SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.2 SP6 : What’s New ❔❕
Waiting for SAP BI 4.3 next year here is what's new in 4.2 SP6 :
Linking to other reports within the same document
To give immediate access to other reports within the same document, you can define hyperlinks that are called intra-document links. For more information, see Linking to other reports within the same document.
Breaks - Amounts added into the break footer
When you insert a break, the break footer is now automatically filled with the appropriate amounts. For more information, see Using breaks.
Applying security filtering when opening a document
When creating a document on a relational .unx universe with Business Security Profiles, you can specify that security on data is applied when opening the document without any need to perform a refresh. This saves time to all users of the document, namely for users who receive a document through the scheduling process. For more information, see Applying security filtering when opening a document.
Interactive Viewer
For more information regarding what's new in Web Intelligence Interactive Viewer, refer to the What's New section of the SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Interactive Viewer User Guide.
New look and feel
The default Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) has been enhanced to provide a new look and feel to your documents. Tables now have headers with a grey background, the alternate colors property for rows has been removed, and the autofit property is disabled by default. Charts also benefit from enhancements: they now have automatic titles, a new overlapping columns setting is available, the legend is no longer automatically displayed, a new palette has been added, and many more improvements. For more information, see Formatting your reports using Cascading Style Sheets.
Funnel and Pyramid charts
Represent different stages of your sale process and identify potential enhancements using funnel and pyramid charts. For more information, see Funnel and Pyramid charts.
Time dimensions
Drive time-based business analyses using time dimensions and customized calendars for personalized reporting. For more information, see Using time dimensions.
Stored procedures
Relational .UNX universes now support stored procedures. This allows for better migration of Desktop Intelligence documents. For more information, see Stored procedures.
Refresh options
Select the data providers you want to refresh when refreshing a document. For more information, see Defining queries as refreshable.
New PageInSection() function
Use the new PageInSection() to return a page number in a specific section. For more information, see PageInSection.
.CSV and .TXT as data source
You can now use .CSV and .TXT files as data sources in the HTML client. For more information, see Building and running queries.
Export to PDF with bookmarks
Export your documents to PDF and leverage bookmarks to facilitate their navigation using the new Display Bookmarks option. For more information, see Exporting documents, reports or data.