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Table of Contents
Appropriate Use And Security Of Confidential And Sensitive Information............................................ 2
About this Course......................................................................................................................... 5
Objective............................................................................................................................................ 5
Instructor Led Course ........................................................................................................................ 5
Training Data ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Practice.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Files ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1...................................................................................................................................... 7
Cell Formatting..................................................................................................................................... 7
Create the report................................................................................................................................ 7
Changing Column Headings .............................................................................................................. 8
Text Wrapping ................................................................................................................................... 8
Toolbars............................................................................................................................................10
Using the Formatting toolbar.............................................................................................................10
Custom Border..................................................................................................................................11
Centering on the page ......................................................................................................................12
Margins .............................................................................................................................................13
Copying Cell Formatting ...................................................................................................................13
Number Formats...............................................................................................................................13
Exercise 1: Cell Formatting ................................................................................................................15
Chapter 2.................................................................................................................................... 17
Report Formatting ...............................................................................................................................17
Inserting a column header on each page..........................................................................................17
Multiple Line Titles ............................................................................................................................18
Adding a Logo...................................................................................................................................19
Cell Positioning .................................................................................................................................20
Inserting Page Numbers ...................................................................................................................20
Aligning elements with the Grid ........................................................................................................20
Inserting the Last Refresh date.........................................................................................................22
Add a Label ......................................................................................................................................23
Align Elements using Alignment .......................................................................................................23
Page background..............................................................................................................................24
Exercise 2: Report Formatting............................................................................................................25
Chapter 3.................................................................................................................................... 27
Templates ...........................................................................................................................................27
Standard Report Style ......................................................................................................................27
Saving the default settings................................................................................................................27
Changing the Standard Report Style ................................................................................................27
Viewing the new style .......................................................................................................................29
Resetting to the default settings........................................................................................................29
Templates .........................................................................................................................................29
Saving a Report as a Template. .......................................................................................................29
Choosing a template for a new document ........................................................................................30
Appling a template to an existing report............................................................................................31
Exercise 3: Templates........................................................................................................................32
Chapter 4.................................................................................................................................... 33
Alerters................................................................................................................................................33
Adding an Alerter ..............................................................................................................................33
Using Alerters to Format Reports........................................................................................................36
Variable ............................................................................................................................................36
Adding a Second Alerter ...................................................................................................................37
Changing the Order of the Alerters ...................................................................................................40
Exercise 4 – Alerters ...........................................................................................................................41
Chapter 5.................................................................................................................................... 43
Block Types ........................................................................................................................................43
Table Block Type ................................................................................................................................44
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Training Data
Two generic universe/databases are used in the course. The eFashion universe is used
for all the examples, and is very small and easy to use. The EDW R&A Training
universe is used for all the exercises. The data was used as test data for Recruiting and
Admissions. While this is still generic data, it is more like the production universes.
Practice
To repeat the examples and exercises on your own, you can use “play” accounts which
have access to the training data. These accounts have the same access as the accounts
used during the class. The play accounts are: dsplay1, dsplay2, …, dsplay10. The
password for all these accounts is 1234.
Files
Completed versions of the examples an exercises are available in a zip file at the
following location: http://www.ds.uillinois.edu/training/formatting_files.zip
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Chapter 1: 7
Chapter 1
Cell Formatting
You have complete control over the look of your report. You can move table columns,
move freestanding cells, change fonts, colors, and other formatting to customize your
report. We will start by looking at the formatting options for individual cells.
; Note: Don’t resize the Name of manager column. We will handle it differently later.
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2. Type the new heading, Store, and press the Enter key.
; Note: Only the column heading has changed. The object for the column remains Store
name.
Text Wrapping
If the text within a column is exceeds the column’s width, and you don’t want to widen
the column to fit the content on one line, you can have the text wrap to multiple lines
within the cell. This is especially useful when the name of an object is much longer
than the values for the object. For example, if an object has possible values of Y or N,
the name of the object will be much wider than the values.
We will wrap the text in the column heading. You can wrap the text in the body of
table in the same way.
