Desktop Intelligence Report Design

Starting from SAP BusinessObjects concepts, the course covers manipulation of data within reports and data analysis.  A series of practical sessions allow you to build queries, produce different report styles, sort and analyse data. 

Who should attend?

People who wish to use SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence in order to create ad-hoc reports and analyse data in more complex reports.

Delegates will be able to

• Understand the core concepts of Desktop Intelligence.
• Create moderately complete SAP BusinessObjects reports.
• Share reports with SAP BusinessObjects users.
• Synchronise data from multiple data providers.
• Create and use variables and formulas in reports.
• Create reports for non SAP BusinessObjects users.
• Format reports.
• Build new queries in SAP BusinessObjects reports.

Pre-requisites

• No pre-requisites are required for this course

Additional education

If you want to increases your skill level and knowledge, these courses are recommended,

• SAP BusinessObjects - Desktop Intelligence Advanced Report Design
• SAP BusinessObjects - Universe Appreciation Workshop
• SAP BusinessObjects - Universe Design

Topics covered

Introducing Desktop Intelligence

• Understanding core concepts of Desktop Intelligence
• Understanding core functionality of Desktop Intelligence

Getting Started with Desktop Intelligence

• Logging on to Desktop Intelligence
• Modifying start up options
• Accessing help
• Opening documents
• Viewing reports
• Saving documents

Creating Desktop Intelligence Documents with Queries

• Getting new data with Desktop Intelligence
• Creating a query
• Modifying the query
• Understanding Report Manager
• Projecting data

Restricting Data Returned by a Query

• Applying query conditions
• Applying query conditions
• Applying wildcards in conditions
• Using condition objects
• Understanding relational operators in conditions
• Using logical operators for multiple conditions

Designing Reports

• Displaying data in tables and charts
• Formatting Desktop Intelligence documents
• Selecting a presentation style at point of query

Analysing in Drill Mode

• Analysing the data cube
• Using the drill-down mode
• Taking a snapshot of the data

Reports

• Formatting Desktop Intelligence documents using the Slice and Dice Panel
• Applying functions
• Filtering data
• Applying calculations to data
• Applying breaks to data
• Ranking data

Creating Variables and Alerters

• Creating variables and formulas
• Creating alerters
• Creating running calculations

Synchronizing Data from Multiple Data Providers

• Concepts of combining data from multiple sources
• Building a document with blocks of data

Grouping Data using Sections

• Concepts of grouping data
  using sections
• Sectioning
• Outlining

Creating Templates and Styles

• Creating templates
• Applying styles

Sharing Data with Colleagues

• Sharing reports with BusinessObjects users
• Creating reports for non- BusinessObjects users
• Retrieving reports from the repository
• Exporting data
• Viewing a Desktop Intelligence document in InfoView
• Setting Desktop Intelligence viewing preference