Business objects PRESENTATION DESIGN 2010-11-05, DASHBOARD DESIGN 2010-11-05 INSTALLATION GUIDE

Dashboard Design and Presentation Design Installation Guide

■ Dashboard Design and Presentation Design

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About this Guide.....................................................................................................................5Chapter 1

Planning Installations..............................................................................................................7Chapter 2

2.1

2.1.1

2.1.2

2.2

2.2.1

2.2.2

2.3

2.3.1

3.1

4.1

4.1.1

4.2

4.2.1

4.2.2

Getting started.........................................................................................................................7

Overview of Dashboard Design and Presentation Design........................................................7

Installation types......................................................................................................................7

Key tasks.................................................................................................................................8

Interactive installations.............................................................................................................8

Silent installations....................................................................................................................9

Naming conventions...............................................................................................................10

Variables................................................................................................................................10

Preparing for Installations.....................................................................................................11Chapter 3

System requirements.............................................................................................................11

Performing Installations........................................................................................................13Chapter 4

Interactive installations...........................................................................................................13

To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design interactively..........................................13

Silent installations..................................................................................................................14

Scripted silent installations.....................................................................................................14

Command-line silent installations............................................................................................19

Post Installation....................................................................................................................25Chapter 5

5.1

Index 29

Maintaining your installation of Dashboard Design or Presentation Design.............................25

More Information...................................................................................................................27Appendix A

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Contents

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About this Guide

This guide is intended for business intelligence decision-makers and administrators responsible for installing and using Dashboard Design and Presentation Design on Windows client machines in corporate environments.

Note:

The two products are documented in a single user guide because they have many common features.

You can install the products interactively from the Dashboard Design and Presentation Design media on a stand-alone or client machine. You can also install the products silently (using a script or from the command line) on multiple machines.

This guide covers important information about planning, preparing, and performing installations and maintenance tasks.

For more information about features and capabilities, see the

Design Users Guide

Related Topics

• System requirements

Dashboard Design and Presentation

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Planning Installations

2.1 Getting started

2.1.1 Overview of Dashboard Design and Presentation Design

Dashboard Design is a data visualization tool that allows you to create dynamic, interactive dashboards. These dashboards access live data, and you can add them to web-based dashboards.

Presentation Design is a presentation tool that allows you to create dynamic, interactive presentations from Excel spreadsheets.

For more information about features and capabilities, see the

Design User Guide

2.1.2 Installation types

You can install Dashboard Design and Presentation Design on a client or a stand-alone Windows machine. An interactive installation involves running a program from the installation media.

If you have a large-scale deployment, you can perform one of the following silent installations:

• Scripted silent installation involves writing parameters to a response.ini file, and then using the

file to run the installation program.

• Command-line silent installation involves passing parameters to the installation program directly.

Related Topics

• Interactive installations

• Silent installations

Dashboard Design and Presentation

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2.1.2.1 Integration

SAP deployments

You can install Dashboard Design on a client machine, and use it to connect to an SAP Crystal Reports Server OEM Edition or SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise deployment.

You can also install Dashboard Design on a stand-alone machine side by side with a Crystal Reports or Enterprise deployment. Your deployment must be operational and accessible when you run the installation program.

SAP systems

You can integrate Dashboard Design with SAP systems by deploying SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 Ehp1 SP5 (or later).

Note:

Before you install Dashboard Design, install SAP Frontend 7.x with BI Add Ons. Dashboard Design requires Java and ABAP to connect to NetWeaver BW.

For more information about deploying NetWeaver BW, see the documentation available at

http://help.sap.com.

Live Office

If you want to create Live Office objects, you can install Live Office after you install Dashboard Design.

Note:

Live Office is not required for refresh capabilities.

2.2 Key tasks

2.2.1 Interactive installations

Interactive installations allow you to install and configure Dashboard Design and Presentation Design on a client or a standalone Windows machine using a wizard.

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Note:

You must have Administrator privileges on your local machine to install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design.

Before you install the products, ensure that Adobe Flash Player with ActiveX 9.0 (or later) and Microsoft Excel 2003 (or later) are installed.

Note:

If the installation program detects a previous version of SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008, it will prompt you to perform an upgrade. If you perform an upgrade, the installation program removes the previous version and begins a new installation.

