New in 1.1 : CSS classes
With the 1.1 now in GA i thought i would address some of the new features in the new version. In this blog I will look at the CSS Class option and what you can do now using using CSS class with a...
View ArticleGetting Familiar with Design Studio 1.1
Today this product is now generally available and without a ramp-up. This is the first release of the product since it went generally available last November, 2012. I was fortunate to read Martjin...
View ArticleBusinessObjects Design Studio 1.1 SP01 is now GA (Part 2) - Installation BI...
First of all thanks everybody for reading my previous (and first ;-) blog on the Installation of SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.1 SP01. As promised and also referenced in this great blog by Tammy...
View ArticleScripting Overview for Business Objects Design Studio
The Design Studio Scripting language is very similar to Java Script. It can be executed both on the Browser as well as the Server.The scripts follow a "Push" model where in it pushes data to the...
View ArticleHow To: Create a manila folder like vertical tabs using CSS
Using CSS, one can rotate any component using transform property by providing a degree of rotation. In this blog, I will show how I used this CSS property to create a manila folder with vertical tabs...
View ArticleHow To: Create a Gauge from a Pie Chart..
This blog is for those who cannot wait until SAP releases a gauge component. In this blog, I will show how to create a gauge (as shown in the following image) from a pie chart and a few text boxes...
View ArticleUsing Design Studio with SAP HANA end to end-Part 1
In this blog post I would like to share my experiences in installing, configuring and using the SAP HANA front end in order to consume SAP HANA views in Design Studio with or without a BI Platform in...
View ArticleSneak Preview: USA Map in Design Studio
Here is a sneak preview of USA map plotting in Design Studio.Right now the application works only in Chrome and not on IE.More info to follow (once IE issue resolved & licensing terms understood).....
View ArticleHow To: Create a Map Chart in Design Studio..
This blog explains about the map chart I wrote about in the sneak preview blog. In that blog, i mentioned I had some issues with IE that I need to resolve before providing more information.See this...
View ArticleCSS continued, learning from answers from Victor
In some recent discussions about CSS a very useful answer by Victor Gabriel Saiz Castillo. Got me intrigued. He was able to alter the layout properties of the components by looking up the css classes....
View ArticleHow To: Update SAP HANA table using XS - a simple demo
SAP Design Studio 1.1 does not have the ability to directly post/update BW or HANA tables other than calling a URL. Since Design Studio is a dashboard tool, I don't expect it to have update...
View ArticleUsing Design Studio with SAP HANA end to end-Part 2
This is part 2 of this blog post, you can find the first part here: Using Design Studio with SAP HANA end to end-Part 1 After taking a look at how we can connect locally to SAP HANA in the first part...
View ArticleHow To: Internationalize your Design Studio Application..
A few days ago there was a question about translating the DS application. To that question, I quoted the Admin Guide which talks about Languages as a suggestion/solution. Today, I was able to demo an...
View ArticleBusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 - Setting up an SSO connection to SAP HANA to...
After writing two blogs about the installation of Design Studio 1.1 and the BI Add-on for Design Studio 1.1 on top of a BI 4.1 platform this blog will show you how to establish SSO between BI 4.1 and...
View ArticleDesign Studio 1.1 - Using an OLAP SSO connection on the BI 4.1 platform to...
In my previous blog (BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 - Setting up an SSO connection to SAP HANA to utilize in Design Studio 1.1) I showed you how you can setup an SSO connection between a SAP...
View ArticleUsing Scripting Templates in DS1.1
Hi all, have you noticed that there is the new functionality available that allows you create your own scripting templates that will be available also in Content Assistant? Here is an example how to...
View ArticleHow to disconnect from backend connection - Local Mode Only
Usecase:Application is connected to several backend systems from a Design Studio Application.I need to disconnect from some of the systems. How to do it:1. Goto Tools --> Preferences -->...
View ArticleCustomize your layout in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
As a leader in the adoption of the SAP Technology, SAP Global IT enables all internal Lines of Business with the newest versions of the SAP Suite. SAP Runs SAP is a reality – implement on production...
View ArticleHow to create Custom Template - Desktop/IPad/IPhone
SAP delivers 1 Desktop Template, 4 IPad Templateand 2 IPhone Template.In this blog I will explain how can we create custom template and make them available on application creation. Pre-Requisite:...
View ArticleFirst SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio eBook
Some of you might now, that I like to put all the helpful information together in form of a book or an eBook, so that our customers have an easy reference to go back to and can easily start learning...
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