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You can enhance your application by adding or changing, for example, analysis steps or representations. The following example serves to illustrate some typical tasks that you perform using the analytical content configuration file.

Note Note

When you want to change the analytical content configuration file, you must first make a copy and save it to a new location. This ensures that your changes are not overwritten when updates are imported. You must then specify the new location in the application configuration file.

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Procedure

To add a new analysis step, proceed as follows:

  1. Decide in which category the new analysis step is to be displayed in the analysis step gallery. If the category already exists, identify the ID of the category in the configuration file. If it does not yet exist, create a new category according to the syntax described under The Category Object.

  2. Check whether an appropriate request already exists. If it does exist, identify the ID in the configuration file. If it does not yet exist, create a new request according to the syntax described under The Request Object.

  3. Define a binding according to the syntax described under The Binding Object.

    The requiredFilters property of the binding object specifies the target properties for converting selected data into filter expressions. In other words, using this property you can define the dimensions that can be selected in a chart. You can use only those dimensions as requiredFilters that are defined in the corresponding representation object.

  4. Define a representation according to the syntax described under The Representation Object.

  5. Go to the steps section of the analytical content configuration file and define a new step according to the syntax described under The Step Object. Include the category, the request, and the binding that you have defined earlier.

  6. Define a title for the step by specifying a label that references a key in a text resource file. For information about how to work with text resource files, see Changing UI Texts.

  7. Enter the path to a picture that indicates the representation type used for the analysis step, for example, <Web application root>/resources/images/<file name>.jpg. In addition, you can also specify a separate picture that is displayed when hovering over the analysis step in the analysis step gallery.

  8. Define information for the thumbnail, for example, the labels displayed in the corners of the thumbnail, according to the syntax described under The Thumbnail Object. The thumbnail is a preview of the analysis step and is displayed in the analysis path display.