SAP Business Objects Software development Kit

WebIntelligence SDK
November 2001
Presented by Raphael Geoffroy, Marc Labouze
99% Based on Alastair Gulland’s bou training material

Copyright © 2000 Business Objects University
Topics
 Introduction to Developer Suite
 Developer Suite
 BusinessObjects SDK
 WebIntelligence SDK
 Resources
 Few demonstrations...
 Questions and Answers
 WISDK - Java : Application Servers
 what ?
 how ?
 WISDK - Java : Code Samples

Developer Suite
 Used to Customise and Enhance BO Products
 BusinessObjects Full Client
 BusinessQuery
 Designer
 WebIntelligence
 Resolves Customer’s “Build or Buy” Dilemma
 Standard Development Environment

What do You Get ?
 Software
 InfoView, WebIntelligence,
 BusinessObjects, Designer, Supervisor
 Software Development Kits (SDKs)
 BusinessObjects SDK
 WebIntelligence SDK
 Access to Developer Suite Online
 Online Doc, Samples and Tips

What is an SDK ?
 Public API
 Object Model Diagrams
 Documentation
 Reference Guides
 Samples

Topics
 Introduction to Developper Suite
 Developer Suite
 Resources
 Few demonstrations...
 Questions and Answers
 WISDK - Java : Application Servers
 what ?
 how ?
 WISDK - Java : Code Samples

What Can You Do ?
Examples :
 Customise Interface
 Add/rename or remove toolbars and menus (Client)
 Work with Data Sources
 Access New Data via VBA procedures
 Extend Existing Data Sources
 Duplicate Data Sources

What Else Can You Do ?
 With the Designer Object Model,
 Automate Universe Deployment
 Universe Documentation
 With BusinessQuery Object Model,
 Integrate with Excel macros
 Automate BQ functionality

What is WebIntelligence SDK ?
 Developer Suite enables WebIntelligence to be fully
customized, automated, and extended to meet
customers’ specific needs.
 It is designed for building custom BI solutions
leveraging BusinessObjects technology. You are
using WebIntelligence components to build your own
Web App.

What Can You Do ?
 Look and Feel
 Corporate Fonts, Colours, Layout
 Integration
 Web Site Integration
 Security Synchronisation ( Single Sign-on )
 WebIntelligence Simplification
 Reduce functionality
 Less training – quicker deployment

Technologies
 Browser Programming – DHTML
 Web App Look and Feel, Form Validation, Animation
 Server Side: Active Server Pages, ASP
 Microsoft
 NT Only
 VBScript, JScript
 Server Side: JavaServer Pages, JSP
 Various Vendors Conforming to the JSP Specification
 Platform Independent
 Pure Java Language

Technology Summary
Client Server
Microsoft
Non
Microsoft
VBScript
JavaScript
JavaScript JavaServer Pages
(Java)
VBScript
JavaScript
(Active Server Pages)
HTML

ASP Architecture
asp.dll
ASP Component
IIS
Web Server
HTML ?
HTML
N
Y
Process ASPClient
IE, Netscape
HTTP Request
HTTP Response

JSP Architecture
WebLogic, JRunApplication Server
JRun, WebLogic
JSP Container
IIS, Apache
Web Server
HTML ?
HTML
N
Y
Compiled
?
Execute File
Y
N
Compile
Client
IE, Netscape
HTTP Request
HTTP Response

Client SideServer Side
Appl. Server
(WebSphere,Jrun,…)
HTTPServer
(IIS,Apache,…)
JSP Architecture - Focusing...
JSP Server Side Processing
1 *.jsp
1 JSP page requested
2
*.jsp
2 File forwarded to AppServer
9 *.htm
9 HTML returned
8 Result forwarded to WebSever
8
« htm »
5 Servlet Class file returned
5
*.class
4 Java file compiled by javac
JDK
javac
4
*.java
6 Servlet Class file executed by java
JDK
java6
*.class
7 HTML returned by execution
7
« htm »
*.java
*.jsp
3 Jsp file converted to java file
3

WebI SDK Architecture
Webi QT
QT
Manager
Session/Storage
Management
Repository
Database
HTML
HTTP
server
JSP
WIBEAN
 WICom and WIBean translates the WIAPI
Broker into a Object Model.
HTTP
CORBA
COM
JAVA
Protocols
HTML
WIAPI
IIS
ASP
WICOM
HTML HTTP
server
WIS
Disp
Gene
BCA
BusObj
BusObj
Manager

The SDK Object Model
 Flat Model, No Inheritance
 One Class is a Factory Class for Another Class
 Some Classes are Collection Classes of Others
 WIDocuments is collection for WIDocument
 This Implies a Hierarchy of Classes,
WIServer
WISession Collection Classes
WIContext
WIDocuments
WIDocument
WIPrompts
WIPrompt

Quick Demo
 Web Application using the WebIntelligence Object
Model
 Objectives
 Use WebIntelligence to validate a login
 Obtain a list of Corporate Documents
 Display a Document

Topics
 Introduction to Developper Suite
 Developer Suite
 Resources
 Few demonstrations...
 Questions and Answers
 WISDK - Java : Application Servers
 what ?
 how ?
 WISDK - Java : Code Samples

Resources
 Developer Suite Online:
www.techsupport1.businessobjects.com/
infocenter/Dev/suite.asp
 SDK Documentation
 Object Model Diagrams
 Tips, Samples
 wisnoop.jsp :
outlook://Public Folders/All Public Folders/.Product DMX Documents/Product Group Projects
 Samba WICOM class diagram : <outlook://Public Folders/All Public
Folders/.Product DMX Documents/Product Group Projects/SAMBA/Requirements
Specs/Programmability/~Samba WICOM class diagram>
 Samba WIBean class diagram : <outlook://Public Folders/All Public
Folders/.Product DMX Documents/Product Group Projects/SAMBA/Requirements
Specs/Programmability/~Samba WIBean class diagram>
 Boomerang, Knowledge Base
www.techsupport1.businessobjects.com
 Tech WebI SDK Mailing List : $$TechWebiSDK

Demonstrations
 WIJSP / WIGettingStarted
 e-Store
 JASPER
 Tango

Application Servers
HTMLHTML
AppletsApplets
ActiveXActiveX
StandaloneStandalone
App.App.
Java App.Java App.
CorbaCorba
ClientClient
httphttp
serverserver
Life CycleLife Cycle PersistencePersistence
ConnectorsConnectors
NamingNaming
SecuritySecurity OTMOTM
ServicesServices
ContainerContainer
ObjectObject EJB orEJB or
Com+Com+
ObjectObject ObjectObject
Existing systemsExisting systems
ERPERP
LegacyLegacy
Existing systemsExisting systems
ERPERP
LegacyLegacy
DatabaseDatabase
ServletServlet
JSPJSP
ISAPIISAPI
ASPASP

What is a Java Application Server ?
 Simplifies development of 3-tier or extranet
applications involving,
 Componentised Development
 Transaction Management
 Clustering, Load Balancing, Fail-over
 Enterprise JavaBeans
 Servlets & JavaServer Pages
 Acts as Web Server as well as Application
 Sun developed J2EE specification for Application
Servers
 Numerous vendors make Application Servers

SDK
 Classes used for Working with Drill Documents,
 WIDrillPath – from WIDocument.getDrillPath()
 WIDrillOption – from WIDocument.getDrillOption()
 Drill Menu constructed using,
 WIDrillHierarchies,
 WIDrillHierarchy – eg Time, Product,
 WIDrillDimensions,
 WIDrillDimension – eg Year, Quarter, Month

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