This preface describes changes to Oracle BI Mobile App Designer User's Guide since the last release.
This preface contains the following topics:
Following are some of the major updates in the 12c (12.2.1) release:
Use the Analytics page to create interactive what-if analyses. Analytics pages support user input of variable data values enabling you to visualize the results based on variable conditions and factors. See Analytics Pages.
Use Variables on the new Analytics page to enable users to input different values to a data field to see how the changes impact results. In this release, Variables are used exclusively on the Analytics page. See Creating Variables.
Stacked Tables enable you to show tabular data in a single column, stacked format. This feature is particularly useful for phone apps when you need to display a set of key values for quick access on this smaller device. See Inserting Stacked Tables.
Sliders enable you to interactively filter charts and tables on a page by a data field range of values by dragging the slider handle along a horizontal bar. See Inserting Sliders.
This release includes several updates to the map component:
Regional and Locations Maps Now Region Map and Geo Map Components
Group (Aggregated By) is Now Optional for Geo Map (Locations Map)
In this release we created a separate component for what was previously the Locations map (for mapping latitude and longitude data). The new component is called Geo Map and you can select it directly from the Component menu. See Inserting Maps.
Maps now support multiple measures on a single map. This feature enables you to display different combinations of mapped data in a single pane. See Inserting Maps.
Sometimes you just need to see where your data falls inside of a regional map without the need for added measures. You can achieve this feature now by simply defining a Group field for your map without specifying measures. See Inserting Maps.
When you don't want to aggregate your data by a defined region but instead see a single data point for each occurrence, you can forego specifying the Group field in the Geo Map. See Geo Maps.
When your data source is a BI Subject Area, you can pass the value of your Oracle BI repository variables to parameters in Mobile App Designer. See Using BI Repository Variables in Parameters.
You can specify a filter to apply to the entire app, instead of just a single component. See Filtering Data.
You can now copy and paste a page within an app. See Copying Pages.
Sort on Measure: Previously charts only allowed sorting on the label field. Now you can sort on the measure field. See Inserting Charts.
Sort on Alternative field: You can now sort on the chart by another field in the data or by a calculated field. See Sorting by an Alternative Field.
New functions have been added to the Calculated Fields feature:
ROWID - use this function to return a unique ID for each row in your data.
Moving Average (MAVG) - use this function to calculate a moving average (mean) for the last n rows of data. Use a moving average with time series data to smooth out short-term fluctuations and to highlight longer-term trends.
Moving Sum (MSUM) - use this function to calculate a moving sum of the last n rows of data.
Now when you apply conditional formatting, in addition to specifying conditional color, you can specify an icon to display. See Applying Conditional Formats to a Table Column.
You can now add a data formatting option to your plugin using an API. This method enables designers using your plugin to format date and numeric data into localized strings. See Formatting Data.