0. Hands-on Lab: Introduction to Design Studio
Dr. Bjarne Berg
Comerit

1. In This Session
This hands-on session is targeted for developers who want to build extensive and customized dashboards for desktop and mobile consumption. Throughout the exercises, the user will: • Create interactive BI applications • Build extensive customized dashboards for desktop and mobile devices • Learn tips for using complex scripts to access data from multiple sources • Explore advanced layout design using custom stylesheets and CSS code

2. Meet Today's Assistants
Rob Frye
Manager of ComeritLabs
Michael Barker
SAP BOBJ Developer
Michael Vavlitis

3. SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Superior alternative to BEx Web Application Designer
Dynamic dashboards that enable power users to generate purpose-built OLAP analysis and planning applications
Customer and SAP-delivered content offering superior support for mobile devices and HANA data sources
Easily design centrally governable
analytic content

4. SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Personalization and Bookmarking
Advanced Scripting
Printing
Lumira SDK Integration
BW Integrated Planning support
Native HANA deployment
Extensive charting and table formatting/customization

5. Computer-Based Training Structure

6. Computer-Based Training Structure

7. Picking the Right BusinessObjects Tool

8. Navigating this Lab Session
Use these buttons to access each portion of the training material.

9. Navigating this Lab Session
Access the digital form of your instruction manual (PDF format)
View the video with full commentary within the browser
Open the hands-on simulation inside the webpage or in the recommended full screen mode (Press F11 for full screen mode)

10. Design Studio Training Exercises
Basic 1 Exercise
Tab strips with multiple tabs and different chart types with titles and labels, crosstabs
Basic 2 Exercise
Add multiple data sources, set filters using scripts, enable selections on crosstabs to drill down
It is recommended to complete each exercise sequentially in order to fully understand the material.

11. Design Studio Training Exercises
Intermediate 1 Exercise
Create complex scripts to load data on startup along with formatting measures with scaling and decimal places
Intermediate 2 Exercise
Create a link to a WebI document and pass selected information from the application to the report
It is recommended to complete each exercise sequentially in order to fully understand the material.

12. Tips for Taking the Training
Standard courtesy: Use provided headphones for videos
Watch the videos in full screen mode (Press F11 upon launch)
Complete the exercises in sequence
Use the instruction manual as a guide to the hands-on simulations

13. 7 Key Points to Remember
Design Studio is a powerful tool that enables creation of customizable applications which are consumable on a desktop or mobile device
What-if analysis can be easily performed with Integrated Planning
Follow the sequence to understand the exercises more fully
Take advantage of the full commentary videos
Read all the information bubbles in the simulations
Visit the Bonus Materials section if you want a break from the exercises or finish early
If you get stuck, feel free to ask for assistance
This session will be repeated on Thursday, March 12th at 10:00 AM.

14. Today’s Exercises

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