Web Intelligence XI R1/R2: Advanced Report Design

Duration 1 Day

AudienceThe target audience for this course is report designers who are experienced Web Intelligence users and who need to create advanced Web Intelligence documents.

PrerequisitesBusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R1/XI R2: Report Design.

Experience building Web Intelligence reports.


SynopsisWeb Intelligence is a query, reporting and analysis tool that allows report designers to access the data in their corporate databases directly from within BusinessObjects Enterprise InfoView and to present and analyze this information in a Web Intelligence document.

This course is designed to give learners the comprehensive skills needed to apply alternative query and reporting techniques when creating complex Web Intelligence documents. After completing this course, learners will be able to combine queries and use sub-queries. Learners will also be able to use character and date string functions, create variables using "If" logic, redefine calculation contexts, as well as use advanced reporting techniques such as formatting breaks and using custom sorts.

BusinessObjects XI R1 and BusinessObjects XI R2
This course is designed to teach learners using both versions of the XI release how to apply advanced reporting techniques in the creation of documents using Web Intelligence. New features covered in this course that are not applicable to BusinessObjects XI Release 1 learners include:
• Combining queries using union, intersection and minus
• Using sub-queries
• Creating custom sorts
• Overriding a report filter or ranking with the NoFilter() function


Objectives

TopicsLesson #1 - Alternative Query Techniques
• Using combined queries
• Using sub-queries
• Creating a query based on another query

Lesson #2 - Character and Date String Functions
• Using the character string functions
• Concatenating different data types
• Using date functions

Lesson #3 – Using If Logic
• Grouping data using If() logic
• Using If() to modify calculation behavior

Lesson #4 - Advanced Reporting Features
• Formatting breaks
• Creating custom sorts
• Displaying document data in free-standing cells
• Overriding filters and ranking

Lesson #5 – Calculation Contexts
• Understanding calculation contexts
• Redefining the calculation context