Related Topics

• To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design interactively

2.2.2 Silent installations

Silent installations allow you to install and configure Dashboard Design and Presentation Design on a client or a stand-alone Windows machine.

Note:

You must have Administrator privileges on your local machine to install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design.

You can run an unattended silent installation from the installation media using a response.ini file. You can also specify installation parameters directly at the command line. All options available during interactive installations are also available during silent installations.

Scripted and command-line silent installations use the same parameters. Using a response.ini file is recommended if your installation requires a large number of parameters, or if you want to integrate scripts and commands into your own installation scripts.

Dashboard Design and Presentation Design do not support silent installations when the installation files are on multiple media sources. In this case, you must first copy all installation contents to a single location, and then run the silent installation.

Before you install the products, ensure that Adobe Flash Player with ActiveX 9.0 (or later) and Microsoft Excel 2003 (or later) are installed.

Note:

Related Topics

• To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design using a silent script

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• To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design silently from the command line

2.3 Naming conventions

2.3.1 Variables

This guide uses the following variables.

DescriptionVariable

The directory where collateral files are located on the Dashboard Design and Presentation Design media.

D:\Collaterals\docs\<LANGUAGE>

Acceptable values for <LANGUAGE> are: en, fr, de, ja, es, zh_CN, it, nl, ru, ko, zh_TW, pt, sv, pl, nb, da, th, fi, cs, hu, sk, tr

The directory where SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise is installed.

C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects

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3.1 System requirements

Dashboard Design and Presentation Design support the following software:

Microsoft Windows

• Windows XP Professional SP2 and SP3

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 and SP2

• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 and SP2

• Windows Vista SP1 and SP2

• Windows 7

For a current list of supported operating systems and hardware requirements, see the

Design and Presentation Design Supported Platforms

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/articles.

Microsoft Excel

• Excel XP SP3 (or later)

• Excel 2003 SP1, SP2, and SP3

• Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2

Adobe Flash

• Flash Player with ActiveX 9.0 (or later)

documentation available at

Dashboard

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4.1 Interactive installations

4.1.1 To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design interactively

Run setup.exe from the Dashboard Design or Presentation Design media.

The interactive installation wizard appears.

Select a language for the installation program, and click OK.

Ensure that all of the critical dependencies are present, and proceed through the wizard to the "License Agreement" page.

Review the License Agreement, select I accept the License Agreement, and click Next.

The "Specify the destination folder" page appears.

Note:

If you have already installed an SAP BusinessObjects product, this page will be disabled and the desktop client will be installed into the default <INSTALLDIR> directory.

(Optional) Enter the installation directory.

• Accept the default installation directory, and click Next.

• If you want to install to a different directory, click Browse, select a directory, click OK, and click

Next.

Proceed through the wizard to the "Choose Language Packs" page, select the language packs that you want to install, and click Next.

Restriction:

Ensure that you select all of the necessary language packs before you proceed through the wizard. If you need additional language packs in the future, you will have to uninstall and reinstall the desktop client.

The "Choose Install Type" page appears.

If you want to install Dashboard design, select one of the following options:

• Typical installs only Dashboard Design or Presentation Design.

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• Custom allows you to select Dashboard Design or Presentation Design, and the Component

SDK.

Tip:

Component SDK allows Adobe Flex 2 developers to create and package add-ons for Dashboard Design.

Proceed through the wizard to the "Start Installation" page, click Next, and then click OK.

The installation process begins.

When the installation is complete, click Finish.

You can now run Dashboard Design from Start > Programs > Dashboard Design.

You can now run Presentation Design from Start > Programs > SAP Crystal Presentation Design

2011.

Related Topics

• Interactive installations

4.2 Silent installations

4.2.1 Scripted silent installations

4.2.1.1 To create a response file for a scripted silent installation

Before you run a scripted silent installation, you must use the Dashboard Design or Presentation Design media to create a response.ini file.

Run setup.exe -w C:\response.ini from the installation media.

The interactive installation wizard appears.

Proceed through the wizard, selecting your installation options. Follow the instructions in the “To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design interactively” section.

On the "Start installation" page, click Next, and then click OK.

The installation program writes your installation options to the response.ini file, and closes.

You can now open response.ini in a text editor to review your installation options.

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Example:

In this example, the selected installation options include English and Japanese language packs, English installation language, Dashboard Design or Presentation Design, and the Component SDK.

