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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

Connecting reports


We can create links between reports by using the Add Document Link feature.

A hyperlink is basically a URL that can pass a value or values between reports or simply build a connection between them as any other link would do.

This option is also known as OpenDocument, which also allows us to connect between SAP BusinessObjects BI applications or to program the link.

Before we start, the Add Document Link option is available only when the view mode is set to web panel mode by changing the preferences of Web Intelligence and must be set prior to it.

Getting ready

We need to create a hyperlink from our master report to another report.

Our master report is build on the eFashion demo universe that contains sales and quantity figures of various products. In our current table, we are displaying the Year, Month, Sales Revenue and Quantity Sold objects.

We will create the link in the report title, above the displayed data, so we can use it as a "trigger button" to switch to another report...

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