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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
What's New in This Guide
Updates in Release 11.1.1.9
Updates in Release 11.1.1.7.10-BIMAD-PS1
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
Creating Apps
2.1
Launch the Create App Wizard
2.2
Choose Your Device Type
2.3
Choose Your Data Source
2.4
Save Your App
3
Designing Apps
3.1
The Oracle BI Mobile App Designer Workspace
3.1.1
Setting Properties
3.2
Setting App Properties
3.2.1
Setting the App Color Theme
3.2.2
Adding a Cover Image
3.2.3
Limiting Data Rows to Return for Design and Preview
3.3
Adding and Editing Pages
3.3.1
Selecting a Page Template
3.3.2
Changing the Page Name
3.3.3
Changing Between Main Page and Subpage
3.3.4
Moving Pages
3.3.5
Deleting Pages
3.4
Editing the Cover Page
3.4.1
Updating the Cover Page Background Image
3.5
Inserting Components and Plugins to Your Pages
3.6
Adding Exploration Pages
3.6.1
Customizing Text Filters on the Exploration Page
3.6.1.1
Specify Default Values for Text Filters
3.6.1.2
Enable or Disable Search for Text Filters
3.6.1.3
Customize Selected Background Color and Font Weight
3.6.2
Setting the Operator and Values for Numeric Filters on the Exploration Page
3.7
Adding Tile Pages
3.7.1
Creating a Tile Page
3.7.2
Adding a Subpage to a Tile Page
3.7.3
Customizing Tiles
3.7.3.1
Specify Number of Columns
3.7.3.2
Apply a Background Color
3.7.3.3
Apply Filters
3.7.3.4
Sort
3.7.3.5
Add Stoplight Formatting
3.7.3.6
Resize Tile Margins
3.8
Inserting Images
3.9
Inserting Frames
3.9.1
Adding a Border or Background Color
3.9.2
Inserting Additional Rows and Columns
3.9.3
Joining and Unjoining Cells
3.10
Adding Navigation Pages
3.10.1
Navigation Page for Tablet
3.10.1.1
Adding a Search Filter
3.10.2
Navigation Page for Phone
3.10.2.1
Adding a Search Filter
3.10.3
Stoplight Formatting for Navigation and Accordion Pages
3.10.3.1
Apply Formatting Based on Static Values
3.10.3.2
Apply Formatting Based on Percent Achievement
3.10.3.3
Apply Formatting Based on Percent Growth
3.10.3.4
Customizing the Colors
3.11
Adding Accordion Pages
3.11.1
Adding Stoplight Formatting to the Accordion Page
3.12
Inserting Tables
3.12.1
Customizing Tables
3.13
Inserting Pivot Tables
3.13.1
Inserting a Pivot Table
3.14
Inserting Charts
3.14.1
Inserting a Chart
3.14.2
Changing the Formula Applied to a Chart Measure Field
3.14.3
Changing the Series Color in a Bar or Line Chart
3.14.4
Changing the Width and Style of the Lines in a Line Chart
3.14.5
Setting the Treatment for Null Values
3.15
Inserting Maps
3.15.1
Inserting a Map
3.15.2
Setting Map Properties
3.15.2.1
Setting the Initial Zoom Level and Map Center
3.15.2.2
Customizing the Base Map Display
3.15.2.3
Setting the Color Distribution of Circle or Area Markers
3.15.2.4
Setting the Size Distribution of Circle Markers
3.16
Inserting Lists
3.16.1
Inserting a List
3.16.2
Customizing Lists
3.16.2.1
Specify Default Values for the List
3.16.2.2
Change List Orientation
3.16.2.3
Customize Font and Background Styles
3.16.2.4
Specify List Sort Order
3.17
Inserting Data Fields
3.17.1
Insert Data Fields
3.17.2
Display Data Fields Side-by-Side
3.18
Inserting Text
3.18.1
Display Text Items Side by Side
3.19
Calculated Fields
3.19.1
Adding Calculated Fields
3.19.2
Adding Calculated Fields to App Components
3.19.3
Editing Calculated Fields
3.20
Global Filters
3.20.1
Adding Global Filters
3.20.2
Applying Global Filters
3.20.3
Editing Global Filters
3.21
Customizing Background Images
3.21.1
Sizing the Background Image
3.22
Adding Sidebars
3.22.1
Inserting a Sidebar
3.22.2
Adjusting the Label Field Width
3.22.3
Customizing the Fields in the Sidebar
3.22.3.1
Group By a Data Field
3.22.3.2
Apply a Formula
3.22.3.3
Customize Data Formatting
3.22.3.4
Customize Labels, Fonts, and Background
4
Previewing, Sharing, and Publishing Apps
4.1
Previewing Apps
4.1.1