Restriction:

Xcelsius.Designer is a required feature.

### Installation directory installdir=<INSTALLDIR>

### Product keycode productkey=XXXXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXXX-XX

### Registered Company registered company=Any Company

### Registered User registereduser=John Smith

### Language Packs Selected to Install selectedlanguagepacks=en;ja

### Setup UI language setupuilanguage=en

### Available features features=Xcelsius.Designer,Xcelsius.SDK

Note:

If you want to add a note or comment to the response.ini file, you can add ### to the beginning of a line. Lines that begin with ### are not processed by setup.exe

Related Topics

• Variables

• Silent installations

• To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design using a silent script

• Parameters for scripted silent installations

• To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design interactively

4.2.1.2 To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design using a silent script

You can perform a silent scripted installation using a response.ini file that contains your installation parameters.

Tip:

Remember to add a valid keycode to your response.ini file.

Run setup.exe -r C:\response.ini from the Dashboard Design or Presentation Design media.

The silent installation reads parameters from the response.ini file.

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Wait a few minutes for the installation to complete.

You can now run Dashboard Design from Start > Programs > Dashboard Design.

You can now run Presentation Design from Start > Programs > SAP Crystal Presentation Design

2011.

Related Topics

• Silent installations

• To create a response file for a scripted silent installation

• Parameters for scripted silent installations

4.2.1.3 Parameters for scripted silent installations

Remember:

You can specify parameters within a response.ini file or at the command line. If you specify command-line parameters in addition to a response.ini file, the command-line parameters take precedence.

choosesimpleup grade

The features available on the feature tree. Acceptable values are:

• 1 (Automatically remove the pre-

vious version of Xcelsius.)

• 0 (End the installation process if

a previous version of Xcelsius is detected. For more information, see the installation log file.)

ExampleDescriptionParameter

choosesimpleupgrade=1

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features

The features available on the feature tree. Acceptable values are:

• Xcelsius.Designer (Dash-

board Design or Presentation Design)

Restriction:

This is a required feature.

• Xcelsius.SDK (Component

SDK allows Adobe Flex 2 developers to create and package add-ons for Dashboard Design.)

Note:

Separate features with a comma (,).

The SAP BusinessObjects installation path.

ExampleDescriptionParameter

features=Xcelsius.Designer,Xcel sius.SDK

installdir

installtype

productkey

registeredcompany

registereduser

Note:

If you have already installed an SAP BusinessObjects product, the desktop client will be installed into the default <INSTALLDIR> directory.

The type of installation:

• Default installs all components

automatically.

• Custom lets you select features

from the feature tree.

A valid product keycode.

Tip:

Remember to add a valid keycode to your response.ini file.

installdir=C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\

installtype=Default

productkey=XXXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXX-XX

registeredcompany=Any CompanyAny custom company name.

registereduser=John SmithAny custom user name.

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selectedlan guagepacks

The language packs that you want to install. You can select more than one language. Acceptable values are:

• en (English)

• fr (French)

• de (German)

• ja (Japanese)

• es (Spanish)

• zh_CN (Simplified Chinese)

• it (Italian)

• nl (Dutch)

• ru (Russian)

• ko (Korean)

• zh_TW (Traditional Chinese)

• pt (Portuguese)

• sv (Swedish)

• pl (Polish)

• nb (Norwegian Bokmal)

• da (Danish)

• th (Thai)

• fi (Finnish)

• cs (Czech)

• hu (Hungarian)

• sk (Slovakian)

• tr (Turkish)

ExampleDescriptionParameter

selectedlanguagepacks=en;ja

Note:

Separate language packs with a semicolon (;).

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setupuilanguage

The language that you want to use during the installation. You can select only one language. Acceptable values are:

• en (English)

• fr (French)

• de (German)

• ja (Japanese)

• es (Spanish)

• zh_CN (Simplified Chinese)

• it (Italian)

• nl (Dutch)

• ru (Russian)

• ko (Korean)

• zh_TW (Traditional Chinese)

• pt (Portuguese)

• sv (Swedish)

• pl (Polish)

• nb (Norwegian Bokmal)

• da (Danish)

• th (Thai)

• fi (Finnish)

• cs (Czech)

• hu (Hungarian)

• sk (Slovakian)

• tr (Turkish)

ExampleDescriptionParameter

setupuilanguage=ja

Related Topics

• Variables

• Silent installations

• To create a response file for a scripted silent installation

• To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design using a silent script

4.2.2 Command-line silent installations

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4.2.2.1 To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design silently from the command line

You can perform a silent command-line installation by passing parameters directly at the command line.

