The BI Smart Repository continues to evolve, with a host of new features in version 5.3 ! As a reminder, the RapidViews solutions will help you to accelerate, centralize and control your Analytics projects.
Wizard
Wizard Global
- The Analytics Wizard is now a standalone feature of the application and is now ‘Global’ throughout the entire app – Baskets are now accessible from the menu on the left side of the screen.
- You can add elements (Objects or Columns) from any feature of the application by opening the details of an object / a column or the columns tab of an object :
- Object details
- Column Details
- Columns Tab
Basket
- Basket content rework – You can now add columns or objects of any type (Report, Semantic, View, Table)
- The basket content is no longer divided into Objects / Transactional Data / KPI / Master Data – Instead, you can now directly find objects or columns in it.
- You are now able to mix Objects / Columns from multiple repositories / versions.
Calculation
- Improved Wizard calculation time
- (Beta) Selection of the execution repository for a basket – You can now change the execution repository of your basket
- This feature allows you to calculate the contents of your cart on a different repository
- Use Case :
- I have an object, for example a report, that I want to migrate to a new technology or a new reporting tool. I want to see which report is available in my new technology
- Example :
- I want to migrate the report ‘Account Documents’ from version 2.6 of the RapidViews contents (WEB Intelligence) to PowerBI
- I drop the report in the basket and select version 3.0 as the execution repository
- I run the calculation, and the ‘FIPPCO Cost of orders’ report (PowerBI) from RapidViews 3.0 is suggested. The wizard also indicates that columns from the fact view ‘F_VENDOR_CLEARED_ITEMS’ need to be added to it.
Custom Integrator
- BW Connector – Improved connector for better importing of already managed objects
- BW Connector – Importing new object types :
- InfoCube
- Hana External Views
- Multi Providers
- Transformations
- InfoSource
- DSO
- DIGDASH Connector – Improved connector for importing new cases
- SAP FIORI Connector – Added standards FIORI Tile for SAP 1709 referential
Tiles are being imported and should be available soon for the 2021 and 2023 versions
- Filters Import – Filters on columns are now parsed and saved for the following connectors
- CalculationViews
- CDSViews
- BEx Queries
- Improved error handling during import
Hubs
- Data Glossary
- You can now download an Excel file containing displayed content
- Refreshed screen design
Data Search
- Object Connector and Type are now saved and displayed for all object types (Report / Semantic / View / Table)
These informations are displayed on following screens :
- Search result – Object informations
- Object details – Object metadata
- Lineage / Impact Analysis – On hovering over an object
- Object details – Columns Tab
- Filters on your object columns are now displayed. You can hover over the icon to see the filter value in the tooltip
- Formulas are also visible the same way
Minority Extractor
- Menu Rearrangement of the menu for better consistency according to the connectors
- Improved selection and filtering based on the connectors
- BW – You can now export following object types :
- InfoCubes
- Hana External Views
- Multi Providers
- Transformations
- InfoSources
- DSO
- CalculationViews – Ability to export CalculationViews from the application