1. Move the cursor over the left edge of the header row.
The mouse cursor will change to a black arrow pointing to the right.
2. Click to select the header row.
10. Drag the right border of the Name of manager column to make the column just wide
enough to display the text in the body.
Toolbars
There are a total of eleven toolbars available. Which of these you display is a personal
choice. In this class we will use three of the most basic toolbars; Standard, Formatting,
and Report.
1. Choose Toolbars on the View menu.
2. Select the Standard, Formatting, and Report toolbars.
3. Click Close.
Font
Font Size
Bold , Italic, Underline
Align Left, Center, Align Right, Justify, Center Across Break
Currency Style, Percent Style, Million Style, Add a Decimal Place,
Remove a Decimal Place
Decrease Indent, Increase Indent
Border
Font Color, Background Color, Border Color
Custom Border
1. Click anywhere on the title to select it.
2. Click FormatCell
3. Select the Border tab.
4. Select the thinner black solid line (second row, first column) under Style.
5. Apply this line style to the right and bottom edges of the table.
This will give the edge of the title a 3-D appearance.
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; Note: The last button in the Report toolbar can be used to change to Page Layout mode.
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Page Layout mode shows the margins on the page as dotted lines. Page Layout also
shows the current page number and the total number of pages for the report.
Margins
We will make the margins smaller so that the table will fit on the page. You can change
the margins by dragging the lines displayed in Page Layout mode, or by using the
menus.
1. Select FilePage Setup….
2. Click the Margins button.
3. Set all four margins to 0.5.
4. Click the OK button to close the Margins dialog box.
5. Click the OK button to close the Page Setup dialog box.
5. Click the Paste Format Only button or press Ctrl+Shift+V to copy the
formatting of the Year heading to the other column headings.
Number Formats
Numbers can be displayed in many different ways by choosing different formats. There
can be different format settings for positive and negative values as well as for zero and
null values.
1. Right-click a value in the Sales column to select the column and display the pop-up
menu.
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Exercise
Create the report below using the EDW R&A Training universe.
Objects: First Name, Last Name, UIN, City, State, Zip Code, ACT Composite Score
Condition: (Predefined) Urbana-Champaign
Wrap text
Margins: .5”
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Chapter 2
Report Formatting
In this chapter we will examine formatting options affecting the whole report. We will
add information to the report in freestanding cells. A freestanding cell is a single cell
that is not attached to any other report component. It can be moved and formatted
independently. Freestanding cells can be used as containers for titles, page numbers,
graphics, or descriptions.
6. Click FilePrint Preview or click the Print Preview button in the Standard
toolbar.
7. Page through the report to see how it will look when printed.
Notice that the column headings are only printed on the first page. We will change
this to have the headings printed on every page.
8. Click the Close button or press Esc to close the print preview.
9. Click anywhere on the table to select it.
When the table is selected, a diagonal line border appears around it.
Adding a Logo
There are different ways to add an image to your report. One way, InsertPicture,
creates a link to the image file. The other way, InsertObject…, imbeds the image
into the BusinessObjects document. Unless you are sure the image file will be
accessible while the user is viewing the report and will not be moved or renamed, it’s
better to embed the image in the document.
11. Turn off the border for the image by using the Border option in the Formatting
Toolbar.
Cell Positioning
We want the logo to be in the upper-left corner of the report.
1. Right-click the logo to display the pop-up menu.
2. Select Format Cell….
3. Select the Appearance tab.
4. Change the Horizontal Position Relative to: setting to Left Margin.
5. Change the Vertical Position Relative to: setting to Top Margin.
This places the logo in the upper-left corner of the report.
6. Click OK to close the Cell Format dialog box.
We are going to overwrite the existing page number with a new one.
3. Click InsertSpecial FieldPage NumbersPage # of #.
4. Resize the cell to be large enough for the text.
5. Use the Formatting Toolbar to change the formatting of the text to:
Size 9
No Bold
The page number cell should now look like this:
We will change the size of the grid and turn on the Snap to Grid option.
1. Click ToolsOptions.
2. Select the Display tab.
3. Check the Show Grid and the Snap to Grid options.
4. Change both the Height and Width options to 2 to make the lines of the grid 1/8th of
an inch apart.
