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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

Adjusting options

We can also set the preferences of the Web Intelligence Rich Client and fit them to our location, time zone, and use some advanced settings such as drill and proxy options.

Getting ready

Through the top-right corner, we will click on the Tools button and navigate to Options..., as shown in the following screenshot:

Getting ready

In the Options dialog box, we can find five preference categories that we can adjust and edit according to our requirements:

Getting ready

How to do it...

Let's explore the first option:

  • General: Here, we can define a default universe and set the default folder location for our report documents, universes, and the help guide. When working in offline mode, our universe security rights as well as our general security rights are still taken into consideration and the fact that universes are stored locally enable us to continue working with the reports and create, edit, and refresh them.
  • Viewing: The viewing preferences is an option I hardly ever use and it enables us to define...
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