BI 4.1 - How to Import a dashboard in another dashboard

Importing a dashboard into another dashboard BI platform 4.1 SP1 Patch4

• 2 components are suitable: SWF Loader & Slide show in

• Go to the properties of your component and map the url to your excel-sheet

• Fill In the URL generic-code

="../../../Xcelsius/opendoc/documentDownload?iDocID="&B3&"&sIDType=CUID&CELogonToken="&B4

• Add the CUID of your dashboard that you want to load in cell B3

(rightclick on the launchpad your required dashboard,
click properties and there you’ll see the CUID)

• GO to “Data” >> “Connections” ... The “Data Manager” will open, Click “Add” and choose Flash Variables

• Click in ranges on the “+” Icon, Change the name of ranges to “CELogonToken”

Change Variable format to “csv” and map the range to cell B4 in your
excelsheet

And finally click “close”.

• Now, your dashboard is ready! And should look like this (I used both components

• Save your dashboard on the launchpad and open it (note : on preview you will see no
  result)

Important remark ! the swf-loader opens
faster !!!!

Extra

Goal: Passing values from the parent dashboard to to the child
dashboard.

• Create
  a Parent-Dashboard, including a SWF-loader, create a selector (example =
  combobox (apple/pear) to push the value through your child dashboard.

• Create
  a Flash Variable (according to the first steps of this document)

• Use
  the code in your excel-sheet and map the excel-cells correctly

="../../../Xcelsius/opendoc/documentDownload?iDocID="&B3&"&sIDType=CUID&CELogonToken="&B4&"&lsS"&B5&"="&B6&"&sRefresh=Y"

Note: paramater is the flashvariable
name of your child-dashboard, value is the output of your selector (combobox).

• Create
  child-dashboard (use the cuid in your parent-dashboard, cel B3) and the
  appropriate flash variable