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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
1
Introduction
1.1
What Is Oracle BI Mobile App Designer?
1.2
What Data Can I Use?
1.3
How Do I Access the Oracle BI Mobile App Designer?
1.4
What is the Apps Library?
1.5
How Do I Access the Apps Library?
2
Getting Started
2.1
Creating Your First Tablet App
2.1.1
Choose Your Data Source and Save the App
2.1.2
Add a Title to the Cover Page
2.1.3
Create the Tile Page
2.1.4
Create the Subpage
2.1.5
Preview Your App on a Mobile Device
3
Creating Apps
3.1
Launch the Create App Wizard
3.2
Choose Your Device Type
3.3
Choose Your Data Source
3.4
Save Your App
4
Designing Apps
4.1
The Oracle BI Mobile App Designer Workspace
4.1.1
Setting Properties
4.1.2
Selecting and Deleting Items
4.2
Adding and Editing Pages
4.2.1
Selecting a Page Template
4.2.2
Changing the Page Name
4.2.3
Changing Between Main Page and Subpage
4.2.4
Moving Pages
4.2.5
Deleting Pages
4.3
Editing the Cover Page
4.3.1
Updating the Cover Image
4.4
Adding Tile Pages
4.4.1
Creating a Tile Page
4.4.2
Adding a Subpage to a Tile Page
4.4.3
Customizing Tiles
4.4.3.1
Specify Columns
4.4.3.2
Apply Filters
4.4.3.3
Sort
4.4.3.4
Add Stoplight Formatting
4.4.3.5
Resize Tile Margins
4.5
Inserting Images
4.6
Inserting Frames
4.6.1
Adding a Border or Background Color
4.6.2
Inserting Additional Rows and Columns
4.6.3
Joining and Unjoining Cells
4.7
Adding Navigation Pages
4.7.1
Navigation Page for Tablet
4.7.2
Navigation Page for Phone
4.7.3
Stoplight Formatting for Navigation and Accordion Pages
4.7.3.1
Apply Formatting Based on Static Values
4.7.3.2
Apply Formatting Based on Percent Achievement
4.7.3.3
Apply Formatting Based on Percent Growth
4.7.3.4
Customizing the Colors
4.8
Adding Accordion Pages
4.8.1
Adding Stoplight Formatting to the Accordion Page
4.9
Inserting Tables
4.9.1
Customizing Tables
4.10
Inserting Pivot Tables
4.10.1
Inserting a Pivot Table
4.11
Inserting Charts
4.11.1
Inserting a Chart
4.11.1.1
About the Chart Toolbar
4.11.2
Changing the Formula Applied to a Chart Measure Field
4.12
Inserting Filters
4.12.1
Inserting a Filter
4.12.2
Customizing Filters
4.12.2.1
Change Filter Orientation
4.12.2.2
Customize Font and Background Styles
4.12.2.3
Customize Filter Selection Behavior
4.13
Inserting Data Fields
4.13.1
Insert Data Fields
4.13.2
Display Data Fields Side-by-Side
4.14
Inserting Text
4.14.1
Displaying a Data Field in Line with a Text Item
4.14.2
Formatting Text
4.14.2.1
Editing Font Properties
4.15
Customizing Background Images
4.15.1
Sizing the Background Image
4.16
Setting the App Color Theme
5
Publishing to the Apps Library
5.1
Overview
5.2
Publishing Apps
6
Advanced Design Features
6.1
Working with Tables
6.1.1
Customizing Alternating Row Colors
6.1.2
Setting Table Options
6.1.2.1
Set the Number of Rows to Display
6.1.2.2
Define Filters for Data Displayed in the Table
6.1.2.3
Apply Conditional Formats to a Table or Table Column
6.1.2.4
Applying Conditional Formats to a Table or Table Column
6.1.2.5
Managing Formats
6.1.2.6
Show or Hide the Total Row
6.1.3
Customizing Column Headers
6.1.3.1
About Grouping
6.1.3.2
Apply Group Left
6.1.3.3
Applying Subtotals
6.1.4
Customizing Table Data Display
6.1.4.1
Setting Table Data Formatting Options
6.1.4.2
Formatting Numeric Data Columns
6.1.4.3
Formatting Date Type Data Columns
6.1.4.4
Custom and Dynamic Data Formatting
6.1.4.5
About the Formula Option
6.1.4.6
About the Sort Option
6.1.4.7
Removing a Sort Order
6.1.5
Customizing Table Totals
6.1.5.1
Formatting Total Cell Data
6.1.5.2
Applying a Formula
6.1.6
Inserting Links to Table Column Data
6.2
Working with Pivot Tables
6.2.1
About the Pivot Table Toolbar
6.2.1.1
Applying Filters
6.2.1.2
Customizing the Display of Totals
6.2.1.3
Switching Rows and Columns
6.2.2
Customizing Pivot Table Headers
6.2.3
Customizing Pivot Table Data
6.3
Adding Filters to Tiles, Charts, Tables, and Pivot Tables
6.3.1
Applying Filters
6.3.2
Managing Filters
6.4
Adding a Search Filter to Navigation and Accordion Lists
6.5
Adding Static or Dynamic Links
6.6
Features of Metric Fields
6.6.1
Apply Data Formatting
6.6.2
Apply Custom Data Formatting
6.6.3
Add Formulas
6.6.3.1
Predefined Formulas Available from the Menu
6.6.3.2
Applying Custom Formulas
6.6.4
Add Stoplight Formatting
6.7
Setting Borders
6.8
Setting Margins
6.9
Using the Color Picker
7
Configuring App Settings
7.1
Accessing App Settings
7.2
Updating the Data Source
7.2.1
Add Multiple Subject Areas to a Data Source
7.2.2
Update a BI Publisher Data Model
7.3
Configuring Parameters
7.3.1
Configure Parameters for a BI Subject Area Data Source
7.3.2
Configure Parameters for a BI Publisher Data Model Data Source
7.4
Setting App Caching Properties
7.5
Adding Translations
7.5.1
What Is App Translation?
7.5.2
Downloading a Translation File
7.5.3
Translating the XLIFF File
7.5.4
Uploading the Translated File
A
Reference for Administrators
A.1
About the Apps Library
A.1.1
What Is the Apps Library?
A.1.2
What Happens When a User Subscribes to an App?
A.1.3
About Local and Remote Apps Libraries
A.2
Setting Up the Apps Library Locations
A.2.1
Setting Up a Local Apps Library
A.2.1.1
Create the Apps Library Folder in the Catalog
A.2.1.2
Set Up the Configuration File
A.2.2
Enabling Remote Connection to an Apps Library on Another Instance
A.3
Sharing Access to the Apps Library with App Consumers
A.4
Securing Apps in the Apps Library
A.5
Required Permissions to Use Oracle BI Mobile App Designer and Run Apps
A.6
Moving Apps Between Environments
A.7
Configuring Single Sign-On
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