User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS MOBILE XI 4.0

[. . . ] SAP BusinessObjects Mobile User Guide SAP BusinessObjects Mobile XI 4. 0 2010-11-05 Copyright © 2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved. SAP, R/3, SAP NetWeaver, Duet, PartnerEdge, ByDesign, SAP Business ByDesign, and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and other countries. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal Decisions, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, and other Business Objects products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects S. A. Business Objects is an SAP company. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. [. . . ] Select a report from the list, then select the Open report or click OK. Note: Each report within a interactive analysis document is displayed as specified by the pagination options set up by the creator of the document. One document page corresponds to one screen on your device, to make navigating between pages more efficient. Tracking data changes When Track Data changes is activated in a report, you can see how the data in the current version of the report has changed since the previous version. Refreshing reports to see the latest results on the database When you refresh an interactive analysis document, the latest data is retrieved from the data source and returned to the reports the document contains. Refreshing documents means you can see up to the minute results, however, depending on the size of the document the refresh operation can be time consuming. One possible workaround to lengthy refreshes is for the report creator or administrator to schedule a refresh of the document. Scheduling report refreshes ensures that an updated version is always available for viewing on a mobile device. 30 2010-11-05 Interacting with Business Intelligence Documents Note: It is recommended that interactive analysis documents intended for mobile users be created and edited using the Java interface for SAP BusinessObjects BI, because formatting can be tightly controlled using this editor for optimum results on mobile devices. Related Topics · Drilling on data to gain insight on results · Using prompts and parameters · Drilling across to related reports · Crystal reports features 5. 4. 2. 2 Crystal reports features As a SAP BusinessObjects Mobile user, you can interact with business intelligence information contained in Crystal reports in some ways. There are, however, some navigation, display, and functional differences between Crystal reports viewed via a mobile device and a desktop computer. Viewing reports You can view reports containing simple sections and details. Note: · The structure of Crystal reports means that when you navigate reports cell-by-cell via your device, you skip adjacent cells. It is recommended that you view Crystal reports in Panoramic mode, so you can easily scroll to specific columns and rows. You cannot perform drill actions on Crystal reports by using SAP BusinessObjects Mobile. · Viewing charts on reports You can view all chart types available with Crystal Reports. Related Topics · Interactive analysis document features · Viewing documents in panoramic mode 5. 4. 3 Viewing document properties You can only view document properties for documents stored locally on the mobile device. By default, locally stored documents are stored in the "Local documents" folder. 31 2010-11-05 Interacting with Business Intelligence Documents The "Document properties" screen provides the following information for the selected document: · · · the name of the document the date when the document was last saved on your mobile the estimated size of the document To view the properties of a local document: 1. The "Document properties" screen appears with the properties information for the selected document. 5. 5 Navigation menus and shortcuts You can access the viewing options in the Preferences menu from the "Login" menu or from any menu that you can display on the device while viewing a document. Viewing options allow you to flip quickly through the pages in a report or document using the following commands: · Next page · Previous page · First page · Last page If you are viewing a interactive analysis document that contains multiple reports, you can select the Reports menu to view the list of reports, and then select the report that interests you. Related Topics · Quick reference to keypad shortcuts · The Preferences menu 5. 5. 1 Quick reference to keypad shortcuts Using keypad shortcuts saves you time when you want to navigate through reports or set viewing options quickly. 32 2010-11-05 Interacting with Business Intelligence Documents Key 1 Command Toggle status bar Show table headers Description Toggles on or off the Show Current Cell Value display line at the bottom of the screen in the status bar. The row and/or column headers are displayed in the following format: [row header]. [column header] 3 4 Previous page Opens the previous report page. Note: The key only functions if there is a next or previous page. 5 100% Render- Sets the zoom to be 100%, which means that one pixel rendered on the mobile device represents one pixel in the original document. Note: The key only functions if there is a next or previous page. 6 7 Zoom out Incrementally zooms out from the current view. Sets the zoom view so that the currently selected block fits entirely within the mobile device screen. [. . . ] This reduces communication time and cost, because you can save a document from the server before opening it, and then disconnect from the server before you view and analyze the document's contents. A message appears, warning you that a copy of the document will be stored locally on your device. Select one of the following: · Back to cancel the operation and return to the list of available documents. Related Topics · Working with documents stored locally on your device · Working with local documents 5. 11. 3 Deleting local documents You can easily delete offline documents from your local device to ensure maximum local memory capacity. [. . . ]