Preview on Your Desktop
4.1.2
Preview on a Mobile Device
4.2
Sharing Apps
4.3
Embedding Apps
4.4
Publishing Apps to the Apps Library
5
Component Property Features
5.1
Working with Tables
5.1.1
Customizing Alternating Row Colors
5.1.2
Setting Table Options
5.1.2.1
Set the Number of Rows to Display
5.1.2.2
Define Filters for Data Displayed in the Table
5.1.2.3
Show or Hide the Total Row
5.1.3
Customizing Column Headers
5.1.4
Customizing Table Data Display
5.1.4.1
Applying Conditional Formats to a Table Column
5.1.4.2
Managing Formats
5.1.4.3
Setting Table Data Formatting Options
5.1.4.4
Formatting Numeric Data Columns
5.1.4.5
Formatting Date Type Data Columns
5.1.4.6
Custom Data Formatting
5.1.4.7
About the Sort Option
5.1.4.8
Removing a Sort Order
5.1.4.9
About Grouping
5.1.4.10
Apply Group Left
5.1.4.11
Applying Subtotals
5.1.5
Customizing Table Totals
5.1.5.1
Formatting Total Cell Data
5.1.5.2
Applying a Formula
5.1.6
Inserting Links to Table Column Data
5.2
Working with Pivot Tables
5.2.1
Customizing the Pivot Table
5.2.1.1
Applying Filters
5.2.1.2
Customizing the Display of Totals
5.2.2
Customizing Pivot Table Headers
5.2.3
Customizing Pivot Table Data
5.3
Adding Filters to Tiles, Charts, Tables, and Pivot Tables
5.4
Adding a Search Filter to Navigation and Accordion Lists
5.5
Adding Static or Dynamic Links
5.6
Features of Metric Fields
5.6.1
Apply Data Formatting
5.6.2
Apply Custom Data Formatting
5.6.3
Update the Formula
5.6.3.1
Predefined Formulas Available from the Menu
5.6.3.2
Applying Custom Formulas
5.6.4
Add Stoplight Formatting
5.7
Setting Borders
5.8
Setting Margins
5.9
Using the Color Picker
5.10
Custom Number and Date Formats
5.10.1
Supported Number Format Mask Definitions
5.10.2
Supported Date Format Mask Definitions
6
Configuring App Settings
6.1
Updating or Refreshing the Data Source
6.1.1
Add Multiple Subject Areas to a Data Source
6.1.2
Refresh Excel Data
6.1.3
Update a BI Publisher Data Model
6.2
Accessing App Settings
6.3
Configuring Parameters
6.3.1
Configure Parameters for a BI Subject Area Data Source
6.3.2
Configure Parameters for a BI Publisher Data Model Data Source
6.4
Setting App Caching Properties
6.4.1
Enable Data Caching
6.5
Adding Translations
6.5.1
What Is App Translation?
6.5.2
Downloading a Translation File
6.5.3
Translating the XLIFF File
6.5.4
Uploading the Translated File
7
Adding Custom Plugins
7.1
What Are BI Mobile App Designer Plug-in Extensions
7.2
Exploring the Sample Plugins
7.3
Setting Up Your Development Environment
7.3.1
Download and Install the Prerequisites
7.3.2
Download the SDK with Sample Data
7.3.3
Files Included in the SDK
7.4
Coding the Custom Plug-in
7.4.1
Plug-in Structure
7.4.2
Property Support
7.4.2.1
Predefined Properties
7.4.3
Fields Support
7.4.3.1
Defining the Data Fields
7.4.4
JavaScript APIs That Can Be Used in Custom Plug-ins
7.4.4.1
handleClickEvent Method
7.4.4.2
getPixelValue Method
7.5
Accessing Data at Run Time
7.5.1
Accessing Data Stored in rows Array
7.5.2
Accessing Data Through a JavaScript Object
7.6
Testing Your Plug-in
7.7
Preparing Your Plug-in for Upload
7.8
Uploading to the Plug-in Gallery
7.8.1
Accessing the Plug-in Gallery
7.8.2
Uploading Plug-ins
7.8.3
Managing Plug-ins
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
Adding Custom Maps
A.8
Activating Metadata Startup Cache to Improve Performance
A.8.1
Configuring Metadata Cache on Startup
A.8.2
Clearing the Subject Area Metadata Cache
A.9
Configuring Single Sign-On
A.9.1
Setup Procedure for Oracle Access Manager
A.10
Enabling Oracle BI EE 10g-Style Initialization Block Security
A.11
Protecting Against Out of Memory Errors Using Memory Guard
A.11.1
What are the Memory Guard Settings?
A.11.1.1
Restricting Maximum Data Sizes for App Processing
A.11.1.2
Configuring Free Memory Threshold
A.11.2
Setting Memory Guard Properties
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