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Index
Table of Contents
BackCover
Business Objects-The Complete Reference
Introduction
Conventions
Part I: Getting Ready for BusinessObjects
Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence
The Background of Business Intelligence
Defining the Market
The History of Business Objects
The Future
Summary
Chapter 2: Goals of Deploying BusinessObjects
IT Goals
Business Goals
Measures of Success
Chapter 3: Segmenting Your Users
Others Who Affect Implementation Efforts
When to Analyze Segments
Project Roles
Summary
Chapter 4: Marketing BusinessObjects
When to Develop a Marketing Plan
Elements of a Marketing Plan
Situation Analysis
Marketing Mix: The Four Ps
Approaches to Training
Customizing per Segment
Summary
Part II: A Better Universe
Chapter 5: Universe Design Principles
Align with Business Goals
Universe Components
How Designer Works
Universe Deployment Choices
Chapter 6: Using Designer to Build a Basic Universe
Designer
Quick Design Wizard
Universe Parameters
Chapter 7: Universe Joins
Basic Joins
Outer Joins
Loops
Self-Joins and Aliases
Shortcut Joins
Summary
Chapter 8: Classes and Objects
Types of Objects
Object Ordering
Naming Conventions
Working with Classes and Objects
Object Formats
Summary
Chapter 9: List of Values
Basic List of Values
Simple Customization
Shared List of Values
Incorporating Personal Data Files
Summary
Chapter 10: Advanced Objects
The SQL Editor
Proceed with Caution Using SQL
Condition Objects
Objects with Prompts: Interactive Objects
Aggregate Awareness
HTML Links
Popular SQL Functions
Summary
Chapter 11: Multidimensional Analysis
Time Hierarchy
Drill Through from MOLAP to Relational
Summary
Chapter 12: Incorporating Supervisor Settings into the Universe Design
Adding a New User
Modifying User Properties
Adding a Group
Universe Properties
Software Functionality: Command Restrictions
Connections
Some Final Words: Response Time and Inheritance
Some Sweeping Generalizations
Chapter 13: Design Principles: Where to Put the Intelligence
Places for Intelligence
Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Each Alternative
Chapter 14: Minimizing Universe Maintenance
What Gets Linked
How Linking Works
How to Add a Link
Permanently Importing Universe Components
Removing a Link
Object Sort Order
Approaches to Test and Production Universes
Multiple Designers
Incremental Export
Integration with an ETL Tool
Summary
Chapter 15: Almost There
Universe Documentation
Quality Assurance Checklist
A Universe about Universes: ManagerO
Evolving the Universe
Monitoring User Activity
Part III: Reporting with BusinessObjects
Chapter 16: Introduction to Reporting
Starting BusinessObjects
Opening a Document
BusinessObjects Interface
Components of a Document
Components of a Report
Report Manager
Data Manager
Block Types
Master/Detail
Saving Documents
Chapter 17: Report and Chart Formatting
What and How to Format
Formatting a Cell
Formatting a Table
Formatting a Chart
Templates and Standard Report Styles
Summary
Chapter 18: Analyzing the Data: the Slice and Dice Panel
Sort
Breaks
Calculations
Filter
Ranking
Master/Detail
Additional Calculations
Formulas
Summary
Chapter 19: Exploring the Data: Multidimensional Analysis
Drill Down
Drill Up
Drill By
Drill Across
Snapshot
The Hierarchy Editor
Scope of Analysis
Drill Through
Drill Options
Summary
Chapter 20: Accessing New Data
Handling Prompts and Lists of Values
Refreshing Queries with Broadcast Agent
Chapter 21: Creating a New Query
Types of Data Providers
New Document Options
New Report Wizard
The Query Panel
Result Objects
Conditions
Sorts on the Server vs. in the Report
Query Options
OLAP Access
Summary
Chapter 22: Complex Queries
Multipass Queries
Multiple Data Providers
Measure Conditions/Having Clause
Specifying Sets of Data
Subqueries
User-Defined Objects
Summary
Chapter 23: WebIntelligence
Viewing Documents
Editing/Creating a Document
OLAP Data Source
Summary
Chapter 24: WebIntelligence Version 6.0
Navigating InfoView
Viewing Documents
Editing/Creating a Document with the Java Report Panel
Formatting a Report
Summary
Bibliography
Index
Index_A
Index_B
Index_C
Index_D
Index_E
Index_F
Index_G
Index_H
Index_I
Index_J
Index_K
Index_L
Index_M
Index_N
Index_O
Index_P
Index_Q
Index_R
Index_S
Index_T
Index_U
Index_V
Index_W
Index_X
Index_Y
Index_Z
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars
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