Creating BI application components

You can create a BI application component to preserve your Infor BI Dashboards content and selected settings. After you have created a BI application component, use the Application Composer to create a custom BI application. Your custom application can be then added using Dashboards.

To create an application component:

Select Share > Create BI Application Component.

Select the type of application component to create:

Option	Description
Self-contained application	The package contains complete content for the application. It can be used to reinstall the application or upgrade it to a newer version.
Incremental application update	The package contains only content that has been updated since the previous version. It can be used to deliver patches to an application.
Cumulative application update Specifies the dashboard that is displayed initially when the application is accessed	The package merges several incremental updates. It can be used to deliver major updates to applications. Cumulative application update

Select the dashboards and folders to export and click Next.
A list of content connections to be exported is displayed.
Click Next.
Select the languages in which to export translated text and click Next.
Select which of these settings to include in the application component.
- Start screen
  Cumulative application update Specifies the dashboard that is displayed initially when the application is accessed
- Default size for new dashboards
  Includes the default size for newly created dashboards
- Default widget margin settings
  Specifies whether margins are displayed in new widgets that are added to a dashboard
- Widget title for new widgets
  Specifies whether the widget's title is displayed in widgets that are added to a dashboard
Optionally, select Protect to prevent users from changing the selected settings.
Click Next.
The detailed information about the dashboards, folders, content connections, languages, and settings is displayed.
Optionally, click Save Configuration to a File to save the configuration to an XML file for future reference.
The XML file shows what is contained in the application.
Click Finish.
The dashboard content, selected content connections, and settings are downloaded to a file with a .app_dashboards extension.