BusinessObjects 6.5: Web Intelligence: Reporting

Course Overview

This two-day instructor-led course is designed to give learners the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to create, analyze and share WebIntelligence documents.

Audience

This course is designed for WebIntelligence report builders.

Skills Gained

After completing the course, learners will be able to: Describe the key concepts and terms of WebIntelligence Log on to InfoView to access, create, and assign categories to personal documents View documents in InfoView Create documents with queries Restrict data returned by a query Display information in different table styles and charts Enhance the presentation quality of a report Format reports Create formulas and variables Analyze data Share documents.

Examinations

A list or description of examinations which will, or can be, taken following completion this course.

Prerequisites

In this course you will be working intensively with WebIntelligence. To successfully understand the content and complete the activities, you must already be able to:

• Understand and use Windows conventions
• Understand basic database concept

Course Outline

Introduction to WebIntelligence

• Describe the core concepts of WebIntelligence
• Explain the business processes for report creation
• Define the core functionality of WebIntelligence

Getting Started with InfoView

• Log on to and off from InfoView
• Access documents
• Manage document categories
• Set password options
• Use online Help
• Customize a personalized view of InfoView

Viewing Documents in InfoView

• Set viewing options
• View and modify

WebIntelligence documents in HTML Interactive format

• View BusinessObjects documents in several formats
• Refresh documents from InfoView
• Print documents from InfoView Creating Documents with Queries
• Use BusinessObjects universes to create queries and build reports
• Differentiate between the two report panels
• Build queries using the Java Report Panel
• Edit queries
• Save a WebIntelligence document

Restricting Data Returned by a Query

• Apply query filters
• Use a prompt to filter data when the query is run
• Apply complex filters
• Group filters by priorty Displaying Information
• Describe the different types of tables and charts for displaying information in a report
• Create vertical, horizontal, crosstab, form tables and charts
• Change table and chart formats
• Add data to existing tables
• Duplicate tables

Enhancing the Presentation of a report

• Create breaks, sections and report filters to display information
• Add calculations to report
• Sort information in reports
• Add blocks to report sections
• Create alerters

Formatting Reports

• View document properties
• Modify default table and cell properties
• Format tables and charts

Creating Formulas and Variables

• Create simple formulas
• Create, edit and delete variables
• Create variables to capture user responses to prompts
• Use document functions to save document information in reports

Analyzing Data

• Create, navigate and take a snapshot of a drillable document
• Use drill functions to view a document onInfoView

Sharing Documents

• Save and send documents to WebIntelligence users
• Open documents received
• Save documents in PDF and Excel to share with others

BusinessObjects 6.5: Web Intelligence: Reporting / WI103