What's new in BI4.1 SP05 for Web Intelligence
With the release of BI4.1 SP05 there have been numerous updates to Webi Intelligence. This document will highlight them as well as provide links to blogs on first hand looks at these new functionalities.
New Functionality | Description | First hand look at using it |
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BW manual prompt entry enhancements | You can now do the following actions in the prompt dialog box for a BEx characteristic variable of type Selection Option:
| BW Manual prompt entry functionality is introduced in Web Intelligence How to enable multi value option in Web Intelligence for |
An OK button for input control checkboxes | For an input control that uses the checkbox format, you can activate an OK button, so that when you select multiple values in an input control list, you can click OK to refresh the data displayed in the report. You activate this button in the input control in the Choose Control Type panel when editing or adding an input control. | Web Intelligence Input Control New Feature in BI 4.1 SP05 |
Database sampling now available for HANA | Work on a sample data set instead of the whole result set Sampling is useful during the design phase of a report | Web Intelligence Data Sampling and HANA support added in BI 4.1 SP05 |
Web Intelligence Free-Hand SQL (FHSQL) support | Conversion of Desktop Intelligence documents that are based on a Free-hand SQL will no longer require the generation of a universe on-the-fly. Now with the free-hand SQL extension sample, you can create Webi reports with FHSQL as a data source. | First look at FHSQL reports in BI4.1 FHSQL in BI4.1.5 - Limitations, Gotchas, and Troubleshooting Free-Hand SQL Extension Sample for Web Intelligence for 4.1 SP5 |
Customization of Web Intelligence user interface elements based on user groups and folders | You can now customize Web Intelligence user interface elements based on user groups and folders. Earlier, the customization of Web Intelligence user interface elements was based on user groups only. | BI 4.1 SP05 Web Intelligence GUI Customization Per Folder Feature |
Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence | This is a new document on the basics of how to get started in creating Web Intelligence documents. | BI 4.1 SP05 Released. New Doc for Web Intelligence - a Getting Started Guide |