Your First Extension: Part 10c - Transitions in the Component
This is part of a tutorial series on creating extension components for Design Studio. Last time, we looked at D3 transitions and used them to animate our gauge in the sandbox html file. In this...
View ArticleDesign Studio Ready-To-Run Templates ASUG Webcast Recap
This was an ASUG webcast a few weeks ago given by SAP’s Jie Deng. Please note the usual disclaimer applies that things in the future are subject to change. I only cover a subset of slides; the rest...
View ArticleASUG BI Webinar List - April 2016
Here the updated list of webinars for January 2016 (Happy New Year to everyone) For all webinars : Start Time : 11:00 AM (CT), 12:00 PM (ET), 10:00 AM (MT), 9:00 AM (PT)Duration : 1 hour April 04 -...
View ArticleVisual BI Extensions - Using Error Bars in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Error Bars as part of a chart are a way to indicate the error level or - in a more positive way - they are used to express the confidence level in the actual data and are often used in scenarios where...
View ArticleConnecting SAP BO Design Studio to SAP HANA
Hi all,Some time ago I came across some issues when I wanted to connect Design Studio to HANA. The process was not standard and information is scattered. With this guide I hope to speed up the process...
View ArticleListbox year selections
A multi-selection listbox with a fixed number of years. Make a global variable called gv_Year as an integer and a number of extra global variables year1 - n as string. In this example 6 years were...
View ArticleDesign Studio report-to-report (cell)
Report-to-report (RRI) inside Design Studio. The restriction is that it works only when the details are in the same query. The getSelection() function reads the UID code and applies this to the filter...
View ArticleDesign Studio report-to-report (row)
Sometimes you'd like to see details based on a row selection from a crosstab. This requires a main data source and one or more extra (detail) data sources. All must be based on the same query. The UID...
View ArticleDesign Studio listbox usage
In this case a LISTBOX is read and a filter is set on DS_1 data source. Also an extra text item is being filled with the chosen values to be displayed elsewhere on the canvas. On Startup script code....
View ArticleVisual BI Extensions - Using a "different" Table in SAP BusinessObjects...
Have you been looking for functionality with the crosstab in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio but then noticed that the functionality wasn't there and you were looking perhaps for a slightly different...
View ArticleDesign Studio SDK: Prototype - in 100 LoC to Google Chart
-- This is a prototyping blog, there is no out-of-the-box component from it -- I wanted to try including the google charts into Design Studio SDK...
View ArticleBW RFC Connection Replacement
Dear Community, Design Studio application designers, administrators and users who have this tool connected to a BW system and have already had some interaction with SAP Support, know that we (SAP) need...
View ArticleContinuous Lasso and Reverse Lasso in SAP Design Studio
Lasso and Reverse Lasso are important workarounds in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio. Using the Lasso selection functionality allows you to select a particular chart area and zoom into it. Reverse...
View ArticleASUG Dashboard Special Interest Group (SIG) Promotions
The 2016 ASUG Annual Conference is getting closer each day (May 17-19). With so many sessions to choose from, your ASUG Volunteers have selected these sessions, highlighting SAP BusinessObjects Design...
View ArticleAre you interested to learn more about Design Studio ?
Are you interested to learn more about Design Studio and to take your Design Studio skills to the next level ? If so, then you should consider to join us for our annual Pre Conference at the ASUG /...
View ArticleUpcoming ASUG BI webinars focused on Design Studio
Sometimes it is important to just hear from other teams and other customers about their experience and their approach to a certain problem or a certain product.That is exactly where the ASUG webinars...
View ArticleVisual BI Extensions - Period Selector
There are situation where you are looking to build a dashboard in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and you do require a time based filtering scenario. You will notice that Design Studio out of the box...
View ArticleVisual BI Extensions - Multi - Axis Charts
Somtimes you will need a chart that shows more than a single measure and sometimes these measures can be off very different scale. There might even be a situation where you will need more than two...
View ArticleContext Menu: Activate and deactivate hierarchy display in table component
ProblemWe are using an analysis table in Design Studio on which users can apply filters. Many dimensions are using hierarchies, therefore, filters can be applied on hierarchy nodes. In some scenarios,...
View ArticleTimer functionality in SAP Design Studio without SDK and real time package
Hi Everyone, We all might have seen requirements where a timer functionality is required in our dashboards. We can achieve it using SAP provided SDK timer component or by installing real time package....
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