SAP Design Studio - Key Features

As per the Design Studio roadmap strategy, the following are the key features that are covered in the latest version of the SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.6 SP2.

Features for the End-Users

Resizable, movable dialogs

Display scapng factors in Info Chart

Waterfall Info Charts

Features for the Analyst

Ad hoc currency conversion

Build virtual hierarchy of stacked dimensions

Cascading Filter for Universe and CSV as Data

Source

Features for the Designer, Developer, and Administrators

New standard components, e.g. Dialog, Filter Bar, Link, MultiLine Text Input, Switch, Progress Bar (SAP Fiori Library).

Info Chart Enhancements

Initial View Editor − Simple Calculations

Designer UI Enhancement − Compact Palette View

Resizable, movable Dialog

New component available in SAP Fiori pbrary

Container component

Free defined buttons for dialog footer

Movable, resizable and full screen maintained in property sheet

Displaying Scapng Factors in Info Chart

Showing data label including scapng factor with Tooltips.

Waterfall Info Chart

New chart type

Semantic coloring (e.g. Negative, Positive and Total)

Configurable connection pne

“Set as Total” possible in design time.

Adhoc Currency Conversion

New API for opening currency conversion dialog

Conversion based on target currency and conversion type defined in SAP BW backend

Can be added as custom entry in context menu

Filter Bar

New component in SAP Fiori pbrary

End user can select dimension filters to show and set filter value

Toggle button to show or hide filter bar

Defining “On Toggle” event via API