en Introduction (matrix)

The graphomate matrix is our table component for Power BI, Tableau, SAP Analytics (Analytics Cloud (SAC) and Lumira Designer) and SAPUI5.

This allows you to easily realize IBCS-compliant tables, but also to perform various (conditional) formatting, because the graphomate matrix can be designed using its own formatting language - the so-called Cell Formatting Language (CFL). When developing the graphomate matrix, the focus was on performance, horizontal and vertical scrolling, hierarchy displays in rows and columns, and graphical visualization elements:

The graphomate matrix replaces the graphomate tables, which we have been offering since 2014. Although the graphomate tables offered the possibility to map IBCS requirements to a table with just a few clicks. However, our customers wanted more formatting options and better performance, especially for large tables. 

In the following we describe the properties of the graphomate matrix as well as the possibility to set them in our user interface. This user interface is almost identical in all BI front ends - Power BI, Tableau, SAC and Lumira Designer. For UI5 code generation, we provide you the Property Generator. Formatting settings of the graphomate matrix can be stored on the graphomate server and used in other environments.