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SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Document Version: 1.3 - 2014-05-20
What's New Guide: SAP

BusinessObjects Design Studio
Table of Contents
1 About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 About the Documentation Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 New and Modified Features in Design Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.1 Creating Planning Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 Displaying an Empty Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3 SAP HANA as a New Supported Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
3.4 Universes Support More Database Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5 Working with the Initial View Editor for Data Source Aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6 User Interface Reference and Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6.1 Chart Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6.2 Crosstab Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.6.3 Filter Panel Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.6.4 Dimension Filter Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.6.5 Formatted Text View Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.6.6 Properties of the Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.7 API Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4 New and Modified Features in Analysis Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.1 Creating Analysis Applications in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for Android Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2 Printing an Analysis Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
4.3 Working with Bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.3.1 Deleting Bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.3.2 Listing Bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.3.3 Loading Shared Bookmarks via Url. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.3.4 Loading a Bookmark via Scripting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.3.5 Personalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.3.6 Saving a Bookmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3.7 Sharing a Bookmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
5 New Features for Developing Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5.1 Deploying Extensions to SAP NetWeaver BW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2 Deploying Extensions to SAP HANA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6 New and Modified Administration Options in Design Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

6.1 Design Studio Administration with an SAP HANA Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.2 Auditing on BI Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.3 Setting Network Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.4 New Supported Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.5 Setting RSADMIN Parameters for Analysis Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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7 New and Modified Chapters in Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.1 Additional Chapters on Charts in Help Contents of the Design Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.2 Viewing And Collecting Statistics Data At Runtime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8 Important Disclaimers on Legal Aspects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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1 About This Guide
This guide lists new and modified features in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio that have been implemented
since the previous release. It also lists new and modified chapters of the documentation.
Tip
To help you find chapters in the relevant documentation guides, the headings of new and modified features in
this guide are identical to the headings in other guides, where features are described in detail.

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2 About the Documentation Set
The documentation set for SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio comprises the following guides and online help
products:
Tip
The guides and tutorials are regularly updated and enhanced. Make sure that you have the latest version by
checking the SAP Help Portal on a regular basis.
Administrator Guide
The Administrator Guide contains detailed information, which users need in order to install, configure and manage
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio. The guide is available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/boad
Application Designer Guide
The Application Designer Guide contains the conceptual information, procedures and reference material, which
application designers need in order to create analysis applications. The guide is available on the SAP Help Portal
at http://help.sap.com/boad
End User Guide
The End User Guide contains procedures and background information for users working with analysis
applications. This guide is available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/boad.
Developer Guide
The Developer Guide: Design Studio SDK contains procedures, reference material and background information,
which enables developers to create 3rd-party components with the Design Studio SDK and enhance the analysis
applications with custom components. The guide is available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/
boad.

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What's New Guide
The What's New Guide lists new and modified features in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio that have been
implemented since the previous release. The guide is available on the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/
boad
Online Help
The Online Help contains the same information as the Application Designer Guide and the Developer Guide: Design
Studio SDK, plus an additional chart properties guide called Charts: Additional Information. Choose Help Help
Contents to open the guides in the design tool. You can also set the online help as a view within the design tool.
Choose View Help .

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3 New and Modified Features in Design
Studio
This section provides a list of new and modified features in the design tool. You can find more detailed information
on the features in the Application Designer Guide: Designing Analysis Applications.
3.1 Creating Planning Applications
With SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio you can create desktop browser applications for planning business
data. These planning applications support both manual and automated data entry and changes to data. The
application user can enter the planning data manually in the crosstab (in cells or rows) or use planning functions
and planning sequences (also known as planning objects) in SAP NetWeaver BW Integrated Planning to enter data
automatically. For planning data, you have to use a BW backend system as the planning system.
After entering planning data, the application user can recalculate, reset or save the data. As an application
designer, you integrate these functions into the planning application by using special script methods for planning.
3.2 Displaying an Empty Chart
If you have an empty measure or measures in the Edit Initial View dialog box, Charts will now display dimensions in
the axes or in the legend, but no data.
Note
Dual Axis Chart, Scatter Chart and Bubble Chart types always require measures.
3.3 SAP HANA as a New Supported Platform
Design Studio supports SAP HANA as a new platform. SAP HANA is used as repository to store analysis
applications and images, and also as a back-end system, providing the business data for data analysis in analysis
applications.
Note
If you are using SAP HANA as a platform, you can only connect to one SAP HANA system. Application
designers can only add data sources to their analysis applications from one SAP HANA system.

