Chapter 4. Advanced Querying and Filtering

The flexibility to create complicated queries extends beyond the simple querying, filtering, and data modeling techniques shown in the previous chapters. Interactive Reporting provides the flexibility to take advantage of some advanced features to create reports and perform analysis quickly and easily. This chapter focuses on providing the business analyst with the knowledge to implement advanced querying and filtering techniques to enhance reporting and to decrease manual efforts.

The chapter covers:

  • The generation of SQL in Interactive Reporting
  • Creating and modifying column definitions
  • Commonly used Oracle functions
  • Advanced filtering techniques
  • Custom SQL
  • Combining queries
  • The query log and exporting SQL ...

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