2 Getting started
2.1 Accessing SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
Depending on your license agreement you can access SAP BusinessObjects Explorer as a separate application installed with the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform, or from the BI launch pad. SAP
BusinessObjects Explorer is also available as an application on the iPad and iPhone.
The iPad and iPhone versions of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer are installed with documentation specific to the iOS environment.
If you launch SAP BusinessObjects Explorer as application, you can explore, create, and manage information spaces. You can create exploration view sets containing views that allow explorations to be shared with other users. The indexing of information spaces can be scheduled which allows information spaces to be updated and refreshed.
If you access SAP BusinessObjects Explorer from the BI launch pad, you can explore information spaces and exploration views, however you can not create or manage information spaces.
2.2 Getting started with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
The following is an overview of one of many ways that you can use SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. The process is not a linear one, and you can pass from one step back or forward according to your exploration needs.
What can you do?
Go here for information Steps to explore your data
Search for relevant in formation
Choose a data source
Search for relevant information
● Information space
● Exploration view
Searching for information
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What is an Information Space?
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What is an Exploration view?
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Explore and analyze your data
Analyze your data visu ally
● Add values from facets
● Filter values
● Add and change measures
● Add a second dimension to charts
● Change analysis types
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Exploring data with information spaces
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Analyzing data visually
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● Save an exploration as an explora tion view set to allow further analy sis
● Add multiple charts
● Add different exploration view sets
Visualizing data with exploration views
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SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Online Help
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