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September 9 –11, 2013

Anaheim, California

0513 - Make It Look Like Your Own: Customizing SAP BI 4.1

Derrick Wan, BusinessObjects BI Platform, SAP



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Disclaimer

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Learning Points

Learn what you can do with

BI launch pad In-Product

Customization

Learn what you can do with

the Install Customization Tool



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Agenda

Features Overview

BI launch pad In-Product Customization

Installer and Crystal Report 2011 Customization

Demo

Q&A



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Features Overview

BI launch pad / Open Document Customization

Business Intelligence Platform Installer Customization

SAP Crystal Reports 2011 Customization



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Key Concepts – Web Application Customization

Installation package

Customization template

Template.zip file in the Collaterals\CustomizationTemplate

BOE WAR file

Branding bundles

com.businessobjects.webpath.InfoViewBranding.jar

com.businessobjects.webpath.OpenDocumentBranding.jar

Web application deployment



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Customization Process for BI launch pad

Decide whatcustomizations

are required

Extract brandingbundles fromtemplate.zip

Create

Customizationfiles

Deploycustomization

files

Result:Customized BI

launch pad

NOTE: The process shown assumed you have SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform installed

already



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What can you customize?

Logo

Branding (or “skinning”)

Theming

Easily customizable

Ease of delivery to customers

Changes persist throughout product lifecycle (maintenance)

Documentation



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Best Practices

Test the customization first on a test installation before performing

customizations on your production systems Never modify the properties file in the C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP

BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI

4.0\warfiles\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\config\default directory as only changes

in the custom directory will be maintained over patches.

Never modify the properties files directly in the tomcat work directory as theywill be overridden during a patch or when re-deploying your web application.



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NOTE: not all components are customizable through

this process.



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BI launch pad Branding (SAP BI 4.0 FP3)

Supported Branding

Logos

On BI launch pad and OpenDocument logon pages, top right

corner

On BI launch pad application page, top-left corner

Application title

On BI launch pad and OpenDocument logon page

URLs to access the application

BI launch pad logon path (defaults to BI/) Not available for OpenDocument



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Example 1: How to change name of BI launch pad

1. Create BIlaunchpad.properties file in folder

SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects EnterpriseXI4.0\warfiles\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\config\custom

2. Add the following properties

app.name=My BI launch pad

app.name.greeting=BusinessObjects

app.name.short=My BI launch pad

app.url.name= /myBI



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BI launch pad Theming (4.0 FP3)

Supported Theming

Colors

Change colors defined in CSS

Change colors defined by images

Images and Icons

All Images and icons used in the application

Does not include document type/plugin icons

Does not include menu and button



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Example 2: How to theme BI launch pad?

1. Create BI launch pad and OpenDocument branding bundle

com.businessobjects.webpath.InfoViewBranding.jar

com.businessobjects.webpath.OpenDocumentBranding.jar

2. Bundle contain

An image directory with all

images supported for customization

The icon displayed

in the browser

URL bar

Certain animated gifs

(e.g. progress indicator)

Custom css file which allows overriding of certain

background colors, patterns, css styles such as border,

paddling, and margins



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Example 2: How to theme BI launch pad?

3. Drop bundle in folder

SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI4.0\warfiles\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins

4. Run Wdeploy



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What is in the customize.css?



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Customized BI launch pad Logon Page



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Documentation and Samples

The collaterals in template.zip contain a sample customization of

BI launch pad and OpenDocument containing a custom.css file aswell as all images that can be customized

SAP BusinessObjects BI Customization Guide contains detailed

documentation

http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/sbo41/en/sbo41_bi_customization_en.pdf




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Example 3: Customize BI launch pad Preferences

Customize BI launch

pad starting page

Home Tab

Default or

custom BI workspace

Document Tab

My Documents

Folders

Categories



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Example 3: Customize BI launch pad Preferences



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Installer and Crystal Reports 2011 Customization



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How does it work?

SAP Release Customizations

S A P

C u s t o m i z a t i o n f o l d e r



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Planning Your Customization Process

Base BI Platformsetup.exe

Decide whatcustomizations

are required

Write theconfiguration file(oem.xml)

Run thecustomization

tool

(OEMtool.exe)

Customized BIPlatformsetup.exe



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XML input file and OEMTool



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Best Practices for Creating Customized Install

Validate the configuration file

Reduce Product Size

Apply customized names consistently

Consider name change in all languages

Modify patch installation programs to be consistent with the main

installation program

Test rollback, modify, and repair installations for Support Packages

and patches



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Decide What Customizations are Required


Installer branding/graphics (e.g. change product name, changebillboard, graphics, start menu, directory, etc.)

Create custom installation and maintenance packages by

removing undesired features

Embed key code

Removal of language packs



Swapping installer graphics using the customization tool

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Graphic Rebranding

Base BOE



The product name and version appears on the top window banner

and in text throughout the setup UI

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Product Names Customization



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Creating Customized Installation Packages

The feature tree can be customized to include only the necessary

features



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Crystal Reports 2011 In Product Customization


Splash screen

Product name and menu

Start page



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Demo



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Questions?



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Derrick Wan, Product Owner, BusinessObjects BI Platform, SAP

[email protected]

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Appendix

SAP BusinessObjects BI Customization Guide

Tutorial: Branding and Theming of BI launch pad

Tutorial: How to customize BI launch pad home page

Tutorial: Customizing BI launch pad name


http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/06/01/tutorial-branding-and-theming-of-bi-launch-pad

http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/06/01/tutorial-how-to-customize-bi-launch-pad-home-page

http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/06/01/tutorial-customizing-bi-launch-pad-name

http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/06/01/tutorial-customizing-bi-launch-pad-name

http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/06/01/tutorial-how-to-customize-bi-launch-pad-home-page

http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/blog/2013/06/01/tutorial-branding-and-theming-of-bi-launch-pad




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