Hi George,
Is your issue resolved ?
Your issue seems to be related to the known issue with Design Studio wherein the Dashboard runs fine locally, but does not work when trying to run in "BI Platform mode"
Check out the SAP note : 1894504 - Design Studio - Support Note for BIP Add-On
Summary :
1) Change the OpenDocument URL in CMC (Choose Applications => Open Document => Context menu "Process Settings". In case this URL already looks corrupted (http://*****) please enter the URL of the following format and replace the 2 variables with the correct values:
http://< boe-server>:<boe-http-port>/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?sIDType=CUID&iDocID=%SI_CUID%
2) In case this URL looks correct you must at least change 1 char and then press OK otherwise the OK button has no effect. In a 2nd step open the settings again and undo the previous change. Now you can test with the Designer and the "Execute on BI Platform" mode.
Let us know if the above helps.
Regards,
Monish