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Display Dynamic Images on Web Intelligence Reports on Unix server

  • 1.  Display Dynamic Images on Web Intelligence Reports on Unix server

    Posted Mon January 04, 2021 11:21 AM

    Display Dynamic Images on Web Intelligence Reports on Unix server:

    Login to Unix server using root

    1. Copy the images files to this path on BO Unix server using FTP:
      /usr/sap/DBO/sap_bobj/enterprise_xi40/images
    2. Change authorization using this command:
    cd /usr/sap/DBO/sap_bobj/enterprise_xi40/images
    chmod 777 *.bmp

    Login to BI Launchpad
    1. in webi report, Create Dimension variable [ItemPicture]
    2. [ItemPicture]="boimg://"+[Personnel Number]+".bmp"
    3. [Personnel Number] is dimension should contain the Employee number as images named on Unix server
    4. add Blank Cell
    5. then right click Format Cell
    6. Go to Appearance
    7. In Image from address add : =[ItemPicture]
    8. Choose OK
    9. Refresh the report

     



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    Ahmed Anwar Saleh
    SAP Analytics Service Line Lead
    Client Innovation Center Egypt

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