T H E B U S I N E S S P E R F O R M A N C E S O F T W A R E C O M P A N Y™ Brio Intelligence 8 Zero-Footprint Mode Without a plug-in, how do I…? Mark Ostroff Principal Systems Consultant

2 B R I O C O N F I D E N T I A L …Create My Own Personal Dashboard? Goal: – Build an Active, Drillable Display of Charts, Pivots, etc. Challenge: – Users only have web-based access Solution: – Use the “new” Personal Pages module to assemble zero-footprint content Resources: – Brio v8.0 or higher

3 B R I O C O N F I D E N T I A L …Export to Excel? Goal: – Export a section to Excel from a zero-footprint BQY Challenge: – The zero-footprint mode toolbar only has icons for exporting to local BQY or to PDF. EIS-based Solution: – Excel export to a virtual directory on your web server. – Use OpenURL() to fetch the Excel file into your browser. Resources: – Brio Intelligence v8.0 or higher

4 B R I O C O N F I D E N T I A L …Pass Parameters? Goal: – Pass parameter values to a zero-footprint BQY using a SmartCut URL Challenge: – Since zero-footprint mode runs the BQY at the server, no Session object exists with which to examine the SmartCut URL Solution: – Use pseudo-function to capture the URL in a global JS variable Resources: – Brio Intelligence v8.02 or higher – Any JavaScript command reference

5 B R I O C O N F I D E N T I A L …Let Users Build Their Own Queries? Goal: – Allow users to build queries from scratch Challenge: – Zero-footprint mode does not currently provide a UI for this functionality EIS-based Solution: – Use EIS sections to provide the interface – Build queries, charts, pivots, etc. in JS code based on user selections in the EIS sections Resources: – Brio Intelligence v8.0 or higher

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