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3.4 Universes Support More Database Types
In SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio, you can now use universes with the following as underlying databases:
● ERP system
● CSV
● MS Excel
● Oracle DB
● IBM DB2
● Teradata
Note
For more information, see the chapters for the universe-based data sources in the Application Designer Guide:
Designing Analysis Applications under Help -> Help Contents in the design tool (beginning with the chapter
Adding a Data Source).
3.5 Working with the Initial View Editor for Data Source
Aliases
The initial view editor for data source aliases has been enhanced as follows:
● a collapsible Global Data Source Settings section in the lower left corner of the dialog box. Here you will find
general settings for all data sources; for example, how negative numbers or zero values are displayed
● new action in the rows and columns axis context menus, which allows users to specify whether total rows are
displayed above the members (in the rows axis) or left of the members (in the columns axis)
● new sorting context menu for dimensions, which allows users to sort By Member, By Attribute or By Hierarchy
3.6 User Interface Reference and Components
3.6.1 Chart Component
3.6.1.1 Conditional Formatting
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio supports conditional formatting, which allows you to select measures or
dimension members from within your chart at design time and apply formatting rules that change the appearance
of the chart when specific conditions are met. The value selection options available are:
● is equal to

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● is greater than
● is less than
You can also use the color picker to apply colors to your selection.
New Chart Property: The new chart property Conditional Formatting appears under Display in the Properties
panel. You can find more detailed information on conditional formatting features in the Application Designer
Guide: Designing Analysis Applications in the chapter called “Working with Charts.”
3.6.1.2 Show Scaling Factors
Charts can show scaling factors for all measures. Depending on the location of the measures, the charts display
the selected scaling factors in either the legend or in the axes, as well as in the tooltips.
New Chart Property: The new chart property Show Scaling appears under Display in the General Properties panel.
Depending on the language setting in the application, the scaling factors also display the appropriate number
formatting.
Example
If the language selected is DE, then 1,000 will display as 1.000.
You can find more detailed information on show scaling factor features in the Application Designer Guide:
Designing Analysis Applications in the chapter called “Chart.”
3.6.1.3 Configuring Additional Chart Types
In the Properties panel, under the Chart Type dropdown list, a chart type option called Additional Chart Types...
appears. Selecting this option opens up an Additional Charts dialog box from where you can select additional chart
types. Populate your selected chart by dragging and dropping measures and dimensions from the Initial View
Definition area into the designated Chart Population area. The selections made will be applied to the chart when
you select Apply and OK.
You can find more detailed information on configuring additional chart types in the Application Designer Guide:
Designing Analysis Applications in the chapter called “Working with Charts.”
The following additional chart types can be selected:
● trellis:
○ bar
○ column
○ line
○ area
○ horizontal line
○ horizontal area
● treemap

● heat map
Note
For more information on additional charts types and their properties, see the documentation in Charts:
Additional Information under Help Help Contents in the design tool.
3.6.1.4 Chart Properties
Chart properties have been enhanced. The following new general properties are available for charts in the
Property view:
● Conditional Formatting:
With this property you can select measures or dimension members from within your chart at design time and
apply formatting rules that modify the appearance of the chart when specific conditions are met.
● Show Scaling Factors:
With this property charts display the selected scaling factors for measures in either the legend or in the axes,
as well as in the tooltips.
● Additional Chart Types:
This property allows you to populate your selected chart by dragging and dropping measures and dimensions
from the Initial View Definition area into the designated Chart Population area.
The Additional Properties view is divided into three distinct areas:
● Chart area
● Data series
● CSS
The following new Chart Area additional properties and property values are available:
● Axes Labels:
○ Line size
○ Show title
○ Title
○ Gridline:
○ Show
○ Type
○ Color picker
○ Size
○ Show axis
○ Format
● Tooltips:
○ Format
○ Always show within the chart area
● Legend:
○ Show Title

○ Title
○ Hierarchical
● Plot Area:
○ Animate on data loading

○ Animate on data updating
○ Animate on resizing
● Interaction:
○ selection mode:
○ inclusive
○ exclusive
○ single
○ multiple
○ none
The following new Data Series additional property and property value is available:
● You can now manually enter the HEX color value in the textbox beside the button swatch.
There is an extensive range of CSS additional properties now available to manipulate specific formats within the
chart component.
You can find more detailed information on chart properties in the Application Designer Guide: Designing Analysis
Applications in the chapter called “Chart.”
Note
For more detail on additional charts types and their properties, see the Application Designer Guide: Designing
Analysis Applications and Charts: Additional Information under Help Help Contents in the design tool.
3.6.2 Crosstab Component
The Crosstab component properties have been enhanced as follows:
● Units and Scaling Factors (previously named Show Scaling Factors)

