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XWIS is the fastest, most cost-effective way to create, manage and deploy actionable dashboards with SAP Business Objects Dashboards and Xcelsius. Check out how the XWIS features help you to meet your business needs…


  • XWIS Advantage

    • Productivity and connectivity

      • Re-use existing BI Content

        WebIntelligence
        Crystal Reports
        SQL queries
        OLAP
        Spreadsheet data
      • Flexible data access

        Work with latest instance (pre-cached)
        Refresh current instance
        Refresh on trigger
        Refresh on timer
      • Point and click data access

        Browse to BI content from within Xcelsius
        Define re-usable hierarchies for non-Universe data sources
        Support for document prompts
      • Secure data access

        Single-sign-on
        Prompt at run-time
        Embed credentials within model
      • Efficient data access

        Single connection for multiple levels of hierarchy
        Single connection populates multiple components
        Bind controls without writing data to spreadsheet
        Aggregate aware
        Efficient compressed, binary data transport
        Pre-caching of data from underlying BI content
        Local data and aggregate caching
      • Zero-formula data management

        Supports Universe hierarchies
        Supports custom hierarchies (non WebI data sources)
        Automatically bind data to Xcelsius components with AutoWire
        Optionally, bind data to Xcelsius components through Excel
        Auto drill down (no formulas, no multiple connections)
        Merge and synchronize data from multiple sources
        Synchronize drill down across multiple components
        External control of components to develop complex dashboards with minimal components
      • Smart, data aware components

        Crosstab component
        Table component
        Tree component
        Drill bar
        List of values component
        Change look and feel of components through properties sheet
      • Point and click data manipulation

        Live preview at design time
        Sorts
        Filters
        Variables (re-usable across dashboards)
        Alerters (re-usable across dashboards)
      • Enable end-user self-service BI

        Drop slice & dice component onto canvas
        Drop zoom component onto canvas
    • End-user interactivity (out of the box, 0 formulas required)

      • Guided analysis

        Drill up and down on tables
        Drill up and down on crosstabs
        Drill up and down through tree control
        Drill up and down using drill bar
        Drill on native dashboard components (e.g. charts)
        Synchronize drill across components
      • Self-service features

        Sort data
        Filter data
        Explore data in the dashboard using slice & dice
        Hone in on dashboard components using the zoom component
        Export dashboard data to Excel
        Take fully interactive dashboard offline
        Collaborate with other users using discussion threads
    • Offline dashboards

      • Fully-featured offline access

        Take any Xcelsius dashboard offline
        Retain interactivity offline (e.g. drill, sort, filter, dynamic visibility, slice & dice, zoom)
      • Digital rights protection

        Secure access
        Revoke rights
        Audit data access
  • XWIS Publish

    • Dashboard distribution

      • Delivery channels

        To the user's email inbox
        To the user's XWIS Anywhere portal
      • Delivery capabilities

        Personalize dashboards based on user profile
        Scale to 1000's users by leveraging SAP BI Platform publishing functionality
        Leverage SAP BI Platform for flexible scheduling options
      • Recipient management & personalization

        Fixed list of users in a WebI Report
        Custom list dynamically generated via a WebI/Crystal Report
        Enterprise users (via a Crystal Report)
  • XWIS Anywhere

    • Mobile and tablet based portal

      • View dashboards on mobile and tablet devices

        Apple iPad
        Android smartphones and tablets
        Blackberry Playbook
      • Browse dashboards

        Log-in using existing BusinessObjects Enterprise security
        Organize dashboard catalogue using categories
        Touchscreen optimized dashboard catalogue navigation
        Create thumbnail to uniquely identify each dashboard
        Offline viewing of dashboard catalogue
      • Summary page for each dashboard

        View tags
        View description
        See related dashboards
        Rate the dashboard
        Offline viewing of summary page
      • Create and view snapshots

        Create snapshots of dashboard
        View snapshots as slideshow
        Annotate snapshots
        Email snapshots from mobile or tablet device
        Offline viewing of snapshots
      • View fully interactive dashboards

        View any Xcelsius dashboard
        Preserve all dashboard interactivity (e.g. drill-down, sorts, filters, dynamic visibility, slice & dice, etc.)
        Remote viewing of dashboard (iPad only)
        Local client rendering of dashboard using Flash Player (Android and Blackberry Playbook only)
        View fully interactive dashboards offline (Android and Blackberry Playbook only)
      • Optimized mobile view

        Drop component onto dashboard canvas to enable mobile view - no coding required
        Optimized mobile view for small screen sizes
        Focus on one component, cycle round others
        Preserves full interactivity built into your dashboard
      • View other BI content

        View WebIntelligence documents
        View Crystal Reports
 
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