Using other SAP BO Dashboard components

There are many other components that can't be categorized as charts, selectors, maps, or containers. These dashboard components are grouped under the Others category, and, as we will see, there is no relation among them. You will learn how to use other dashboard components in this section, such as:

• Calendar
• The trend icon
• The trend analyzer
• The print, reset, and local scenario buttons
• The history and source data components.

As mentioned before, dashboard components are divided into categories under the Components panel to make it easy to navigate and select the required dashboard component. We have the following main categories:

• Charts
• Selectors
• Single Value
• Maps
• Other

You can see the main component categories in the following screenshot:

All the functions that cannot be performed under the existing/mentioned categories are stated under the Other dashboard components. Before we start discussing the various dashboard components under the Other category, we...