Business Objects XI 3.0 : Dashboard (evaluating different options)

[former_member207342]

Hi,

Presently we are evaluating different options to create dashboard which is visually appealing and have following features.

1. Suppose if we have following objects

Dimensions : Product, Customer

Measure : Sales Revenue , Rental Revenue

So Dash board Should Have a options to choose any dimension against any Measure i.e. a combo box or a radio button list which will allow user to see

u201CSales revenueu201D against u201CProductu201D or u201CCustomeru201D based on his inputs.

2. Filters

We need to provide some filter to user like Year, Month etc.

3. Drill Down.

User should be able to drill down if there is natural hierarchies. For example Year-> Month -> Day etc.

4. It needs to be visually appealing.

So we are thinking of evaluating following BO products

1. SAP BO Polestar

2. SAP BO Xcelsius Engage

3. SAP BO Dashboard

We would appreciate if anyone of you can comment on requirements and what is possible and what is not in particular tool. (We have Universe in place).

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Kuldeep

In addition to the above there's also a BO Webinar which may help:

[Click here for Webinar|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/c084f4cd-effa-2b10-78ad-cc828d0464f5 [original link is broken]]

Regards

Charles

[amit_mathur]

Hi Kuldeep,

You can use Xcelsius Engage for visualization of your data.

Since you already have Universe inplace,you can build your query using QAAWS(Query as a Web Service) tool. This is a client tool from businees objects where you can build your query the same way as you build it in Webi based on Universe.

This will generate a wsdl which can be used in Xcelsius to get the data with live connection.

Xcelsius is based on Flash so you would have strong visualization for your data.There are numerous component and features where you can use filters and selections as per your requirements and make a good presentation.

Please let me know if you need more information on Xcelsius.

Thanks,

Amit.

[Former Member]

Hi Kuldeep,

If you are accessing data that comes from SAP or SAP BusinessObjects you need Xcelsius Enterprise (part of the EULA).

For Xcelsius Enterprise you need to contact a sales rep.

Regards,

Matt