This property specifies how units and scaling factors are shown in the crossstab. The property has the
following values:
○ display both in header

○ display units in data cells
○ do not display
● Planning
○ Number of New Lines

○ Position of New Lines

3.6.3 Filter Panel Component
The Filter Panel component properties have been enhanced as follows:
● Remove Redundant Selections

With this property, you can remove redundant selections in hierarchical dimensions. This means if the
application user selects a node and a subnode, the system removes the subnode, because this subnode is
automatically selected when the parent node is selected.
● Maximum Number of Members
With this property, you can set the maximum number of members displayed in the value help for non-
hierarchical dimensions.
3.6.4 Dimension Filter Component
The Dimension Filter component properties have been enhanced as follows:
● Remove Redundant Selections

With this property, you can remove redundant selections in hierarchical dimensions. This means if the
application user selects a node and a subnode, the system removes the subnode, because this node is
automatically selected when the the parent node is selected.
With this property, you can set the maximum number of members displayed in the value help for non-
hierarchical dimensions.
● Popup is Modal
Specifies whether the value help popup dialog box of the dimension filter is modal. If the property is set to
true, the user cannot interact with other UI elements in the background of the application (such as click a
button or dropdown box). This only applies to the elements in the value help popup dialog box.
3.6.5 Formatted Text View Component
The list of components has been enhanced to include a Formatted Text View component type. This component
enables text formatting within one control and supports a limited set of HTML tags and attributes.
You can find more detailed information on the Formatted Text View component in the Application Designer Guide:
Designing Analysis Applications within the section called “User Interface Reference” and in the chapter called
“Basic Components.”
3.6.6 Properties of the Application
The following new properties are available for the application:
● Loading Indicator Delay

Specifies the delay in milliseconds before the loading indicator is displayed.
● Prompt Settings
Specifies which prompts are displayed in which order.
Specifies the maximum number of members that are displayed in the value help for prompts.
● Planning Connection
● Planning Model
The following properties have been enhanced:
● Theme
You can now select the SAP Blue Crystal Theme as the desktop theme.
3.7 API Reference
The API reference has been enhanced as follows:
New Methods
The following methods are new:
● Methods relating to the object Application:
○ print
● Methods relating to the object Bookmark:
○ saveBookmark
○ bookmarkWithTitleExists
○ loadBookmark
○ deleteBookmark
○ deleteAllBookmarks
○ getBookmarkUrl
○ getAllBookmarks
○ shareBookmark
● Methods relating to the object Chart:
○ showScalingFactors
○ setAxisScaling
○ removeAxisScaling
○ setDataSelection
● Methods relating to the object Crosstab:
○ setUnitsAndScalingFactorsDisplay
● Methods relating to the object Convert:
○ indexOf

○ replaceAll
○ urlEncode
● Methods relating to the object Data Source Alias
○ configureInputReadiness
○ getAssignedHierarchy
○ getDecimalPlaces
○ getDimensions
○ getHierarchies
○ getMemberDisplay
○ getMembers
○ getNegativeNumberDisplay
○ getScalingFactor
○ getTotalsDisplay
○ getTotalsPosition
○ getVariables
○ getZeroDisplay
○ getZeroDisplayCustomText
○ isHierarchyActive
○ getHierarchyAssigned
○ isInputReady
○ setDecimalPlaces
○ setNegativeNumberDisplay
○ setScalingFactor
○ setTotalsDisplay
○ setTotalsPosition
○ setZeroDisplay
○ sortByAttribute
○ sortByHierarchy
○ sortByMeasure
○ sortByMember
● Methods relating to the objects Dropdown Box, List Box, Radio Button Group
○ addItem
○ removeAllItems
○ removeItem
● Methods relating to the object Formatted Text View:
○ setHTMLText
○ getHTMLText
● Methods relating to the object Planning
○ clientReset
○ hasClientChanges
○ hasUnsavedChanges
○ recalcualte
○ reset
○ save

● Methods relating to the object PlanningFunction
○ clearAllFilters
○ clearFilter
○ copyFilters
○ execute
○ getDimensionText
○ getDimensions
○ getFilterExt
○ getFilterText
○ getMemberList
○ setFilter
○ setFilterExt
● Methods relating to object PlanningObjectWithVariables
○ getVariableValueExt
○ getVariableValueText
○ setVariableValue
○ setVariableValueExt
● Methods relating to the object PlanningSequence
○ execute
● Methods relating to State:
○ setPersonalization
○ deletePersonalization
● Methods relating to String
○ indexOf
○ length
○ split
○ substring
● Methods relating to the object Tab
○ getText
○ isEnabled
○ setEnabled
○ setText

