BusinessObjects™ XI Release 2 for Dummies®

Part III. Using Your Desktop for Reporting

In this part. . .

It seems that everything these days is Web-based; it’s almost a surprise to stumble across any software that still runs using an icon and is found on your C:\ drive. Okay, perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration, but it’s still true that BusinessObjects lets you create queries and documents from a desktop application called Desktop Intelligence (aka DeskI).

The chapters in this part show you everything you need to know to keep BusinessObjects a desktop tool. In addition to the basics (Chapter 9), you find out about queries and how to create them using either the Report Wizard or manually (Chapter 10). Stick around and you even create your first BusinessObjects document in Chapter 11.