This course also applies to you if you are a system administrator for BusinessObjects Edge Series. Any product differences between BusinessObjects Edge and BusinessObjects Enterprise are outlined within the course so you understand which areas do not apply to you deployment. A document with more information about these differences and how this course applies to you is included on the resource CD.
This two-day instructor-led course is designed to give you the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to access, analyze and share data using BusinessObjects? InfoView? and BusinessObjects Web Intelligence?.
During this course, you’ll learn how to organize, manage and distribute documents using InfoView. You’ll also learn how to create Web Intelligence documents for your reporting needs, to retrieve data by building queries using BusinessObjects universes and to use Web Intelligence to enhance documents for easier analysis.
After taking this course, you will be able to efficiently and effectively manage personal and corporate documents to access the information you need, when you need it. You will be able to design your own reports using Web Intelligence and share your analysis with other users.
Course Audience
The target audience for this course is report designers who need to access and analyze information using InforView and Web Intelligence.
Prerequisites
To be successful, learners who attend this course should have the following experience:
- Windows conventions
- Basic database concepts
Course Topics
Lesson 1: Introducing Web Intelligence
- Web Intelligence concepts
- Web Intelligence core functionality
- Web Intelligence and BusinessObjects Enterprise
- The Web Intelligence Report Panels
Lesson 2: Creating Web Intelligence Documents with Queries
- Querying with Web Intelligence
- Creating a new document
- Modifying a document’s query
- Working with query properties
Lesson 3: Restricting Data Returned by a Query
- Restricting data with query filters
- Modifying a query with a predefined query filter
- Applying a single-value query filter
- Using wildcards in query filters
- Using prompts to restrict data
- Using complex filters
Lesson 4: Report Design
- Working with Web Intelligence documents
- Displaying data in tables and charts
- Creating tables
- Working with tables
- Presenting data in free-standing cells
- Presenting data in charts
Lesson 5: Enhancing the Presentation of Data in Reports
- Using breaks and calculations
- Using sorts
- Formatting breaks and crosstabs
- Using report filters
- Ranking data to see top or bottom values
- Tracking data changes
- Using alerters to highlight information
- Organizing a report into sections
- Copying data to other applications
Lesson 6: Formatting Reports
- Document formatting
- Formatting charts
Lesson 7: Calculating Data with Formulas and Variables
- Formulas and variables
- Using formulas and variables
Lesson 8: Using Multiple Data Sources
- Synchronizing data from multiple data sources
- Creating multiple queries in a document
- Synchronizing data with merged dimensions
- Using a personal data provider
Lesson 9: Analyzing data
- Analyzing the data cube
- Drilling in a We Intelligence document
- Setting Web Intelligence drill options
Lesson 10: Managing and Sharing Web Intelligence Documents
- Exporting documents to the CMS
- Logging onto InfoView
- Managing documents in InfoView
- Viewing a Web Intelligence document in InfoView
- Sharing Web Intelligence documents
- Setting InfoView Preferences
- Logging off from InfoView