4 New and Modified Features in Analysis
Applications
This section provides a list of new and modified features for users working with analysis applications on desktop
browser and mobile devices. You can find more detailed information on the features in the End User Guide: SAP
BusinessObjects Design Studio.
4.1 Creating Analysis Applications in SAP BusinessObjects

Mobile for Android Devices
Analysis applications can now be created for SAP BusinessObjects Mobile on Android phones and tablets.
For more information about Android version support, see the SAP Product Availability Matrix (PAM)
4.2 Printing an Analysis Application
You can now use the scripting API to enable the printing of analysis applications.
You can find more detailed information on printing an analysis application in the Application Designer Guide:
Designing Analysis Applications in the chapter called “Printing an Analysis Application.”
4.3 Working with Bookmarks
Bookmarking an analysis application refers to the serialization of the navigational state of an application and the
persistence of that state in the BI platform backend. Bookmarks can also be saved in local mode for testing and
development purposes. Scripting methods can be used to allow application users to work with bookmarks within a
running analysis application.
Note
Bookmarking is available in BI platform and local mode only.
You can find more detailed information on bookmarking features in the Application Designer Guide: Designing
Analysis Applications in the chapter called “Working with Bookmarks.”

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4.3.1 Deleting Bookmarks
The scripting API can be used to allow application users to delete their own bookmarks.
You can find more detailed information on deleting bookmarks in the Application Designer Guide: Designing
4.3.2 Listing Bookmarks
The scripting API can be used to allow application users to retrieve a list their own bookmarks. Obsolete
bookmarks will not be listed.
You can find more detailed information on listing bookmarks in the Application Designer Guide: Designing Analysis
Applications in the chapter called “Working with Bookmarks.”
4.3.3 Loading Shared Bookmarks via Url
It is possible to load analysis application bookmarks shared by other application users via Url in the browser bar.
Note
Bookmark Urls generated in local mode cannot be loaded in another browser unless the designer session ID is
manually added the to the generated Url. Bookmark Urls generated in BI platform mode can be loaded in
another browser.
You can find more detailed information on loading bookmarks from a Url in the Application Designer Guide:
Designing Analysis Applications in the chapter called “Working with Bookmarks.”
4.3.4 Loading a Bookmark via Scripting
The scripting API can be used to allow application users to load their own bookmarks.
You can find more detailed information on loading bookmarks in the Application Designer Guide: Designing
4.3.5 Personalization
The personalization feature allows application users to save the state of their analysis application and later restore
that default state when reloading the analysis application.

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Note
Personalization is available at runtime of the application in local and BI platform mode only.
You can find more detailed information on personalization in the Application Designer Guide: Designing Analysis
4.3.6 Saving a Bookmark
The scripting API can be used to allow application users to save their own bookmarks.
You can find more detailed information on saving bookmarks in the Application Designer Guide: Designing Analysis
4.3.7 Sharing a Bookmark
It is possible to share a bookmark, which captures the current state of an analysis application, by copying and
pasting the bookmark Url into an email.
Note
Bookmark Urls generated in local mode cannot be loaded in another browser unless the designer session ID is
manually added to the generated Url. Bookmark Urls generated in BI platform mode can be loaded in another
browser.
You can find more detailed information on sharing a bookmark in the Application Designer Guide: Designing

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5 New Features for Developing Extensions
This section provides a list of new features for developing extensions with the Design Studio SDK. You can find
more detailed information on the features in the Developer Guide: Design Studio SDK.
5.1 Deploying Extensions to SAP NetWeaver BW
If you use SAP NetWeaver as your Design Studio platform, you can now deploy your design studio extensions to
SAP NetWeaver BW. This allows you to store and provide access to the analysis applications containing the 3rd
party components on the SAP NetWeaver platform.
You can find more detailed information on the features provided by the Design Studio SDK in the Developer Guide:
Design Studio SDK.
For more information on deployment, see the following sections in the Administrator Guide: SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio based on SAP NetWeaver:
● Configuration: “Configuring Permissions for Using SDK Extensions”