The Options dialog box should look like this:
5. Click OK.
6. Click the cell with the title to select it.
7. Drag the cell so that the top is at the top margin and the left edge is two grid blocks
to the right of the logo.
The report should look like this:
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; Note: If #### is displayed after changing the format, it is because the cell contents are
wider than the cell’s width. To display the contents again, you need to resize the cell. You
can also auto-size the cell height by double-clicking the top or bottom border.
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Add a Label
1. Click the background to remove any selection.
2. Select InsertCell….
3. Click under the left edge of the title cell to establish the location of the new cell.
4. Enter the text for the cell: Data as of:.
5. Double-click the right edge of the cell to resize.
6. Align the text cell with the refresh date cell.
The top of the report should look like this:
; Note: There is an Alignment toolbar that allows you to align elements with one click.
4. Select Left to move the label cell to the left edge of the title cell.
5. Click OK.
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Page background
1. Click FormatPageBackground….
2. Click the New button.
3. Click the Browse button.
4. Select the watermark.bmp file from the Formatting folder.
5. Click OK to close the Insert Object dialog box.
6. Click OK to close the Page Background dialog box.
The finished report should look like this:
Exercise
Create the report below using the EDW R&A Training universe.
Arial
Size 24
Margins: .5”
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Chapter 3
Templates
The left side of the dialog box displays a list of report components.
The right side of the dialog box displays tabs with available formatting options.
When you click an icon in the Report Components list, the tabs on the right hand
side display the formatting choices that can be set for the selected item.
7. Enter 128 for Red, 128 for Green, and 255 for Blue.
8. Click OK to close the Color dialog box.
9. Click OK to close the Standard Report Styles dialog box.
Templates
A template is a report that is saved with an extension of .ret. You can create a template
from an existing document by saving it as a template. BusinessObjects documents are
saved with an extension of .rep in the ..\userDocs folder. Templates are saved with an
extension of .ret in the …\Templates\En folder.
1. Click the New Report Wizard button on the Standard toolbar. The New
Report Wizard screen appears.
You have two choices:
• Generate a standard report.
• Select a template.
2. Click the Select a template radio button.
3. Click Begin to display the available templates.
The list includes templates provided with BusinessObjects in the Templates folder,
as well as templates you saved in this folder. If you saved your template in a
different folder, use the Browse button to locate it.
On the right side of the screen you can see a preview of the selected template. If
you plan to use this template as the basis for most future reports, you can check the
Set as My Default Template option on the bottom of the screen.
4. Select Formatted Report and click Next.
5. Complete the query with the following objects:
Year State City Store name Quantity Sold
; Note: The set of columns that we are selecting for this new report is not the same as in
the original template.
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; Note: You will not see the page background or the page numbers in the new report until
you display it in Page Layout format.
Exercise 3: Templates
Review
1. The standard report style cannot be changed. True or False?
2. Once set, the report template cannot be changed without deleting the report. True
or False?
Exercise
Create a template from the Formatting Exercise 2.rep document saved in the previous
exercise.
Create a new document using the EDW R&A Training universe and this template.
Objects: UIN, Last Name, First Name, Middle Name, Birth Date
Conditions: (Predefined) Chicago
Finished Report
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Chapter 4
Alerters
Alerters can be created to highlight values that meet specific criteria. The cell
formatting is changed if the specified condition is true. Let’s take the report that we
just created and highlight the stores with Low sales.
Adding an Alerter
1. Open the Sales by Store document.
2. Select the Sales column.
3. Click the Alerters button on the Report toolbar (or select it from the Format
menu).
The Alerters window will open.
; Note: You can add additional operators and values to create a more complex condition for
the alerter.
10. Click the down arrow for Result and select Format.
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The standard Cell Format window will appear, permitting you to further format the
specific cell.
11. On the Font tab, click Bold to also have the text bolded if the value is less the one
million.
12. Click OK to exit the Cell Format dialog box.
13. Click OK on the Alerters dialog box.
Now when the value for Sales revenue is less than one million, that value will
appear in bold red text.
