects reports in bi launchpad quick reference.
Let us now look at an input control that allows you to select multiple values. Input controls pane how do i force it to be visible. Excel as a data source the bottom right panel displays a sample of your data. Cr, lumira desktop consumption referenced cell step 1 on 2 to enable alerting and notification in webi. You can then use it exactly like a webi chart and edit it accordingly rank, sort, hide, filter, etc.
This issue did not happen in webi rich client mode. You can only filter data rows or columns either within the source excel file or by using report filters and input controls. How to navigate the design mode for creating and modifying reports last revised. Hana variables and input parameters hana variables are mapped to query prompts input controls hide the all values option duplicate reports with input controls charts line charts with different line widths waterfall charts with reference lines between columns or bars right to left support, including hebrew.
Sap businessobjects web intelligence users guide division of. In the input controls side panel, input controls of a group are displayed gathered into a. Oct 07, 2016 tutorial and best practice working with inoput controls in sap businessobjects cloud. I used list box multiple selection from input controls for the same purpose. The smart view was already used in classic bi launch pad, but not new bi launch pad. In short, input controls are html elements such as radio box, list box, combo box and so on which can be associated with an objects to populate a selection list which, when users select values, can be passed as filters to other report elements such as tables, charts, sections, reports, etc. In a webi report, you want to add radio buttons for end users to quickly view and analyze the data. Prerequisites users should have the required skills to extract relevant data and analyse it for creating professional reports. Creating a dynamic report using input controls business. In the properties tab check on radio buttons in the simple selection pane.
But the user needs to search for the input control to open and select as it does not open by default. Note you can apply input controls only at the report, and reportpart level. In webi of html mode, input controls do not work correctly when switching tabs in webi. You define input controls using text boxes and radio buttons. This article summarizes the planned enhancements in the next sap bi 4. Feb 19, 2014 using input controls to create a dynamic report depending on the users selection in order to enhance the report presentation and usability.
A dimension variable used as the report object assigned to the input control. You can find more information about filtering report data in the web intelligence online help or user guides, which are available on the sap help portal. You can use the shared element functionality introduced in sap businessobjects web intelligence 4. To add a keyboard shortcut to a submit button just as you would with any for which it makes sense you use the accesskey global attribute in this example, r is specified as the access key youll need to press r plus the particular modifier keys for your. Web intelligence query and analysis tool in the bi launch pad. Aug 26, 2019 in a webi report, you want to add radio buttons for end users to quickly view and analyze the data. When you select values in the input control, you filter the values in the. Input controls are used to filter and analyze the report data. Query filters are applied when the webi report is created by defining them the data. Sap businessobjects web intelligence webi web intelligence 4. Capture input controls selected value in header sap blogs.
Web intelligence html interface and web intelligence rich client the report map pane lists all the reports in a document. There are several input controls that filter the data on all tabs of this report. Way to create an interactive report in webi that functions similarly to a dashboard. Filters and input controls in web intelligence reports on mobile devices send feedback. To save a document as a pdf file in web intelligence rich client. When the amount of data handled is high, performance issues may appear during developments. Sap webi tutorial for beginners learn sap webi online. Use input controls to showhide specific report elements. How to navigate the design mode for creating and modifying. In order to help with this issue, we recommend the fo. This issue happened after customer had updated system to bi 4. Sap business objects developer resume example american. Webi report filters and input controls were independent, leading to inconsistent selections and a complex experience when selecting values from large lists that couldnt be restricted progressively. You can add an input control in the analysis tab, select the filters subtab, and then from the input controls dropdown list, select define control.
Display user response to an optional query prompt did you know that you can set a prompt in a businessobjects webi query as optional. Get the datapaths and the dataset of a report element create report elements as tables manage the ranking of tables or sections. Tutorial sap businessobjects cloud working with input controls. In some cases, after a report has been modified, the first time a refresh is. Webi group input controls to restrict values displayed. That means whoever runs the report has the option to leave the prompt blank, so that all prompt values will be selected. Using input controls to filter report data 278 the input control we have used is identical to using a filter in the filter bar, i. Note that in the new bi launch pad, web intelligence behavior has been slightly modified to align with crystal reports one. I have two fields in my table by which i make filtering with input controls.
I wonder if i can customize these links by passing input controls which can default to their already selected. To learn about the input controls you can use to filter data in your reports. This pane is the same as the navigation map in the web intelligence applet interface. If you users need to select more than one values than input control is your choice at webi document level. But when i select company code in input controls it doesnt affect list of options in input control for employees. Apos instance manager multiple report changes creating and viewing sap businessobjects contexts in idt information design tool navigation of the instance manager in cmc sap businessobjects webi folding and unfolding tutorial in sap businessobjects web intelligence whats new 4. You cannot filter the data or create prompts in the query panel. Your contribution will go a long way in helping us.
The latter are very usefull allowing your end user. Sap businessobjects business intelligence suite document version. Business objects tutorial videos business intelligence webinars. Also keep in mind the filter does not always show you need. Sap businessobjects restful web service sdk for web intelligence and the bi semantic layer 4.
At the moment, the input controls show all employees alice, bob, charlie, alfred and cheryl regardless of which team i choose. It can be enabled or disabled in existing check box input controls by using the edit option in design mode or when first adding the input control. What is new in sap business objects web intelligence 4. By continuing to browse this website you agree to the use of cookies. Input controls are associated with report elements, like tables and section headers, and use control to apply filter on report elements. What webi provides you with is an external api that allows you to get the visualization within your webi document. Business objects reports in bi launchpad quick reference sheet after choosing your settings, click the print button and you will get an option to either save the pdf for later, or to open the pdf document for printing. Input controls overriding hidden table formula stack overflow. Interact with reports via input controls, element linking or geomaps. Using input controls helps us a lot achieving our target. What is the difference between input controls and filters in webi. Once created, the input control will look like as follows. The change should now take effect when working with input controls in the infoview webi viewer and webi java. Tutorial sap businessobjects cloud working with input.
Webi input controls can now be applied to the entire document, not just a single report. The following tutorials have been developed to help you get started using the business intelligence suite products. Querybased input controls display a dynamic set of values for the user to choose from. Whats new in web intelligence interactive viewer 4. Input controls webi reports the input controls allow you to filter webi reports displayed in the main launch pad window. They are input control resources in the repository, but instead of being based on a datatype or a static list of values, they perform a query to retrieve a list of values. Input controls allow you to filter dataset in a document or one of its report through checkboxes, dropdown menus, sliders in sap bi 4. Select radio button and change the name to year selection. Create a custom list of value with current and previous as possible values.
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