Business Objects Dashboard and Webi Connectivity

Hi All,
I am on BI 4.0 Sp6 and would like to create a BO Dashboard based on Webi Instance. What is the best approach to do the same.
1. I want the BO Dashboard data to be visible on Ipad ( hence no data source connections)
2. In case of live office , how does the refresh mechanism work
3. Does add on tools like XWIS help in mitigating the issue
Would like to hear best practices around the same.
Thanks
Vijay

Hi Vijay,
I am on BI 4.0 Sp6 and would like to create a BO Dashboard based on Webi Instance. What is the best approach to do the same.
If you are using LO connection, then its not mobile supported connections & struggled a lot to make it stabilize. but still its a good connection to view the data in dashboard design time.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b02e31fb-3568-2e10-e78f-92412c3c0a96?quicklink=index&…
Take look at the below links for the up's & down for BIWS Connection.
Xcelsius and Business Intelligence Web Services (BIWS)
Xcelsius and Business Intelligence Web Services (BIWS)- Part 2
http://everythingxcelsius.com/topics/web-intelligence
How to create Xcelsius Dashboard based of BI Web Service ( BIWS )
I want the BO Dashboard data to be visible on Ipad ( hence no data source connections)
If you are looking for a connection which is specific to mobile supported, then look into the below links.
You can get all aspect of information which is necessary to create a dashboard.
How to Configure and Access Dashboards from IPad
Dashboards currently support only data manager connections defined using Query Browser as Live Data connections and QaaWS and Flash variable connections support is planned in BI 4.1
In case of live office , how does the refresh mechanism work
Refresh can be done webi side by scheduling the report in repository or you can keep a refresh button in dashboard to refresh the data. I hope automatic refresh is not possible here.
Does add on tools like XWIS help in mitigating the issue
I have no idea regarding this,
Hope this helps.

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