What this book covers

Chapter 1, Staying in Control: In this chapter, you will find best practices on using the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards spreadsheet, the data model, and connections with the components on the canvas.

Chapter 2, Data Visualization: This chapter presents users with recipes on how to use different components such as charts, tables, and graphs to visualize data on the dashboard.

Chapter 3, From a Static to an Interactive Dashboard: This chapter shows users how to add interactivity to their dashboards by adding selectors, maps, buttons, drilldowns, and so on.

Chapter 4, Dynamic Visibility: This chapter shows users how to make components visible/invisible and provides scenarios where dynamic visibility becomes useful.

Chapter 5, Using Alerts: This chapter contains examples of different ways of showing alerts on a dashboard.

Chapter 6, Advanced Components: This chapter provides recipes on SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards more advanced components.

Chapter 7, Dashboard Look and Feel: In this chapter, learn how to tweak the visuals and user experience of the dashboard by customizing the look of components.

Chapter 8, Dashboard Connectivity: This chapter talks about the various options to connect a dashboard to external data sources.

Chapter 9, Exporting and Publishing: This chapter contains recipes on how to export SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards into different environments.

Chapter 10, Top Third-Party Add-ons: This chapter contains a tutorial section on some of the most useful third-party add-ons for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards.

Appendix A, Real World Dashboard Case Studies: This appendix demonstrates how to implement various techniques covered in the book by creating two applications-a calculator that displays monthly payments of mortgage and Sales Profit Dashboard that displays the sales or profit of each state on the map.

Appendix B, Additional Resources—Supported Excel Functions and System/Software Requirements: This appendix lists some helpful online resources for further reference and some useful Microsoft Excel functions supported by SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards.