This is an archive related to a previous version of Esri Maps for SAP BusinessObjects. If you need the current version go to http://doc.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-sap-bobj/.

Preview a map-enabled dashboard

When you've finished configuring your Esri map component in Esri Maps Designer, you can preview the dashboard to verify how the dashboard consumer will see and interact with the map.

Due to differences between the underlying frameworks of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and Esri Maps for SAP BusinessObjects, you cannot preview an Esri map-enabled dashboard using the standard SAP Dashboards Preview button. To view and interact with an Esri map in an SAP dashboard, you must either save the dashboard file to your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform and view it in SAP BI Launch Pad, or publish the dashboard to an HTML file stored on your application server and view it in a supported web browser.

Preview your dashboard in a web browser

To preview the interactive Esri map in a web browser, you must publish your dashboard to HTML.

  1. From SAP Dashboards, click File > Export > HTML.
  2. In the Save As window, browse to the em4bobj folder in your web server's webapps directory

    For example, the default location on Tomcat is C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\em4bobj.

  3. Type a file name for the published dashboard and click OK.
  4. In a supported browser, type the URL of the published dashboard.
    For example, type localhost:8080/em4bobj/testDashboard.html.
  5. Sign in to ArcGIS.
    The published dashboard appears, displaying the configured map layers.

Preview your dashboard on the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform

To preview an interactive Esri map on the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform, you must save your dashboard to the platform and view it using BI Launch Pad.

  1. From SAP Dashboards, click File > Save to Platform > Desktop Only.
  2. Log in to SAP BI Launch Pad on the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform and click OK.
    SAP Dashboards generates XLF and SWF files that can be stored in the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform repository.
  3. In SAP BI Launch Pad, browse to the location of the published dashboard and click the file to run the report.
  4. Sign in to ArcGIS.
    The published dashboard appears, displaying the configured map layers.