The following example uses an alerter to create a banded report where alternate rows
have a different background color in order to make the report more readable.
We will create a variable which will alternate between 0 and 1 based on the line
number. This variable will be used in the alerter to determine the background color.
Variable
1. Click DataVariables.
2. Click the Add button to add a new variable.
The Variable Editor window will appear.
3. Select the Definition tab.
4. Enter EvenLine as the name of the variable.
5. Enter Alternate Row Shading as the name for the alerter, and add a description.
6. Select the Conditions tab.
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; Note: Once an alerter is created, it can be turned on and off by checking/unchecking the
check box to the left of the alerter on the Alerters screen.
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Exercise 4 – Alerters
Review
1. The only thing you can change with an alerter is the color of the text or the
background of the cell. True or False?
2. What determines the order in which alerters are applied?
Exercises
Edit report Formatting Exercise 2.
Create three Alerters for the Count of Applications column.
Low Apps: < 5 Red background
Medium Apps: >= 5 <= 10 Yellow background
High Apps: > 10 Green background
Save the report as Formatting Exercise 4. This will be used in a later exercise.
Completed Exercise
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Chapter 5
Block Types
BusinessObjects files are saved as documents, not as reports. A document can
contain several reports, and a report can contain several blocks. So far we have only
worked with one report per document and one block per report.
Below are three major block types that BusinessObjects supports: Table, Cross Tab,
and Chart. There is an Insert … icon located on the Report toolbar for each of these
block types. You can also convert a block from one type to another.
Insert Table
Insert Crosstab Insert Chart
If objects are moved from the Body folder into the Columns and Rows folders, the
table is converted to a crosstab.
5. Drag and drop the State object to the Columns folder.
6. Drag and drop the Year object to the Rows folder.
The Used Variables panel should look like this:
Converting to a Chart
The last block we will add to the current report is a chart. We will make a copy of the
crosstab and convert the copy to a bar chart..
1. Click anywhere on the crosstab to select it.
2. While holding down the Ctrl key, drag and drop the border of the crosstab to the
bottom.
This will create a copy of the crosstab.
4. Click the down arrow on the Chart Type button in the Report toolbar.
5. Select the 3D Column button on the drop down menu of chart types.
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The crosstab is converted to a 3D Column chart which uses the same data as the
table and the crosstab.
Relative Positioning
Relative positioning allows you to specify the location of an element relative to a block.
For example, a text cell can be positioned one half inch below the bottom of a table. If
the table changes size after a refresh, the text cell will still be one half inch below the
table. We will use relative positioning to make sure the blocks don’t overlap.
1. Right-click the crosstab.
2. Select Format Crosstab….
3. Select the Appearance tab.
4. Change the Horizontal Position Relative to: setting to Table.
; Note: The reference point for a block for the relative positioning is the lower-right corner
of the block. For example, if the position is relative to a table and the settings for Left and
Top are both 0, the location is the lower-right corner of the table.
This will move the chart so that the left edge is one quarter inch to the right of the
table and the top is one quarter inch below the crosstab.
12. Click OK to close the Cell Format dialog box.
13. To see the advantage of relative positioning, resize the Year column in the table and
the height of the rows in the crosstab.
To create the second report, we will duplicate the existing report so that we don’t have
to recreate the crosstab. We could also insert a report, but this would create a blank
report.
Renaming Reports
At the bottom of the panel displaying the 3 blocks, there is a tab named Report1. A tab
will be displayed for each report in the document.
1. Right-click the Report1 tab.
2. Select Rename Report… from the pop-up menu.
3. Enter All Blocks as the new name for the report, press Enter or click OK.
Duplicate a Report
1. Right-click again on the All Blocks tab
2. Select Duplicate Report from the pop-up menu.
A new report tab is displayed with the name All Blocks (1).
Deleting Blocks
1. Click anywhere on the table to select it.
2. Move the cursor to the border.
3. Right-click to display the pop-up menu.
4. Select Delete from the menu to delete the table.
5. Delete the chart in the same way.
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• Report Development: By adding reports as you develop a document, you can save
different versions of the same report as it is being developed. When finally
completed, keep the report containing the final version and delete the other reports.
