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SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook

You're reading from   SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook Over 80 recipes to help you build, customize, and distribute reports using SAP BusinessObjects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782172437
Length 380 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Yoav Yohav Yoav Yohav
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Working with the BI Launch Pad FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating New Queries 3. Working Inside the Report 4. Working with Tables 5. Working with Charts 6. Formatting Reports 7. Filtering the Report Data 8. Merging Data 9. Using Formulas and Variables 10. Using Hyperlinks 11. Using Drill 12. Scheduling Reports 13. Working with BI Workspaces 14. Web Intelligence Rich Client Index

Using data provider functions


Data provider functions provide us with data that relates to the query, such as the universe name, number of rows retrieved, data provider type, and more.

Data provider functions aren't useful in the report tables or charts as part of the data displayed but rather as metadata that relates the report frame and its context.

The main data provider functions are as follows:

  • LastExecutionDate: This provides the last refresh date of the report (this action is recorded when the document is saved; otherwise, it keeps the last refreshed time of a saved version of the report)

  • NumberOfRows: This is a function that returns the number of rows returned by a query

  • UniverseName: This function returns the universe name that the query is based on

  • UserResponse: This function is one of the most common and useful functions, and it returns the values picked in a prompt.

  • DataProviderType: This determines whether the data provider is based on universal or personal data

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