It is somewhat limited right now out of the box, but we benefit from having a native extension point (shown on the right pane), which allows us to do a lot more.
Webi will consume the service and then initialize your visualization code which can then operate inside of a Webi container. If you want more functionality, you need the CMaps Analytics extension point which is just a single JAR that you can load onto your BI app server. So for 4.2 nothing other than a URL is required for the basic map. SAP provides a specification document that highlights how they want you to load your visualization service. For Webi you go to the CMC and you can enable extensions by providing a URL. What was originally a prototype, has now become part of the CMaps Analytics and is now available for download today. We have just scratched the surface of what’s possible, allowing customers to display multiple layers of information like custom regions, drive distance and radius bands, ESRI ArcGIS, and others to be officially announced shortly from CMaps Analytics. If you want to see the above examples in action or how we built our custom element, live feel free to send me a message here or on social media and I am happy to share online. It is an exciting time as SAP modernizes it’s best of breed reporting solution to take advantage of innovate “visualization as a service” offerings for BI4.2. Naturally, we immediately plugged in our CMaps Analytics JS API (which inherits Google Maps for Work), and with a few hours of experimenting we had a new custom element working. New to BI4.2 is custom elements, which allows BI administrators to enable a new wave of visualization options for Web Intelligence.
Here is a fantastic article on SCN that explains how to use new 4.2 GeoMaps The components are the same found in Explorer and Lumira.
GeoMaps transform report tables into interactive maps using common geographies. New out of the box geomaps are long over-due but finally here for basic map requirements. BI4.2 delivers a double whammy for BI administrators to deliver amazing geographic visualization and analysis features. Maps are a hot button when it comes to Web Intelligence, which is one of the most requested features as long as I can remember.
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