Business Objects

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By using Business Objects, you can have powerful reporting capabilities at your command.

This two-day instructor-led course will bring the most powerful aspects into clear focus, so you can effectively use its tools to:

• present and analyze information
• distribute documents and reports throughout your business
• use the major reporting features of Business Objects with remarkable ease and proficiency.

In just two days, you will gain valuable input that you can apply immediately at work. A must-attend course designed for those users who are predominately responsible for editing or creating reports for Business Objects end users, and recipients of corporate reports.

The Business Objects Environment

• Documents
• Reports
• Blocks
• Universes, Classes and Objects
• Data Providers

The User Interface

• Toolbars and Menus
• Help
• The Report Manager
• The Status Bar

Opening and Retrieving Documents

• Opening, Saving and Closing Documents
• Retrieving Documents
• Sharing Documents

Modifying Reports and Analysing Data

• Editing Blocks to Manipulate Data
• Adding Blocks to an Existing Report
• Master/Detail Reports
• Adding New Reports to a Document
• Editing Blocks
• Applying and Formatting Filters
• Applying and Formatting Sorts

Formatting Reports

• Page Formatting Options
• Formatting Tables
• Formatting Sections
• Adding Page Breaks
• Formatting Charts
• Aligning Cells
• Aligning Blocks

Creating and Editing Queries

• Using the Query Panel
• Editing a Query
• Building a Query
• Running a Query
• Saving Queries

Restricting Data With Conditions

• Simple Conditions
• User Defined Single Value Conditions
• Pre-Defined Conditions
• Multi-Value Conditions
• Understanding the use of Logical Operators (AND/OR)
• Pre-Defined Conditions
• Prompted Condition Queries
• Using Wildcards in Prompted Condition Queries
• Displaying Prompt Criteria in Reports

Using Functions

• Filtering Data
• Ranking Data
• Using Alerters
• Uing Simple Calculations

Creating Variables

• Resetting Calculations across Breaks
• If..Then?€?Else Variables
• The Group Function
• Creating a Variable Using the Group Function

Using Slice and Dice

• The Slice and Dice View
• Converting Tables to Crosstabs
• Converting Table Blocks to Charts
• Adding Breaks, Totals, Filters and other Functions

Drilling

• Understanding Hierarchies
• Setting the Scope of Analysis
• Pre-Defined Hierarchies
• Drilling on Single Hierarchies
• Drilling on Multiple Hierarchies
• Creating Custom Hierarchies
• Drilling on Charts
• Displaying the Drill Information
• Saving Snapshots

Presentation Styles

• Tables, Crosstabs and Charts
• Using/Applying Templates
• Formatting Blocks
• Formatting Pages
• Formatting Breaks
• Special Fields
• Using Headers and Footers
• Adding Logos and Pictures
• Creating Templates

Using Multiple Data Providers

• Multiple Blocks from Single Queries
• Naming Data Providers
• Queries on Multiple Universes
• Personal Data Files as Data Providers
• Synchronising Data Providers by Linking
• Numeric Data Format Issues

Exporting Data

• Exporting Data from a Block
• Exporting Data from a Data Provider

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Business Objects - 2 Day

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