Business Objects intro

By using Business Objects, you can have powerful reporting capabilities at your command.


This two-day instructor-led course will bring the most powerful aspects into clear focus, so you can effectively use its tools to:

present and analyze information
distribute documents and reports throughout your business
use the major reporting features of Business Objects with remarkable ease and proficiency.

In just two days, you will gain valuable input that you can apply immediately at work. A must-attend course designed for those users who are predominately responsible for editing or creating reports for Business Objects end users, and recipients of corporate reports.

The Business Objects Environment

- Documents

- Reports

- Blocks

- Universes, Classes and Objects

- Data Providers

The User Interface

- Toolbars and Menus

- Help

- The Report Manager

- The Status Bar

Opening & Retrieving Documents

- Opening, Saving and Closing Documents

- Retrieving Documents

- Sharing Documents

Modifying Reports & Analysing Data

- Editing Blocks to Manipulate Data

- Adding Blocks to an Existing Report

- Master/Detail Reports

- Adding New Reports to a Document

- Editing Blocks

- Applying & Formatting Filters

- Applying & Formatting Sorts

Formatting Reports

- Page Formatting Options

- Formatting Tables

- Formatting Sections

- Adding Page Breaks

- Formatting Charts

- Aligning Cells

- Aligning Blocks

Creating & 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

- Multi-Value Conditions

- Understanding the use of Logical Operators (AND/OR)

- Pre-Defined Conditions

- Prompted Condition Queries

- Using Wildcards in Prompted Condition Queries

- Displaying Prompt Criteria in Reports

Using Functions

- Filtering Data

- Ranking Data

- Using Alerters

- Inserting Simple Calculations

Creating Variables

- Resetting Calculations across Breaks

- If..Then…Else Variables

- The Group Function

- Creating a Variable Using the Group Function

Using Slice & Dice

- The Slice and Dice View

- Converting Tables to Crosstabs

- Converting Table Blocks to Charts

- Adding Breaks, Totals, Filters and other Functions

Drilling

- Understanding Hierarchies

- Setting the Scope of Analysis

- Pre-Defined Hierarchies

- Drilling on Single Hierarchies

- Drilling on Multiple Hierarchies

- Creating Custom Hierarchies

- Drilling on Charts

- Displaying the Drill Information

- Saving Snapshots

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

Using Multiple Data Providers

- Multiple Blocks from Single Queries

- Naming Data Providers

- Queries on Multiple Universes

- Personal Data Files as Data Providers

- Synchronising Data Providers by Linking

- Numeric Data Format Issues

Exporting Data

- Exporting Data from a Block

- Exporting Data from a Data Provider