This makes it easy to go back to an earlier version.
• Report Libraries: Having multiple reports makes it easy to run and distribute
reports that are meant to be seen together. You can eliminate the need to distribute
multiple documents when one document can contain all the various reports. An
example of this is end of the month status reports.
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Exercise
Create a document using the EDW R&A Training universe. The document should
have two reports named One and Two. Report One should have a table. Report Two
should have a crosstab and a chart. All blocks with be based on the same data.
Finished Reports
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Chapter 6
Formatting Charts
BusinessObjects provides fifteen different styles of charts that can be added to reports.
Each element of the chart can be edited to look just the way you want. As there are too
many combinations of charts and elements to cover completely in this chapter, we will
focus on the basic elements for a bar chart.
Display Gridlines
1. Right-click anywhere on the chart.
2. Select Display Axes/Gridlines… from the pop-up menu.
The Axes and Gridlines dialog box is displayed. The Axes options will display or
hide the labels. The Gridlines options will display or hide the gridlines on the walls
and floor of the chart.
; Note: The labels can be displayed again by selecting the Z-Axis option on the General
tab of the Format Chart dialog box.
Exercise
Create the following report using the EDW R&A Training universe.
Chart Settings
Chart Depth: 150
Gap Width: 200
Gap Depth: 100
Elevation: 15
Rotation: 10
Finished Report
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Chapter 7
Drilling
BusinessObjects drill mode allows a user to analyze report data so that retrieved
information can be viewed at different levels of detail. It is a very useful tool for
discovering reasons for trends, and computing totals such as sums or counts for various
levels of aggregation.
Drilling can be done only on dimension objects, not on detail or measure objects. As
you drill to each new level, down or up, measure objects are recalculated for the new
level of aggregation.
Hierarchies
In order to drill, the objects in a universe must be organized into hierarchies, with the
most general objects at the top and the most detailed objects at the bottom. A hierarchy
has a “one to many” relationship from the top level down to the next level.
The default hierarchies used for drilling are the order of the objects in the universe
classes. For example, the following classes are set up as hierarchies in the eFashion
universe:
Time period class: Year, Quarter, Month, Week, Holiday (y/n).
Store class: State, City, Store name.
Product class: Lines, Category, SKU description, color, Unit price MSRP.
A User defined hierarchy is a hierarchy created by a user when a need arises. It can
include objects from several classes and is stored in the document where it was created.
It is only available when editing that document. The order of dimensions that will be
drilled can also be changed. These modifications are only at the document level. The
original hierarchy remains unchanged.
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Scope of Analysis
Scope of Analysis determines the additional objects to be included in the query so that
the data will be available in drill mode. Before you can drill, you must use Scope of
Analysis to select the objects to be retrieved in addition to those that were placed in the
Result Objects.
When the query is run, all objects (those listed in the Query Panel and those checked
on the Scope of Analysis screen) are retrieved from the database and stored in the data
provider. The lower level objects that were checked in the Scope of Analysis do not
appear until you start to drill.
Simple Drilling
The simplest drill consists of moving up or down on objects in the same class or
hierarchy. In the following example we will analyze sales by state, city, and store.
1. Create a new report using the eFashion universe.
2. Select the following two objects:
State Sales revenue
3. Click on the Scope of Analysis button on the Query Panel tool bar.
The Scope of Analysis dialog box appears and shows the hierarchies available for
drilling.
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4. Check the boxes for City and Store name. Or, alternatively, you can select the
entire Store class by clicking the box next to Store.
5. Click OK.
Observe that the Scope of Analysis drop down list has changed from Scope of
Analysis: None to Custom Level.
Custom Level indicates that we set up our Scope of Analysis manually, rather than
by using the drop down list which allows us to select by default only one, two or
three levels.
6. Run the query.
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7. Click the Drill button on the Standard Toolbar to start drill mode.
You can also activate drill mode by choosing AnalysisDrill, or right-clicking the
Report1 tab and then choosing Drill.