● Operations: “Deploying Extensions”
5.2 Deploying Extensions to SAP HANA
If you use SAP HANA as your Design Studio platform, you can now deploy your design studio extensions to SAP
HANA. This allows you to store and provide access to the analysis applications containing the 3rd party
components on the SAP HANA platform.
You can find more detailed information on the features provided by the Design Studio SDK in the Developer Guide:
Design Studio SDK.
For more information about the deployment, see the following sections in the Administrator Guide: SAP
BusinessObjects Design Studio based on SAP HANA:
● Configuration: “Setting Permissions for Analysis Applications”

● Operations: “Deploying Extensions”

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6 New and Modified Administration Options
in Design Studio
This section provides a list of new and modified options for administrators. You can find more detailed information
on the options in the Administrator Guide: SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio.
6.1 Design Studio Administration with an SAP HANA

Platform
If you want to use SAP HANA as the platform for Design Studio, you need to install the SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio for HANA Delivery Unit in SAP HANA Studio and configure the necessary authorizations for your
users (info access user role, analytic privileges, object privileges and package privileges).
For more information, see the Administrator Guide: SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio based on SAP HANA on
SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/boad.
6.2 Auditing on BI Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio now uses the auditing capabilities of the BI platform for all accessed content
located on the BI platform. It generates the following common audit events:
● Login
● Logout
Analysis applications, running on the BI platform, generate the following common audit events:
● View:
○ View file size

○ View client side
Analysis applications, running on the BI platform, generate the following application specific event:
● Cube connection
6.3 Setting Network Connections
The Preferences dialog box contains a new page: Network Connections. This page allows you to specify the proxy
settings to be used when opening connections. For more information, see “Network Connection Preferences” in
the online help. You can access this chapter by pressing F1 or the Help button in the Preferences dialog box.

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6.4 New Supported Languages
Message texts and tooltips in the analysis applications are now available in Hebrew and Arabic. These new
languages are available with Design Studio used in local mode, and with Design Studio using a BI platform or SAP
NetWeaver as a platform.
6.5 Setting RSADMIN Parameters for Analysis Applications
Administrators can now set RSADMIN parameters for analysis applications in a new service in the Central
Management Console called Analysis Application Service Configuration. The following RSADMIN parameters can
now be set:
● Display mixed values

● Display unauthorized values as
● Display division by zero as
● Display nonexistent values as
● Display values with mixed units as
● Display overflow values as
● Display attribute texts even if blank
Note
This service applies to the BI platform only.

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7.1 Additional Chapters on Charts in Help Contents of the

Design Tool
There are additional chapters on charts listed under Help > Help Contents in the design tool. Here you will
find more information on the following:
● chart properties for all chart types

● availability matrix for chart types
Note
These chapters are available with the Help Help Contents in the design tool only. They are not
available in the PDF version of Design Studio documentation.
7.2 Viewing And Collecting Statistics Data At Runtime
In this documentation chapter, you will find information on how to view and collect statistics data at runtime. If
you encounter performance issues in your analysis applications, you can activate a runtime-profiling function,
which helps you to analyze the performance-critical parts of processing.

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2 About the Documentation Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3 New and Modified Features in Design Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

4 New and Modified Features in Analysis Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5 New Features for Developing Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

6 New and Modified Administration Options in Design Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Application Designer Guide

End User Guide

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3.1 Creating Planning Applications

3.2 Displaying an Empty Chart

3.3 SAP HANA as a New Supported Platform

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3.6 User Interface Reference and Components

3.6.1 Chart Component

3.6.1.1 Conditional Formatting

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3.6.1.2 Show Scaling Factors

3.6.1.3 Configuring Additional Chart Types

The following additional chart types can be selected:

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3.6.1.4 Chart Properties

The Additional Properties view is divided into three distinct areas:

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○ Animate on data loading

3.6.2 Crosstab Component

The Crosstab component properties have been enhanced as follows:

● Units and Scaling Factors (previously named Show Scaling Factors)

○ display both in header

○ Number of New Lines

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The Filter Panel component properties have been enhanced as follows:

● Remove Redundant Selections

3.6.4 Dimension Filter Component

The Dimension Filter component properties have been enhanced as follows:

● Remove Redundant Selections

3.6.5 Formatted Text View Component

3.6.6 Properties of the Application

The following new properties are available for the application:

● Loading Indicator Delay

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The following properties have been enhanced:

3.7 API Reference

The API reference has been enhanced as follows:

The following methods are new:

● Methods relating to the object Application:

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4.1 Creating Analysis Applications in SAP BusinessObjects

4.2 Printing an Analysis Application

4.3 Working with Bookmarks

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4.3.2 Listing Bookmarks

4.3.3 Loading Shared Bookmarks via Url

4.3.4 Loading a Bookmark via Scripting