Feature matrix

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