Images in ipad

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

we have WebI Reports with images (content as url) its working fine in BI Launchpad, But we are viewing reports in IPAD only url text is there, No image

Can anyone please help me with it.

Even a small suggestion would be helpful..

Thanks in Advance

Sheetal

[Former Member]

Hi Sheetal,

I am also facing the same issue, even after setting the property of table cells to 'read as Image URL'.

Are you able to achieve this ?

Regards,

Shantanu

[Former Member]

Create a category called 'MobileDesigned' if it does not already exist and add your report to this category.

The images should show on iPad now.

[Former Member]

Hi Ashton,

Thanks for you suggestion.

I tried assigning it to both 'Mobile' and 'Mobile Designed' category (I observed that assigning only to 'mobile designed' category wont make this report available for mobile view), but still the images are not visible in iPad.

Could you please tell me if there are any additional settings/configurations to be done to achieve this ?

Regards,

Shantanu

[Former Member]

HI Shantanu,

can you click a snapshot of the blank cell properties that you set while attaching image

i tried the same at my end, it is working fine for me

make sure, the image size is not too large

also, images folder is accessible ( no rights issue from the OS side )

I did not even select read content as image url, it still worked

Attach another image and check

Regards,

Atul B

[Former Member]

Hi Atul,

Thanks for the reply.
Below is the screen shot of the table cell property.

I am trying to display different images for different countries as below

The images are visible on BI launch pad report correctly, but only URL "boimg://filname.png" appears when viewed on iPad.

Also the images are 10- 13 kbs in size

Regards,

Shantanu

[Former Member]

Hi Shantanu,

what about the appearance tab?

below the general tab under Format cell

did you mention the image from url there for different countries and different cells?

show me a screenshot

Regards,

Atul b

[Former Member]

Hi Atul,

Below is the appearance tab property screen shot.

Regards,

Shantanu

[Former Member]

Hi Shantanu,

i dont think this will work, as the formula cannot be listed here

can you simply paste the below:

boimg://imagename.png   ( this image should be present under images SAP Business obejcts enterprise XI 4.0 )

and check the issue once

Regards,

Atul B

[Former Member]

Hi Atul,

Thanks.

It will work as sugessted by you, but only one image (of which a path is given in appearance tab) will appear for all the countries.

As per the sample visualisation provided in one of the mobile BI guide, it is possible to show different images for different countries and make it visibile in iPad.This is actually what I am trying to achieve here.

Rehards,
Shantanu

[Former Member]

Hi Shantanu,

yes, that was the point, to check, if there is no error in functionality, which now we know is working ok!!

Regarding the guide that you have which mentiones the same, can you attach the same, so i can get a look at the same

Regards,

Atul B

[Former Member]

Hi Atul,

Please refer page 66 of the below guide for the functionality  I am was trying to achieve in iPad.

http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/420_mobiOS_admin_en.pdf

Regards,

Shantanu

[Former Member]

HI Shantanu,

yes, it shows the normal way of doing it, what i ssuggested earlier.

however, the one that you are trying to achive, i dont think that is possible.

cells will have images as mentioned, however you are trying to apply formula in the cell, which it wil not convert and read the image.

Can you open a ticket with SAP to check this as well?

Regards,

Atul B

[Former Member]

Hi Atul,

Thanks for you help !

I believe that desired structure which I want to achieve should be possible since the example i.e. table with different images for different countries  being displayed in iPad is provided in sap mobile guide for users.

Just need to find any workaround to achieve this

Regards,
Shantanu

[Former Member]

Hi Sheetal,

Images in webi report with external URL's are not supported on IPAD, Alternatively, you need to either embed the image in the cell or place it on bo server at location below and refer it as boimg://logo.png

C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI

4.0\images

Refer 4.3 Features of Embedded Images Supported by the App

http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/44x_mobiOS_admin_en.pdf

Thanks

Mallik

[Former Member]

Hi mallikarjuna,

Thanks for your reply.

I had done the same thing.

had placed images on bo server at location 

C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI

4.0\images

and refer it as boimg://logo.png.

Its working fine in Launchpad,

But in ipad only "boimg://logo.png." is displayed instead of image.

Regards

sheetal

[Former Member]

Hi Sheetal,

You need to check "Read Cell Content As" in Format Cell>General Properties and Select "Image URL" from drop down.

Also, refer to section "4.2.2 Configuring Blank Cells in 4.0 Web Intelligence Reports" in below to configure you blank cells to associate with any blocks and then use the images to make them visible through IPad or mobile.

  http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/44x_mobiOS_admin_en.pdf

Thanks

Mallik