Business Objects Desktop Intelligence Introductory Reporter Course

Course Description

This course is intended for new users of Business Objects Desktop Intelligence who have little or no previous experience of the software. The course aims to provide a good basic grounding in the use of Business Objects for presenting and analysing information, and for distributing that information to others within your organization. At the end of the course you should feel confident about using the basic reporting features of the software.
1 Day
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Prerequisites

The course is suitable for users of Business Objects Desktop Intelligence XI, or earlier Business Objects versions 5, 6, and 6.5 (Full Client). It is not suitable for users of any version of Business Objects Web Intelligence.

The BusinessObjects Environment

Documents
Reports
Blocks
Universes, Classes and Objects
Data Providers
The Training Course Universe – eFashion

The User Interface

Toolbars and Menus
Help
The Report Manager
The Status Bar

Opening and Retrieving Documents

Opening, Saving and Closing Documents
Retrieving Documents
Sharing Documents

Using Slice and Dice

The Slice and Dice View
Converting Tables to Crosstabs
Converting Table Blocks to Charts
Adding Breaks, Totals, Filters and other Functions

Modifying Reports/Analysing Data

Editing Blocks to Manipulate Data
Adding Blocks to an Existing Report
Master/Detail Reports
Adding New Reports to a Document

Creating and Editing Queries

Using the Query Panel
Editing a Query
Building a Query
Running a Query
Saving Queries

Restricting Data with Conditions

Simple Conditions
User Defined Single Value Conditions
Pre-Defined Conditions

Using Functions

Filtering Data
Sorting Data
Ranking Data
Using Alerters
Inserting Calculations

Presentation Styles

Tables, Crosstabs and Charts
Using/Applying Templates
Formatting Blocks
Formatting Pages
Formatting Breaks
Special Fields
Using Headers and Footers
Adding Logos and Pictures
Creating Templates
Business Objects