Publisher: Business Objects

Version: 9
Length: 2 day s
Course-ID: 084413

Course Overview

Students will learn to build basic list and group reports that work with almost any database.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge of the product is required. Basic computer skills are assumed. Programming and/or SQL experience.would be beneficial but is by no means essential.

Benefits

Students will be able to produce presentation quality, well structured basic reports.

Target student

Anyone needing to produce reports from external data sources, for example Access, SQL, Oracle etc.


Creating a List Report
  • Set Default Report Settings
  • Build the Report
  • Preview the Report
  • Add a Report Title
  • Align Fields
Displaying Data in a Report
  • Find Data
  • Sort Data
  • Filter Data by Single Criteria
Grouping Report Data
  • Insert a Group
  • Add Summaries
  • Change Group Options
  • Add an Additional Group
  • Format a Group Header
  • Filter by Group
  • Create a Top N Sort Group
Building Formulas
  • Write a Formula
  • Edit a Formula
  • Group by Formula
  • Delete a Formula
  • Build a Filter by Multiple Criteria
  • Modify a Filter with Multiple Criteria to Create an OR Condition
  • Create a Parameter Field
  • Write a Formula that Incorporates Null Fields
Formatting Reports
  • Remove White Space
  • Insert Page Header/Footer Data
  • Add Borders and Lines
  • Change the Background Color
  • Change the Margins
Enhancing Reports
  • Create a Watermark
  • Add Bulleted Lists
  • Modify Format Based on Data Value
  • Conditionally Suppress Data
  • Insert Hyperlinks
  • Hide Report Objects
Creating and Modifying Pie Charts
  • Create a Pie Chart with a Drill-down
  • Change the Chart Title
  • Format a Chart
  • Present a Chart by Group
Distributing Data
  • Export to Excel
  • Export to an Access Database
  • Create a Report Definition
  • Create Mailing Labels