BOW220 - Web Intelligence XI R2: Advanced Report Design

Description: Web 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 6.x and BusinessObjects XI R2 Objectives: 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 courses that are not applicable to BusinessObjects XI Release 1 learners include:

Combining queries using union, intersection & minus
Using sub-queries
Creating custom sorts
Overriding a report filter or ranking with the NoFilter() function

Student Profile: This course is designed primarily for report designers who are experienced Web Intelligence users and who need to create advanced Web Intelligence documents. This course applies to BusinessObjects XI R1 and XI R2.

Prerequisites: BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI R1/XI R2: Report Design & experience building Web Intelligence reports.

Duration: 1 day

Curriculum: Course topics include:

Understanding Alternative Query Techniques

Use combined queries
Use sub-queries
Create a query based on another query

Using Character & Date String Functions

Use the character string functions
Concatenate different data types
Use date functions

Using If() Logic

Group data using If() logic
Use If() to modify calculation behavior

Understanding Advanced Reporting Features

Format breaks
Create custom sorts
Display document data in free-standing cells
Override filters & ranking

Using Calculation Contexts

Understand calculation contexts
Redefine the calculation context