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Training Course Summary:

To provide end-users with the ability to create and adapt ad-hoc BusinessObjects reports and analyse data in complex reports.

Pre-Requisites:

A working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Who Should Attend:

Those who wish to use BusinessObjects to create and adapt ad-hoc reports, and analyse data in more complex reports.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Getting started
Logging on; Setting up the interface; Getting Help.
Opening Documents; Switching between reports.
Refreshing and renaming Reports.
Saving Documents; Logging Out.

Report Building
Objects, Classes and Universes.
The course Universe.
Building and Running queries.
Data and Network Protection.
Editing the Results of a Query.
Exploring the Slice & Dice panel.
The Report Manager.
Creating and Aggregating Data Blocks.

Restricting Data
Query Conditions; Single-value conditions.
Multi-Value Conditions; Prompted Conditions.
Wildcards; Condition Objects.
Relational Operators; Logical Operators.

Manipulating Data
Manipulating Tables.
Viewing Reports in Diffrent Modes.
Page Layout Mode.
Structure Mode.

Presentation Styles
Block types: selecting a presentation style.
Converting to a financial table.
Converting to a Crosstab; via slice & Dice Panel.
Converting to a Chart; Changing Chart Tpe and Style.
Editing a Chart.

Creating Templates & Styles
Creating new templates; Saving as template.
Applying templates to new documents.
Using Templates with different styles.

Drilling
Understanding Drilling Concepts.
Hierarchies; Drill Mode; Scope of Analysis.
Using Predefined Hierarchies.
Drill Report for Single Default Hierarchy.
Scope of Analysis for Default Hierarchy.
Activating Drill mode; Drilling on a Chart.
Drilling on Multiple Hierarchies.
Displaying Drill Information.
User-defined Custom Hierarchies.

Functions
Applying functions.
Sorting Data.
Managing Sorts.
Custom Sorts.
Filtering Data.
Applying Calculations.
Applying Breaks
Ranking Data.

Enhancing Data
Creating variables.
Creating alerters.
Grouping data.
Calculating variance.

Sharing Reports
Sending documents.
Publishing documents.
Creating reports for non-BusinessObjects users.
Retrieving Documents.

Grouping Data using Sections
Sample query; Sectioning procedure.
Aggregate totals; Multiple Blocks.
Navigating sectioned Reports.

Synchronisation
Document centricity; Synchronisation.
Multiple blocks from one query.
Naming a data provider.
Data from multiple queries.
Linking data providers.
Data from Multiple Universes.
Synchronising data providers.
Linking data providers.
Combining different data types.
Working with dates.
Linking Personal Data.
Levels of synchronisation.
Synchronising multiple data providers.

Running Calculations
Adding a cumulative total.
Adding a break.
Adding a calculated value.

Outlining Reports
Outlining; Semantic Dynamism.