Web Intelligence XI R1/R2: Report Design
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| Audience | The target audience for this course is report designers who need to access and analyze corporate information using InfoView and Web Intelligence. |
| Synopsis | This course is designed to give learners the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to access, analyze, and share corporate data using BusinessObjects™ InfoView™ and Web Intelligence™.
Learners should take this course to learn how to organize, manage, and distribute documents using InfoView. They should also take this course to learn how to create Web Intelligence documents for their reporting needs, to retrieve data by building queries using BusinessObjects universes, and to use
Web Intelligence to enhance documents for easier analysis.
The business benefit of this course is that users will be able to efficiently and effectively manage personal and corporate documents to access the information they need, when they need it. They will be able to design their own reports using Web Intelligence and share their analysis with other users.
BusinessObjects XI R1 and BusinessObjects XI R2
This course is designed to teach learners using both versions of the XI release how to create Web Intelligence documents using queries. New features covered in this course that are not applicable to BusinessObjects XI Release 1 learners include:
- Advanced querying and reporting techniques such as synchronizing multiple data providers, query drill mode, and modifying query properties.
- Modified workflow for creating prompted query filters and formatting report elements.
- Expanded reporting features available while viewing a Web Intelligence document in InfoView.
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| Topics | Lesson #1 - Introducing Web Intelligence
• Accessing corporate information with
Web Intelligence
• Understanding how universes allow you to query databases using everyday business terms
Lesson #2 - Getting Started with InfoView
• Managing documents in InfoView
• Viewing a Web Intelligence document in InfoView
Lesson #3 - Customizing InfoView
• Setting InfoView preferences
• Creating an InfoView dashboard with
My InfoView
Lesson #4 - Creating Web Intelligence Documents with Queries
• Getting new data with Web Intelligence
• Creating a new Web Intelligence document
• Modifying a document’s query
• Working with query properties
Lesson #5 - Restricting Data Returned
by a Query
• Modifying a query with a predefined
query filter
• Applying a single-value query filter
• Using prompts to restrict data
• Using complex filters
Lesson #6 - Report Design in the Java Report Panel
• Working in the Java Report Panel
• Displaying data in tables and charts
• Presenting data in free-standing cells
Lesson #7 - Enhancing the Presentation
of Reports
• Using breaks, calculations, sorts and report filters
• Ranking data to see top or bottom values
• Using alerters to highlight information
• Organizing a report into sections
• Copying data to other applications
Lesson #8 - Formatting Reports
• Document formatting
• Formatting charts
Lesson #9 - Creating Formulas and Variables
• Using formulas and variables in the Java Report Panel
Lesson #10 - Synchronizing Data
• Creating multiple queries in a document
• Synchronizing data with merged dimensions
Lesson #11 - Analyzing Data
• Analyzing the data cube
• Drilling in the Java Report Panel
• Setting Web Intelligence drill options
Lesson #12 - Sharing Web Intelligence Documents
• Sharing Documents
• Scheduling a Web Intelligence document
Lesson #13 - Working in Interactive View
• Modifying a document interactively
• Using formulas and variables in InfoView with Interactive view
• Analyzing in Drill mode in InfoView
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