Cummins Inc.

OBIEE Center of Excellence

Author:

Joey Muronda

Date of last edit:

June 5, 2015

TOPIC:

Line Graphs

Version 1.0

Purpose:
This document is part of the Cummins Center of Excellence library to train end
users on how to effectively use the OBIEE tool. The document is a framework for understanding
analysis options within the tool and is not intended to be exhaustive. Based on the use of this
document the user should feel confident to explore related material and options within the
OBIEE tool.
Cummins OBIEE Center of Excellence

Log in to OBIEE and Click New> Analysis

Select the desired Subject Area. In this case Sample Sales Lite.

From Sample Sales Lite Subject Area, Select Per Name Year and Per Name Month from the Time folder,
LOB from the Products folder, and Revenue from Base Facts. Click the Edit button for Per Name Year and
select filter and filter for 2009.

Click OK.
Click the edit button on Per Name Year again and click Delete. Click the Results tab.
Delete the default table from the Compound Layout by clicking the red X

Find the New View button at the top of the main pane and find Graph>Area>Stacked

Line graphs are best for trends and are used typically for historical or trending data.
Stacked lines also show cumulative trends.

Click the Graph edit pencil to review how the line graphs has placed by default

This could be modified to remove and add or reorganize values.

Click Done in the top right corner of the window.

Go to the New View icon at the top of the pane and Click Graph>Line

This type of graph would be better if we could follow one trend at a time.

In order to do that, click the edit pencil in Graph 2.

Drag LOB column to the Graph prompts. Click Done in the top right of the pane.
Now we can prompt trends for all the LOBs one at a time.

Click the edit pencil of graph 2 then find the properties icon at the top of the pane with the XYZ letters
on it

Click on the Style tab.

In the plot area, select the Background to activate color choice and pick #999999 and click OK.
Change the Gridlines from Default to Specify, then check the Horizontal Lines and make the color
#EEEEEE.
In the Graph Data above it, enable 3D by clicking the check box.

Please take the time to browse the other tabs where Titles, Labels Scale can be changed.

Click OK twice and the Done at the top right of the pane.

Save the report to a suitable location within the system. The save button will be to the top right of the
Results tab.

This concludes our presentation on Line Graphs