Series of Blogs on Publishing Web Intelligence on SAP Mobile BI - Compatibility Analysis (1 of 5)

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Though I have been using Web Intelligence and SAP Mobile BI platforms for a while, only recently did I set out to explore in depth on the extent to which Web Intelligence (WeBI) elements are compatible with SAP Mobile BI. I used Web Intelligence BI 4.0 SP5 and SAP Mobile BI version 4.4.18 Build 11 for this study, and reviewed the results on iPad 2. This will be a series of blogs explaining what elements of each menu item in Web Intelligence namely Report Element, Format, Data Access, Analysis and Page Setup are supported on SAP BI Mobile.

Following is a brief summary for the Report Element Tab:

REPORT ELEMENT

1. TABLE

Supported	Unsupported	Comments
Vertical Table, Horizontal Table, Cross Table	Form

  2.  CELL

Type	Supported	Unsupported	Comments
Blank	Yes   (http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-21184  to configure blank cells)		Not visible on iPad if not configured
Pre-defined	Yes		Not visible on iPad if not configured

3. SECTION

Section and embedding of sections is supported

4. CHARTS

Type	Supported	Unsupported
Bar	Bar chart, stacked bar	100% stacked bar
Box		Box Plot
Column	Column chart, stacked column chart, Combined column and line chart (if region type is explicitly specified)	Column Chart with Dual Value, , Combined column and line chart with dual axes, 100% stacked column chart, 3D Column chart
Line	Line chart	Line chart with dual axis, Area chart
Map		Tree Map, Heat Map
Pie	Pie chart	Pie with variable slice depth, Donut chart
Point	Bubble chart	Scatter chart, Polar scatter plot, Polar Bubble chart

5. LINKING

Type	Supported	Unsupported	Comments
Hyperlink	Yes		Both current and new target window takes to the browser; not able to go back to report without going back to the SAP BI app.
Element Link	Yes

6. TABLE LAYOUT

Supported	Unsupported	Comments
Break, Header, Footer

7. CELL BEHAVIORS

Supported	Unsupported	Comments
Hide, Hide when Empty, Hide when <formula>	Page Break, Repeat	1. If the report consists of more than one page then all the pages are combined as one single report and shown with a scroll bar on iPad. 2. If the elements on the report canvas are arranged in a horizontal manner, then a series of pages are shown on the iPad

This blog will be followed by compatibility analysis for elements of other menu tabs of Web  Intelligence.