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Agenda
Mobile BI layout & categories
Categories
Card Layout > [Mobile]
Page Layout > [MobileDesigned]
Different behavior
Card specific behavior
Page specific behavior
Tips & Tricks
Online vs Offline capabilities
Future plan
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Mobile BI layout & categories
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Mobile BI layout & categories
Categories
Three different types of categories
A category = a logical classification of BI documents
(Category names are configured in the “mobi.properties” file on the Mobile BI webapp)
1. Category to allows mobile consumption: the BI document can be displayed and
accessed.
By default, this category is named "Mobile".
2. Category that ensures fine control of the report layout on the device screen:
By default, this category is named "MobileDesigned".
3. Category to “secure” the document: documents cannot be downloaded and saved
on the device, and can only be accessed online (connected to the server):By default, this category is named "Confidential".
Note: a BI document can be assigned to multiple categories at the same
time.
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Mobile BI layout & categories
Card layout > [Mobile]
To display the BI documents based on the "Card layout" model :
Assign the document to the [Mobile] category only
[Mobile] category can be (select one of them) :
Personal
Corporate
or
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Mobile BI layout & categories
Card layout > [Mobile]
Specificities regarding the Card layout :
When the report parts of a Web Intelligence Report can not be accommodated
completely on a single screen of the device, they are rendered in successive screens.
Maximum four report parts / a single device screen.
If more : they are moved to the next/successive screen.
It is not possible to make accurate predictions for all possible layouts, if the number of
report parts is more than four.
Advantage of Card layout is that any Web Intelligence document can be viewed in the
application without having to re-design its reports
If a Web Intelligence report has more than two report parts on a single horizontal line,
the report parts after the first two report parts are moved to the next line on the
device screen.
If a Web Intelligence report has more than two report parts on a single (vertical) line,
the report parts after the first two report parts are moved to the next screen of the
device.
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Mobile BI layout & categories
Page layout > [MobileDesigned]
To display the BI documents based on the “Page layout" model :
Assign the document to the [Mobile] and [MobileDesigned] categories
[Mobile] category can be (select one of them) :
Personal
Corporate
[MobileDesigned] category is always corporate
orand
and
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Mobile BI layout & categories
Page layout > [MobileDesigned]
Specificities regarding the Page layout :
All report parts (charts, tables, blank cells) on one page of a WebI = a single device
screen. Automatic scaling of the report part for an optimal fit on the device screen.
Report parts in subsequent pages are displayed in the next device screens (dots)
If a report part spans multiple pages in the WebI document, the part belongs to the
page where it originates.
If a TABLE height/width on a single page does not fit the device screen:
SCROLLING is activated (vertically/horizontally). The records of the table are not
truncated.
Mobile BI 4.4 app supports reports designed in portrait/landscape format in the page
mode of Web Intelligence.
“Page layout” model is not supported on iPhones: if assigned to [MobileDesigned]
category, on an iPhone, the Card layout prevails.
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Different behavior
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Different behavior
Card layout
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Different behavior
Card layout
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Different behavior
Page layout
Multi Page Web Intelligence report (scenario 1)
Only the origin (i.e: x) of the report parts is important
to determine the layout onto the device screen !
x x
x
x x
x
x x
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Different behavior
Page layout
Multi Page Web Intelligence report (scenario 2)
x
x x
x
x
x x
x x
x
x
x x
x
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Different behavior
Page layout
Column based rendering
This layout has 5
charts
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Different behavior
Page layout
Preferred height for the table: Tables can be stretched horizontally only!
This layout has 3
tables
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Different behavior
Page layout
Shifting and stretching of report parts with charts : Charts can be stretched
horizontally & vertically.
This layout has 3
charts
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Different behavior
Page layout
Web Intelligence reports with all report parts inside the section
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Different behavior
Page layout
Web Intelligence report with all report parts inside sections and sub-sections
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Different behavior
Page layout
Web Intelligence report with section, sub section and non-section report
parts
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Tips & Tricks
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Tips & tricks
Recommendations to better build WebI vs Mobile BI layout
Use the WebI Rich Internet Application or WebI Rich Client, it allows you
to use:
The « Grid »
The « Snap to Grid »
Use Relative Position to freeze the layout Relative position of a report part based on
« left/right edge » & « bottom edge »
previous report part
Set the layout to A4 portrait or landscape
Use the PAGE Mode to design your layout:
it allows you a to create a WebI layout which will better correspond to theMobile BI layout
Fix equally the size of your report parts (height and width)
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Online vs Offline capabilities
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Online vs Offline capabilities
SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence: partial offline support
= Available
offline
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Future Plan
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Future plan
(i.e.: subject to change without notice)
Web Intelligence preview mode in post BI4.1:
Preview Mode in the WebI clients ?
Matrix assignment of the report parts in the WebI Design Mode ?
Ex:
[2x3] = [2x3]
Additionnal off-line capabilities in the Mobile BI app :
What would be your use-cases?
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Links
Mobile BI4.4 Administrator guide :
http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/44x
_mobiOS_admin_en.pdf
Layout - How To for Web Intelligence :
https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadBody/1525
37-102-1-327569/MobiLayout-Tips_v1.0.pdf
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