Note:

When you perform a command-line silent installation, you automatically accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA). You can find a copy of the license agreement in the <COLLATERALS> directory on your Dashboard Design or Presentation Design media.

Run setup.exe -q from the installation media, followed by the parameters you need.

In this example, the selected installation options include English and Japanese language packs, English installation language, Dashboard Design or Presentation Design, and the Component SDK.

Restriction:

Xcelsius.Designer is a required feature.

setup.exe -q installdir="<INSTALLDIR>"

productkey="XXXXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXXX-XX" registeredcompany="Any Company" registereduser="John Smith" selectedlanguagepacks="en;ja" setupuilanguage="en" features="Xcelsius.Designer,Xcelsius.SDK"

Note:

Due to the limitations of the command prompt, if you specify more than one value for any parameter, enclose all of the values in quotation marks (").

Wait a few minutes for the installation to complete.

You can now run Dashboard Design from Start > Programs > Dashboard Design.

You can now run Presentation Design from Start > Programs > SAP Crystal Presentation Design

2011.

Related Topics

• Variables

• Silent installations

• Parameters for command-line silent installations

4.2.2.2 Parameters for command-line silent installations

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Note:

You can specify parameters within a response.ini file or at the command line. If you specify command-line parameters in addition to a response.ini file, the command-line parameters take precedence.

Due to the limitations of the command prompt, if you specify more than value for any parameter, enclose the values in quotation marks (for example, selectedlanguagepacks="en;fr;de").

choosesimpleup grade

The features available on the feature tree. Acceptable values are:

• 1 (Automatically remove the pre-

vious version of Xcelsius.)

• 0 (End the installation process if

a previous version of Xcelsius is detected. For more information, see the installation log file.)

ExampleDescriptionParameter

choosesimpleupgrade="1"

features

installdir

The features available on the feature tree. Acceptable values are:

• Xcelsius.Designer (Dash-

board Design or Presentation Design)

Restriction:

This is a required feature.

• Xcelsius.SDK (Component

SDK allows Adobe Flex 2 developers to create and package add-ons for Dashboard Design.)

Note:

Separate features with a comma (,).

The SAP BusinessObjects installation path.

Note:

If you have already installed an SAP BusinessObjects product, the desktop client will be installed into the default <INSTALLDIR> directory.

features="Xcelsius.Designer,Xcel sius.SDK"

installdir="C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\"

installtype

The type of installation:

• Default installs all components

automatically.

• Custom lets you select features

from the feature tree.

installtype="Default"

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ExampleDescriptionParameter

productkey

registeredcompany

registereduser

selectedlan guagepacks

A valid product keycode.

The language packs that you want to install. You can select more than one language. Acceptable values are:

• en (English)

• fr (French)

• de (German)

• ja (Japanese)

• es (Spanish)

• zh_CN (Simplified Chinese)

• it (Italian)

• nl (Dutch)

• ru (Russian)

• ko (Korean)

• zh_TW (Traditional Chinese)

• pt (Portuguese)

• sv (Swedish)

• pl (Polish)

• nb (Norwegian Bokmal)

• da (Danish)

• th (Thai)

• fi (Finnish)

• cs (Czech)

• hu (Hungarian)

• sk (Slovakian)

• tr (Turkish)

productkey="XXXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXX-XX"

registeredcompany="Any Company"Any custom company name.

registereduser="John Smith"Any custom user name.

selectedlanguagepacks="en;ja"

Note:

Separate language packs with a semicolon (;).

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setupuilanguage

The language that you want to use during the installation. You can select only one language. Acceptable values are:

• en (English)

• fr (French)

• de (German)

• ja (Japanese)

• es (Spanish)

• zh_CN (Simplified Chinese)

• it (Italian)

• nl (Dutch)

• ru (Russian)

• ko (Korean)

• zh_TW (Traditional Chinese)

• pt (Portuguese)

• sv (Swedish)

• pl (Polish)

• nb (Norwegian Bokmal)

• da (Danish)

• th (Thai)

• fi (Finnish)

• cs (Czech)

• hu (Hungarian)

• sk (Slovakian)

• tr (Turkish)

ExampleDescriptionParameter

setupuilanguage="ja"

Related Topics

• Silent installations

• To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design silently from the command line

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Post Installation

5.1 Maintaining your installation of Dashboard Design or Presentation Design

You can use Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features in "Control Panel" to repair, modify, or remove your installation of Dashboard Design or Presentation Design.

