What is new in SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 6.1 (iOS)

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SAP Business Objects Mobile 6.1.6 App for IOS got released 3rd November 2014.

Mobi now aligns with Flat UI design & supports IOS 8

Mobi now supports hierarchical display of categories

(disabled by default, enabled with “feature.home.category.nested.enabled=true” in client settings)

User can double tap on a report part to zoom in and zoom out

Notifications

Mobi App Icon now has a badge to show new notifications. New Notification Panel allows user to view all notifications in one place.

User can also tap on available notifications to view target documents. Now you have one “Auto update” for both BI Inbox and Documents. It can be disabled, enabled only for WIFI or enabled for both WIFI and cellular data. Newly added documents are also available as notifications in notification panel. Mobi application does not require a user action to get notifications & BI inbox content. It automatically gets them for an active connection.

Hyperlink Content in “work offline” Mode

• Downloaded hyperlink content can now be accessed in “work offline” mode. This option is enabled with “feature.hyperlink.offline.enabled=true”.
• This may require internet access based on the URL used in hyperlink.
• Hyperlinks can now be created to access local html pages bundled with application built using Mobile BI SDK

Explorer Content Listing on Mobile BI

• Currently all explorer content is listed on mobile devices, irrespective of being assigned to mobile category or not (category assignment possible for explorer artifacts since BI 4.1)
• A new property is being introduced in mobi.properties to change this behavior. “default.listing.explorer.category.only=true” will force explorer documents to list only when they are assigned to mobile category
• This property has a mobile server dependency

   

Dashboards Listing on Mobile BI

• Currently Dashboard content is listed on mobile device if any of the following is true
  • If it is assigned to mobile category
  • If it is enabled for mobile while saving
• A new property is being introduced in mobi.properties to change this behavior. “default.listing.xcelsius.category.only=true” will force Dashboard documents to list only when they are assigned to mobile category (it should be noted this property only influence listing and in order for dashboard documents to be correctly displayed on mobile, they should be saved for mobile from dashboard designer)
• This property has a mobile server dependency

   

Dashboards Performance Improvements

• Targeted performance improvements to reduce the initialization and loading time for dashboards (Has dependency on BI 4.1 SP05)
• An option to enable “Prefer Cache” for downloaded dashboards. When it is set to true, application loads the dashboard content from cache even if the live connection is available. This option is available with client settings property “feature.dashboards.prefer.cache.enabled=true”

Option to clear HTTP Cache

• An option is now provided to clear Http Cache.
• Navigate to the option as follows:   Application Settings    >    Additional Settings    >   Clear Data   >  Remove Application Cache Data

Enhancement to SSO support

• Support for more than one entitlement systems (SAP R3) for SSO using MYSAPSSO2 Cookie
• Support for providing identity using X509 certificates when deployment involves reverse proxy or SUP/SMP or any such case where certificate reaches mobile server as “SSL_CLIENT_CERT” header
• SSO enhancements have dependency on Mobile Server

       

Enhanced Support for Report Element Linking (REL)

• Support of REL (all objects) for all report parts
• Support of REL (single object) on stacked bar chart. With this addition, now REL (single object) works for all report parts
• Support of REL on tables with breaks

Enhanced Support for Open Document Link

• Support opening up a Open Doc link in Lumira Story
• Support for "sReportPart" and “mode" in Open Document Links
• Support for navigation to report part within section in open document link (hierarchical sections are not yet supported)

Hyperlink & Report Element Link Color

Hyperlink and Report Element Link color on Mobi can now be customized by report designer

Enhanced Support for Input Controls

• Support for Input controls defined on Variables that have Custom Lov defined
• This feature has dependency on BOE 4.1 SP05 release of Mobile Server

Client Settings (Available since SAP Mobile BI 6.1 IOS)

feature.home.category.nested.enabled	This property allows the administrator to enable hierarchical display of categories on Mobile BI application. Its default value is "false".
feature.hyperlink.offline.enabled	Downloaded hyperlink content can now be accessed in “work offline” mode. This can be enabled by setting the mentioned property to true.
feature.dashboards.prefer.cache.enabled	This property enables an option of "Prefer Cache" for downloaded Dashboards. [enabling Prefer Cache application loads the dashboard content from cache even if the live connection is available]
feature.notification.polling.interval	This property allows an administrator to configure the time interval between two requests for checking available notifications.
feature.autoupdate.enabled	This property can be used by administrator to disable auto update feature for documents/instances. Auto update is enabled by default.
feature.autoupdate.bi.inbox.enabled	This property allows an administrator to disable the auto-download of BI Inbox documents only. Auto update  for BI Inbox content is enabled by default.

The SAP Help has been updated yet but when it is it will be at SAP BusinessObjects Mobile for iOS – SAP Help Portal Page