Content Embedding -BusinessObjects and

Tableau

Rajesh Ponnurangam

Agenda

Web intelligence with TableauDrill down in a WebI Report to change Tableau Visualization

Tableau with Web IntelligenceDrill down a Tableau Chart to Change WebI report output

Best Practices BO with Tableau Co-existence

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Web intelligence with TableauDrill down in a WebI Report to change Tableau Visualization1

CMC – Web Intelligence Properties

HyperLinking

<a href="https://www.infosol.com">Visit Infosol WebSite</a>

<iFrame> Container

="<iframe align = 'left' align = 'top' height='770px' width='1030px' frameborder='30' src='http://[…..url….]/'></iframe>"

Hyper Link Formula in WebI

Hyper Link Formula in WebI="<a href=<tableau Link>:refresh=yes&:linktarget=_self&Customer%20State="+[Customer State] +"\" + target=\"TableauView\">"+[Customer State]+"</a>"

<tableau Link> from your Tableau server

Iframe Formula="<iframe id=\"TableauView\" name=\"TableauView\" align = 'left' align = 'top' height='800px' width='1000px' frameborder='30' src='[Hyperlink]'></iframe>"

Tableau with Web IntelligenceDrill down a Tableau Chart to Change WebI report output2

OpenDoc Link from WebI

<Document Link from BO>&sReportMode=Light&lsMCustomer State=California

Tableau Web Page Component

Tableau Dashboard Action - Select

Tableau URL Parameters

• Adding Filters to Emded Code– https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/embed_filter_add.htm

• Sharing Web Content– https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/shareworkbooks.htm

• View URLS– https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/embed_structure.htm

Web Intelligence

• Popular SAP BusinessObjects Self-service reporting tool – Easy for end users

• Drag and drop

• Connects to any data base via Universe & Free hand SQL

• Native SAP Connections – BW/Bex , HANA

Troubleshooting Tips

Best Practices

• Keep WebI for Reporting and Use Tableau for Dashbaording

• Keep in mind - No Semantic Layer in Tableau

• Use Tools such as InfoBurst to leverage BusinessObjects with Tableau

Data Sources

Burst

Excel Files

SQL Queries fromany Database

Web Intelligence

BusinessObjects + Tableau

References

• A Gazillion Examples of Web Intelligence Enhancements with HTMLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RpyN5dH_v4

• HTML Examples

https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

• Tableau Calculated Fields

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations_calculatedfields_create.htm

• Tableau Parameters

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/parameters_create.htm

• Tableau Level of Detail Calcs

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations_calculatedfields_lod.htm

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