{"id":1973,"date":"2013-08-13T10:02:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T14:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2014-06-06T03:35:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T08:05:00","slug":"improve-sap-business-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/improve-sap-business-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"How to improve your Business Objects charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1975\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/improve-sap-business-objects\/slide-5-sap-businessobjects-4-0-event-insight2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;disaster, disguised as a &amp;#8220;dashboard&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2.jpg\" alt=\"disaster, disguised as a &quot;dashboard&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2-160x106.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2-260x172.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Slide-5-SAP-BusinessObjects-4.0-Event-Insight2-360x239.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">disaster, disguised as a &#8220;dashboard&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.sap.com\/bobip\" target=\"_blank\">Business Objects<\/a>, SAP&#8217;s BI platform, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perceptualedge.com\/blog\/?p=727\" target=\"_blank\">notoriously bad for data visualization<\/a>. Somehow, <strong>it empowers the developers to make all the wrong decisions at the same time<\/strong> and create really ugly and unusable &#8220;dashboards&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve seen my share of ugly bobip visualizations, like the one above. Which would seem ok but it commits the greatest of sins:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/en\/how-to-create-better-charts\/\" target=\"_blank\">unnecessary embellishment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To create better Business Objects visualizations you should try to avoid\u00a0&#8220;non data ink&#8221;, like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unnecessary big numbers (100,000,000 could be abbreviated to 100M)<\/li>\n<li>Axis borders.<\/li>\n<li>Colored or gradient backgrounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, you could re-work your charts to remove:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data point markers.<\/li>\n<li>Double vertical axis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, surprisingly \u2013or not\u2013 Business Objects lets you mix bars and lines to confuse the reader:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/improve-sap-business-objects\/attachment\/188\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/188.png\" data-orig-size=\"642,513\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"188\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/188.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2087\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/188.png\" alt=\"188\" width=\"642\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/188.png 642w, https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/188-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/188-150x120.png 150w, https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/188-225x180.png 225w, https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/188-335x268.png 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lines in a chart are supposed to express continuity, cause and effect.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the use of lines confuses the reader. There&#8217;s no logic in stating that a measurement in the leftmost products\u00a0influences the ones at the right.<\/p>\n<p>Unless you have a time measurement in the horizontal axis, you should avoid using lines mixed with bars.<\/p>\n<p>All this omissions and mistakes defies the purpose of the chart, which is to give a quick assessment of the situation. A professional product like Business Objects shouldn&#8217;t let you make those mistakes. But unfortunately it does and that&#8217;s why your charts suck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/complexdiagrams.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Iliinsky<\/a> addresses some of this charting &#8220;sins&#8221; in his famous talk &#8220;Data Viz: You&#8217;re Doin&#8217; it Wrong&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i93iWza8sG8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t doubt for a second that SAP&#8217;s BI Platform must be great for building data warehouses, but it&#8217;s notoriously poor as a tool for visualizing data. You would be better served by using bobip in the back-end and disguising it with Processing, D3js or <a href=\"http:\/\/selection.datavisualization.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">some other library<\/a> to better show of the fruits of your hard work. In every Business Intelligence endeavor, charts are the visible face of the project. <strong>If your charts suck, your project sucks<\/strong>. Is as easy as that.<\/p>\n<p>As a developer, it also helps to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/en\/nterface-design\/\" target=\"_blank\">learn some design elements<\/a>\u00a0and even do some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00125MJYM\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=text-media-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00125MJYM\" target=\"_blank\">reading on the subject<\/a>. Remember: your charts and dashboard should be compelling enough to inspire and motivate the users to dive into the data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Objects, SAP&#8217;s BI platform, is notoriously bad for data visualization. Somehow, it empowers the developers to make all the wrong decisions at the same time and create really ugly and unusable &#8220;dashboards&#8221;. Lately, I&#8217;ve seen my share of ugly bobip visualizations, like the one above. Which would seem ok but it commits the greatest&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.danielpradilla.info\/blog\/improve-sap-business-objects\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to improve your Business Objects charts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[172],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-1973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management","tag-visualization","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta 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