Symptom
- A Dashboard based on QAAWS prompts for login credentials when previewed in Xcelsius 2008
Environment
Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 3
Adobe Flash Player 10.0
Reproducing the Issue
- Create a Dashboard based on QAAWS Connection
- In the Input values Area under Data Connection keep the login credentials blank
- Export the dashboard as SWF to your desktop
- Preview the Dashboard , it will prompt for System name, User name and Password
Cause
Username and Password are not explicitly mapped in the Dashboard which is based on QAAWS query
Resolution
- It is an expected behaviour to get the authentication box. Experience when clicking the 'Preview' is similar if this .SWF dashboard is exported locally onto Desktop and opened in a browser.
- In order to authenticate against the Enterprise, it is expected to give System Name, User Name, Password, Authentication Type information in the authentication box.
- Go to Data Manager
- Click on Connections
- Select Query As A Web Service
- Click on Import
- Under Input Values Section type in the Values for User Name and Password
- Export the Dashboard to .SWF from File->Export option
- Try to preview the exported .SWF it will not prompt for the Login credentials again
Keywords
Query as a Web Service,Qaaws, Xcelsius 2008 ,Username , Password , KBA , BI-RA-XL-DES , Obsolete: design-time, designing, exporting, usability , Problem
Product
SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise 2008