BOW220 (QA320R2) SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: Advanced Report Design

One day instructor-led course

Course Description

Advanced Report Design is a classroom-based course where participants learn use advanced querying and reporting techniques to create Web Intelligence documents. The course includes presentation of concepts, following demonstration of features, facilitated discussions, practice activities, and reviews.

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Create Web Intelligence documents using advanced query techniques • Apply character and date string functions
• Create variables using “If….Then….Else…” logic
• Apply advanced reporting techniques using breaks, custom sorts and functions
• Understand calculation context and how to redefine them

Course Audience

The target audience for this course is experienced Web Intelligence report designers.

Prerequisite education

To be successfully, learners who attend this course must have attended the following offerings:
• BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R1/R2: Report Design Prerequisite knowledge/experience
To be successful, learners who attend this course must have working knowledge of:
• Core concept and functionality of Web Intelligence

Course Outline

Lesson#1- Advanced Query Techniques
• Use combined queries
• Use sub-queries
• Create a query based on another query
• Lesson summary
Lesson#2 - Character and Date Sting Functions
• Character strings
• Using the Replace() function
• Using the Right() function
• Using the SubString() function
• Using the Pos() function
• Concatenation different character strings
• Using date functions
• Lesson summary
Lesson#3 - Using If Logic
• Grouping data
• Using the If() function to modify calculation behavior
• Lesson Summary
Lesson#4 - Advanced Reporting Techniques
• Formatting breaks
• Creating custom sorts
• Displaying document data in free-standing cells
• Displaying data restricted by a filter or ranking
• Lesson summary
Lesson#5 - Calculation Contexts
• Understanding calculation contexts
• Redefining calculation contexts
• Lesson summary