Bring your data presentations into focus with this comprehensive guide to SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence. Updated for Webi 4.2, this book will teach you to create, design, and share your reports, while exploring the fundamentals of Webi and its extended capabilities. This fourth edition includes information on data source options for building new documents and queries, and a new HTML5-based viewing interface. Punch up your reporting and analysis!
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide
Table of contents
1 ... Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence ... 25
1.1 ... Features of Web Intelligence 4.2 ... 26
1.2 ... Web Intelligence Clients ... 32
1.3 ... Web Intelligence Preferences ... 36
1.4 ... What's New in Web Intelligence 4.2 SP 3 and SP 4 ... 41
1.5 ... Summary ... 43
2 ... Creating New Documents and Queries ... 45
2.1 ... Creating a Web Intelligence Document from a Universe ... 45
2.2 ... The Query Panel in Web Intelligence ... 51
2.3 ... Query Filters ... 61
2.4 ... Prompted Queries ... 67
2.5 ... Saving Your Document in the BI Platform Repository ... 71
2.6 ... Other Data Sources ... 76
2.7 ... Document Options ... 89
2.8 ... Summary ... 92
3 ... Creating a Report in Web Intelligence ... 95
3.1 ... Adding Data to Report Elements ... 96
3.2 ... Sections and Breaks ... 99
3.3 ... Outline Navigation ... 105
3.4 ... Enhanced Sorting and Ranking ... 109
3.5 ... Conditional Formatting ... 118
3.6 ... Headers, Footers, and Background Images ... 122
3.7 ... Summary ... 126
4 ... The Web Intelligence Report Panel ... 129
4.1 ... The Web Intelligence Reporting Interface ... 129
4.2 ... Reporting Toolbars ... 132
4.3 ... The Side Panel ... 143
4.4 ... Report Panel ... 147
4.5 ... Report Property Categories ... 151
4.6 ... Summary ... 159
5 ... Displaying Data with Tables ... 161
5.1 ... Using Tables ... 164
5.2 ... Table Types ... 180
5.3 ... Converting Table Formats and Types ... 183