Book description
Over 80 recipes to help you build, customize, and distribute reports using SAP BusinessObjects
In Detail
This book will educate you on the best practices in SAP BusinessObjects reporting and analysis, including how to create enhanced report formatting and synchronize data sources in simple and easy ways.
The book starts by introducing a working Web Intelligence environment and its capabilities. Next, it moves on to creating queries, working with the formatting components, and explaining how to work with different types of data presentation such as tables and charts. The book then guides you through the main report functionality such as using filters, sorts, and calculations; merging data; and using formulas. The book also explains how to work with advanced features such as drills and hyperlinks.
This book will take you from the most basic level of how to build a query and elementary concepts such as the nature of data to the most advanced and updated reporting and formatting techniques.
What You Will Learn
- Master advanced report building techniques using SAP BusinessObjects
- Discover tools to work efficiently in a BI environment
- Learn using real scenarios, varied examples, and systematic execution of the solutions
- Build variables and formulas to enhance the report calculation functionality such as if-then statements
- Use drill-down and drill-through tasks to perform detailed analysis
- Filter data using simple and advanced filters and advanced features such as input controls
Table of contents
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SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook
- Table of Contents
- SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Working with the BI Launch Pad
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2. Creating New Queries
- Introduction
- The universe structure
- Creating a simple query
- Editing the query
- Filtering the query results
- Using prompts
- Using AND/OR logic in conditions
- Creating nested filters
- Using a subquery
- Using combined queries
- Adding another query
- Working with several queries
- Working with the query properties
- Using the data preview
- Viewing the SQL
- Using other query results
- Scope of analysis
- Using database ranking
- Using BEx queries
- 3. Working Inside the Report
- 4. Working with Tables
- 5. Working with Charts
- 6. Formatting Reports
- 7. Filtering the Report Data
- 8. Merging Data
- 9. Using Formulas and Variables
- 10. Using Hyperlinks
- 11. Using Drill
- 12. Scheduling Reports
- 13. Working with BI Workspaces
- 14. Web Intelligence Rich Client
- Index
Product information
- Title: SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2014
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781782172437
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