About this Course

Participants will gain the comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge needed to access, analyze and share data using SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.x and the BI launch pad.

Audience Profile

The target audience for this course is report designers who need to access and analyze information using Interactive Analysis and BI launch pad.

At Course Completion

After the course, participants will be able to efficiently and effectively manage personal and corporate documents to access the information they and report users need, when they need it. They will be able to design reports using Web Intelligence and share their analysis with other users.

Course Outline

1. Overview of Web Intelligence

• Describing Web Intelligence Concepts
• Explaining Web Intelligence Core Functionality
• Describing Web Intelligence and the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
  Platform

2. Creating Web Intelligence documents with queries

• Creating Queries
• Creating a Document
• Modifying a Document’s Query

3. Restricting data returned by a query

• Restricting Data with Query Filters
• Modifying a Query with a Predefined Query Filter
• Applying a Single-value Query Filter
• Using Wildcards in Query Filters
• Using Prompts to Restrict Data
• Using Complex Filters

4. Designing Web Intelligence documents

• Modifying Web Intelligence Documents
• Displaying Data in Tables
• Working with Tables
• Presenting Data in Free-standing Cells
• Presenting Data in Charts

5. Enhancing the presentation of data in reports

• Using Breaks and Calculations
• Using Sorts and Hiding Data
• Formatting Breaks and Cross Tables
• Filtering Report Data
• Ranking Data
• Highlighting Information with Formatting Rules
• Organizing a Report into Sections

6. Formatting reports

• Formatting Documents
• Formatting Charts

7. Calculating data with formulas and variables

• Formulas and Variables
• Using Formulas and Variables

8. Web Intelligence document management

• Publishing Documents to the Repository
• Accessing the BI LaunchPad
• Managing Documents in the BI LaunchPad
• Viewing Web Intelligence Documents
• Sharing Web Intelligence Documents
• Setting BI Launchpad preferences