Notice that:
• A new report tab called Report1 (1) was created with a duplicate of our original
report. The original remains untouched.
• The new tab has a drill icon, which indicates that you are now in drill mode.
• A Sum calculation for the measure object, Sales revenue, was added to the
table.
8. Position the mouse over any row in State column.
Drilling down
1. Double-click on the state of Texas to drill to the next lower level.
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Notice:
• A new drop down list is displayed and shows that the data
we are viewing is for the state of Texas.
• The data in the report is filtered based on the value displayed in the drill toolbar.
• The sum total of the measure object Sales revenue has been recalculated for the
three Texas cities only.
2. Move your cursor to the row for Houston and double click.
We are now at the lowest level, since Store name is the last level in our hierarchy.
Drilling up
In drilling up, you ascend the hierarchy and display data on a less detailed level at each
step.
City is the next level up. The Texas cities (Austin, Dallas and Houston) are
displayed, and the quantity sold sum total is recalculated.
Another way to drill up is by double-clicking on the sum value at the bottom of the
report. This will take you up the exact same path that you drilled down.
4. Rest your cursor over the cell with the value for the sum.
The cursor changes to a magnifying glass with a minus (-) sign , to indicate that
you can drill up. A label appears with the name of the higher hierarchy level.
5. Double-click to drill up to the top level of the class hierarchy, State.
Drilling across
We can also display different data by choosing other values from the drop down menu.
This is called “drilling across”. Drilling across shows totals for another value on the
same level in the current hierarchy.
1. Drill down one level on California.
The two California cities are displayed.
• (Move to block) – will insert that column into the report block. For instance, in
our report, it will move the State object from the drop down list and make it the
first column in the report block.
• (Remove) – will remove that dimension as part of the drilling hierarchy.
3. Click DC to drill across to the DC store.
4. Close and do not save the report.
Drilling through
If you drilled down to the lowest level of data that was originally set up in the Scope of
Analysis, but realized that you need an even lower level of detail for your report, you
can retrieve it from the database without editing the query or resetting the Scope of
Analysis. You can extend the data provider to include one and only one additional
object. This is called “Drilling Through”.
Your lowest level report should look like the example below:
At this point we need to know the revenue for the individual weeks. Week is the
next dimension object in the Product class, but we did not include it in our scope of
analysis. We will now drill through to retrieve the Week object.
8. Right-click on the 6 Month value to display the pop-up menu.
The hierarchies are document specific and are saved in the document where they are
created. They have no effect on the original universe from which the objects are drawn.
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; Note: You cannot combine dimensions from different data providers into a single
hierarchy.
We will create a user defined hierarchy to analyze product sales by year, because the
analysis requires objects from two separate classes - Product and Time period.
1. Create a new document using the e-Fashion universe.
2. Include the following objects:
Lines Quantity sold
3. Bring up the Scope of Analysis screen.
4. Check Year from Time period class and Category and SKU desc from Product
class.
We will now remove these existing hierarchies and create our own.
7. Remove both the Time period and Products hierarchies from the Available
Hierarchies panel on the right by selecting them and then clicking the Remove
button.
; Note: Removing a hierarchy through the Hierarchies Editor panel removes it only from
the current document, and not from the universe.
Saving a Snapshot
As your drilling progresses, you can keep copies of the different stages of drill output
under separate report tabs.
To make a copy of a report showing the current drill level, click the Snapshot
button on the Report toolbar while viewing a report in drill mode.
; Note: We recommend that you do not reset the Drill Options before you have used the
drill mode and understand the process.
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Exercise
Create a drillable report using the EDW R&A Training universe.
Drill down on the Urbana-Champaign campus, Engineering college, and the Civil
and Environmental Eng department.
Finished Report
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Exercise 3: Templates
1. The standard report style cannot be changed. False
2. Once set, the report template cannot be changed without deleting the report. False
Exercise 4 – Alerters
1. The only thing you can change with an alerter is the color of the text or the
background of the cell. False
2. What determines the order in which alerters are applied? The order in which they
are applied to the cell.
Examples