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More Information

LocationInformation Resource

SAP BusinessObjects product information

SAP Help Portal

SAP Service Marketplace

http://www.sap.com

Navigate to http://help.sap.com/businessobjects and on the "SAP BusinessObjects Overview" side panel click All Products.

You can access the most up-to-date documentation covering all SAP BusinessObjects products and their deployment at the SAP Help Portal. You can download PDF versions or installable HTML libraries.

Certain guides are stored on the SAP Service Marketplace and are not available from the SAP Help Portal. These guides are listed on the Help Portal accompanied by a link to the SAP Service Marketplace. Customers with a maintenance agreement have an authorized user ID to access this site. To obtain an ID, contact your customer support representative.

http://service.sap.com/bosap-support > Documentation

• Installation guides: https://service.sap.com/bosap-instguides

• Release notes: http://service.sap.com/releasenotes

The SAP Service Marketplace stores certain installation guides, upgrade and migration guides, deployment guides, release notes and Supported Platforms documents. Customers with a maintenance agreement have an authorized user ID to access this site. Contact your customer support representative to obtain an ID. If you are redirected to the SAP Service Marketplace from the SAP Help Portal, use the menu in the navigation pane on the left to locate the category containing the documentation you want to access.

Docupedia

Developer resources

https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/community/docupedia

Docupedia provides additional documentation resources, a collaborative authoring environment, and an interactive feedback channel.

https://boc.sdn.sap.com/

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-sdklibrary

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More Information

LocationInformation Resource

SAP BusinessObjects articles on the SAP Community Network

Notes

Forums on the SAP Community Network

Training

Online customer support

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/businessobjects-articles

These articles were formerly known as technical papers.

https://service.sap.com/notes

These notes were formerly known as Knowledge Base articles.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/forums

http://www.sap.com/services/education

From traditional classroom learning to targeted e-learning seminars, we can offer a training package to suit your learning needs and preferred learning style.

http://service.sap.com/bosap-support

The SAP Support Portal contains information about Customer Support programs and services. It also has links to a wide range of technical information and downloads. Customers with a maintenance agreement have an authorized user ID to access this site. To obtain an ID, contact your customer support representative.

Consulting

http://www.sap.com/services/bysubject/businessobjectsconsulting

Consultants can accompany you from the initial analysis stage to the delivery of your deployment project. Expertise is available in topics such as relational and multidimensional databases, connectivity, database design tools, and customized embedding technology.

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Index

BusinessObjects Enterprise,

integration 8

client, integration 8 collateral files, location 10 command-line installations 7, 9 Crystal Reports Server OEM,

integration 8

Dashboard Design, overview 7

installations

directory, location 10 interactive 7, 8, 13 modifying 25 removing 25 repairing 25 silent

command-line 7, 9, 20 parameters 20 response.ini 14, 16

scripted 7, 9, 14, 15, 16 system requirements 11 uninstalling 25 upgrades 8

integration, Dashboard Design

BusinessObjects Enterprise 8 client 8 Crystal Reports Server OEM 8 Live Office 8 NetWeaver BW 8 stand-alone machine 8

interactive installations 7, 8, 13

Live Office, integration 8

modifying installations 25

NetWeaver BW, integration 8

parameters

command-line silent installations

20 response.ini 16 scripted silent installations 16

Presentation Design, overview 7

removing installations 25 repairing installations 25 response.ini

creating 14 parameters 16 scripted silent installation 15

scripted installations 7, 9 silent installations 9

command-line 20

parameters 20

scripted 15

parameters 16

response.ini 14 stand-alone machine, integration 8 system requirements 11

uninstalling 25 upgrades, during interactive

installations 8

variables

collateral file directory 10 installation directory 10

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Contents

About this Guide

Planning Installations

Preparing for Installations

Performing Installations

• To install Dashboard Design or Presentation Design using a silent script

• Parameters for scripted silent installations

• Parameters for command-line silent installations

Post Installation

More Information

Index