SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer: User Guide
Abbreviations Used in this Manual
System Requirements
Logging On to Visual Composer
Understanding the Visual Composer Desktop
Workspace
Task Panel
Main Menu and Toolbar
Customizing the Visual Composer Desktop
Customizing the Main Toolbar and Toolbox Buttons
Modifying the Location of the Task Panel Toolbar
Customizing Visual Composer Storyboard
Getting Help
Quick Start - A Sample Work Session
Create a New Model
Create a Page and an iView
Design the iView Logic
Import the Function
Test the iView Function
Add the User Input Form
Define the Output
Customize the iView Layout
Deploy the iView to a Portal
Model Management - The Basics
Creating a New Model
Opening an Existing Model
Navigating the Model
Navigation Icons
Searching through the Model
Rearranging the Model Hierarchy
Saving a Model
Exporting and Importing a Model
Printing a Model
Creating or Changing a Model Password
Managing Models
Closing a Model
Closing Storyboard
Creating Portal Content
Model Hierarchy
Adding Main Components to a Model
Building an iView
Defining Data Services
Adding Data Services to Your Model
Testing the Data Service (Optional)
Defining the Properties of the Data Service
Creating BI Queries
Using the BI Query Wizard
Selecting a System
Selecting a Query Template
Count (OLAP)
Configuring Count Parameters
Cumulative Total (OLAP)
Configuring Cumulative Total Parameters
Grand Totals (OLAP)
Moving Average (OLAP)
Configuring Moving Average Parameters
Percentage Growth (OLAP)
Configuring Percentage Growth Parameters
Percentage Share (OLAP)
Configuring Percentage Share Parameters
Planned vs. Actual (OLAP)
Configuring Planned vs. Actual Parameters
Rank Change (OLAP)
Configuring Rank Change Parameters
Top N (OLAP)
Configuring Top N Parameters
Trend Over Time (OLAP)
Configuring Trend Over Time Parameters
Zero Activity (OLAP)
Configuring Zero Activity Parameters
All Data (Relational)
Count (Relational)
Freeform (Relational)
Heatmap (Relational)
Configuring Heatmap Parameters
Minimum/Maximum (Relational)
Configuring Minimum/Maximum Parameters
Selecting a Cube
Defining Filters
Selecting a Table
Selecting Fields
Selecting Fields - Count
Selecting Fields - Heatmap
Configuring Joins
Configuring Filters
Specifying the Sort Order
Previewing the Result
Working With BW Query Views
Selecting a Query
Selecting a Query View
Configuring Queries Directly in Data Services
Using the MDX Editor
Using the SQL Editor
Working With Queries
Modifying Existing Queries
Query Properties
Further Configuring Your Query
Adding Siebel Data Services
Defining the UI Logic
Adding UI Components
Defining Input to the Data Service
Defining Output from the Data Service
Adding Fields to a View
Adding Operators
Performing Data Binding Between UI Components
Defining UI Component General Properties
Defining UI Component Field Properties
Dynamic Expressions Editor
Overview of Dynamic Expressions
Using the Expressions Editor
Frequently-Used Dynamic Expressions
Defining a Chart
Defining an HTML View
Defining Eventing Between iViews
Tracing Dependencies
Validating the iView Logic
Customizing the iView UI
Selecting Objects in the Layout Workspace
Defining iView Display Properties
Customizing the View Layout and Behavior
Customizing the Controls Displayed in a View
Customizing the Position and Size of iView Components
Previewing the iView
Generating Model Documentation
Automatically Generating Model Documentation
Defining Documentation Properties for Model Components
Deploying the Model
Debugging the Model
Accessing the Debugger
Viewing a Log of Portal Server Actions
Using the Events Monitor
Using the Data Inspector
Importing Visual Composer Content into the Portal
Performing Backup and Restore
Customizing the Design Workspace
Design Toolbox
Graphic Symbol Properties List
Troubleshooting
Using Log Files for Troubleshooting
Appendix: Examples
Example 1: Customer Address iView
Example 2: Expanded Banks iView
Example 3: Salesorder iView
Example 4: BI iView